Sentences with phrase «auteur behind»

Wes Anderson, the dapper auteur behind such idiosyncratic movies as The Royal Tenenbaums and The Grand Budapest Hotel, wrote and directed this continuously surprising and delightful adolescent romance, set in 1965.

So it is this year, as their Best Director category is filled by Fincher, Aronofsky, Nolan, the Coens... and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the Thai auteur behind Palme d'Or champ «Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.»

Indie filmmakers are rarely given the keys to a big studio picture, but Warner Bros. has entrusted the auteur behind Monsters to revive Godzilla in the midst of the monster movie craze.

Given that Split is the creation of Mr M Night Shyamalan, the writer / director / auteur behind deathless chiller The Sixth Sense — and several other almost as scary but not quite so good films (Unbreakable, Signs, Lady In The Water)-- these personalities are not all cuddly and kooky.

Until last year, the idiosyncratic Scottish auteur behind «Ratcatcher» and «We Need to Talk About Kevin» wasn't even a remotely plausible candidate to direct a blockbuster spy movie that comes with a full set of baggage — prior to her most recent film, Ramsay seemed as well - suited for James Bond as Apichatpong Weersethakul does for the next «Star Wars» spin - off.

But WGA winner Jordan Peele, the rookie auteur behind «Get Out» (Universal), the year's most audacious, expectation - defying movie, is in the lead.

If you ever happen to meet Christopher Guest, the multitalented auteur behind a string of wince - indu...

Again, however, it was the pedigree of the material — along with the presence of the Oscar - winning French Connection auteur behind the camera and celebrated Ingmar Bergman cohort Max von Sydow in front of it — that helped give The Exorcist a patina of quality.

But now Tommy Wiseau, the would - be auteur behind the $ 7 million (# 4.2 million) production, is having the last laugh as his film has become an unlikely cult sensation.

The dapper auteur behind such idiosyncratic and polarizing works as The Royal Tenenbaums and The Darjeeling Limited opens his latest feature, a continuously surprising and delightful adolescent romance set in 1965, in what appears to be a dollhouse.

The indie auteur behind such lauded films as Dead Man and Broken Flowers wades into the rich mythos of vampires to pick and choose what appeals to him.

Miyazaki, the painstaking auteur behind «Princess Mononoke.»

Worse, Mitchell is as in love with the Dutch angle (the camera canted for no good reason) and the unmotivated pan and zoom as poor, addled Roger Christian, the auteur behind Mr. Preston John Travolta's Battlefield Earth — meaning that while there's little substance in front of the camera, there's somehow less behind it.

Even when he hands James Franco redemption on a silver platter, the auteur behind The Room just can't get the full - blown Hollywood experience he deserves.

Luca Guadagnino, the Italian auteur behind «Call Me By Your Name,» failed to pick up a directing nod despite earning rave reviews for helping the sun - dappled Italian romance.

Not exact matches

Behind the Sun, the latest film from Brazilian auteur Walter Salles, covers a similar fight, one between two families.

The soul behind Better Luck Tomorrow is the soul of a true auteur.

Unlike Chaplin and Keaton, they were not themselves great auteur directors, or worked with any; the same could be said of Laurel and Hardy and the Marx Brothers, but their respective phenomena overrided the impact of any decision - making body behind the camera, as a hurricane is to a weatherman.

Their curious non-competitive status notwithstanding, these narrative and documentary premieres read like a wanna - see list for major indie names, either behind the camera or in front of it: movies you'd see whether it was the world premiere or not, with auteurs / filmmakers whose surnames stand on their own, like Solondz, Lonergan, Reichardt, Lee, Herzog, and much more.

I can't say for sure whether audience members of this film who didn't grow under these very specific circumstances will be able to fully appreciate the significance of things like admitting that, despite the overwhelming pressures of teenage coolness, you actually like the Dave Matthews Band song, Crash Into Me, but I can say that those who recognize versions of themselves on the screen in Lady Bird will be grateful to be represented by an auteur with such an astute and funny method of illustrating the meaning behind our reference points as they applied to us a long time ago.

Hence, this Boxer Rebellion drama has an insane production dysfunction story behind it, and the end product is very nearly as maudit as auteur pictures get.

Wong has been widely acclaimed: the visionary auteur who helped catapult Maggie CHEUNG and Tony LEUNG Chiu - wai to international stardom; the first Asian to win Best Director at Cannes Film Festival (for his 1997 work Happy Together); one of the top three in Sight & Sound's list of Top Ten Directors of Modern Times; and the meticulous perfectionist behind this year's Berlinale opener The Grandmaster.

