" New queer cinema " is a term first coined by the academic B. Ruby Rich in Sight & Sound magazine in 1992 to define and describe a movement in queer -themed independent filmmaking in the early 1990s.
83-729: Gregg Araki (born December 17, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is noted for his heavy involvement with the New Queer Cinema movement. His film Kaboom (2010) was the first winner of the Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm . Araki was born in Los Angeles on December 17, 1959, to Japanese American parents. He grew up in nearby Santa Barbara, California , and enrolled in college at the University of California, Santa Barbara . He graduated with
166-747: A 16mm camera and gave him some film. Araki's next three movies— Totally F***ed Up (1993), The Doom Generation (1995), and Nowhere (1997)—were collectively dubbed the Teenage Apocalypse trilogy. The trio has been characterized as "... teen alienation, hazy sexuality and aggression." A former student of his at UC Santa Barbara, Andrea Sperling , co-produced the films with him. The trilogy saw Araki work increasingly with more notable actors and actresses including Rose McGowan , Margaret Cho , Parker Posey , Guillermo Díaz , Ryan Phillippe , Heather Graham , and Mena Suvari among others. The trilogy received varying degrees of reviews, from
249-438: A "multiplicity of voices and sexualities" and equally had a "collection of different aesthetics" in their work. The issue of "lesbian invisibility" had been raised in queer cinema, since more funding went to gay male filmmakers than lesbian directors, as is the case with the heterosexual/mainstream film industry, and as such, much of queer cinema focused on the "construction of male desire". In her 1992 article, Rich commented on
332-654: A $ 5,000 budget. His third film, The Living End (1992), saw an increase to $ 20,000. He often had to shoot his early movies spontaneously and without proper permits. Despite the financial constraints, Araki's films received critical acclaim. He received awards from the Locarno International Film Festival and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association , with an additional nomination for a Sundance Film Festival award. Around 1992 director Jon Jost lent him
415-554: A B.A. from UCSB in 1982. He later attended the University of Southern California 's School of Cinematic Arts , where he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in 1985. Araki made his directorial debut in 1987 with Three Bewildered People in the Night . With a budget of only $ 5,000 and using a stationary camera, he told the story of a romance between a video artist, her sweetheart, and her gay friend. Two years later, Araki followed up with The Long Weekend (O' Despair) , another film with
498-475: A Blizzard (2014), which was given limited release to mixed reviews. Araki returned to television with the 2019 series Now Apocalypse , co-executive produced by Gregory Jacobs and Steven Soderbergh on Starz . Araki's next film, the comedy/thriller I Want Your Sex , will star Olivia Wilde , Cooper Hoffman , and Charli XCX . Production is scheduled to begin in October 2024 in Los Angeles. The screenplay
581-631: A civil and human rights legal organization dedicated to fighting racial injustice and eliminating structural racial disparities. In October, Some Good Merch donations to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America assisted in the remote re-opening of the Metro Atlanta BGCA and the creation of new distance learning programs after the clubs were forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At this time, donations to Trauma Free World also went towards
664-623: A confrontational and often antagonistic approach towards heterosexual culture. These directors were making their films at a time when the gay community was facing new challenges from the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and the conservative political wave brought on by the presidency of Ronald Reagan in the United States and the government of Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom. Jarman was diagnosed with AIDS in 1986, and died in 1994 at
747-542: A film about marital infidelity in which the central characters' lesbianism is a relatively minor aspect of a story and the primary theme is how a long-term relationship can become troubled and unfulfilling regardless of its gender configuration, as a prominent example of the trend. The French film Blue Is the Warmest Colour , which won the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival , has also been singled out as
830-616: A foreign language instructor in Costa Rica for six months. While there, he saved a woman from drowning when she was caught in a rip tide at a beach in Manuel Antonio National Park . Krasinski said that what he learned from his mother, who was a lifeguard, helped him save the woman. Krasinski attended Brown University , where he studied English and playwriting, and wrote an honors thesis, "Contents Under Pressure." He graduated from Brown in 2001. At Brown, he
