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Peirce's directorial debut tells the gut-wrenching true story of Teena Brandon, a Midwestern female who disguised herself as a man. Relocating to Falls City, Nebraska, from Lincoln, she managed to convince her newfound group of friends that she was Brandon Teena. The film treats these events with a painful objectivism, as .. Read more

Starring	Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III
Director	Kimberly Peirce
Genres	Drama, Gay/Lesbian

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Swank upsets psychologist with nudity remarks
- 20 Oct 2009
Hilary Swank has sparked a storm of controversy in the U.S. by confessing she's often nude in front of her boyfriend's six-year-old son in a new magazine article. The actress tells the new Marie Claire that she never wears anything to bed and that means her lover's kid often sees her naked, prompting top psychologists to urge the Oscar winner to cover up. In the article, Swank says, "My boyfriend's son is six years old, and you wonder at what age you should stop walking around nude. Every... Read more
Sarsgaard heartbroken by Valentine's Day snub
- 18 Oct 2009
Actor Peter Sarsgaard once had his heart broken after driving from New York to North Carolina to surprise a girlfriend on Valentine's Day. Now happily married to actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, the Boys Don't Cry star recalls presenting a former love with a short story he had written for her only to discover she'd met someone else. The actor tells WENN, "I was at Bard College. It was around eight o'clock at night and Valentine's Day was the next day. I drove all the way down to the University of... Read more
Sevigny has her sights set on action films
- 10 May 2009
Actress Chloe Sevigny wants to become the next big female action star, insisting she's fitter than most people think she is. The Boys Don't Cry star has made a name for herself in a series of gritty low-budget indie movies, but now she's keen to be the next Angelina Jolie. She says, "I would love to do an action movie. I'm actually very physically fit. I don't think people think of me that way. "I read a lot of those scripts and audition, but I think I am just not a big enough name - it's all... Read more
Nothing But the Truth
- 25 Nov 2008
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Stop-Loss
- 21 Apr 2008
Ryan Philippe explored the difficulties of a WWII marine coming home in Flags of Our Fathers: a touch of shell-shock; guilt at no longer being on the front line; and shame at the disparity between the propaganda machine's version of the war and the reality that he knew. Philippe is coming home again as Sgt Brandon King in Stop-Loss, this time from the war in Iraq - we get a taste of that conflict in the movie's opening salvo, a firefight in the streets of Tikrit that claims a couple of Sgt... Read more