Sentences with phrase «as filmmakers»

In the same vein as filmmakers like Andrew Dominik and the Coen Brothers, director David Lowery brings us into a world that isn't flashy, or necessarily exciting.

An especially intriguing facet of these films emerges in the»60s and»70s as filmmakers more known for narrative features try their hand at documenting the Games.

As much as the filmmakers behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe might play up the differences between individual movies, Captain America: Civil War often favors in - universe consistency over genre playfulness.

That's easy for men, harder for women, harder even still for women of color who are almost completely absent this year, either as filmmakers or as celebrities or as leading actresses.

«I think what we can do as filmmakers at a place like Toronto is take a step back and evaluate the emotional mood of our country, then reflect that back.

I actually prefer these LEGO Universe movies as the filmmakers aren't limited to one franchise, but can mix and match characters and toys from other worlds within their universe.

Join JAKE GYLLENHAAL, GEMMA ARTERTON, SIR BEN KINGSLEY, and TOBY KEBBEL as well as filmmakers JERRY BRUCKHEIMER (Producer), MIKE NEWELL (Director) and JORDAN MECHNER as virtual guests to the spectacular Hollywood Premiere of PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME that will be streamed live on IMDb beginning Monday, May 17th at 6:00 pm / PDT at: http://www.imdb.com/special/princeofpersia/.

«And as some filmmakers have found out,» Ebert emphasizes, «Empathy and good storytelling are just good for the bottom line.»

He was very open minded about giving us creative permission as filmmakers to just go ahead and do the best we could.

«Spends a lot of time keeping its plates spinning (and napkins twirling) as the filmmakers parade a series of eccentric characters before their camera, the better to let us appreciate this farce we call modern life» — Norm Wilner, NOW Magazine

Larraín is to Chile as filmmakers like Cristian Mungiu are to Romania: cathartic creators who, undeterred by the passage of time, return to examine a regime under which the socio - political power of cinema was largely denied the public and apply its modern possibilities to treating the wounds of the past.

This was also why I felt confident in their abilities as filmmakers to make Avengers: Infinity War into something special.

«[Landline] was literally just a concept, but because we felt so strongly about them as filmmakers we went with it,» said producer Gigi Pritzker.

About midway through filming, she was served an eviction notice and for us as filmmakers, that was a major story arc that turned it into a feature.»

The bad acting (except for one actor, more on him in a sec), the tacky special effects, and the general misuse of the circus motif contributed to form a movie that isn't very scary, isn't very funny, and isn't as cute as the filmmakers would like you to believe.

As filmmakers, our own challenge will be to create the events, both hilarious and tragic in turn, that led to a groundbreaking law that enabled the empowerment of women around the world.»

As these filmmakers speculate, Paisley and McGuinness didn't so much convince each other of the rightness of their respective views as they settled on a kind of ideological détente, coming to respect each other's tenacity and intelligence through their heated dialectical exchanges.

As the filmmakers mingled, many sought the best way to allay their fears, by planning the next movie they'd see.

Horror fans, broadly speaking, have come to regard conspicuous gimmicks and ostentatious high concepts with skepticism over the years, as filmmakers — and, more often still, shrewd producers — have exhausted every novelty of form or structure in a bid to seize upon the latest trend.

Toronto — The Toronto International Film Festival ® today announced the Canadian features lineup including first - time feature filmmakers Jason Buxton, Brandon Cronenberg, Igor Drljaca and Kate Melville, as well as filmmakers returning to the...

The experience with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Sundance Institute from being fellows, to attending labs and forums, has all worked to transform our screenplay, but more importantly, it has transformed us as filmmakers.

FF2 Media is important to me because I think it's imperative to remind readers that women are a part of the creative industries, particularly as filmmakers.

Given that the plot motor is Thanos's worry that the universe is overpopulated, sly self - awareness is shown as the filmmakers embrace drastic solutions to the problems of braiding multiple franchises into one — though some jiggery - pokery with Dr Strange's time - juggling amulet (and Cumberbatch's knowing line readings) suggest any shocking plot developments can be rolled back later, especially with sequels in development for characters who seem to be permanently written out in a tragic finale that's also an old - fashioned cliffhanger.