913-415: A notable example. Released in 2018, Love, Simon was the first major studio film to center a gay teenage romance. More recently, Academy Award for Best Picture winners Moonlight and Everything Everywhere All at Once have been notable for prominently depicting queer characters. John Krasinski John Burke Krasinski ( / k r ə ˈ z ɪ n s k i / ; born October 20, 1979)
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#1732802446295996-431: A relationship with actress Kathleen Robertson from 1997 to 1999. In a 2014 interview, at which time he was in a relationship with a male partner, Araki said: "I don't really identify as anything", adding "I'd probably identify as gay at this point, but I have been with women." New Queer Cinema It is also referred to as the "queer new wave". The term developed from use of the word queer in academic writing in
1079-461: A series of commercials for Ask.com . He has also narrated commercials for Apple TV , Verizon Wireless , Esurance , BlackBerry Storm , My Coke Rewards , and Carnival Cruise Lines , and has appeared in print advertisements for Gap . In 2020, he starred across fellow Bostonians Chris Evans , Rachel Dratch , and David Ortiz in a popular Super Bowl commercial for the 2020 Hyundai Sonata 's Smart Park feature, pronouncing it "Smaht Park". He
1162-629: A silhouetted gamer in the film Free Guy . In May 2022, Krasinski made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as a member of the Illuminati after many years worth of fan casting, and interest from Krasinski himself. In June 2022, he voiced Superman in animated film DC League of Super-Pets . In October 2019, Krasinski's fantasy comedy IF
1245-434: A specific political movement, new queer cinema films were invariably radical, as they sought to challenge and subvert assumptions about identity, gender, class, family and society. The 1991 documentary Paris Is Burning introduced audiences to yet another subcultural realm. Director Jennie Livingston captured the realities of New York's drag balls and houses , and of the people of color who occupied these spaces. This
1328-467: A stark change from the dark, heavy drama of Mysterious Skin , a change purposely planned by Araki. It received very favorable reviews, with some describing it as another of Araki's potential cult classics. Kaboom marked Araki's tenth film and made its premiere at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival . It was awarded the first ever Queer Palm for its contribution to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues. Araki followed that film with White Bird in
1411-477: A thumbs down and "zero stars" by Roger Ebert to "Literally the Best Thing Ever" by Rookie , and was eventually heralded as cult classics. Araki's following film, Splendor (1999), was both an homage to screwball comedies of the 1940s and 1950s and a response to the controversy surrounding his ongoing relationship (despite Araki self-identifying as gay) with actress Kathleen Robertson . Hailed as
1494-506: A viral fundraising campaign for Family Reach, a non-profit, Boston-based organization designed to provide financial assistance to families coping with cancer treatment. While on Jimmy Kimmel Live! , Krasinski explained "I wanted to do something good with my 40th birthday, ’cause as I was going over the hill I thought I’d do something nice. So I actually just begged people for money.” The campaign raised more than $ 500,000, with Krasinski and his wife continuing to spearhead fundraising efforts for
1577-594: A waiter. He starred in the play What the Eunuch Saw , written and directed by his former college classmates Emily O'Dell and Isaac Robert Hurwitz. Krasinski's breakthrough came in 2004 when he was cast in the NBC sitcom The Office , a remake of the successful British TV series . In the series, a mockumentary about life at a mid-sized paper supply company, he played Jim Halpert , an intelligent and mild-mannered sales representative and, in later seasons, co-manager of
1660-475: A young artist while collaborating on her first art film. His performance was praised by critics. Peter Debruge of Variety wrote: "Krasinski is such an appealing actor that his likability serves to complicate Peter's behavior in interesting ways." Nobody Walks premiered in Competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won a special Jury Prize. Next, Krasinski starred in, co-produced and co-wrote
1743-611: Is a fan of the Boston Red Sox . In 2011, he starred in a New Era / MLB ad campaign with Alec Baldwin , playing off the rivalry between the Red Sox and Baldwin's preferred team, the New York Yankees . In 2024, Krasinski received criticism for appearing in a Canadian televised commercial for Rogers , while the corporation was locking out Canadian union actors amid a labour dispute. His appearance in this commercial
