Sentences with phrase «auspicious debut»

There can surely be no greater test of an actor's ability than to carry a whole film almost single - handedly, and in Duncan Jones» auspicious debut feature

It won major Australian literary prizes including the 1996 National Fiction Award and was described by the Times Literary Supplement as «one of the most auspicious debuts in Australian writing.»

Sixteen Americans, which handed the then - unknown Stella the most auspicious debut of postwar American art, arrived as Abstract Expressionism was at its last gasp and upstarts like Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg were already sticking forks in it.

A couple of auspicious debuts are included in our latest rights update, as well as historical fiction, a children's entry, serial work and noir.

The film, which was inspired by Denis» own experiences in Africa and those of working amongst the stark Southwest landscapes of Paris, Texas, proved to be a very auspicious debut, screening at Cannes that year and earning both a Golden Palm nomination and a César nomination for Best New Director.Denis followed her debut the next year with Man No Run, a documentary about Les Têtes Brulées («the Flaming Heads»), a Cameroon band on their first French tour.

Written by Riley, Sorry To Bother You will make its polite and auspicious debut on July 6.

Calling into question the very meaning of the film's title, the climax of Pearce's auspicious debut seems to come out of left field, but it makes a kind of perfect, if perverse, sense.

«Amy Shearn's first novel is a hugely auspicious debut.

After his auspicious debut, he was surrounded by numerous reporters, but so were the winning pitcher, John, Shortstop Bucky Dent, who had a three - run homer, and Pinch Hitter Bobby Murcer, who belted a grand slam.

Fonte left West Ham for China for this very reason, but conceding a penalty in an 8 - 0 defeat was not an auspicious debut.

Performing with her new band, Jones burst upon the pop music scene with her auspicious debut album, Come Away With Me, released by Blue Note Records in 2002.

England is Mine, handsomely filmed for the wide screen, is an auspicious debut for Gill.

In the much - anticipated follow - up to his auspicious debut feature Ex Machina four years ago, writer - director Alex Garland shows an unerring hand in building a sense of unease about what evil lurks in a forest that's been taken over by some kind of «other,» and then making it pay off.

Educated at the U.C.L.A. film school, Nava made an auspicious debut in the mid -»70s with Confessions of Amans.

Robert Downey, the father of the noted and troubled actor Robert Downey Jr., made his auspicious debut with the 1967 Chafed Elbows.

Both an intensely personal odyssey and an exploration of the impact of conflict on communities, this sharply involving thriller marks an auspicious debut for director Yann Demange.

The film marks an auspicious debut for writer - director Camille Thoman and a fitting valedictory for the late, great Sam Shepard, whose final screen performance exemplifies his offhand fusion of sexual and cerebral, self - contained and vulnerable.

Why it could succeed: After his auspicious debut feature Pride & Prejudice, Joe Wright has steadily become one of the industry's most respected film directors.

Horror author Barker made an auspicious debut as a director with this bloody shocker about a violent con artist who cheats death in gruesome fashion.

The kid - oriented cartoon was co-directed by Fergal Reilly and Clay Kaytis who make an auspicious debut with this silly comedy featuring enough sophisticated asides to keep adults thoroughly entertained, too.

This is all to say that it comes as something of a surprise to come back to the Coens» auspicious debut, Blood Simple, over a quarter - century after it was released and a solid decade since I last saw it, and find that it remains the one true oddity in the Coen canon that I had faintly remembered it as.

It is an auspicious debut, boasting visuals up there with Pixar's latest.

Taylor - Joy and Cooke are both marvelous in entirely different registers, and Finley distinguishes his auspicious debut with craftsmanship as razor - sharp as the dialogue.

Released theatrically under its original title «Auggie Rose,» «Beyond Suspicion» marks an auspicious debut for director Matthew Tabak, who has created a fascinating character study disguised as film noir.

Shane Black's third turn as director sees him go back to the style of his auspicious debut from 2005, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a comic action - mystery that delivers laughs, thrills, and two excellent buddy - flick performances by Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer.

But as a filmmaker it's clear he has lost something since his auspicious debut with The Sixth Sense.

Part Great Gatsby riff and part scalpel - sharp satire of entitlement, Whit Stillman's comedy about the «urban haute bourgeoisie» is one auspicious debut.

An Unrestored Woman is an auspicious debut.

Since that auspicious debut, the show today renowned as the Whitney Biennial went through a number of dramatic transformations — and earned the reputation as being the country's most consistently provocative and opinion - changing display of contemporary art.

In an auspicious debut, Johns sold three paintings (two targets and a numeral), to Alfred Barr, founding director of MoMA.

During the peak of his debut, respected art critic for the The New York Times, Holland Cotter concluded, «Mr. Milan's work has plenty of finesse, but also feels flexible, on a growth curve an auspicious debut» (NYT, December 16, 2005).