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- 9/22/2020
- by Alex Srednoselac
- Film-Book
Network: IFC. Episodes: 77 (half-hour). Seasons: Eight. TV show dates: January 21, 2011 — March 23, 2018. Series status: Cancelled. Performers include: Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein. Returning guests include Kyle MacLachlan, Kumail Nanjiani, Angel Bouchet, Sam Adams, Kristine Levine, Chloë Sevigny, Pat Boyle, John Levenstein, Henry Cottrell, Jana Lee Hamblin, Andrew Dhulst, Dana Millican, Katie O'Grady, Jaime Langton, Kyle Stoltz, and Jeff Goldblum. TV show description: From creators Carrie Brownstein, Fred Armisen, and Jonathan Krisel, the Portlandia TV show is a satirical comedy featuring sketches that take a self-aware poke at life in Portland, Oregon. Brownstein and Armisen star as various characters, many of which recur on the series. Most of their characters utilize wigs, makeup, and costumes...
- 3/23/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Dan Aykroyd and Rosie O'Donnell have signed up for guest roles on Happily Divorced. The pair will appear in several episodes of the TV Land sitcom towards the end of May, according to The Hollywood Reporter. O'Donnell will play Katie O'Grady, an old school friend of main character Fran (Fran Drescher) and Judi (Tichina Arnold). She arrives to help Fran with her relationship with her difficult mother Dori (Rita Moreno). Aykroyd will appear as a potential (more)...
- 4/9/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
It was almost seven months ago, in my preparations for the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, that I was sent a film called Rid of Me, director James Westby's curious hybrid of psychological drama and pitch-black comedy that, if there's any justice, should make actress Katie O'Grady a star. And now that it's making its way into limited theatrical release, viewers outside the festival circuit can find out why.
- 11/16/2011
- Movieline
Phase 4 Films recently announced they have acquired all U.S. and Canadian rights to director James Westby's black comedy Rid of Me. Phase 4 said it will partner with Submarine on an ''aggressive'' theatrical run this fall, which should begin in limited release and spread its way across the country. Westby, who wrote and edited the film, also produced it along with the film's leading lady, Katie O'Grady, via her Alcove Productions banner. Set in Portland, Oregon, the film follows Meris Canfield (O'Grady's character), a simple, sweet girl who loves taking care of her husband. When their relationship begins to crumble, her life turns upside down, and she's forced to take a job in a candy shop - where she makes new friends who help her find out who she really is, while finding out who she's not. Art Alexakis (of rock band Everclear) and Theresa Russell also star.
- 9/5/2011
- TribecaFilm.com
Phase 4 Films has acquired North American rights to James Westby's black comedy "Rid of Me." In partnership with Submarine, the company plans to give the film an initial limited theatrical release this fall, followed by a national rollout. "Rid of Me" follows Meris (Katie O'Grady), a newlywed who moves to Portland with her husband. Rejected by his old high school clique, she goes into a radical personal evolution. The ...
- 8/31/2011
- Indiewire
Director: James Westby Writer: James Westby Starring: Katie O'Grady, John Keyser From the moment we see Meris (Katie O'Grady) and Mitch Canfield (John Keyser) together, they seem like an odd couple. M eris is quirky and mousy, while Mitch looks like a muscle-headed football star of yesteryear. Some say that opposites attract, but from the get-go I could not stop wondering how these two ever got together. (We are left uncertain of why Meris is dressed up as a punk rock caricature in the opening scene -- in which she wipes her "rag-blood" on a woman's face -- but that version of Meris is even farther from a perfect match for Mitch.) Mitch recently lost his job in Irvine, California and Rid of Me begins as he and Meris relocate to Mitch's hometown of Laurelwood, Oregon so that he can work as a lackey for his high school buddy, Dale...
- 4/24/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
By Sam Weisberg - April 22, 2011
At the beginning of James Westby's “Rid of Me,” a frowning, diminutive thirty-something woman—rendered alarmingly feline by bursts of Goth makeup—and an icy blonde princess stride past each other, in slow motion, in a supermarket. “You bitch,” the blonde mutters under her breath. Upon which, the Goth girl, without breaking a sweat, jams her hands down her skirt and smears menstrual blood all over the blonde's face.
