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Benny Safdie
Date of Birth: 23 Feb 1986
Country: USA
Biography: Benny Safdie is an American filmmaker, actor, and writer best known as one half of the Safdie Brothers duo. With films like Good Time and Uncut Gems, he’s recognized for intense, frenetic storytelling and naturalistic performances. He has also acted in projects such as Licorice Pizza and Oppenheimer, expanding his work beyond directing.
Total Credits at Criticker: 20 (Actor), 15 (Director), 10 (Writer)
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Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, embarks on a treacherous, decade-long maritime journey home after the fall of Troy. While he battles mythological monsters, deceptive sorceresses, and divine wrath at sea, his son Telemachus searches for him, and his wife Penelope must fend off a court of aggressive suitors vying for her hand and the throne.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie follows Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and friends as they blast off into outer space on a cosmic adventure across the galaxy.
Twenty-nine years after winning his first Tour Championship, retired golfer Happy Gilmore returns to the sport to pay for his daughter Vienna's ballet school. (wikipedia.org)
When her family moves from the city to the suburbs, 11-year-old Margaret navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence (imdb.com).
The Curse (2023) - TV Series
A newlywed couple struggle to make their vision for eco-living a reality in a small New Mexico town.
During World War II, a brilliant but complex physicist is tasked with overseeing the secretive Manhattan Project: the creation of the world's first atomic weapon. As he drives the massive scientific undertaking toward its terrifying climax, he must grapple with the profound moral and political consequences of unleashing a destructive force that will irrevocably alter the course of human history.
In 1984's Nicaragua, a mysterious English businessman and a headstrong American journalist strike up a romance as they soon become embroiled in a dangerous labyrinth of lies and conspiracies and are forced to try and escape the country.
In 1970s San Fernando Valley, a confident 15-year-old high school student and aspiring actor pursues a directionless 25-year-old woman working as a photographer's assistant. Their coming-of-age story is a series of interconnected vignettes about first love, entrepreneurial schemes, and navigating the confusing, chaotic, and vibrant landscape of youth.
Goldman v Silverman (2020) - Short Film
Rod Goldman and Al Silverman are street performers who work the tourist scene of Times Square. Goldman gets no respect and Silverman is the first one to make sure of that. (imdb)
A grieving woman embarks on an emotional journey after the loss of her baby.
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through the city's underworld in a desperate attempt to get him out. Over the course of one adrenaline-filled night, he finds himself on a downward spiral of violence and chaos as he races against time to save his brother and himself.
Music video by Oneohtrix Point Never (Daniel Lopatin) ft. Iggy Pop from the official soundtrack of Good Time (2017), including unused scenes of a 'what if' ending if Connie and Nick successfully completed the heist. (imdb)
Solid Gold (2013) - Short Film
It’s about a Golden Man in the streets and subways of New York, who tries and that’s all that matters.
John's Gone (2010) - Short Film
John's Gone is a fever dream comedy about John's World soon after his mother passes away. He sells things online, cheats off dollar stores, needs friends but settles for strangers, has roaches, and is prematurely thrust into the cruel wasteland that is the world around him. (imdb)
The Acquaintances of a Lonely John (2008) - Short Film
This is the story of a lonely man named John. He wanders through the city into various acquaintances of varying levels of niceness. He sees a lot of people but sometimes they just don't want to be bothered with him.
John's Lonely Trip to Coney Island (2008) - Short Film
John embarks on a trip to Coney Island for a day of fun and happiness. Things don’t quite work out as planned.
There's Nothing You Can Do (2008) - Short Film
A young businessman loses his patience while riding the city bus.
A maddeningly oblivious, tyrannical and emotionally stunted young woman tries her best to negotiate two toxic friendships. (imdb)
I Think I'm Missing Parts (2007) - Short Film
A woman’s car breaks down at a house in the woods. She looks out the window to see a variety of bizarre activities.
The Ralph Handel Story (2006) - Short Film
Benny Safdie’s deadpan spoof of stand-up comedy and staged cinéma verité verges on performance art. His Ralph Handel is a humorless white-collar worker who unaccountably spends his nights working the open mic circuit. Safdie bravely committed himself to actual nightclubs for several of these abysmal routines, lending a curious note of authenticity to the counterfeit documentary.




















