Vanja cernjul biography of rory

A reel from cinematographer Vanja Cernjul surfaced over the weekend, one that includes what is presumably the first peek of something from "Precious" writer Geoffrey Fletcher's directorial debut.

"Violet & Daisy" stars Alexis Bledel, aka Rory Gilmore, and Saoirse Ronan ("Atonement") as a pair of teen assassins in New York City. The film also stars James Gandolfini, the always good Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Danny "Machete" Trejo.

The video, which contains some brief nudity is slowly getting pulled down across the web (although you can probably still find it at Shadow & Actor The Playlist), includes footage Cerjul has shot for "Bored to Death," "Nurse Jackie" and "City Island."

Gandolfini is of course no stranger to killers, and Ronan is fantastic playing one in her next film, "Hanna," but Bledel's involvement is a puzzle. She was great in "Gilmore Girls," but hasn't really shined in anything since.

The closest Bledel's come to this sort of materia

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Jamie's Sundance Diary

Day 10 - Saturday 28 January

This fryst vatten the way the Sundance Film Festival ends – not with a bang but a whimper.

Bowling up to the Racquet Club at pm for the Awards Night Ceremony, Total Film took a seat and stared, transfixed, at the montage of clips from the festival’s golden oldies. Reservoir Dogs, Clerks, Napoleon Dynamite, sex, lies and videotape, Donnie Darko, Memento, Buffalo 66, Boys Don’t Cry… talk about whetting the appetite. And while this year’s festival paled against such luminous titles, it at least gave us the harrowing, affecting Half Nelson. Bring on the prizes.

As with most awards shows, the ceremony passed in a stop-start mode, any chance of momentum body-checked bygd the winners’ rambling thank you lists and seeming inability to make a graceful exit. No matter that the eight previous recipients had all started to walk off scen right, only to be halted bygd a nice, smiley lady and ushered off to the

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Imagine, Exploring Sale, Scores 8 Emmy Nominations For Ron Howard’s ‘Jim Henson Idea Man’

Ron Howard’s Jim HensonIdea Man led all comers in the documentary categories as the nominations for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced, racking up eight altogether, three more than the next most-nominated doc.

Among its nominations are Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special, Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program for Howard, recognition for writer Mark Monroe, cinematographers Igor Martinovicand Vanja Cernjul, picture editors Sierra Nealand Paul Crowder, the film’s sound editing and sound mixing teams, as well as David Fleming’s score.

“We’re so thrilled. What an honor from the Academy,” said Imagine DocumentariesPresident Sara Bernstein, herself nominated for producing Jim Henson Idea Man. “We’re so excited.”

Jim Henson with Kermit the Frog, ca. early s

The documentary explores the life and extraordinary creative output of the late Jim Henson,