Sentences with phrase «times film writers»

And once they were on a roll with Times film writers Amy Kaufman and Mark Olsen, supporting actress contenders Hong Chau (Alexander Payne's...

And once they were on a roll with Times film writers Amy Kaufman and Mark Olsen, supporting actress contenders Hong Chau (Alexander Payne's «Downsizing»), Holly Hunter (Michael Showalter's «The Big Sick»), Allison Janney (Craig Gillespie's «I, Tonya»), Nicole Kidman (Sofia Coppola's «The Beguiled»), Laurie Metcalf (Greta Gerwig's «Lady Bird») and Michelle Pfeiffer (Darren Aronofsky's «mother!»)

This is a point of view first - time film writer Nicholas Martin wants to completely shy away from because it would reveal the true colors of the story instead of the rose - colored revisionist vision he would like us to see.

John Horn, the former Los Angeles Times film writer, moderated a Q&A session with actor Ben Mendelsohn (who plays King George XI) as well as screenwriter Anthony McCarten and producer Lisa Bruce (Oscar nominees for «The Theory of Everything»).

Not exact matches

Brenda Chapman, an animation writer - director with a storied career (Disney's The Lion King, DreamWorks» The Prince of Egypt), made headlines three years ago when she penned a New York Times op - ed addressing her painful experience being removed as the first female feature film director for Pixar's Brave, a mother - daughter fairytale she created, and replaced by a male colleague.

A week after The New York Times and The New Yorker ran back - to - back reports cataloguing Harvey Weinstein's alleged serial sexual harassment of women in Hollywood, actress Selma Blair saw a story on HuffPost about writer and director James Toback's new film that made her blood run cold.

Although the films Alibaba Pictures Group has invested in like So Young (by actress - turned director Zhao Wei, who is also a major shareholder of the company) and Tiny Times (by popular writer Guo Jingming) have recorded remarkable box - office revenues, the company has yet to turn a profit, with a net loss of HK$ 443.54 million for the first half of last year.

A few years back writer and RELEVANT contributor Jon Negroni caused a stir online when he outlined a theory in detail of how all Pixar film are connected and exist in the same universe — some, at the same time.

If you liked the give - and - take between Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in the 1940 film His Girl Friday, you'd cotton to life around the Lido Beach, N.Y. home of SI reporter Sandy Keenan and her husband, Mike Winerip, a writer for The New York Times.

1 September — Times of India: The writers of Tigers speak about the film.

Surprisingly, the film is genuinely funny at times, with McGregor turning in a fantastic performance as the boozy and depressive ghost writer, and a restrained Pierce Brosnan is unobtrusively Blair-esque.

Flaherty was featured in a recent article in The New York Times and in a documentary film on depression among medical professionals produced by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), and she openly discussed a major depressive episode that eventually hospitalized her in her 2004 best - selling book, The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain.

But in between, without losing momentum, fourth - time series director David Yates and writer Steve Kloves (who scripted seven of the eight films) insert key pieces of the pasts of Prof. Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) and the ever - fascinating, poetically tragic Prof. Severus Snape (the ever - fascinating Alan Rickman).

Director and writer Mark Pellington (along with writer Alex Ross Perry) have created a film that is beautiful, yet painful at the same time.

Writer - director David Seltzer times Punchline like a good joke; he continually sets up for the expected, then pulls a last - minute fast one, keeping the film lively and unpredictable throughout.

Like many first - time writer - directors, she packs five films» worth of drama, crises and revelations into one, and often lapses into sitcom triteness.

Writer / director David Caesar ladles on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times, clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well - made pizza.

Sloan De Forest is a writer, actor, and film historian who has written about film for Sony, Time Warner Cable, the Mary Pickford Foundation, and Bright Lights Film Journal.

They're here for a good time, but also hopefully a long time: We talk with brothers Josh Safdie (co - writer / co-director) and Benny Safdie (co - director / actor) about their film Good Time, starrintime, but also hopefully a long time: We talk with brothers Josh Safdie (co - writer / co-director) and Benny Safdie (co - director / actor) about their film Good Time, starrintime: We talk with brothers Josh Safdie (co - writer / co-director) and Benny Safdie (co - director / actor) about their film Good Time, starrinTime, starring...

One of the most impressive things of Bahrani and Bahareh Azimi «s script is that it sets up scenes which could have followed into much more dramatic outcomes but the writers chose to take the road less traveled and in an odd way, by taking the less dramatic approach, the film removes itself that much further from the majority of indie films that concern themselves with cramming the most amount of drama into the least amount of time.

From his inspired collaborations with the prolific writer Charlie kaufman in Being John Malkovich and Adaptation, to his adapted screenplay of Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are, Jonze continues to prove himself as not only an important film - maker of his time but also a wonderful screenwriter, and his latest feature Her starring Joaquin Phoenix might just be his magnum opus.

Despite writing the book and screenplay of «Fast Times At Ridgemont High» (1982), the film that established the parameters of»80s teen movies; despite establishing or redefining a host of contemporary film stars; despite major box office success, despite an Oscar, despite his role as a pop music shaman — there's little written about Crowe's work as a writer and director.

Trades the earlier films» endearing buffoonery for a cheap nastiness reminiscent of writers (and first - time directors) Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley's «Horrible Bosses.»