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#17328024462951826-508: Is a spin-off of a bit first introduced on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon . Merchant, Krasinski and Krasinski's wife, Emily Blunt , were brainstorming ideas for Krasinski's upcoming appearance on Late Night when the idea took shape. Jimmy Fallon then developed it into a recurring segment on his show. The show proved to be a major success for Spike; its series premiere was the highest-rated non-scripted premiere in Spike's history. In July 2016,
1909-724: Is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his role as Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013), where he was also a producer and occasional director. He directed, co-wrote and co-starred in the 2018 horror film A Quiet Place , for which Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world . He has since written and directed the sequel A Quiet Place Part II (2020). Educated in theatre arts at Brown University , Krasinski's film credits include Leatherheads (2008), Away We Go (2009), It's Complicated (2009), Something Borrowed (2011), Promised Land (2012), and 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016). He directed and starred in
1992-562: Is associated with avant-garde and underground films (e.g., Andy Warhol 's 1960s films). In avant-garde film, there are lesbian filmmakers, who laid the heritage for queer cinema, notably Ulrike Ottinger , Chantal Akerman and Pratibha Parmar . An important influence on the development of queer cinema was Rainer Werner Fassbinder 's 1970s and 1980s European art films , which added a "gay and queer sensibility" to film (e.g., Querelle from 1982, based on Genet's novel). Rosa von Praunheim has made more than 100 films on queer topics since
2075-465: Is of Irish ancestry, and his father is of Polish descent. He was raised Catholic . Krasinski made his stage debut as Daddy Warbucks in a sixth-grade school production of the musical Annie . He co-starred in a satirical play written and cast by his future The Office co-star B. J. Novak when they were high school seniors. Krasinski and Novak graduated from Newton South High School in 1997. Before entering college, Krasinski taught English as
2158-690: The Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA). Financial donations from Some Good Merch to Direct Relief , in coordination with a team at the First Nations Fund, were channeled into thousands of COVID-19 PPE , face masks and sanitizer, and other medical relief supplies for the Navajo Nation and White River Indian Hospital in Fort Apache Indian Reservation , a facility serving over 17,000 tribal members and run by
2241-477: The AIDS crisis of the 1980s, the film movement itself can be seen as a response to the crisis. The tone and energy of these movies reflected the assertive outrage of AIDS activist organizations of the past decade. AIDS activist videos, in particular, had a strong influence on the themes and imagery in new queer cinema as many of its notable figures were directly involved with AIDS activism. These films commented on
2324-640: The Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize and received mostly positive reviews. Film critic A.O. Scott wrote that "though this experiment doesn't quite succeed, there's enough intelligence and insight in this movie to make it worth the attempt" while Elizabeth Weitzman from New York Daily News felt that "Krasinski deserves credit for having the ambition to adapt material as difficult as David Foster Wallace's short stories." The same year, he starred in
2407-422: The 100 most influential people in the world , and the creation of the A Quiet Place film series . Krasinski produces and stars as the title character in the television series Jack Ryan , making him the fifth actor to portray the character after Alec Baldwin , Harrison Ford , Ben Affleck and Chris Pine from the film series . Jack Ryan premiered on Amazon Video on August 31, 2018. Four months before
2490-492: The 1980s and 1990s as an inclusive way of describing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender identity and experience, and also defining a form of sexuality that was fluid and subversive of traditional understandings of sexuality. The major film studio to discuss these issues was aptly named New Line Cinema with its Fine Line Features division. Since 1992, the phenomenon has also been described by various other academics and has been used to describe several other films released since
2573-598: The 1980s, the new queer cinema presented human identity and sexuality as socially constructed, and therefore fluid and changeable, rather than fixed. In the world of New Queer Cinema, sexuality is often a chaotic and subversive force, which is alienating to and often brutally repressed by dominant heterosexual power structures. Films in the new queer cinema movement frequently featured explicit and unapologetic depictions of same-sex sexual activity, and presented same-sex relationships that reconfigured traditional heterosexual notions of family and marriage. While not all identifying with
