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From Eyes Wide Shut to Two Lovers: A Long Time Coming for Vinessa Shaw

I’ll admit to having only recently taken notice after seeing her in James Gray’s menage a trois, Cannes main competition picture Two Lovers. So I was wondering what kind of career path thesp Vinessa Shaw had taken since her forever infamous bit role in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. Among the titles with a bit more clout, she had another small role in Woody Allen’s Melinda and Melinda, and as of late she had a larger role in

I’ll admit to having only recently taken notice after seeing her in James Gray’s menage a trois, Cannes main competition picture Two Lovers. So I was wondering what kind of career path thesp Vinessa Shaw had taken since her forever infamous bit role in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. Among the titles with a bit more clout, she had another small role in Woody Allen‘s Melinda and
Melinda
, and as of late she had a larger role in Alexandre Aja‘s 2006 The Hills Have
Eyes
and 2007’s James Mangold‘s 3:10 to Yuma. This steady climb now includes an indie drama set in L.A called Garden Party – (we have a look at the poster below).

In limited released July 11th by Roadside Attractions, written and directed by Jason Freeland, this is about a collection of lost souls who search for fame and fortune in the city of angels to only would up in other, less alluring career choices. 

Garden Party Poster Vinessa Shaw

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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