Sentences with phrase «debut feature -lsb-»

It was nearly 10 years between Amma Asante's debut feature, A Way of Life, and her sophomore film Belle.

Premiering all the way back at TIFF in 2006, Jonathan Levine's debut feature has just about been released everywhere else in the world, except his home country.

It's almost ten years between your debut feature, «A Way Of Life,» which won you a BAFTA, and the release of «Belle.»

Terence Davies, an actor turned filmmaker who directed his first short film in 1976, has made a mere six features since 1988, when he released his debut feature Distant Voices, Still Lives.

Writer / director Joe Begos has fashioned Almost Human, his debut feature, as a love letter to 80s horror / sci - fi schlock.

«Smithereens» (Oct. 9 at the Music Box Theatre; www.musicboxtheatre.com) Three years before she directed Madonna in 1985's «Desperately Seeking Susan,» filmmaker Susan Seidelman's debut feature was this raucous look at a young woman in New York with a messy love life and punk rock aspirations.

Martin McDonagh's debut feature In Bruges toured the festival circuit in 2008 to great acclaim, with its blackly comic hitman in hiding premise and pitch perfect cast of Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes making it a certified hit.

Following slain 22 - year - old Bay Area resident Oscar Grant's last day on earth, docu - drama Fruitvale Station is a resounding debut feature from young director Ryan Coogler, who's as prone to take Hollywood by storm as his star, Michael B. Jordan.

His debut feature, 2002's «Antwone Fisher,» crafted a star - making showcase for its leading man, Derek Luke, while introducing many audiences to an actress who had too often been relegated to the background — Viola Davis.

On the basis of the trailer, these two clips and Kurzel's bleak debut feature Snowtown, it's easy to see how the Aussie was deemed a good fit for the material.

Cigarettes & Coffee is the foundation for Paul Thomas Anderson's 1996 debut feature, Hard Eight.

Meanwhile, McQueen's aforementioned sex - addict study «Shame» reunites him with Michael Fassbender, the star of his debut feature «Hunger»; between this and «A Dangerous Method,» Fassbender has two shots at the Best Actor prize, and could well be the man of the hour.

Following her debut feature Nora's Will, Mexican director Mariana Chenillo presents her sophomore effort Paraiso (Paradise) a love story that defies physical appearances and has plenty of heart.

Hooligan Sparrow won Achievement in a Debut Feature Film.

All of that didn't leave much time left over, but I did get to see one other film, a debut feature by directors Alex and Benjamin Brewer called The Trust, starring Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood as crooked Las Vegas cops who try to pull off a daring heist.

With Dumb & Dumber, the brothers» debut feature, the acquisition of the soon - to - be very, very hot property Jim Carrey proved to be pivotal in their success story.

And the Slamdance Film Festival is sure to rile some feathers and provoke some conversation with Matt Johnson's debut feature The Dirties.The...

In his enchanting debut feature, Jacques Tati stars as a fussbudget of a postman who is thrown for a loop when a traveling fair comes to his village.

«Son of Saul,» a remarkable, unnerving debut feature from Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes, won the Grand Prix (second prize).

In his debut feature Fruitvale, writer - director Ryan Coogler goes into the last day in the life of Oscar Grant, who was infamously shot by BART police officers in Oakland, California on New Year's Day, 2009.

SynopsisLynn Shelton's debut feature draws on her past as a stage actress but WE GO WAY BACK is no autobiographical drama.

The film has just screened for the press, and Arnold — who won the bronze - medal Jury Prize in 2006 with her debut feature «Red Road» — has evidently built on that success, but it seems the real revelation is the film's 17 year - old star, Katie Jarvis.

The first is an American woman's debut feature, the second an Israeli woman's first feature, and the third is Korean director Kim Ki - duk's tenth.

Making its world premiere at the LA Film Fest, Runoff is a remarkable debut feature from director Kimberly Levin.

Anchor Bay Films announced today the acquisition of all North American distribution rights to director / writer Richard Bates, Jr.'s debut feature film, Excision (review), which made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival last month.

Mike picked SCULPIN IPA from BALLAST POINT to accompany our discussion of Jane Campion's debut feature «Sweetie,» currently streaming on FilmStruck.