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2656-488: The 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales from being trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska . The film saw him play Adam Carlson, a news reporter . The same year, Krasinski starred in Ry Russo-Young 's independent drama Nobody Walks with Olivia Thirlby and Rosemarie DeWitt . In the film, Krasinski plays Peter, a sound-designer, husband and father of two who starts developing romantic feelings for
2739-450: The 1990s. Films of the new queer cinema movement typically share certain themes, such as the rejection of heteronormativity and the lives of LGBTQ protagonists living on the fringe of society. Susan Hayward states that queer cinema existed for decades before it was given its official label, such as the films of French creators Jean Cocteau ( Le sang d'un poète in 1934) and Jean Genet ( Un chant d'amour in 1950). Queer cinema
2822-640: The 89th Academy Awards including Best Picture. Next, Krasinski co-starred in Cameron Crowe 's romantic comedy-drama Aloha with Rachel McAdams , Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone . The film received a negative reaction and controversy from critics and audiences alike. In 2016, Krasinski starred in Michael Bay 's biographical war film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi based on Mitchell Zuckoff 's 2014 book 13 Hours . The film follows six members of Annex Security Team who fought to defend
2905-538: The American diplomatic compound in Benghazi , Libya after waves of attacks by Islamic militants on September 11, 2012 . Krasinski went through extensive physical training for the role and put on 25 pounds of muscle to play a former US Navy SEAL . That same year, he directed the comedy-drama The Hollars . The film also marked the first feature film produced under his banner Sunday Night. Krasinski also starred in
2988-651: The Indian Health Service (IHS). Additional PPE donations were made to SelfHelp Community Services , a home and community-based healthcare service for elderly Holocaust survivors and homebound seniors. In June 2020, following widespread public protests against racial injustice in the United States, Some Good Merch added donation options for the Black Lives Matter organization and the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund ,
3071-737: The Third , For Your Consideration and Dreamgirls . In 2008, Krasinski appeared with Renée Zellweger and George Clooney in the latter's directorial venture Leatherheads (2008), a period comedy about the early years of professional American football. He portrayed Carter "the Bullet" Rutherford, Princeton University 's college football star and a decorated hero of the First World War. MTV.com praised his acting, describing him as "an actor who's able to project both boyish warmth and intellectual concern" while also stating that he "manages
3154-516: The United States through AT&T and lifetime season pass tickets for Boston-based front-line medical workers to Boston Red Sox baseball games. Krasinski's daughters also helped to design a t-shirt with Sevenly and PepsiCo to help raise money for restaurant employees struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic; through SGN, PepsiCo also agreed to donate an additional $ 3 million to the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund. On
3237-574: The age of 52. Jarman's public promotion of gay rights and equality have established him as an influential activist within the LGBTQ community. Queer theory and politics were emerging topics in academic circles, with proponents arguing that gender and sexual categories, such as homosexual and heterosexual, were historical social constructs, subject to change with cultural attitudes. Rich noted that many films were beginning to represent sexualities that were unashamedly neither fixed nor conventional, and coined
3320-449: The banner, Krasinski and Seeger along with Stephen Merchant , became executive producers of the live-action/animated sitcom Dream Corp, LLC created by Daniel Stessen on Adult Swim . Lost star Jon Gries co-starred. Krasinski along with Merchant are also executive producers of the musical reality competition television series Lip Sync Battle which debuted on the American cable network Spike , on Thursday April 2, 2015. The show
3403-580: The black and white short film Past Forward for Italian luxury fashion house Prada which was directed by David O. Russell and premiered in September 2016 at Milan Fashion Week. In October 2016, he directed a live reading of the Good Will Hunting (1997) screenplay at New York's Skirball Theater in a one-off stage appearance of both the original stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon along with Emily Blunt . Krasinski's only release in 2017
