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Tim Key is a comedian, poet, actor, and writer who co-wrote and stars in the new comedy <a href="https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-ballad-of-wallis-island/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Ballad of Wallis Island</a>, which is in select theaters from March 28 and everywhere from April 18. Key won the Perrier Award in 2009 and has since gone on to write and perform eight solo shows, including the smash hit, Mulberry. On screen, he is best known as Sidekick Simon in This Time with Alan Partridge, as well as The Double, Peep Show and The End of the F***ing World. Most recently, he was seen opposite Robert Pattinson in Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17 and played Commissioner Harrold Scott alongside Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan in See How They Run. His radio series Late Night Poetry with Tim Key has just been commissioned for a sixth season and Key also has written several successful poetry anthologies, including Chapters, He Used Thought as a Wife and Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush.

Tim Key

Film

Three Great Things: Tim Key

Alice Lowe’s sophomore directorial feature, <a href="https://geni.us/TIMESTALKER_Movie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Timestalker</a>, which she wrote, directed and stars in, is out now through Level 33 Entertainment. She made her screenwriting debut with Sightseers (2012), directed by Ben Wheatley, in which she also starred. Prevenge (2016) was Alice&#8217;s directorial feature debut; she wrote, starred in and directed it while heavily pregnant. The film opened Venice Critics’ Week and screened at Toronto, LFF, Sitges, Rotterdam, SXSW and AFI before going on general release in the U.K. and U.S. to critical and audience acclaim. Alice&#8217;s other work includes three series of her sketch show Alice&#8217;s Wunderland for BBC Radio 4, several short films, and TV and film appearances such as Garth Marenghi&#8217;s Darkplace, Paddington, Hot Fuzz and Horrible Histories. More recently she has starred in BAFTA-nominated U.K. indie The Ghoul, Adult Life Skills and Locke. (Photo by Simon Webb.)

Alice Lowe

Three Great Things: Alice Lowe

Michaela Watkins can currently be seen playing the title character in the comedy drama Suze, out now in theaters. She was recently seen in the movies Paint, with Owen Wilson, Nicole Holofcener’s You Hurt My Feelings, starring Julia-Louis Dreyfus, and in the mini series Tiny Beautiful Things, opposite Kathryn Hahn, and The Dropout, starring Amanda Seyfried. She famously played the lead role in Hulu’s Casual and her other TV credits include The Unicorn, Catastrophe, Search Party, Get Shorty, Wet Hot American Summer, Transparent, Veep, Enlightened, Modern Family, Children&#8217;s Hospital, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Key and Peele, The Kroll Show and Drunk History. Her indie film credits include Lake Bell&#8217;s In a World; Joey Soloway’s Afternoon Delight; Brigsby Bear, opposite Kyle Mooney and Greg Kinnear; Brittany Runs a Marathon with Jillian Bell; The Way Back, opposite Ben Affleck; and Wanderlust, opposite Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd. (Photo by Catie Laffoon.)

Michaela Watkins

Three Great Things: Michaela Watkins

J Spaceman, aka Jason Pierce, is the London-based artist behind Spiritualized, and formerly Spaceman 3. His latest record, Music for Williams Eggleston&#8217;s Stranded in Canton, with John Coxon, is out now.

J Spaceman

Music

Three Great Things: J Spaceman

Morena Baccarin can currently be seen opposite Anthony Mackie the new action thriller Elevation, which is out now in theaters. In Deadpool, Deadpool 2, and this year’s Deadpool &amp; Wolverine, she plays Vanessa, the tough and witty love interest of Ryan Reynolds. She will soon lead CBS’s new series Sheriff County, a spinoff about her recurring Fire Country character, and star opposite Jason Mamoa and David Bautista in Amazon’s feature Wrecking Crew. Her long list of television credits includes a regular series in Fox’s Gotham, the lead in ABC’s V, the lead (and a producer) of CBS’s The Endgame, Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone, and of course, Homeland, for which she was nominated for Emmy and SAG awards. As a new Juilliard grad, Morena broke through in Firefly, which was followed by its big-screen adaptation Serenity. Her other film credits include Paul Feig’s comedy hit Spy, the Gerard Butler thriller Greenland, and Fast Charlie, opposite Pierce Brosnan.

Morena Baccarin

Three Great Things: Morena Baccarin

The 25th anniversary 4K restoration of Alan Rudolph’s <a href="https://www.filmswelike.com/films/breakfast-of-champions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Breakfast of Champions</a>, an adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s cult novel starring Bruce Willis, Albert Finney, Nick Nolte, Barbara Hershey, Glenne Headly and Lukas Haas, is out now in theaters. A pioneer in the American independent film movement, Rudolph began his professional career as an assistant director before being hired by Robert Altman to work on The Long Goodbye and later his masterpiece, Nashville. The two remained lifelong friends and collaborators as Altman served as producer on many of Rudolph’s future projects. His films are noted for their fluid style, unpredictable humor, and glowing performances, often peculiar ensemble-based stories exploring the paradoxical complexities of being human, and he’s perhaps best known for Welcome to L.A., Remember My Name, Choose Me, Trouble In Mind, The Moderns Mrs. Parker, The Vicious Circle, Afterglow and Breakfast of Champions, nominated for the Berlin Golden Bear in 1999. (Photo by Joyce Rudolph.)

