Sentences with phrase «debut solo directorial»

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It's not just the dialogue that feels authentic in Lady Bird — the solo directorial debut from Gerwig, one of the most talented young directors in Hollywood.

That list includes Greta Gerwig, of course, who made her solo directorial debut by directing Ronan in «Lady Bird.»

Known for hard - hitting screenplays for Submarino and The Hunt which he co-wrote with director Thomas Vinterberg, and for the popular Danish TV drama Borgen, Tobias Lindholm's solo directorial debut is perhaps as remarkable in the script department as his previous work, but the film itself — like the ship it depicts — sometimes goes adrift.

What has it been like to experience her success with Lady Bird, her solo directorial debut?

John Carpenter's solo directorial debut reworks Howard Hawks» Rio Bravo as a low budget gang flick by way of a horror film.

This week Gerwig brought her solo directorial debut Lady Bird to the festival which has had a remarkable number of films by and about about women this year.

With Near Dark, the great Kathryn Bigelow (K - 19: The Widowmaker) made her solo directorial debut, and managed to emphasize the relationships between the characters while using the gory showstoppers as support (it's violence simultaneously at its most beautiful and horrific).

So we're really rather glad that Frank Miller, otherwise known in the screenwriting world for the «Robocop» sequels and for gifting other screenwriters with comic book fodder in «Elektra,» «Sin City,» «300» and his gritty take on Batman, chose «The Spirit» as his solo directorial debut (he's credited as co-director with Robert Rodriguez on «Sin City» but we believe that even less now having seen what he did when left to his own devices).

Showing the «nurturing, mothering side» in all its complexity is what actor - turned - director Greta Gerwig does in her solo directorial debut Lady Bird (in UK cinemas 23 February), a movie in which a mother lobs molotov cocktails of the emotional variety.

Gerwig, who wrote the original screenplay and makes her solo directorial debut, appears to be looking back at her own youth.

Lee Unkrich made his solo directorial debut with «Toy Story 3,» for which he won the Academy Award ® for Best Animated Feature in 2011.

Making her solo directorial debut (she shares a credit with Joe Swanberg on 2008's Nights And Weekends), Gerwig sets Lady Bird in her hometown of Sacramento, and in 2002, when she was around the same age as her protagonist / proxy, 17 - year - old Christine «Lady Bird» McPherson (Saoirse Ronan).

As shouted by a flurry of headlines, the wry, humane coming - of - age comedy Lady Bird — the solo directorial debut of actor Greta Gerwig — is no longer merely «well - regarded» or «critically acclaimed»: it is, officially, THE BEST REVIEWED FILM OF ALL TIME.

Solo directorial debuts from established film stars tend to be greeted with a mixture of excitement and trepidation.

In her solo directorial debut Lady Bird, mumblecore pioneer Greta Gerwig delivers a coming - of - age story that soars above its peers.

Gerwig will direct from her own script, and it marks her solo directorial debut (in 2008, she co-directed the relationship drama Nights And Weekends with Joe Swanberg).

Here's Ryan on Lady Bird: A24 continues their remarkable streak of films that played at the New York Film Festival and focus on young people with Greta Gerwig's solo directorial debut Lady Bird.

It was the solo directorial debut of Jack Hill (whose Coffy and Foxy Brown both recently hit Blu - ray from Olive), a low - budget film that was financed by real estate developers who wanted to get into the movie business and got stuck in limbo for years when the producers went bankrupt.

Lady Bird is Greta Gerwig's solo directorial debut; it follows the titular Lady (née Christine)'s struggles over the course of her senior year of high school.

Allen Hughes's solo directorial debut evokes Chinatown and makes New York look ravishing, writes Philip French

Greta Gerwig's solo directorial debut «Lady Bird» has been gathering buzz after its world premiere at last weekend's Telluride Film Festival.

Saoirse Ronan has cast a spell on festival audiences as the title teen in this coming - of - age drama, the solo directorial debut from Greta Gerwig.

The solo directorial debut from Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird follows high school senior Christine McPherson — or «Lady Bird» as she goes by — as she navigates a turbulent 12 months before leaving home for college.

In a Q&A following a festival screening of her masterful solo directorial debut Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig quoted Weil, and it's clear from the film that this spirit of faith, love, generosity, and attention animates the whole endeavor.

Lady Bird — which played this week at the New York Film Festival — is the solo directorial debut for Greta Gerwig (she co-directed 2008's Night's and Weekends) and it's an utter delight.

Her solo directorial debut Lady Bird (2017) became the best reviewed movie in Rotten Tomatoes history while passing last year's Best Picture winner Moonlight (2016) to become A24's highest grossing film.

Closing Night It Stains the Sand Red Colin Minahan, USA, 2016, 92m The solo feature directorial debut of Colin Minahan, one half of the Vicious Brothers (Grave Encounters, Extraterrestrial), makes his strongest impression yet with this engaging, visually striking film, set during apocalyptic times, about a woman, Molly (a fearless Brittany Allen), who finds herself stranded in the desert after her dumbass boyfriend is killed by a zombie.

Just a few hours after receiving a standing ovation for one of his short film programs, Jenkins took the stage at the Chuck Jones Cinema for the world premiere of «Lady Bird,» the coming - of - age comedy that marks the solo directorial debut of veteran actress Greta Gerwig.

It's a semi-biographical comedy that marks the solo directorial debut of Greta Gerwig, the gifted star and co-writer of «Frances Ha.»

Marking her solo directorial debut, Katheryn Bigelow didn't initially set out to make a horror film.

Greta Gerwig has described her charming solo directorial debut, Lady Bird, as a «love letter» to her hometown of Sacramento, and it's not hard to see why.

The loosely autobiographical Lady Bird is actress - writer Greta Gerwig's solo directorial debut, and it feels like the fullest realization yet of her already - patented brand of gangly bittersweet whimsy.

On this week's edition of my new Deadline video series Behind the Lens, which features conversations with top directors, I speak with Greta Gerwig, who is making her solo directorial debut with the critically acclaimed Lady Bird.

Greta Gerwig makes her solo directorial debut with this incredible coming - of - age film starring Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf.

First Big - Budget Movie: After other filmmakers including Danny Boyle, Bryan Singer and Peter Jackson turned the project down, Fox went to Jeunet and offered him his English - language, and solo, directorial debut with «Alien: Resurrection,» which they were pressing on with despite the death of Sigourney Weaver's Ripley at the end of «Alien3.»

I knew I was head over heels in love with Gerwig's solo directorial debut Lady Bird barely a third of the way into the movie.

Federico Cueva may be making his directorial debut with upcoming action comedy You Only Live Once (Solo Se Vive Una Vez) but he is no stranger to the industry.

Also catching a lot of attention was the festival's opening film, «Lady Bird,» from actor - filmmaker Greta Gerwig, making her solo directorial debut.

Given how her solo directorial debut dovetails with the rise of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, Gerwig addressed gender equality in entertainment.

Indie film goddess Greta Gerwig makes her solo directorial debut with this «hella tight» noughties throwback coming of age comedy - a sweet and wistful ode to mothers and daughters, growing pains, and the ups and downs of small - town adolescence.

On review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, Gerwig's solo directorial debut has a perfect score after winding its way through the fall festival circuit.

Many may know the director, Lisa Immordino Vreeland, for her work co-directing Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2011), about the fashion editor and icon (and her grandmother - in - law), but her solo - directorial debut is, to what would have been the dismay of Vreeland, a bit lacklustre.