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3486-506: The blurring of these roles and identities. Queer cinema filmmakers sometimes made films in genres that were typically considered mainstream, then subverting conventions by depicting the "question of pleasure" and celebrating excess, or by re-adding homosexual themes or historical elements where they had been erased through straightwashing (e.g. in Derek Jarman 's 1991 historical film Edward II ). Queer cinema filmmakers called for
3569-545: The cast of The Office . On April 17, 2020, Krasinski hosted a livestream virtual prom for high schoolers whose proms were cancelled due to the pandemic; 210,000 viewers tuned into the event, which included live performances from Billie Eilish , Finneas , the Jonas Brothers , and DJ D-Nice . Krasinski became ordained as a minister in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to officiate a virtual wedding as part of
3652-416: The comedy-drama Away We Go with Maya Rudolph , directed by Sam Mendes . It follows a couple searching North America for the perfect community in which to settle down and start a family. The film received positive reviews from critics. In his review, Michael Rechtshaffen from The Hollywood Reporter , said "terrific performances make this tender if slight little film worth the trip". His third 2009 role
3735-600: The comedy-drama films Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009) and The Hollars (2016). From 2018 to 2023, he played the title character in the Amazon Prime Video thriller series Jack Ryan , where he was also an executive producer. Krasinski has also performed voice-over work in animated and documentary films, including in Monsters University (2013). He established a production company, Sunday Night Productions , in 2013. For co-creating
3818-450: The considerable feat of holding the screen opposite Clooney without melting in the heat of [Clooney's] trademark movie-star mega-wattage." In 2009, Krasinski made his directorial debut in the comedy-drama film Brief Interviews with Hideous Men . He wrote the screenplay for the film based on David Foster Wallace 's collection of short stories, played a minor role in it and also served as producer. The film premiered on January 19, 2009, at
3901-481: The director's most optimistic film to date, it made its premiere at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival . Araki's next project was the ill-fated MTV production This Is How the World Ends , originally planned with a budget of $ 1.5 million. He viewed it as a chance to reach the masses through MTV's viewership and signed on to do the project despite the budget being cut to $ 700,000. Araki wrote, directed, and shot
3984-467: The failure of the Ronald Reagan administration to respond to the AIDS epidemic and the social stigma experienced by the gay community. Given the relative invisibility of references to AIDS in mainstream Hollywood film-making, the work of new queer cinema was hailed by the gay community as a welcome correction to a history of under-representation and stereotyping of gay and lesbian people. Among
4067-448: The film alongside an ensemble cast of Sharlto Copley , Charlie Day , Richard Jenkins , Anna Kendrick and Margo Martindale . The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2016. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that Krasinski "tackles the most clichéd genre in the movie business – the dysfunctional family dramedy" and that "he pulls it off with uncommon humor and compassion." Krasinski starred in
4150-571: The film. Later that year, he starred in the romantic comedy License to Wed (2007) with Mandy Moore and Robin Williams . Despite negative critical reception of the film, it emerged as a commercial success. Krasinski guest-starred in a number of television series including Law & Order: Criminal Intent , Without a Trace , Ed , American Dad! and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation . He also co-starred in films including Kinsey , Duane Hopwood , Jarhead , The Holiday , Shrek
4233-410: The films cited by Rich were Todd Haynes 's Poison (1991), Laurie Lynd 's RSVP (1991), Isaac Julien 's Young Soul Rebels (1991), Derek Jarman 's Edward II (1991), Tom Kalin 's Swoon (1992), and Gregg Araki 's The Living End (1992). All the films feature explicitly gay and lesbian protagonists and subjects; explicit and unapologetic depictions of or references to gay sex; and
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#17328024462954316-640: The idea with Eggers. They later pitched the idea to Damon. It received Special Mention Award at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2013. He also narrated the documentary television series Head Games (2012) on the Discovery Channel . In 2013, Krasinski founded the production company Sunday Night production with Allyson Seeger. The company has an overall deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television. Under
