First-time Canadian film director Sarah Polley was showered with awards and praise Monday night as her film Away From Her captured seven awards, including best actor ...
Actress-turned-director SARAH POLLEY is to be honoured by the Canadian film industry for her directorial debut AWAY FROM HER.
Polley - who is also up for a screenwriting ...
"It was totally shocking for me. I think I was the least prepared person who has ever been nominated for an Academy Award." Actress-turned-filmmaker SARAH POLLEY was surprised ...
Actress-turned-filmmaker Sarah Polley emerged the big winner at the 2008 Directors Guild Of Canada Awards on Saturday - her movie Away From Her took home three honors, including Best Director. [...] Read more!
NOT everybody prefers Woody Allen's early, funny movies ("Bananas," "Sleeper," "Take the Money and Run"). Actress Sarah Polley, who directed Julie Christie in "Away From Her," tells The Post's V.A. Musetto: "I'm one of the few people who likes his...
Sarah Polley's debut film is a generous, deceptively simple portrait, simply brought to life: Gordon Pinsent's Grant is gruff and bearish, Julie Christie's Fiona gorgeous and exquisitely blank.
Away From Her presents an intriguing paradox: In quiet, understated ways, it marks the debut of a powerfully talented new director. Sarah Polley, the 28-year-old Canadian actress best known for roles in Go and The Sweet Hereafter, steps behind the camera for her first feature with the confidence and precision of a seasoned veteran.[...] Read more!
(Limited Theaters) Filmmaker Atom Egoyan - a longtime onscreen collaborator with the gifted young thesp Sarah Polley (The Sweet Hereafter) - executive-produced Polley's directorial debut, Away from Her, starring Julie Christie, Olympia Dukakis, Michael Murphy and Wendy Crewson. Continue Summary
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LOS ANGELES — Becoming big in Hollywood has never been Sarah Polley's agenda. It shows in her acting choices, almost exclusively small, intimate tales made far outside the American studio system.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Becoming big in Hollywood has never been Sarah Polley's agenda. It shows in her acting choices, almost exclusively small, intimate tales made far outside the American studio system. And it shows in the actress' directing debut with Away From Her, a mature, thoughtful but downbeat drama about a woman (Julie Christie) succumbing to Alzheimer's and the impact it has on her husband (Gordon Pinsent).[...] Read more!
Away From Her is the lyrical screenplay adaptation of celebrated author Alice Munro's short story The Bear Came Over The Mountain, a beautifully moving love story that deals with memory and its circuitous, enigmatic paths over the course of a long marriage. Beloved by critics and audiences alike when it premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, the film marks the arrival of an exciting new female filmmaker in Canadian actress Sarah Polley, here making her feature screenwriting and directorial debut.[...] Read more!
As the Sundance Film Festival wraps up, several films stand out. Among them are Once, a love story from Ireland and Away from Her, directed by the actress Sarah Polley.