This prologue is, like much of the rest of “Rid of Me,” jarringly funny yet punishingly shrill. Westby has a great deal of malicious, playful energy; his sheer joy at making this movie electrifies almost every frame. But though you share in his enthusiasm at times, Westby is ultimately hampered by the same hyperkinetic overconfidence that marred “Run Lola Run” and similar movies; it confuses breathlessness with boldness. The movie needs a massive dose of Ritalin.
At the beginning of James Westby's “Rid of Me,” a frowning, diminutive thirty-something woman—rendered alarmingly feline by bursts of Goth makeup—and an icy blonde princess stride past each other, in slow motion, in a supermarket. “You bitch,” the blonde mutters under her breath. Upon which, the Goth girl, without breaking a sweat, jams her hands down her skirt and smears menstrual blood all over the blonde's face.
This prologue is, like much of the rest of “Rid of Me,” jarringly funny yet punishingly shrill. Westby has a great deal of malicious, playful energy; his sheer joy at making this movie electrifies almost every frame. But though you share in his enthusiasm at times, Westby is ultimately hampered by the same hyperkinetic overconfidence that marred “Run Lola Run” and similar movies; it confuses breathlessness with boldness. The movie needs a massive dose of Ritalin.
- 4/22/2011
- by Screen Comment
- Screen Comment
The Tribeca Film Festival commences this week in New York, promising its usual fistful of revelations and discoveries to go along with the annual world premiere of whatever Edward Burns made for $400,000 this time around. The first such discovery I can claim is Rid of Me, director James Westby's curious hybrid of psychological drama and pitch-black comedy that, if there's any justice, should make actress Katie O'Grady a star.
- 4/18/2011
- Movieline
Exclusive: Teaser Trailer & Poster for Tribeca Entry Rid of Me: A "Low Budget Mean Girls for Adults"
Writer-director James Westby's Rid of Me is a black comedy featuring Katie O'Grady as a young married woman on a journey through embarrassment, emotional breakthroughs and rediscovery. The film will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 22. The synopsis and poster are also below: Synopsis: From writer/director James Westby (Film Geek, The Auteur) comes Rid Of Me, a black comedy that follows Meris, an awkward young woman trying too hard to perfect her marriage, amongst a new group of friends. With a breakthrough lead performance by Katie O'Grady, and an ensemble that includes Art Alexakis (of Everclear) and Theresa Russell (Black Widow, Bad Timing), Rid Of Me follows Meris’ rejection from the cool crowd down a path towards truth and salvation which includes a job at a local candy shop, a group of punk friends, community gardening and a newfound love for Cambodian rock music.
- 4/6/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Tribeca: Tell us about Rid of Me in your own words. Katie O'Grady: Rid of Me follows Meris Canfield, a simple, sweet girl who loves taking care of her husband. When their relationship begins to crumble, her life turns upside down, and she's forced to take a job in a candy shop - where she makes new friends who help her find out who she really is, while finding out who she's not. I feel like Rid of Me is a story we can all relate to - we are all trying to fit in, to figure out who we are, and to be loved for who we are. Everyone can relate to that journey. Tribeca: What attracted you to Meris? Katie O'Grady: I read the script while on vacation in Hawaii, and when I finished, I put it down and said, 'This movie has got to be made.
- 3/13/2011
- TribecaFilm.com
We all acknowledge that Hollywood is as much a state of mind as a place on the map. Now, with various states passing film-production incentive measures and independent moviemakers dwelling in all corners of the country, that sentiment has never seemed truer. Understandably, as The New York Times recently noted, there are critics of these programs — increasingly vocal, especially in light of the world's current economic mess. Yet other voices continue to support the basic idea of spreading the tinsel among various towns. In light of today's production climate, Back Stage recently investigated the health (or lack thereof) of five important moviemaking markets around the country.New Mexico: Dawn at the Oasis Casting director Jo Edna Boldin began making forays into New Mexico when the state implemented an attractive film-incentives package — including a 25 percent tax rebate and a loan program offering up to $15 million per project. About three years ago,...
- 11/3/2008
- by Mark Dundas Wood
- backstage.com
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