Sentences with phrase «age drama»

When making a coming - of - age drama about a young boy growing up in the 60s, it usually pays to keep the focus tight.

I really enjoyed the acting found within this indie coming of age drama.

Although it's rough around the edges, this gritty and evocative coming - of - age drama shows promise on both sides of the camera.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS The Black Balloon (Unrated) Coming - of age drama from Australia about a new kid in town (Rhys Wakefield) who's fearful that his autistic older brother's (Luke Ford) embarrassing antics might ruin his budding relationship with a cute classmate (Gemma Ward).

«The story is a coming - of age drama set in 1969 involving two teenagers, Alex Wolff (Hair Brained, A Birder's Guide to Everything) and Stefania Owen (The Carrie Diaries, The Lovely Bones) as they search for J. D. Salinger.

Friday's new releases include Owen Wilson comedy Father Figures and Greta Gerwig's acclaimed coming - of - age drama Lady Bird, starring Saoirse Ronan.

The debut feature from David O. Russell is a coming of age drama starring Jeremy Davies as Raymond, an intelligent young man who comes home from school to reluctantly take care of his mother.

Ron Howard has a history with George Lucas that goes all the way back to the director's early work on a coming of age drama called American Graffiti.

Palo Alto (R for graphic sexuality, drug and alcohol abuse, and pervasive profanity) Gia Coppola makes her writing and directorial debut with this coming - of - age drama based on a James Franco short story revolving around a clique of rebellious teens with a knack for finding trouble.

Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, is a coming - of - age drama in which Farmiga delivers a subtle, nuanced performance completely from the gut, with equally strong and compelling supporting characters.

Pariah is also the title of this semi-autobiographical, coming - of - age drama directed by Dee Rees.

Richard Linklater's epic coming - of - age drama Boyhood has taken the top honours at the New York Film Critics Awards, winning best film, best director and best supporting actress for Patricia Arquette.

The Amazon drama is described as a high - concept thriller and coming - of - age drama which follows the journey of an extraordinary young girl as she evades the relentless pursuit of an off - book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is.

Beach Rats Eliza Hittman's moving and moodily evocative coming - of - age drama follows the emotional and sexual confusion of a Brooklyn teenager (brilliantly played by Harris Dickinson) over the course of a long, hot summer.

The coming - of - age drama shot over a 12 - year period also won honors for director Linklater,...

Directed by Luca Guadagnino - and based on the novel of the same name by André Aciman - the forthcoming English - language coming - of - age drama premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this past January.

That same year, he was recognized by numerous film critics for his starring role in Jeff Nichol's coming - of - age drama Mud (2012) opposite Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon.

The Misfortunates (Unrated) Coming - of - age drama adapted from the Dimitri Verhulst novel about a 13 year - old, Dutch boy (Kenneth Vanbaeden) being raised at grandma's (Gilda de Bal) house by his alcoholic father (Koen de Graeve) and three party animal uncles (Wouter Hendrickcx, Johan Heldenbergh and Bert Haelvort) after his exasperated mother walked out on the family.

Coming - of - age drama seen through the eyes of two boys - Ellis and Neckbone - who discover and befriend a charismatic fugitive named Mud (Matthew McConaughey), hiding on an island on the Mississippi.

A24 has unveiled the first trailer for actress Greta Gerwig's feature directorial debut, an indie coming - of - age drama titled Lady Bird, being released by the excellent A24.

«Jeff Nichols takes an unexpected detour from the psychological horrors of Take Shelter with his latest film entitled Mud: a thoughtful coming - of - age drama driven by the limitless power of love — and the great lengths many of us go to find it, obtain it, and keep it.

In 2012, Rapoport released Waterwalk, a father - and - son coming - of - age drama filmed on some of Wiscons...

A coming - of - age drama centering on the bond between a teenage boy (Charlie Plummer) and an aging racehorse who lends his name to the film, Lean on Pete has gained critical praise since its premiere at the Venice Film Festival last fall.

First was the part of an adulterous academic wife in Curtis Hanson's overlooked Wonder Boys; late that year she could be seen playing the well - meaning, yet unarguably overprotective mother in Cameron Crowe's critically successful coming - of - age drama Almost Famous.

Touching coming of age drama made with the archetypes of a western.

After a small role in Ben Stiller's Duplex (2003), Maestro accepted another supporting role in Lucrecia Martel's coming - of - age drama La Niña Santa (2004).

Strand released a few more mediocre films in 2015 than it did in the year before, but impressed critics with Céline Sciamma's coming - of - age drama Girlhood.

The auteur that The Rider and Zhao's 2015 debut feature, the Lakota coming - of - age drama Songs My Brothers Taught Me, call to mind is Andrea Arnold.

From Emmy ® winner Lena Waithe, The Chi is a timely coming - of - age drama series centered on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption.

Aussie actor James Fraser debuted as a child star in his native country, with one of the lead roles in the gently felt coming - of - age drama December Boys (2007).

Huntington shifted genres and delivered a respectable (if unremarkable) lead performance under the aegis of another actor - turned - helmer, William Katt, in the family - oriented coming - of - age drama River's End (2005).

Larson's other film credits include the comedy HOUSEBROKEN starring Danny DeVito, the coming - of - age drama TANNER HALL, and the dark comedy JUST PECK starring Marcia Cross and Keir Gilchrist.

Richard Linklater's coming of age drama chief victor in Manhattan, while Birdman triumphs at Gotham awards and The Boxtrolls leads Annie nominations

A popular coming - of - age drama featuring three close friends who love surfing, Big Wednesday was semi-autobiographical for the director and remains popular today.

Last fall, Shailene starred in the coming - of - age drama White Bird in a Blizzard, directed by Gregg Araki.

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.

An acclaimed early work by Olivier Assayas that has long remained unavailable, the deeply felt coming - of - age drama Cold Water at long last makes its way to U.S. theaters.

Emerging Swiss filmmaker Lisa Brűhlmann discusses her feature debut, coming - of - age drama Blue My Mind combining harsh reality and myth

Not long after, he signed on to direct the coming - of - age drama Lowriders, and today the first trailer for that film has arrived.

Here, she talks about new film, «small time,» a coming - of - age drama co-starring Christopher Meloni, Devon Bostick and Dean Norris.

Writer - director Barry Jenkins («Medicine for Melancholy») delves into a power - driven coming - of - age drama detailing the tremendous angst - ridden existence of an impoverished Miami - based gay black youth struggling with self - identity and self - worth in the unflinching and revealing drama Moonlight.

The director, whose coming - of - age drama failed to take home the expected haul at this year's Oscars, has said he would like to revisit the character's story at college

In my review, I called it «a refreshing contemporary coming - of - age drama thanks to director Jordan Vogt - Roberts.

Outskirts Theatre Company takes the stage of the Tenth Street Theatre this month with a production of the early 2000's coming - of - age drama Bare: A Pop Opera.

What's a coming - of - age drama without a drunken tirade episode?

Originally conceived as a disco - themed coming - of - age drama like Saturday Night Fever blended with the hedonistic dungeon - like underworld of Cruising, all signs pointed to the film being a crazed and sexy paean to a world that no longer exists.

The $ 1.5 million Miami coming - of - age drama earned eight Oscar nominations, including two supporting actors, writing, directing, cinematography, and editing, and won Gotham, National Board of Review and New York Film Critics Circle for Jenkins, who also nabbed Critics Choice, Globes, and DGA nominations.

The coming - of - age drama Paper Towns took the No. 6 spot.