The film isn't a whodunit, nor is it a «who didn't do it» as the filmmakers would have it.

If Sagan is an underappreciated literary icon as the filmmakers imply, they've failed to restore her memory any glory with this underwhelming, uninspiring portrait.

There's a good rapport between Diaz and Applegate (while Blair is defaced in as many ways as the filmmakers could come up with), even when the stuff they are doing bares few laughs.

Apparently, this offbeat script had been making the rounds in Hollywood for some 20 years as filmmakers struggled to work out how to blend its inventive mismatch of genres.

I respect their work, I respect them as filmmakers, but I wasn't quite sure if there would be a good marriage between what I'm trying to pursue and the work that I'm doing and what they're doing, but they helped make that real clear to me early on by expressing some real interesting story [and] photographic ideas that really resonated with me.

The last half - hour or so gets a bit forced, as the filmmakers find ways to nudge Charlotte and Granville together in ways that aren't entirely convincing.

Filmmakers are always trying to... There's something that happened when we were kids seeing films in a dark movie theatre, there was something that struck us and had such an incredible impact and we can't properly articulate it but it had such an incredible impact that now as filmmakers, we are trying to recapture that and, oh, it's impossible.

The team of Jill and Karen Sprecher are now written down as filmmakers to watch, following up their terrific office comedy,

Page One: A year inside the New York Times features unprecedented access to the world's most famous newspaper in a time of crisis, and Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles sounds like a real life Da Vinci Code as filmmakers decipher codes across North and South America.

The team of Jill and Karen Sprecher are now written down as filmmakers to watch, following up their terrific office comedy, CLOCKWATCHERS, with a wholly different, but just as well - made second film.

This well - intentioned «docu - comedy» (as the filmmakers label it in publicity notes) is not very funny.

Paulson is only one of the high - profile TV stars that appear at the margins, as the filmmakers have cast this project to the hilt, including Matthew Rhys as whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and Bob Odenkirk as Bradlee's trusted lieutenant Ben Bagdikian.

The climax is very pathetic as the filmmakers actually used stock footage from the first movie, now that's what I call poor film - making.

Directors Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina deliver an exceedingly appealing opening stretch that seems to promise an above - average animated endeavor, as the filmmakers suffuse the beautifully - animated proceedings with a whole host of appealing elements and characters - with, in terms of the latter, Gonzalez's Miguel certainly as likable and charismatic a protagonist as one could possibly imagine (and this is to say nothing of the adorable stray dog that follows Miguel for much of the picture).

It's just as clear, however, that the film's incongruously languid pace stands as an almost insurmountable obstacle virtually from the get - go, as filmmakers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg have employed an episodic structure that becomes more and more problematic as the thin narrative unfolds - with the ongoing emphasis on subplots of a decidedly underwhelming nature (eg Jim's continuing efforts at resisting the advances of a sultry neighbor) compounding the movie's increasingly lackluster atmosphere.

The second method comes later in the film, as the filmmakers go behind Saeed's back to talk to Khalifah.

Along for the journey is Minion (David Cross), his pet - assistant - only friend, a sharp - toothed fish - gorilla - robot, as the filmmakers describe him.

, a movie he produced, went back into post-production to scrub all his involvement, even as filmmakers like Kevin Smith and Ben Affleck pledged to donate any money they made off Weinstein movies to charity.

«Your worst nightmare in the»90s as a filmmaker was that the studio would turn around and go, «You know what?

It's the first movie Gibson's directed in a decade, since he became more known for his racist rant during a DUI arrest and allegations of domestic abuse than his work as a filmmaker.

N7's design is influenced heavily by Walker's experience as a filmmaker.

As a filmmaker and businessman, it sometimes feels that I'm on the road 360 days a year.

Katie Rogers is a certified Feng Shui consultant & declutter expert, as well as a filmmaker / artist / writer, a Reiki master, and an arborist.

But as a filmmaker, Toni knew one way to get answers to her questions: she got out there and started asking them.

There's no better spokesperson as Lynch's creativity as a filmmaker is second - to - none (which he credits to his 30 + years of meditation).

Headlines are I quit my life as a filmmaker in my 40s to go to medical school.

I have transformed and grown as a filmmaker and editor because of Glossed and Found.