Obvious Child, Robespierre's debut feature, grew out of her 2009 short film of the same title that also starred Jenny Slate.

Now, sibling directors Alex and Andrew Smith, unheard from since their 2002 debut feature The Slaughter Rule, have brought the book to life on screen.

In 2011, John Michael McDonagh's debut feature The Guard was awarded Best Irish Feature at the Galway Film Fleadh.

Phang's award ‐ winning debut feature Half - Life premiered in 2008 at the Tokyo International and Sundance film festivals.

Paddy Considine's debut feature film Tyrannosaur is making an impression around the world, snapping up awards at the Sundance Film Festival for the performances of its stars Olivia Coleman (Peep Show, Beautiful People) and Peter Mullan (My Name is Joe).

Welcome to Willits by Alex Edeburn In their debut feature, Trevor and Tim Ryan welcome us to the backwoods of Northern California where the weed, meth and aliens are bountiful... read more →

The first clear action taken in Haim Tabakman's quietly striking debut feature, Eyes Wide Open, is about as on - the - nose as this small film gets.

Barber previously worked with Lonergan on his acclaimed debut feature, «You Can Count On Me,» and she has provided music for films such as «Mansfield Park,» «Hysterical Blindness,» «A Price Above Rubies,» and «When Night Is Falling.»

Jeff Nicols» follow - up to his debut feature Shotgun Stories is a powerful piece of metaphorical storytelling headlined by an incredible performance by Michael Shannon.

Music video gurus DANIELS, a.k.a. Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, craft a wholly original debut feature bursting with limitless creativity both in content and form.

His debut feature Crazy Heart was a rough look at a washed - up country singer; Out of the Furnace chronicled unforgiving life in modern day Appalachia; and Black Mass was an unflinching look at the crimes of Whitey Bulger.

The duo's debut feature «Keanu,» co-written by Peele and frequent collaborator Alex Rubens, may not be as steeped in political and racial humor as some of their funnier skits, but it's an enjoyable and often hilarious action - comedy that serves as the perfect showcase for Key and Peele's excellent onscreen chemistry.

The true story of the Wainuiomata exorcism provides the basis for David Stubbs» striking debut feature, a documentary exploring the tragic death of Janet Moses in a traditional Maori exorcism ceremony.

Yann Demange's debut feature»71 has shown me exactly how ignorant I've been of recent history, with a film he himself describes as an excoriation of our propensity, across nations and time, for sending our young men off to fight «dirty» wars.

When Steven Soderbergh cast Andie MacDowell in his debut feature, he was well aware that she wasn't highly regarded; writing in his journal at the time, he described the reaction from his casting agent as «Uh-oh, Steven fell for the model.»

Her award - winning debut feature documentary Memories of a Penitent Heart, about her uncle Miguel's untimely death from AIDS, was called «exceptional» and «profoundly affecting» by The Village Voice.

Her debut feature film It Felt Like Love premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in NEXT and the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the Tiger Competition in 2013.

How much better can a debut feature realistically get, and why discredit one of the greatest films ever made about race relations by attributing it to Humpty Dumpty?

Anchor Bay Films announced today the acquisition of all North American distribution rights to director / writer Richard Bates, Jr.'s debut feature film,...

Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award (U.S. Dramatic) and actress / writer / director Lake Bell's debut feature, In A World is the sassy portrait of the unsung community of voiceover artists and voice coaches, living on the fringe of the «industry», never basked in Oscar glory, but with its own rules, hierarchy and Life Achievement ceremonies.

Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film Viktor Jakovleski, «Brimstone & Glory» Anna Zamecka, «Communion» Rahul Jain, «Machines» Theo Anthony, «Rat Film» Yance Ford, «Strong Island»

But little else about Atán and Pivato's debut feature compares to Federico Fellini's masterpiece, which is distinguished by its regional detail and cultural critique and culminates in an honest, earned conclusion of hope mixed with despair.

This Kickstarter reward will be the DIGITAL PREMIERE for Rockwell's debut «Hero» (1983)-- the rangy, offhandedly eccentric U.S. Film Festival (now known as Sundance) award - winning debut feature.

Ana Lily Amirpour's debut feature A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night was a word - of - mouth hit, announcing the arrival of a visionary talent.