Sentences with phrase «by real filmmakers»

«Good films by real filmmakers aren't made to be decoded, consumed, or instantly comprehended.

Not exact matches

It was created by filmmaker Nicholas Stoller and Francesca Delbanco, who are married Harvard grads in real life.

It's clear immediately that filmmaker Peter Berg is looking to ape the feel and tone of Paul Greengrass» work, as Deepwater Horizon boasts a documentary - like feel that's heightened by its low - key performances and general lack of context - with scripters Matthew Michael Carnahan and Matthew Sand, in terms of the latter, delivering dialogue that tends to emphasize authenticity over exposition (ie much of this stuff sounds as though it was pulled directly from real - life transcripts).

Akin was inspired to tell the story by real - life political events in Germany, and his skills as a filmmaker are such that escape from this unsettling film is not in the cards.

Loosely based on real events, this harrowing, superbly made drama by fast - rising filmmaker Gerardo Naranjo (I'm Gon na Explode) is Mexico's 2012 submission for Best Foreign Language Film - rightfully so.

Unsimulated sex doesn't just work by being up there on screen, as pointed out earlier, filmmakers could very easily recreate sex scenes that look real.

Last fall Broad Green made a splash at the Toronto Film Festival by opening a hospitality suite and going on a buying spree, scooping up (and probably overpaying for) French immigration drama «Samba» (July 24), which reunites Cesar - winner Omar Sy with the filmmakers behind specialty hit «The Intouchables,» Ramin Bahrani's well - reviewed real estate thriller «99 Homes» (September 25), a two - hander starring Michael Shannon and Andrew Garfield, and Mia Hansen - Love's French 90s electronic - music drama «Eden,» which is their first release, opening June 19 in New York and L.A., followed by San Francisco and Miami.

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.

There's little doubt that Real Time's admittedly intriguing premise initially seems as though it's going to be squandered by writer / director Randall Cole, as the filmmaker generally stresses hopelessly quirky situations and conversations that grow increasingly tiresome as the movie progresses.

But for filmmakers, making a deal with SVOD providers means opting out of the enhanced profile that real market - by - market publicity and marketing can bring.

The film is directed by Australian filmmaker Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl; United States of Tara) and stars Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street, Focus) as Tonya.

There's real potential in this premise for a ripping screwball comedy anchored by two likeable actors, but the filmmakers simply don't trust the material, stirring in constant elements of action mayhem that don't work at...

By trying to include an entire acclaimed novel on - screen, first - time filmmaker Biyi Bandele waters down momentous real - life events.

Ultimately, Fruitvale Station does work, but it's marred by such problematic writing and direction that one can't help but wonder what a filmmaker who is more interested in the subtleties and real truths of this story would have brought to the table.

Roman J. Israel, Esq. producer Jennifer Fox said that she's often asked if the title character is based on a real person, but she said that the part was actually written by filmmaker Dan Gilroy with Denzel Washington in mind.

Although Preminger was already a name on the lists (compiled from the standard coffee - table guide books of the era) of filmmakers and films I had convinced myself I needed to catch up with, I had no real notion, back then, of the kinds of intense cults of cinephilic adoration, situated all over the world at diverse moments of film criticism's history, that had been (and were still to be) inspired by his work from the 1940s through the 1960s.

The real elephant in the Palais this year was the Directors» Fortnight, which played three films by leading filmmakers that apparently weren't up to the exacting standards met by Joachim Trier's Louder Than Bombs or Guillaume Lecloux's The Valley of Love.

Iranian filmmaker Ghobadi examines the underground music scene in his country by telling a fictional story that's based on «real events, locations and people».

Running time: 115 minutes Studio: Fox Home Entertainment DVD Extras: «Within the Ring,» a no holds barred one on one with real wrestlers and filmmakers, «The Wrestler» music video performed by Bruce Springsteen, and Fox trailers.

Made by Canadian filmmaker Adam MacDonald (Backcountry), the occult nightmare film is about a girl who puts a curse on her mother for fun, but it suddenly becomes all too real as an evil presence known as Pyewacket begins to make itself known, tormenting both of them.

Produced by a group of well - known filmmakers, such as Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, this movie stars former child soldiers and lost boys, as well as the children of real - life Sudanese refugees.

And after this year's strong «Prince Avalanche» marked a return to form, by bridging his more comic and serious sides, «Joe» looks to be a real push to the dark side for the filmmaker.

What You Need To Know: Even those who liked all of David Gordon Green «s comedies were, by the time «The Sitter» rolled around, looking forward to seeing the filmmaker return to the kind of territory that made his name, with films like «George Washington,» «All The Real Girls» and «Undertow.»