4399-419: The influence of new queer cinema was evolving toward more universal audience appeal. Rich, the originator of the phrase "new queer cinema", has identified the emergence in the late 2000s of LGBT-themed mainstream films such as Brokeback Mountain , Milk , and The Kids Are All Right as a key moment in the evolution of the genre. Both Troche and Mathews singled out Stacie Passon 's 2013 Concussion ,
4482-538: The international "Signs for Hope" program, which assists in the training of trauma-informed care for deaf children and orphans. In December 2020, following the release of the ninth episode of Some Good News, Toys for Tots was made available as an additional charitable option on Sevenly, which is an organization that provides toys to children whose families cannot afford to buy them around the Christmas holiday. For his 40th birthday in October 2019, Krasinski launched
4565-537: The late 1960s, many of them have been shown and rated internationally; some of the director's films are considered milestones in queer cinema. Von Praunheim became an international icon of queer cinema. Another influence on queer cinema was the Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco , whose film Kiss of the Spider Woman , from 1985, depicted a man in prison, who is seduced by his cellmate. His films also examined
4648-845: The organization afterwards via Family Reach's Hope for the Holidays campaign. Partnering with the Omaze foundation in 2018, Krasinski and his wife also raised money for the Malala Fund , which advocates for education rights for girls and women. In 2020, Krasinski and Blunt raised an additional $ 456,000 for the Family Reach organization. From March to December 2020, Krasinski and his Sunday Night Productions team created multiple fundraising and donation opportunities through their Some Good News web show. This included providing three months of free cellphone service for all nurses and doctors in
4731-493: The paper distribution company Dunder Mifflin in Scranton, Pennsylvania . Krasinski and Jenna Fischer 's characters were also the series' love interests. To prepare for the role, Krasinski visited Scranton and interviewed employees at actual paper companies. He also shot the footage of Scranton used in the opening credits. He appeared in every episode of the series and also directed several, including " Sabre ". For his work in
4814-455: The phrase "new queer cinema". Other important examples of new queer cinema include the first feature film by a black lesbian, Cheryl Dunye 's The Watermelon Woman (1996), and Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai 's Happy Together (1997). Beginning in the 2010s, a number of LGBT filmmakers, including Rose Troche and Travis Mathews , identified a newer trend in LGBT filmmaking, in which
4897-484: The pilot episode, but ultimately MTV decided against the project and the effort never aired. Following a short hiatus, Araki returned in 2004 with the critically acclaimed Mysterious Skin , based on the 1995 Scott Heim novel of the same name. This marked Araki's first work with someone else's source material. Araki's next feature was the stoner comedy Smiley Face (2007), featuring Anna Faris , Adam Brody , and John Krasinski , written by Dylan Haggerty. It marked
4980-569: The reality show Lip Sync Battle (2015–2019), he received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Structured Reality Program . He is married to English actress Emily Blunt , with whom he has two daughters. John Burke Krasinski was born on October 20, 1979, in the Boston suburb of Newton, Massachusetts , the youngest of three boys of nurse Mary Clare (née Doyle) and internist Ronald Krasinski. His mother
5063-456: The relationship between sexual, social, and political oppression, which would go on to become key themes of new queer cinema. The identification of queer cinema probably emerged in the mid-1980s through the influence of queer theory , which aims to "challenge and push further debates on gender and sexuality" as developed by feminist theory and "confuse binary essentialisms around gender and sexual identity, expose their limitations", and depict
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#17328024462955146-606: The romantic comedy Something Borrowed , based on Emily Giffin 's novel of the same name . Despite the film receiving negative reviews, his performance was widely praised. Krasinski was also one of the top candidates to play the role of Steve Rogers/ Captain America in the superhero film Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). Krasinski starred opposite Drew Barrymore in the biopic film Big Miracle (2012), which covers Operation Breakthrough ,
