Sentences with phrase «directed films made»

She did so as an almost symbolic stand against the enduring difficulty of getting female - directed films made.
The Gal Gadot - starring, Patty Jenkins - directed film made history by making $ 100 million in its opening weekend, the biggest opening for any woman - directed movie.
The F. Gary Gray - directed film made the cut at both the Producers Guild and in the Best Cast category at the Screen Actors Guild awards, the group's equivalent to Best Picture.
The Lenny Abrahamson directed film made almost $ 12,000 over its opening three days in America, a huge boost for an independent feature.

Not exact matches

Coogler's contribution to the Marvel cinematic universe has brought in over $ 1 billion in revenue, making it the highest - grossing U.S. film ever directed by an African American.
According to Variety and others, that makes it the highest - grossing live action film ever directed by a woman.
After making a film called The Debtors, starring himself and directed by his rather talent - deprived wife Evi, Quaid went broke.
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But since the early»90s, Eastwood has focused less on acting and more on directing, crafting films that frequently make a big splash during awards season.
Jeremy Wiles, who directed a film series that helps men break free from porn, had the opportunity to interview several brain experts in the making of the Conquer Series.
Forty - five years after I directed The Exorcist, there's more acceptance of the possibility of possession than there was when I made the film
Two movies I've seen lately that were unexpectedly great: WARHORSE (I usually can't stand Spielberg — but this is a eloquent anti-war film directed against probably the most senselessly and hugely murderous war ever — World War I. It's an anti-imperial and almost a pro-Porcher movie, until you realize that the first misuse of the heroic horse was making him plow.)
The film is written and directed by his real - life son Emilio Estevez, who also plays the recentlydeceased firstborn of Sheen's character, on whose behalf he is making the pilgrimage.
Additionally, polyolefin shrink films offer an attractive gloss to your product while protecting it, making it shine on the shelf and direct - to - consumer transactions.
The four minute broadcast is made by Hollywood director and screenwriter Paul Greengrass, who directed two films in the Bourne thriller series.
Staff from the Buffalo Niagara Film Commission were in Toronto over the weekend to make a direct pitch to film producers, encouraging them to visit Western New York and explore the region's potential locations.
A new two - dimensional film, made of polymers and nanoparticles and developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), can direct two different non-mixing liquids into a variety of exotic architectures.
A special thank you to Lara for filming the poses, to Olivia for directing the shoot, and to the furry yogi for making an appearance!
John Krasinski directs a spooky stunt of a horror film about alien beasties who will only attack you if you make a sound.
Zegna's ambitous «A Rose Reborn» directed by Park Chan - wook made our list, as did Alexander Wang's funny Autumn / Winter campaign film, featuring Chris Kattan as Mango, a character from the American comedy show Saturday Night Live.
John Krasinski directs a spooky stunt of a horror film about alien beasties who will only attack you if you make a sound.
In all those great films — as well as some good ones like A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries and Surviving Picasso — James Ivory directed with Ismail Merchant producing; today, though, Merchant has made an effort to get to direct, leaving his normal collaborator as just a small credit in the «A Merchant - Ivory Production» credit.
The second direct - to - video sequel of the hit teen cheerleading film Bring It On, Bring It On: All or Nothing concerns one Britney Allen, who must make new friends when her rich family moves into less desirable environs.
She made her film debut in the Welsh - set comedy Valley of Song, but was too direct and intense to fit comfortably into leading roles in 1950s British films.
James Cameron wrote and directed this film, and he makes another blockbuster action film feel like legitimate entertainment.
The second film to be made from Woody Allen's successful stage comedy (following a 1969 feature starring Jackie Gleason), Don't Drink the Water is a made - for - television adaptation directed by and starring Allen himself.
The film lacks any kind of real «action», which makes it a departure from Mann's other work like Heat or Last of the Mohicans, but it still feels like an action movie because of the aggressive way in which Mann directs it.
Phyllida Lloyd makes her feature film directorial debut an uneven one; she's a leading British theatre director who is noted for her work in opera and directed the original stage production.
The problem with the early episodes — written and directed by Jim Mickle, who also made the film «Cold in July,» based on a Lansdale novel — has to do with a slow pace and a sameness that muffle the humor and menace we expect from smart noir.
