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Image: Magnet ReleasingDarkly funny and deeply existential, Mali Elfman’s debut feature Next Exit confronts questions of life and death with a sci-fi practicality that allows the emotional, character-driven story to unfold. As odd couple Rose (Katie Parker) and Teddy (Rahul Kohli) travel cross-country in order to take part in a clinical death trial, they confront their own traumas and hang-ups in an attempt to figure out what they are willing to suffer to survive. The film is pragmatic and deliberate, an esoteric…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGeena Davis has discussed her memories of Brad Pitt’s audition forThelma & Louise, as well as the future A-listers he beat to land the part.The role of cowboy hitchhiker JD brought Pitt to mainstream attention in 1991, and is widely credited with having helped to launch the actor’s career.During an appearance on The Graham Norton Show on Friday (21 October), Davis recalled that she…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGeena Davis has discussed her memories of Brad Pitt’s audition forThelma & Louise, as well as the future A-listers he beat to land the part.The role of cowboy hitchhiker JD brought Pitt to mainstream attention in 1991, and is widely credited with having helped to launch the actor’s career.During an appearance on The Graham Norton Show on Friday (21 October), Davis recalled that she…

The rise of the Data ExperienceDX is the new UX — Image courtesy of CastorIn the past decade, most of the innovations in the data ecosystem were focused on producing more data. It worked, and just as UX became important as digital products proliferated, DX has taken an important place as data products have burgeoned.In fact, 20 years ago, data was the realm of IT teams and a few data wizards. Even 5 years ago, it was still very much owned by data teams. Today, data powers all the operational functions within a company:…

The actor Louise Fletcher, who has died aged 88, won the best actress Oscar in 1976 for her chilling and controlled performance in the film version of Ken Kesey’s countercultural novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.As Nurse Ratched, who instils fear into the patients in a mental institution without ever raising her voice, she was calmly terrifying. The part had shades of the panto villain about it, but Fletcher permitted vital glimpses into the human control-freak beneath this worthy exterior, notably in her standoffs…

Oscar-winner Louise Fletcher passed away at the age of 88 on Friday at her home in France. Louise Fletcher, who won the best actress Oscar for her unforgettable performance as Nurse Ratched in Milos Forman`s `One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest,` passed away at her place. The iconic movie, based on the Ken Kesey novel, won five Oscars in 1976, including best picture and best actor for Jack Nicholson. It explored the repressive tendency of authority through the story of the patients and staff of a psych ward, as per the…

Image: United ArtistsLouise Fletcher, actor in works such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine passed away in her home in France on Friday. Per her son Andrew Bick, the 88-year-old actor died of natural causes.Born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1934, Fletcher began her acting career with the 1958 series Flight, followed by onetime roles throughout 1959 and the early 60s on shows such as Maverick and The Untouchables. Because she was 5'10—which, according to a 1975 interview, made producers think…

Louise Fletcher, who won an Academy Award for her role in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, has died, aged 88.Fletcher died in her sleep surrounded by family at her home in Montdurausse, France, her agent, David Shaul, told the Associated Press.Andrew Bick, her son, told the Hollywood Reporter she died on Friday of natural causes. She had survived two bouts with breast cancer.The actor won the Academy Award for best leading actress in 1976 for her portrayal of ruthless nurse Mildred Ratched in Miloš Forman’s…

Louise Fletcher, best known for her performance as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, has died at age 88. The actor died in her sleep surrounded by family at her home in Montdurausse, France, her agent told the Associated Press on Friday (23 September).No cause of death was given. Born Estelle Louise Fletcher in Birmingham, Alabama in 1934, Fletcher began a career in acting in the 1950s with small roles on television after moving to Los Angeles.However, after marrying producer Jerry Bick – who she later…

By Andrew Dalton | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” set a new standard for screen villains and won her an Academy Award, has died at age 88. Fletcher died in her sleep surrounded by family at her home in Montdurausse, France, her agent David Shaul told The Associated Press on Friday. No cause was given. After putting her career on hold for years to raise her children, Fletcher was…