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May 29, 2015 · “Anybody I ever met that was a junkie, they always had this look of comfort to them. It seemed like they were always comfortable, and I wanted that so bad” – Arielle Holmes. As the lead actress in a future-cult film, Holmes has come a long way from panhandling and shooting up in New York's Upper West Side.
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Then, out of nowhere, Safdie saw Arielle Holmes: a young woman with striking eyes, and a face that seemed to tell a story, if not several. Instantly taken by her – and mistakenly presuming she was a “classic Russian Diamond District girl” – Safdie then struck up a friendship with this stranger. Over meals in Chinatown, the two would discuss stories...
Unlike Good Time and Uncut Gems, though, there is no actual plot to speak of in Heaven Knows What,no whiplash-inducing kinetic momentum that allows us any kind of reprieve from the chaos. The film merely attempts to reproduce the daily routine of someone who is in thrall to the terrible spell of heroin addiction. It does this without judgment or mo...
And yet, at the end of the day, Heaven Knows Whatis still Arielle Holmes’ story more than anyone else’s. It is impossible to imagine the movie without her at its center. Holmes, to her immense credit, never manipulatively courts audience sympathy, and her character, Harley, never behaves like anything other than a real, desperate young woman strugg...
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Nov 17, 2014 · Interview: Arielle Holmes & Caleb Landry Jones Talk Drugs, Drama & Making 'Heaven Knows What'. By Jessica Kiang. November 17, 2014 5:05 pm. The Tokyo International Film Festival ended with a...
Jul 10, 2015 · In Heaven Knows What, Arielle Holmes Burns Through the Screen — and Her Own Life | Film Reviews | Miami | Miami New Times | The Leading Independent News Source in Miami, Florida. Film...
Oct 6, 2014 · Arielle Holmes on the red carpet for the New York Film Festival premiere of ‘Heaven Knows What’. If the acclaimed indie drama Heaven Knows What —which had its American premiere at the 52nd ...
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Jul 2, 2015 · Drugs, destruction and movie glory: how Arielle Holmes rose from the streets | Drama films | The Guardian. ‘I learned a lot from that life’: Arielle Holmes, who stars in Heaven Knows What...
Arielle Holmes (born September 17, 1993) is an American actress and writer. She is best known for starring as a semi-fictionalized version of herself in the film Heaven Knows What (2014), based on an unpublished memoir she wrote at the behest of the film's directors, Josh and Benny Safdie.