It's Right Behind You: Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam (North American Premiere)-- Spain, USA Project Creator: Alexandre Aja Key Collaborators: Casey Cooper Johnson, Martin Andersen Cast: Robert Englund French horror auteur Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes, High Tension) directs this creepy tale of a couple who encounters a vicious stranger in the woods, who has plans to add them to his rather unique collection.

At this point in the history of film criticism, the auteur theory has become passé as a totalizing framework for understanding moviemaking as art, but Martel's three features (and this one in particular), in their distinctive, shared point - of - view and unique approach to mise - en - scène and sound, provide irrefutable evidence that international art cinema still serves as a showcase for singular directorial talents who are, indeed, the principal creative forces behind their films.

Starting things off, there's an audio commentary from director Mark Hartley, joined by «Ozploitation Auteurs» Brian Trenchard - Smith, Antony I. Ginnane, John D. Lamond, David Hannay, Richard Brennan, Alan Finney, Vincent Monton, Grant Page, and Roger Ward; a set of 26 deleted and extended scenes, now with optional audio commentary from Hartley and editors Sara Edwards and Jamie Blanks; The Lost NQH Interview: Chris Lofven, the director of the film Oz; A Word with Bob Ellis (which was formerly an Easter Egg on DVD); a Quentin Tarantino and Brian Trenchard - Smith interview outtake; a Melbourne International Film Festival Ozploitation Panel discussion; Melbourne International Film Festival Red Carpet footage; 34 minutes of low tech behind the scenes moments which were shot mostly by Hartley; a UK interview with Hartley; The Bazura Project interview with Hartley; The Monthly Conversation interview with Hartley; The Business audio interview with Hartley; an extended Ozploitation trailer reel (3 hours worth), with an opening title card telling us that Brian Trenchard - Smith cut together most of the trailers (Outback, Walkabout, The Naked Bunyip, Stork, The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, three for Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Libido, Alvin Purple, Alvin Rides Again, Petersen, The Box, The True Story of Eskimo Nell, Plugg, The Love Epidemic, The Great MacArthy, Don's Party, Oz, Eliza Fraser, Fantasm, Fantasm Comes Again, The FJ Holden, High Rolling, The ABC of Love and Sex: Australia Style, Felicity, Dimboola, The Last of the Knucklemen, Pacific Banana, Centrespread, Breakfast in Paris, Melvin, Son of Alvin, Night of Fear, The Cars That Ate Paris, Inn of the Damned, End Play, The Last Wave, Summerfield, Long Weekend, Patrick, The Night, The Prowler, Snapshot, Thirst, Harlequin, Nightmares (aka Stage Fright), The Survivor, Road Games, Dead Kids (aka Strange Behavior), Strange Behavior, A Dangerous Summer, Next of Kin, Heatwave, Razorback, Frog Dreaming, Dark Age, Howling III: The Marsupials, Bloodmoon, Stone, The Man from Hong Kong, Mad Dog Morgan, Raw Deal, Journey Among Women, Money Movers, Stunt Rock, Mad Max, The Chain Reaction, Race for the Yankee Zephyr, Attack Force Z, Freedom, Turkey Shoot, Midnite Spares, The Return of Captain Invincible, Fair Game, Sky Pirates, Dead End Drive - In, The Time Guardian, Danger Freaks); Confession of an R - Rated Movie Maker, an interview with director John D. Lamond; an interview with director Richard Franklin on the set of Patrick; Terry Bourke's Noon Sunday Reel; the Barry McKenzie: Ogre or Ocker vintage documentary; the Inside Alvin Purple vintage documentary; the To Shoot a Mad Dog vintage documentary; an Ozploitation stills and poster gallery; a production gallery; funding pitches; and the documentary's original theatrical trailer.

Look closely at a frame from Early Man — or any of the other features and shorts by Nick Park, the stop - motion animator behind Creature Comforts, the Wallace and Gromit series, and Chicken Run — and you can spot the truest and most literal of all auteur stamps: The curvatures of a fingerprint.

And the legacy that Rohmer the auteur leaves behind encompasse...

His criticism as a writer for the Cahiers du cinema is just as important as his filmmaking, too — he's the one who first started the idea behind the auteur theory, though many others have modified it far from his original intent

A lip - smacking and eager - eyed Bear Grylls has today thrown his unequivocal and unasked - for support behind The Witness, upcoming puzzle game from indie auteur Jonathan Blow, best known for his work with Braid and also his apparent habit...

Anyone who has listened to Wilson's tortured masterpiece knows immediately that behind this beachy, boyish auteur has always lurked the soul of a haunted artist — very bad vibrations, essentially.