Sentences with phrase «gerwig brings»

The film saw a middle - age, malcontented Stiller attracted to the Gerwig's young dog - walker, and while the film does tend to take on the title character's bitterness, Gerwig brings a sweet / sad energy to the film.

And Gerwig brings it home with an emotional climax involving Lady Bird, Marion and an unsentimental farewell that places the film's weight on Metcalf's shoulders.

There's an authenticity with what Gerwig brings to the screen as a writer and director, which can't be denied.

As an actor, the sensibility that Greta Gerwig brings to the screen is a tonic.

This week Gerwig brought her solo directorial debut Lady Bird to the festival which has had a remarkable number of films by and about about women this year.

Not exact matches

But this week brings news of a new project: Baumbach will re-team with Ben Stiller (and possibly Greta Gerwig) for While We're Young.

The film belongs to Stiller and Gerwig, though (and maybe to the adorable dog Mahler, the magnet that keeps bringing Roger and Florence together when it seems they no longer can stomach each other).

Instead he has hired a remarkable voice cast here, which also features the likes of Liev Schreiber, Greta Gerwig, Scarlett Johansson and Frances McDormand, each bringing their indelible talents to this production.

Gerwig («Greenberg,» «No Strings Attached») brings that hapless and unhappy neediness thing she does to Lola, and that's enough.

Gerwig herself is an inspiration, being a fresh voice and bringing to the screen interesting and complex female characters.

Greta Gerwig is only the fifth woman nominated in the best director category for bringing «Lady Bird,» a tender coming - of - age story, to the screen, while «Get Out» s» Jordan Peele became the fifth black man nominated in the best director category.

Gerwig has taken exception to the attention she has paid to bringing forth the character of Christine «Lady Bird» McPherson (Ronan) in the film being dismissed as she telling a story about «just your life».

Hansen - Love, who won the Cannes Un Certain Regard prize in 2009 for «The Father Of My Children,» is also bringing on board an international cast, chief among them Greta Gerwig, long - time art - house it - girl and celebrated lead of «Frances Ha,» a movie where she got to dance her heart out (although in an entirely different way).

Gerwig: Do you remember when I brought [«Lady Bird» cast member] Lucas [Hedges] to see you in «The Crucible»?

From Annette Bening and Greta Gerwig, to Molly Shannon and Jesse Plemons, these narratives and their actors bring an altogether new experience to the big screen.

For Gerwig, the prospect of bringing the two together on the big screen in her directorial debut was thrilling.

To bring it back to Lady Bird, what I love about working with Greta Gerwig — her writing, her dialogue, is very musical.

Speaking with Backstage, Gerwig recalls how Metcalf brought many of Marion's nonaggressive moments to light herself, like when she gets a gift for her co-worker's newborn or empathizes with Lady Bird's drama teacher, Father Leviatch (Stephen McKinley Henderson).

I remain grateful that Baumbach and Gerwig found each other, and that they're bringing such a winning spirit to American comedy.

Greta Gerwig's semi-autobiographical tale brought the audience to laughter, tears, and their feet.

Gerwig and her lead actor Saoirse Ronan bring a nuanced, non-judgemental approach to the coming - of - age comedy, and much has already been made of its resonance, especially for women of Gerwig's age.

Which brings up Greta Gerwig.

And he's brought along an all - star cast, including Bryan Cranston, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Jeff Goldblum and Greta Gerwig.

Here are some filmmakers who paved the way for Gerwig by bringing attention to places that, like Sacramento, exist in the shadows of more prominent ones.

Now in 2017, Greta Gerwig has stepped behind the camera to bring the world Lady Bird, a film which she not only directed but wrote as well.

No doubt many attendees will also wear the «I < 3 Lady Bird» buttons now common around campus; Kelly says Gerwig's parents bring the buttons on their frequent visits to St. Francis.

Despite the brusque tonal shifts, mostly relegated to the film's first half, Gerwig, ably assisted by editor Nick Huoy, is able to juggle the myriad characters and storylines to bring the movie in at an episodic yet brisk 94 minutes.

2017 brought a number of great films from female directors, and three of them persisted in the cultural conversation as having awards - season potential: Patty Jenkins for Wonder Woman, Dee Rees for Mudbound, and Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird.

Gerwig's strong freshman feature strikes a balance between the mumblecore sensibilities of frequent collaborators Joe Swanberg and Noah Baumbach while bringing a refreshingly anarchical female voice into the choir.

Gerwig's shown a knack for bringing out Baumbach's madcap side in these films, and while Lady Bird is more subdued than those films, an anarchic heart beats at its core.

But in addition to bringing a local's touch to the set, Gerwig is also meticulous in portraying a cultural environment that reflected the puka - shell - rich experience of a rebellious theater nerd growing up in the early aughts.

(Gerwig will almost certainly overshadow her partner, Noah Baumbach, who's brought his The Meyerowitz Stories to New York from Cannes, before it's released on Netflix, and gets a small theatrical run, in a couple weeks.)

Here's hoping Gerwig is nominated for Best Director and brings the percentage up to 0.01, because time's up on that.

After seeing the film in Telluride, Johnson and Koch wisely enlisted a persuasive individual to help convince Gerwig to bring her solo directing debut to Middleburg: Her mother, Catherine, who is a nurse and inspiration for Laurie Metcalf's character.

If Frances Ha was Baumbach's Manhattan, then this is his Bringing Up Baby; Great Gerwig the flightly descendant of Katherine Hepburn's Susan Vance, and Kirke the straight - laced Gary Grant, whose life is turned upside down with the arrival of an uninhibited spirit.

«Lady Bird» Writer - director Greta Gerwig assembled a roster of top - tier talent (most are regulars in the NYC theater scene) to bring to life her portrait of Sacramento, California, in 2002, and a high school senior (Saoirse Ronan) who believes the only interesting thing about the year is that it's a palindrome.

Although Kirke is our POV character, narrating the first trailer and bringing us into the story, Gerwig is the focus.

Ahead of its Christmas day release in the US, a new poster and trailer have arrived online for 20th Century Women, which is written and directed by Mike Mills and stars Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Lucas Jade Zumann and Billy Crudup; take a look below... With 20th Century Women, acclaimed filmmaker Mike Mills (the Academy Award ® - winning Beginners) brings -LSB-...]