Producers, writers and actors from the film «The Big Sick» in the L.A. Times photo studio at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Friday.

Its earthy tones might have something to do with the many years - 17 to be precise - since Rickman and Dublin - born writer Alison Deegan first conspired to film the latter's tale, lots of time to fine - tune ideas on how such a genre piece might stand apart.

Dunham is a divisive figure in the indie - film world, but not having seen her contentious debut, «Tiny Furntiture,» this writer is having a hard time finding an issue with her work here.

Few films in movie history — and maybe no other film by a first - time writer - director — proved to be the breakthrough moment for as many talents as a made - in - Baltimore comedy - drama called «Diner.»

Rian Johnson, known for time travel film Looper, has been confirmed as the writer and director of the next in the Star Wars franchise.

They don't even have a script for the film and the writers have gone on the record they wanted extra time to complete it.

Though credit is usually clearly given to the screenwriters most prominently responsible for the film's script, there's usually a few big name writers who spend a short time with a script giving it final touch ups before calling it complete.

Another thing you should know is that, for the first time, I and contributing writer Ben Sachs, whose year - end list appears on the Bleader, agreed on three whole films: Toni Erdmann, Nocturama, and Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer.

On Nov. 3, The Times published a statement that its writers and editors had been blocked from attending advance screenings of Disney films, in response to The Times» news coverage of Disney's business arrangements with the City of Anaheim.

Its writers, Richard Price and Steven Zaillian, had time to polish — the project was initially conceived as a vehicle for James Gandolfini, who filmed the pilot before his death in 2013 — and the final product boasts the ravishing languor of an art film yet still makes for taut entertainment.

Little Women» is a moving film about the making of a sensitive writer and the maturation of a small - town girl who transcends her milieu and at the same time retains its heritage.

The film is based on the memoirs of Willie Morris, the Mississippi born Harper's Bazaar writer, and the touching span of time he had with his beloved pet Skip, a dog that he received for his ninth birthday.

Occasionally sweet and inarguably slight, first - time writer - director Richard Tanne's film fictionalizes the inaugural date of President Barack Obama and his first lady, then Michelle Robinson.

Director: Rupert Wyatt (The Escapist, Rise of the Planet of the Apes) Writers: William Monahan (screenplay), James Toback (1974 film) Producers: Robert Chartoff, Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, David Winkler, Irwin Winkler Starring: Mark Wahlberg, George Kennedy, Griffin Cleveland, Jessica Lange, Omar Leyva, Steve Park, Brie Larson MPAA Rating: R Running time: 111 min.

As written by its trio of writers (with Jessica Goldberg joined by first time screenwriters Katie Nehara and Justin Shilton), its dramatic possibilities are severely downplayed, instead attempting to reflect meaning off intertextual echoes borrowed from Chekov's The Cherry Orchard (the play being staged within the film).

One of the many films to premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival was writer - director Jonathan Kasdan «s (In the Land of Women) The First Time.

The criss - crossed film narrative is in a state of overuse, but writer - director James DeMonaco's droll, modestly stylish crime gewgaw «Staten Island» wrings a few suspenseful and comic pleasures out of a time - bending format that has served the likes of Quentin Tarantino («Pulp Fiction») and Sidney Lumet («Before the Devil Knows You're Dead») among scores of others.

The writer - director previously served as an intern on three of Terrence Malick's films — Weightless, Voyage of Time, The Tree of Life — and certainly picked up a thing or two from the impenetrable filmmaker, whose works often serve as meditations on life, death, and man's place in the natural world.

The latest potential film from writer - director Joe Carnahan is another time - loop tale, and he's about to sign up actors for the ride.

«The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby: Him & Her» Why It Could Be A Contender: One of the most ambitious films of the festival season, and one we've had our eye on for a little while, «The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby» is a two - part, three - hour drama from first - time writer / director Ned Benson.

Having acted in numerous previous Sundance Film Festival selections, Michael Showalter returns this time as a director with a hilariously insightful film that shrewdly puts the spotlight on its writer / star Kumail Nanjiani (HBO's Silicon Valley).

(Queue the 100 things wrong with Interstellar think pieces) Alex Garland (Writer / Director) takes these factors and orchestrates them to craft one of the finest sci - fi films of our time.

Excellent (4 stars) Unrated Running time: 99 Minutes Distributor: The Criterion Collection DVD Extras: New digital transfer; interview with director / star Lena Dunham; 4 short films by Dunham; «Creative Nonfiction,» Dunham's 1st feature film; interview with writer / director Paul Schrader; theatrical trailer; and a booklet featuring an essay by critic Phillip Lopate.

Matt Reeves and Drew Goddard, the helmer and writer of «Cloverfield,» returned to produce the follow - up with Abrams, allowing first - time feature film director Dan Trachtenberg to take over the helm.

By the time Oren Moverman was releasing «The Messenger,» he knew his next film out would be «Rampart» and was on message about that — but now that «Rampart» is upon us, things are a little less clear for the writer / director, who is still figuring out what's on his slate.

Time will tell, but in this writer's opinion, this film is one of the biggest awards hopefuls of 2018.

Continuing our series of Guardian writers» all - time Academy picks, Catherine Shoard explains why Steve McQueen's film deserved to triumph over Gravity