Sentences with phrase «aging actress drama»

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Malkovich met with near - universal critical praise and garnered an Academy Award nomination for the neophyte feature director — as well as supporting actress Catherine Keener and writer Charlie Kaufman — though Stipe and the film itself were passed over for a Best Picture nod.Despite Single Cell's increasing prominence in the industry, Stipe continued to support C - Hundred for smaller - budgeted niche features such as writer - director Tom Gilroy's Spring Forward and McKay's coming - of - age drama Our Song, both of which were featured at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.

She joined the Rudolf Steiner School's drama club at age 11, and ever since then, knew she wanted to be an actress.

In the category of best actress in a motion picture - drama, the nominees are: Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age), Julie Christie (Away From Her), Jodie Foster (The Brave One), Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart) and Keira Knightley (Atonement).

In actress - turned - writer / director Greta Gerwig's autobiographical coming - of - age drama, Ronan is Christine «Lady Bird» McPherson, a Catholic high school senior who longs to escape her stultifying lower - middle - class Sacramento environs for East Coast college life.

Olivier Assayas latest drama Clouds of Sils Maria is debuting in France this week, the story of an aging actress (Juliette Binoche), starring in a new production of a play that made her famous a long time ago.

Telluride broke out Damien Chazelle's audacious musical romance «La La Land,» starring Best Actress Globe and SAG winner Emma Stone, as well as Barry Jenkins» coming - of - age ensemble drama «Moonlight» (A24), featuring SAG Supporting Actor winner Mahershala Ali («House of Cards»).

It highlights «Love, Simon,» the gay coming - of - age teen romantic drama from Fox, as a positive sign, as well as the Oscar win for Chile's «A Fantastic Woman,» which stars trans actress Daniela Vega as a trans character, released by Sony Classics.

Possessed (Warner Archive, Blu - ray)-- As Joan Crawford aged out of glamorous roles and glossy romantic dramas she remade herself in the 1940s as a tough, driven woman in a series of melodramas that gave the actress an opportunity to play big, emotional scenes.

What You Need To Know: The increasingly busy schedule for Rooney Mara ultimately meant that something had to give, and the actress had to drop out of a reunion with «Tanner Hall» director Francesca Gregorini on this coming - of - age drama.

Indeed, the Richard Linklater coming - of - age drama that was a front - runner for much of the season came away with only one prize, for Patricia Arquette's supporting actress role as a quietly strong mother.

«THE LAST SONG,» a coming - of - age drama starring multi-talented singer / songwriter / actress Miley Cyrus, Kelly Preston and Greg Kinnear, begins production in Savannah, Ga., this week.

Set against the heavenly hills of Sils Maria, Switzerland, this chamber drama traps an aging actress (Juliette Binoche), her raw and responsive assistant (Kristen Stewart), and an ingenue gunning for fame (Chloë Grace Moretz), as they swirl through each other's lives like a mist.

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.

The 23 - year - old actress stars as teenager Christine in the new movie by Greta Gerwig, and the coming - of - age drama has been nominated for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards.

The trend has been bucked a few times in recent years: For the New Zealand coming - of - age drama Whale Rider, Keisha Castle - Hughes was campaigned for as a supporting actress but voters (who are under no obligation to obey studio suggestions) nominated her in lead.

With three nominations for her coming - of - age drama, Ladybird, the American actress, writer and director kept things simple in a feminine shift dress adorned with flowers.

Bruce, an actress and director who is married to Marshall, co-founded, with Goodman Theatre, a Youth Drama Workshop for «tween age residents of Dearborn Homes in Bronzeville.