Sentences with phrase «gerwig takes»

And Gerwig takes full ownership of the role; even the way she moves, with her limbs as if slightly detached from the rest of her body but completely aware of what she is doing, feels like a choice she went with and committed to.

Actors often talk of how their own lives influence their work, but it sounds as if Gerwig takes as much from her characters as she gives to them.

Gerwig takes the complete opposite approach to writing, noting that she has a quote tacked to her bulletin board that says: «Don't be afraid to be bored» — which was not a quote from Sorkin.

Spielberg himself got shut out, though, with Lady Bird's Greta Gerwig taking the directing award.

Writer - director Greta Gerwig took home the top screenplay prize for penning «Lady Bird.»

Kirke and Gerwig both take a moment to extol their astonished admiration for Swift, whom they idolize for her command and dominance of the music industry.

Perhaps the most poetic moment, given the industry's thrust for equality, came when Gerwig took the stage during her presentation for Lady Bird.

Not exact matches

«I take a long time to write scripts, because I don't do any improvisation on set,» said Greta Gerwig in an interview with RELEVANT.

Although she's both written and co-directed on several acclaimed projects in the past, Gerwig had never taken over the reins of a film until Lady Bird.

Although she's both written and co-directed on several acclaimed projects in the past, Gerwig had never taken over the reins of a film until

He began his career a mere decade ago, in his mid-twenties, with films in which he and his friends played characters based on himself and his friends (among them was Greta Gerwig, whose first major role was in his 2007 film «Hannah Takes the Stairs»).

Gerwig — a graduate of Barnard College and a longtime resident and habitué of Brooklyn, NY — first made her presence known in Swanberg's 2006 LOL (as a girl who sends pictures of herself to an admirer via cell phone), but only rocketed to fame the following year, as the lead in the same director's Hannah Takes the Stairs.

Greta Gerwig's comedy has now grossed far more than «Moonlight» in total last year, and is ahead of what recent Oscar winners «Spotlight,» «12 Years a Slave,» «Birdman» and «The Artist» each had taken in at this date in their runs.

Taking inspiration from author Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan quartet, Gerwig is planning to make three more films set in Sacramento.

Hannah Takes the Stairs (Unrated) Office romance is the theme of this relationship drama about a recent college grad (Greta Gerwig) who breaks up with her unemployed boyfriend (Mark Duplass) only to develop crushes on two of her co-workers (Andrew Bujalski and Kent Osborne) at a Chicago production company.

Though director Noah Baumbach's MISTRESS AMERICA (the title referring to a show one of the protagonists wants to create) isn't technically a superhero, I say star - producer - co-writer Greta Gerwig is saving the screwball comedy with her astute takes on interesting characters.

Set in 2002, Greta Gerwig's semi-autobiographical coming - of - age drama takes a simple premise — a daughter's (Ronan) tumultuous relationship with her mother (Laurie Metcalf)-- and makes it universal with rapid - fire witticisms and poignant characterisations.

Best growing - up film: Greta Gerwig's «Lady Bird,» a Petri dish — place, time, family dynamics — where a passionate misfit and artist - to - be takes form.

Gerwig's generous and familiar approach to a coming - of - age tale takes us back to the relatable awkwardness of adolescence: the burgeoning sexuality, the way that we express our identity, and the naïve perception we have of what it really means to become an adult.

«Lady Bird,» written and directed by Gerwig, and starring Saoirse Ronan, is a coming - of - age story about a high school senior in Sacramento, California in 2002/03, who acts out and searches for her place even as she prepares to take wing.

With many of the nominated films» creators taking on multiple roles, Greta Gerwig, Martin McDonagh, Jordan Peele, and Guillermo del Toro are all nominated for both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

Best known for her collaborations with directors Joe Swanberg (Hannah Takes the Stairs) and Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha), Gerwig broke out with new collaborators this year.

Swanberg is best known for being part of the mumblecore generation, a group whose naturalistic portraits of Millennial agonistes have produced such radiant talents as Greta Gerwig, who starred in Swanberg's best - known film, «Hannah Takes the Stairs.»

Talking to Greta Gerwig was my last exciting engagement at the 5th annual Middleburg Film Festival before taking a shuttle to catch a plane back to Los Angeles.

Many of you might associate Gerwig with New York City as many of her films have taken place in the booming metropolis — including this one.

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».

As her mother prepares to marry a new husband, Tracy takes the initiative of calling up her soon to be stepsister Brooke (Greta Gerwig), a free spirit about ten years her senior who also lives in the city.

