Sentences with phrase «director of films like»

You've probably already heard that Whit Stillman, novelist and director of films like Metropolitan and The Last Days of Disco, has adapted Jane Austen's unfinished novella, Lady Susan, for the big screen as Love & Friendship, with Kate Beckinsale in the title role.

Mangold is the director of films like «Walk the Line» and «CopLand.»

The acclaimed director of films like «Hellboy,» «Pan's Labyrinth,» «Pacific Rim,» «Crimson Peak» and the forthcoming «The Shape of Water» is being recognized for his outstanding contributions to the art of cinema.

Those previous two comedies came in almost the same year, and with the same confusion for fans more familiar with Green as a director of films like Snow Angels or All the Real Girls.

From the director of films like, Kick Ass, X-Men: First Class, and Stardust, comes another sailor mouthed comic adaptation from Matthew Vaughn's repertoire.

Tara Wood will direct the Quentin Tarantino documentary which follows her work on last year's similarly themed 21 Years: Richard Linklater, which focussed on the US director of films like Slacker, Before Sunrise and Boyhood.

The director's chair would be filled by Stephen Frears, the Oscar - nominated director of films like The Queen and Dangerous Liaisons.

I know that Leigh is supposedly a gruff and angry individual, but here he comes off as a highly likable guy, never thinkable as the director of films like Naked and Secrets & Lies.

Instead of using his newfound clout to take a starring role in another prestige picture, an action vehicle, or a superhero movie, his next gig will see him play a supporting role in a twisted comedy from the mind of Taika Waititi, the director of films like Thor: Ragnarok and Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

Not exact matches

«Bennett has become a master of storytelling through character, and while there are clearly no people in these films, it was clearly a very human story, which we knew a director such as Bennett would zero in on and draw out very real human - like emotions from these poor inanimate objects,» Lennon said.

What he means is, Pixar's ballyhooed Braintrust idea meetings boast a mixture of champion storytellers like John Lasseter, the director of the first two Toy Story films — and a whole bunch of employees unafraid to challenge him, even though he's the John Lasseter.

Of course, there will always be skeptics who claim Nolan cast the singer to help market his film, but the truth of the matter is, the director's films have always contained concepts (like «Inception» and «Interstellar») or iconic figures (Batman and The Joker) who are far bigger than any actor who has appeared in theOf course, there will always be skeptics who claim Nolan cast the singer to help market his film, but the truth of the matter is, the director's films have always contained concepts (like «Inception» and «Interstellar») or iconic figures (Batman and The Joker) who are far bigger than any actor who has appeared in theof the matter is, the director's films have always contained concepts (like «Inception» and «Interstellar») or iconic figures (Batman and The Joker) who are far bigger than any actor who has appeared in them.

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

And now that he's the toast of Cannes, don't expect the iconoclastic British director to willingly mouth platitudes when he's asked how he likes the way the fest has taken to his film.

StarTalk airs on Monday nights at 11 p.m. ET, and features the scientist interviewing cultural and political figures like George Takei of the original «Star Trek» series, film director Christopher Nolan and former President Jimmy Carter.

In this clip he discusses the magic of the film's director, Stephen Spielberg, and what it was like to work with him.

Collectively, these businesses account for hundreds of millions in annual sales, and have attracted investment and other support from the likes of Mark Cuban, NASA, and the lauded film director Darren Aronofsky.

«This job is working with interesting people and interesting actors — I didn't feel like I needed to be in another period drama, but this was just a really interesting director who had done a really interesting film,» says actor @douglasbooth of the @tribeca Film Festival film «Mary Shelley.»

Although the films Alibaba Pictures Group has invested in like So Young (by actress - turned director Zhao Wei, who is also a major shareholder of the company) and Tiny Times (by popular writer Guo Jingming) have recorded remarkable box - office revenues, the company has yet to turn a profit, with a net loss of HK$ 443.54 million for the first half of last year.

We recently sat down with the band and the film's director to talk about what it was like making the film, how it came about and what the real message of Hillsong United is.

While classification freed directors to use explicit language in marvelous films like Platoon and Something Wild and has allowed films like Out of Africa and Children of a Lesser God to explore the complex nature of human sexuality, it has also given us a series of slasher films — Friday the 13th, with its many parts; The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, parts one and two — and films like Brian DePalma's artistically significant but deplorably explicit Body Double.

I find it fascinating when writers and directors and even producers of films about real people in the Bible read into what the people were like and how they fill in the gaps of the dialog, some I like, others I disagree with, but it allows me to put flesh and blood on their bones.

RIP director Jonathan Demme, who made films like «The Silence of the Lambs» and «Stop Making Sense,» which helped define their respective genres.

Even if the near future doesn't unfold like the 2004 climate - gone - haywire film The Day After Tomorrow, scientists need to be able to produce accurate models of what abrupt change (more likely spanning hundreds or thousands or years, rather than days) would look like and why it might occur, explains Zhengyu Liu, lead author of the study and director of the University of Wisconsin — Madison's Center for Climate Research.

At this new exhibition, you are invited to step into Cameron's role as director and film scenes in 3 - D with a camera just like the ones used in the making of the movie.