5229-767: The same name, and Nowhere after Ride 's album Nowhere . In 2010, Kaboom was named the first-ever winner of the Cannes Film Festival Queer Palm . Araki has also been honored with the 2006 Filmmaker on the Edge Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival . In 2013, Araki was recognized by the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City with the retrospective God Help Me: Gregg Araki . Araki has previously self-identified as "a gay Asian American". However, he had
5312-423: The screenplay for the drama Promised Land with Matt Damon based on a story by Dave Eggers that released on December 28, 2012. Based on a New York Times series by Ian Urbina called Drilling Down, the film follows two corporate salespeople who visit a rural town in an attempt to buy drilling rights from the local residents and was directed by Gus Van Sant . Krasinski came up with the film's premise and developed
5395-403: The sequel A Quiet Place Part II , in which he also had a supporting role. Initially scheduled for March 20, 2020, it was delayed due to COVID-19 (theatres began to shut down the week of March 16). It was eventually released on May 28, 2021, to positive reviews, becoming a box office success, and the first film of the pandemic era to cross $ 100m at the domestic box office. On Rotten Tomatoes ,
5478-399: The sequel earned a 91% rating based on 355 reviews, with the website's consensus stating that the "nerve-wracking" film expanded "the terrifying world of the franchise without losing track of its heart". In May 2021, Krasinski's production company, Sunday Night Productions , signed a first-look deal with Paramount Pictures . In August of the same year, Krasinski had a cameo appearance as
5561-616: The series (2005–2013), he earned approximately US$ 100,000 per episode of the third season of The Office , four times his salary for the previous two seasons. In 2006, Krasinski co-starred in Jason Carvey's independently produced, direct-to-DVD heist comedy A New Wave with Andrew Keegan and Lacey Chabert . In 2007, he co-starred with Anna Faris and Danny Masterson as Brevin in Gregg Araki 's independent stoner comedy Smiley Face (2007). Reviews were largely positive for
5644-589: The series premiere, the series was renewed for a second season, after the critical and commercial success of A Quiet Place . In March 2020, Krasinski started a web series titled Some Good News (SGN) on YouTube as a response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic . The series focused on highlighting good news at the time, while featuring celebrities including Steve Carell , Robert De Niro , the entire original Broadway cast of Hamilton , Brad Pitt , Samuel L. Jackson , Oprah Winfrey , Emma Stone , Ryan Reynolds , Steven Spielberg , Jon Stewart , Malala Yousafzai and
5727-448: The series. The nine-episode series attracted 72 million views and 2.58 million subscribers. On May 22, 2020, ViacomCBS announced they had acquired the show to air on CBS All Access , but Krasinski later confirmed that he and ViacomCBS did not move forward with development plans for the company's streaming platform. Instead, Krasinski would keep Some Good News in its original format on YouTube and secondary video platforms established in
5810-498: The show by Krasinski's daughters. All sales profits went to one of six charities of the buyer's choosing, with The Starbucks Foundation agreeing to match up to one million dollars. Some Good Merch raised nearly $ 500,000 within one month and over $ 2 million by 2021. Initial donations were made to World Central Kitchen , the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund , Direct Relief , Trauma Free World , and
5893-613: The show received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the Outstanding Structured Reality Program category. In 2014, Krasinski collaborated with his Promised Land co-star and co-writer Matt Damon on the critically acclaimed 2016 drama Manchester by the Sea which starred Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams . The film was written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan and is based on an original idea of Krasinski's. The film received six nominations at
5976-412: The show's original run, such as Snapchat . On January 20, 2021, Krasinski spoke at President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris 's inauguration celebration via a remote address from his home office. Krasinski hosted his first episode of Saturday Night Live later that month, which was watched by 6.69 million viewers and received positively by critics. Krasinski directed and wrote
6059-582: The status quo of heterosexual definition and resisted promoting "positive" images of lesbians and gay men that had been advocated by the gay liberation movement of the 1970s and 1980s. In the films of new queer cinema, the protagonists and narratives were predominantly LGBTQ , but were presented invariably as outsiders and renegades from the rules of conventional society, who embraced radical and unconventional gender roles and ways of life, frequently casting themselves as outlaws or fugitives. Drawing on postmodernist and poststructuralist academic theories of