«Damsels in Distress» takes place at Seven Oaks College, where a clique of three preppy, self - possessed co-eds, Violet (Greta Gerwig), Rose (Megalyn Echikunwoke), and Heather (Carrie MacLemore), walk around campus with the best of do - good intentions.

Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird is quietly taking over the box office (in a way), but it's also definitely taking over Rotten Tomatoes thanks to its 164 or so positive reviews.

Gerwig: [Laughs] Saoirse is really good at taking the piss out of me.

Gerwig pointed to the final scene that takes place at the Sacramento airport.

Thankfully, Gerwig offers a fresh perspective with this take on Senior Year angst.

Gerwig knows how easily the choice of a particular word can sour an otherwise pleasant situation and as a result the film takes on a believably rocky tone.

Small wonder that film critics, a largely liberal enclave, have taken it to their hearts: Gerwig's film, I sense, will remain a treasured item long after any Rotten Tomatoes records go splat.

«It took time to realize that Sacramento gave me what home should give you, which is roots and wings,» says Gerwig.

In the Musical / Comedy category, Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird won Motion Picture, Comedy, while its star, Saoirse Ronan, took home Best Actress.

For Gerwig, the hometown ennui would eventually take the form of aching nostalgia for Sacramento's winding rivers, nourishing farmland, sun - dappled streets, charming heritage houses and sweet neighborliness.

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...

Of course host Jimmy Kimmel found time for plenty of jokes about Harvey Weinstein during his opening monologue, but elsewhere, some of the industry's biggest names made their allegiances evident, from the introduction of Best Actor by Helen Mirren and Jane Fonda, Emma Stone singling out sole female Best Director nominee Greta Gerwig when announcing that award, and Jodie Foster and Jennifer Lawrence taking the stage to announce that it was a new day before they presented the Best Actress award to McDormand.

If Lady Bird is, as Gerwig asserts, a «love letter to Sacramento,» then this montage of everyday, easy - to - take - for - granted sights is the big S.W.A.K. on the envelope, an unmistakable declaration of affection; the static shots throughout the movie of old neon signs from Gunther's, the Tower Theatre and Club Raven could be considered the missive's heart - shaped punctuation marks; and the purposeful use of light, about which Gerwig was particularly exacting (she dutifully studied the Sacramento landscapes of renowned contemporary painters Gregory Kondos and Wayne Thiebaud to make sure the color and intensity were just right), is suitably analogous to the fine mist of perfume that will linger after the pages have been folded away.

Greta Gerwig's take on Dawn has more in common with her character from Frances Ha than it does with the original incarnation.

Greta Gerwig's breakdown of each of the 42 takes she ran through for a 28 - second scene in Frances Ha — a reserved performance overcompensated in the angry follow - up, the shifts necessary to maintain delicate calibration with her costar — is a vivid picture of the actor's job

Presenters Greta Gerwig and Laura Dern take the stage to give out the award for Best Documentary

Peele could become the first black man in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences» 90 - year history to win a directing Oscar, while «Lady Bird» director Greta Gerwig could be only the second female to take home that prize.

The point with Lady Bird taking the lead will be very much about the fact that Greta Gerwig, the writer and director, is a woman.

Writer and star Greta Gerwig (Damsels in Distress) has absorbed the sensibilities of Whit Stillman and taken the direction of Noah Baumbach (Greenberg) to create a film both comfortably familiar and uniquely her own.

While I'm disappointed that neither Get Out nor Lady Bird took home their biggest prizes, I'm glad that they were beat out by someone for whom winning an Oscar is also an important moment for a marginalized community, and the fact that Guillermo del Toro, Jordan Peele, and Greta Gerwig were all nominated in the same categories means there's hope for the Academy yet.

Cast: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver Program: Special Presentations Headline: Annie Ha Noel's Take: Someday when cultural historians look back at this era of cinema and television, they'll wonder why we so obsessively documented the lives of upper - middle - class city - dwelling Americans between the ages of 22 and 28.

Greta Gerwig's directorial debut Lady Bird — which also features Timothée Chalamet — took the title of the year's best per theater average opener when it rolled out the first weekend of November, grossing $ 375,612 in four theaters, giving the A24 release a $ 93,903 average.

Clearly, having already opened the movie at Sundance Searchlight is taking out «Mistress America» — in which lonely New York college freshman Tracy (Lola Kirke) is taken in by her almost stepsister, Brooke (Greta Gerwig), a dangerously entertaining urban sophisticate who draws her into her crazy schemes — in the quieter August corridor rather than taking it on the more congested and expensive fall festival route.