The film, which hits theaters February 16, is a modern twist on a romantic comedy (boy and girl meet, fall in love, but then break up, and are suddenly reunited, ending up in that awkward stage where they have to debate whether to wave hello while taking out the trash), but it's also a particularly female spin on the coming of age story, the likes of which we're only beginning to see onscreen as more women carve out a place for themselves in writer's rooms and director's chairs.

Each of the Mission: Impossible films (based loosely on the 1960s TV series by Bruce Geller) has employed a different director, ranging from rogues like Brian De Palma and John Woo to the more respectable J.J. Abrams and Brad Bird, and Christopher McQuarrie fits right in.

As schematic as a popular entertainment needs to be yet refreshingly devoid of significant lulls in the action — for exposition, weapon reloading, lovemaking and the like — the film is fast, smart and single - minded, providing not only a satisfying bang for the ever - beleaguered moviegoing buck but memorable debuts for first - time feature director Mimi Leder and fledgling film studio DreamWorks SKG (Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen)-- as well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie star.

it is funny in deed but, when their is someone to cover Sandler's movie their most likely gonna never make a film again Oh look see Denis Dugan and Frank Coraci BOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! you suck stop making adam sandler movies here is the problem they are directors who don't care about cinematography or shots of using the camera all they care is comedy!!!!!!! see Tyler Perry yeah their just like this big joke.

Like the directors that so clearly inspired Affleck (William Friedkin, Sidney Lumet, among others) so often did with true stories turned into captivating entertainment, the actor / director has made such a fine - tuned, well - oiled machine of a film.

This rambling film, which feels much longer than its actual length, might have worked as a distaff version of Nicolas Roeg's «The Man Who Fell to Earth» if it weren't for director Glazer's decision to turn the movie into something like a TV reality show.

I was not looking forward to it for the director, as he has mostly done some pretty terribly reviewed direct - to - disc films, but for the likes of Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick as two leads.

This feels like the best way to explain the prevailing attitude and atmosphere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first in director Peter Jackson's three - film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.

Handsomely mounted by Creed director Ryan Coogler and starring an enviable slate of black actors that makes cameoing comics godhead Stan Lee almost seem lost, the film is provocative and satisfying in ways that are long overdue, like its ornate, culturally dense production design and the deeper subtexts of honor, compassion and destiny.

Yates was and is primarily a TV director, having made his name on acclaimed series like State of Play and TV films like The Girl in the Cafe.

The film doesn't feel like the usual corporate franchise contact high but, rather, the work of a singular sensibility, that of director / co-writer Ryan Coogler.

Like the real Wiseau, the Tommy of this film, played with uncanny accuracy by its director James Franco, is a mystery.

In an effort to be noticed in Hollywood, Tommy decides to make his own movie (which he compares to the likes of Tennessee Williams), and disregards his complete inexperience as a film director.

Few directors have single - handedly shaken up the film establishment like the godfather of indie, Richard Linklater.

If you like commentaries, director Guillermo del Toro provides detailed insight into the film that is still entertaining to listen to, and the rest of bonus features go into even more detail on how the film was put together.

Director Nora Twomey changes the film's style for the fantasy story, transitioning from the sharp lines and solid colors of the real - life scenes to animation that looks like paper models in motion.

I'm sure that Jennifer Lawrence would attest to her commitment to the role of Dominkia and assert her trust in directors like Francis Lawrence (who also directed her in three Hunger Games movies) and Darren Aronofsky (whom she dated while filming mother!

The future of blockbuster films such as these lie with directors like Coogler (and Patty Jenkins, and Taika Waititi), ones who are bringing much - needed new life and ideas to the superhero genre.

Even with the presence of a rare outright misfire (Third Person, from Crash director Paul Haggis), SPC managed to boost its already - high average Metascore by a few points last year, thanks to widely praised films like Mr. Turner (the year's # 2 drama, behind Boyhood), Leviathan (2014's best - reviewed foreign - language film), and Sundance hit Whiplash.

When written out as a list like this, one might expect the film to go through these problems like a tick - box of «working - class misery», or for the inhabitants of Bradford to be manipulated by a director wanting to take pot shots at modern Britain.

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Like the abominable «Napoleon Dynamite,» director Jared Hess» second feature will doubtless capture the hearts and minds of 12 - year - old boys everywhere, even if Nacho Libre sacrifices the earlier film's aggressive mean - spiritedness in favor of gentle slapstick lunacy.

Like a good butcher's cleaver, it's weighty, solid and sharp — an effective matching of director and star in what is hopefully the first of a new film series.

Even though he's put out hits and misses, German director Wim Wenders has had an extraordinary career, balancing innovative narrative films like Paris, Texas and Wings of Desire with memorable documentaries The Buena Vista Social Club and Pina.

True to that mission, director Hiromasa Yonebayashi delivers a family - friendly treasure every bit as enchanting as his two previous films, «Arriety» and «When Marnie Was Here» (both made at Ghibli), with this tale of a clumsy redheaded girl who's mysteriously granted access to an exclusive Hogwarts - like school for witches.