6142-613: The strong gay and lesbian presence on the previous year's film festival circuit and coined the phrase "new queer cinema" to describe a growing movement of similarly themed films being made by gay and lesbian independent filmmakers, chiefly in North America and the United Kingdom. Rich developed her theory in The Village Voice and Sight & Sound , describing films that were radical in form and aggressive in their presentation of sexual identities, which challenged both
6225-564: The world premiere of the Off-Broadway play Dry Powder with Hank Azaria , Claire Danes , and Sanjit De Silva which was directed by Thomas Kail . The play ran from March to May 2016 at The Public Theater in New York City which sold out its run before opening. His performance was widely praised by critics and, later that year, he received the Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance. He also co-starred in
6308-748: Was Kathryn Bigelow 's Detroit . The film was set during the 1967 Detroit riots and was released in July 2017, around the time of the 50th anniversary of the events, and on the anniversary day of the Algiers Motel incident , which is depicted in the film. In 2018, Krasinski directed and co-wrote the film A Quiet Place , a post-apocalyptic horror thriller, in which he also co-starred with his wife Emily Blunt . Released by Paramount Pictures , it scored 96% at Rotten Tomatoes based on 367 reviews, and grossed over $ 340 million worldwide. The film's success led to Time magazine naming Krasinski one of
6391-785: Was a member of the sketch comedy group Out of Bounds and helped coach youth basketball at the Gordon School in East Providence, Rhode Island . He then attended the National Theater Institute in Waterford, Connecticut . In 2000, Krasinski interned as a scriptwriter on the show Late Night with Conan O'Brien . After graduating from Brown University, he moved to New York to pursue acting. He appeared in commercials, guest-starred on television shows, and did readings of off-Broadway plays while working as
6474-477: Was an arguably underground world with which many Americans were unfamiliar. Aesthetic excellence and flamboyance were crucial in drag performances and competitions. Stylized vogue dancing was also exhibited as central to the drag experience, notably influencing the artistry of pop icon Madonna . New queer cinema figures like Livingston encouraged viewers to suspend their ignorance, and enjoy the diversity of humanity. Not only did these films frequently reference
6557-629: Was in Nancy Meyers ' romantic comedy It's Complicated as part of an ensemble cast that included Meryl Streep , Steve Martin , Lake Bell and Alec Baldwin . The film was a box office success, grossing over $ 219 million worldwide. It won the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards for Best Ensemble Cast for the film. In 2011, Krasinski co-starred with Ginnifer Goodwin , Kate Hudson and Colin Egglesfield in
6640-751: Was listed as one of People 's Sexiest Men Alive in 2006, 2009, 2018, and 2019, and was the very first man on the list in 2024. He has narrated the children's books Curious George Goes to the Hospital , which was included in the special Curious George collection Curious George: 75th Anniversary Edition , which he also narrated. Krasinski began dating English actress Emily Blunt in November 2008. They became engaged in August 2009 and married on July 10, 2010 in Como , Italy. They have two daughters. Krasinski
6723-523: Was picked up by Paramount Pictures ; in addition to writing, directing, and producing the project, Krasinski co-starred with Ryan Reynolds , who also served as producer. The project also co-starred Phoebe Waller-Bridge , Fiona Shaw , Louis Gossett Jr. , and Krasinski's The Office co-star Steve Carell , and was set to be released on November 17, 2023. In July 2022, the film was further delayed to May 24, 2024. Beginning in March 2006, Krasinski narrated
6806-723: Was widely seen as scabbing , and undermining the efforts of the Canadian actors union, ACTRA, to end the lockout. In May 2020, Krasinski partnered with Sevenly, 5th Element, and the Starbucks Foundation to launch Some Good Merch , an online merchandise store designed to raise financial support for multiple social causes during the COVID-19 pandemic . Store items, including shirts, mugs, tote bags, ornaments, and reusable face masks, featured donated fan art of Krasinski's Some Good News web show, as well as artwork made for
6889-411: Was written by Araki and Karley Sciortino . One notable feature of Araki's work is the frequent presence of shoegaze music. This was first seen in the soundtrack of Totally Fucked Up , and was also substantially featured in the films Nowhere and Mysterious Skin . Both The Living End and Nowhere owe their titles to this shoegaze influence: The Living End after The Jesus and Mary Chain song of
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