I also included two melancholic and beautiful American films: Paterson, the fabulous return of Jim Jarmusch, and Manchester by Sea, a real human and aesthetic accomplishment by a rare filmmaker, Kenneth Lonergan.

«Lay the Favorite» Synopsis: A ditzy thirtysomething stripper - turned - cocktail - waitress (Rebecca Hall) becomes involved with a group of geeky fiftyish men who have found a way to work the sportsbook system in Las Vegas to their advantage What You Need To Know: Directed by Stephen Frears («The Grifters,» «The Queen» «Tamara Drewe «-RRB-, a filmmaker who has admittedly had a hit - and - miss career, but featuring a pretty much all - star cast of Bruce Willis (always good in the hands of a real filmmaker), Rebecca Hall, Catherine Zeta - Jones, Vince Vaughn, Laura Prepon and Joshua Jackson, it's hard not to be intrigued by a mid-sized dramedy that's not being made by either a major studio or a mid-sized indie.

The brand new «The Real Thing» by documentary filmmaker Robert Greene, celebrates Hoop Dreams for its achievements as a documentary, noting its effect on him back in the»90s and now.

A documentary exploring genre based monster art takes an odd turn when the filmmakers are contacted by a man who claims he can prove that monsters are indeed real.

Hollywood, CA (October 19, 2017)-- dick clark productions announced today that Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Johnson and Cynthia Sikes Yorkin will receive the «Hollywood Producer Award» for their stunning film Blade Runner 2049, directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford and Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber will receive the «Hollywood Screenwriter Award» for their work on the film The Disaster Artist, based on the real - life story of filmmaker Tommy Wiseau, at the 21st Annual «Hollywood Film Awards.»

Directed by and starring James Franco, this is the tragicomical real life story of Tommy Wiseau (Franco), the delusional filmmaker behind «The Citizen Kane of Bad Movies,» the inept cult classic from 2003, The Room.

Josh (Ben Stiller) and Cornelia (Naomi Watts) are a childless Brooklyn couple in their 40s; he's a documentary filmmaker who's been laboring for a decade to make an epic film that's «both materialist and intellectual at the same time,» while she's a producer who's getting frustrated by her friends» insistence that «real life» is only possible with children.

It's being reported in the Hong Kong press that this artwork purporting to be a real poster promoting Wong Kar - wai's The Grand Master is in fact a fake created by fans impatient for the filmmakers to release an official one.

Song Hye - kyo is currently in China working on her next role in «The Grand Master», the martial arts movie directed by renowned Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar - wai, and will apparently be displaying some «real action» skills in the film.

Roman J Israel, Esq. is both written and directed by American filmmaker Dan Gilroy, who made his first directorial debut with Nightcrawler after writing the scripts for Freejack, Chasers, Two for the Money, The Fall, Real Steel, The Bourne Legacy, Nightcrawler, and Kong: Skull Island.

Justin Haythe's script (based on the novel by real - life spy Jason Matthews) methodically ramps up the sexual and violent manipulation, alternating between slow and sadistic, all groomed by a filmmaker in full bloom.

We offer money - can «t - buy experiences to aspiring photographers, filmmakers and writers by sending them on real - life assignments alongside a mentor who is a professional in their field.

Stefan Ruitenbeek, the Artist / Filmmaker and Kate Sinha, the Archaeologist / Artist are the duo making furore who together go by the moniker KIRAC (Keeping It Real Art Critics).

Stefan Ruitenbeek, the Artist / Filmmaker and Kate Sinha, the Archaeologist / Artist are the duo making furore by the name of Keeping It Real Art Critics.

9-11/9 -11, Chile / USA premiered for Creative Time on the 2007 anniversary of 9 - 11, screening simultaneously in New York City and Santiago and was accompanied by a live simulcast Q&A between the artist, filmmakers and members of both audiences, folding Chin's own artistic response back into the real life public arena.

For the filmmakers, this seemingly pre-existing slippage between the real and the constructed was further activated by an episode of teenage vandalism, which left the local archive flooded beyond use.

If the filmmaker's traditional goal is to distract viewers through the suspension of self - awareness, then Sarkisian's goal is to create a sense of heightened self - awareness by engaging the viewer in constructed environments that blur the line between what is real and what is mediated.

Laudan turned to the real estate business six years ago, attracted both for practical reasons (in Canada there's «not much» financial security in being a feature filmmaker, he points out) as well as by fond memories of his mother becoming a real estate agent back when he was a teenage math whiz finishing high school in Vancouver, where he grew up.