Alan Rudolph

Three Great Things: Alan Rudolph

Guy Maddin’s new film with Evan and Galen Johnson, <a href="https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/rumours/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rumours</a>, starring Cate Blanchett, Charles Dance and Alicia Vikander, is out now through Bleecker Street. He has directed 13 feature-length movies in a career spanning more than 30 years. For the past decade, he has worked exclusively in directorial partnership with Evan and Galen Johnson, creating The Forbidden Room (2015), The Green Fog (2017), and the internet interactive Seances (2016). During his solo helming years, Maddin mounted around the world over seventy performances of his films, Cowards Bend the Knee (2002), Brand Upon the Brain (2006) and My Winnipeg (2007) in productions featuring live elements – orchestra, sound effects, song and narration. His screenplay and film-story collaborators include Nobel Laureate Kazuo Ishiguro and poet John Ashbery. In America, his movies Archangel (1990) and The Heart of the World (2000) won National Society of Film Critics Awards for Best Experimental Film.

Guy Maddin

Three Great Things: Guy Maddin

Andra Day can currently be seen playing Aisha in the new drama Exhibiting Forgiveness, out now in theaters. A Grammy-winning singer/songwriter, activist and actress, Andra Day was initially best known for her 2016 Grammy-nominated behemoth “Rise Up,” which amassed over 1 billion streams and an RIAA triple-platinum certification. And she’s performed alongside everyone from Stevie Wonder and the Obamas to Nick Jonas and Alicia Keys. In 2021, her feature-acting debut in the Lee Daniels-directed biopic The United States vs. Billie Holiday (in which she starred as Holiday) earned her a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama and a nomination for Best Actress at the Oscars. She also won a Grammy Award for Best Soundtrack Visual Media and a BET Award for Best Actress. Her upcoming studio album, Cassandra, is a soulful and timeless body of work that captures the artist’s essence and inimitable vocals.

Andra Day

Three Great Things: Andra Day

Heather Graham’s new film as writer-director-star, Chosen Family, also featuring John Brotherton, Julia Stiles, Andrea Savage and Thomas Lennon, is out now in theaters and on demand. She captured the attention of the industry with her breakout, Indie Spirit Award-nominated role in Gus Van Sant&#8217;s Drugstore Cowboy, followed by unforgettable roles in the 1997 classic Boogie Nights, 1999&#8217;s Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and 2009’s The Hangover. Graham recently starred in the independent dramedy The Rest of Us, which premiered to rave reviews at TIFF in 2019. Graham first expanded into writing, directing and producing in 2018 with the critically acclaimed film Half Magic, in which she also starred.

Heather Graham

Three Great Things: Heather Graham

Corey Feldman can currently be seen in<a href="https://drafthousefilms.com/thebirthday" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> The Birthday</a>, the cult hit which is having a 20th anniversary re-release. He began his career at the age of three, starring in a McDonald&#8217;s commercial, and has remained a fixture in the entertainment industry ever since. With over 100 film credits to his name, Corey built his career with roles in film such as The Bad News Bears, Time After Time, Gremlins, The Goonies, Stand By Me and The Lost Boys. As a musician, Corey recently wrapped up his final solo U.S. tour, performing to sold-out crowds. He is preparing for a world tour next year to promote his latest album Love Left 2: Arm Me With Love, which has already produced two Billboard Top 40 hits. Corey is also a New York Times best-selling author, having released his autobiography Coreyography in 2013. He continues to be a dedicated advocate for victims of child sexual abuse, serving as National Ambassador for CHILD USA and helping drive the movement for statute of limitation reform. For more information, visit <a href="https://coreyfeldman.net/">coreyfeldman.net</a>.

Corey Feldman

Three Great Things: Corey Feldman

Jennifer Kent worked extensively as an actor in Australia before establishing her career as a writer-director. The Babadook premiered at Sundance in 2014, and received over 100 nominations and awards internationally. It is now being re-released for its 10th anniversary and is <a href="https://www.iconicreleasing.com/events/the-babadook/tickets/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">currently in theaters again</a>. Jennifer’s second film The Nightingale won the Jury Prize and the Marcello Mastroianni award at Venice Film Festival in 2018, as well as winning five Australian Academy (AACTA) Awards. Recently, she wrote and directed “The Murmuring,” an episode of the acclaimed Netflix anthology Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities. She has three feature films in development as well as two TV series.

Jennifer Kent

Three Great Things: Jennifer Kent

Pom Klementieff is currently starring in the action thriller The Killer’s Game, opposite Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella and Terry Crews. Klementieff delighted audiences in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise as Mantis and had a standout role in Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, alongside as, the unhinged antagonist out to destroy Ethan Hunt and his team. Pom is currently in production on Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part Two. While filming the Mission: Impossible movies, Klementieff cowrote and starred in “Au Revoir Chris Hemsworth,” a black-and-white, cheeky French new wave music video directed by Simon Pegg as part of the AGBO Superhero League Trash Talk videos. Klementieff’s other credits include Spike Lee’s Oldboy, Ingrid Goes West, Newness, Thunder Force, HBO’s Westworld and Netflix’s Black Mirror.

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