Langella made his film debut in 1970 with a supporting role in Diary of a Mad Housewife, and later that same year, scored a larger part in The Twelve Chairs, written and directed by Mel Brooks.
On the negative side there's Barry Braverman's pointless documentary «The Making of The Darjeeling Limited,» an unstructured 40 - minute slog of on - set footage where Anderson directs, the stars of the film wait around Indian locations, and the crew builds sets and manages local extras, all devoid of interviews or commentaries.
Again, I can't make direct comparisons between the two films, but I think the extended World still suffers from the same issue.
Nuñez wrote this script before his breakthrough films Ruby in Paradise and Ulee's Gold, but directed it after making those movies.
Who would have thought that it would be a master of fantasy like Steven Spielberg who would direct what might be the most wrenching film ever made?
However, a combination of some nifty directing, winsome acting, and some genuine laughs make Game Night as entertaining a film as one with such limited goals can get.
Lelio, who also directed the excellent «Gloria» and last year's Oscar winner for best foreign film, «A Fantastic Woman,» never shortchanges the desire or the faith, a neat balancing act between the competing elements at the heart of Disobedience, and the success of which makes it so compelling and worthwhile.
Poorly written and directed, the film features a bland performance by all the leads, except for Nick Nolte and Beatrice Dalle, who are the only two who make an impression.
All of this made me read the film less through the lens of its story (adapted from a 2013 novel of the same name) or its direction (by Francis Lawrence, who directed Jennifer Lawrence through several Hunger Games films), and more through the lens of its star.
If Pedro Almodóvar, especially in his early days, had directed this film, he might have brought out the black comedy inherent in the piece, which would have made both the blackness and the comedy more fully resonate.
While Emmy - winning Survivor producer and host Jeff Probst (born November 4th, 1962) has occasionally taken a seat besides Kelly Ripa on Live with Regis and Kelly and even directed his own award - winning feature film, chances are that when all is said and done, the role he'll be best remembered for is that of the firm but fair host who snuffed out more than his share of torches on the popular competitive reality show that made him a household name.
Liosgate gives us a gag reel, a look at the making of the movie, a scoop on what it's like directing a Tommy Wiseau film, and a featurette highlighting the many talents of Wiseau.
Eventually a film was made: «The Room,» written, produced, directed by and starring Wiseau as the hurtin» end of a romantic triangle.
Though the directing duo of brothers Michael and Peter Spierig made one of the worst films of 2017 in what was the eighth Saw film it was hard not to hold out hope for what these guys might do outside the IP pool given Jigsaw was likely an opportunity they couldn't (financially) turn down.
Made for cable television, The Ratings Game was directed by Danny DeVito, who co-starred in the film with his wife Rhea Perlman.
The overwhelming English sadness of Ian McEwan's novella On Chesil Beach has been transferred to the movie screen, adapted by the author and directed with scrupulous sensitivity and care by Dominic Cooke, known for his stage work and making his feature film debut here.
Blandly acted, idiotically written, and incomprehensibly directed, «Eye of the Dolphin» is quite possibly one of the most incompetently made films I have ever seen.
Les Gardiennes is another gracefully - directed film by Beauvois, and it gifts the audience with another perfect arrangement from Legrand, three gripping performances from Smet, Bay, and Bry, and plenty of eye - catching imagery to make up for its lagging pace.
Les gardiennes is another gracefully - directed film by Beauvois, and it gifts the audience with another perfect arrangement from Legrand, three gripping performances from Smet, Bay, and Bry, and plenty of eye - catching imagery to make up for its lagging pace.
As an uberfan of the so - bad - it's - good masterpiece The Room and a solid admirer of The Disaster Artist, The Room co-star Greg Sestero's tell - all book about the making of mysterious vampiric figure Tommy Wiseau's «Tennessee Williams style melodrama as told by an alien who has apparently never seen normal human beings interact» drama - turned - dark - comedy - after - initial - audience - reactions - full - of - howling - laughter, I was a bit reserved in my excitement when I found out that James Franco was going to direct the film adaptation, as well as portraying Wiseau himself.
Polley's meta approach to directing this doc, whereby the making of the film is as crucial a part of the story as the actual stories it's documenting, was quite inventive.
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