Sentences with phrase «director of the film youth»

Darlings, it is my wholehearted honour to present the excerpts of our wonderful visit with the cast and director of the film Youth Without Youth.

Not exact matches

Two years later, he could be seen in another high - profile, politically tinged thriller, this time opposite Denzel Washington in director Jonathan Demme's remake of The Manchurian Candidate.In 2005 he made his directorial and screenwriting debut with Everything Is Illuminated, and appeared in the critically acclaimed, Golden Globe - winning HBO movie Lackawanna Blues, a life - affirming film about a selfless black woman (played by S. Epatha Merkerson) in 1950s segregated New York who provides a home and a guiding hand to the youths who come to live at her boarding house.

This year's biggest downer — which is not to take away from the qualities of the film — «Amour» represents a change for director Michael Haneke, whose «Funny Games» is a remarkable thriller about the takeover of a household by two psychopathic youths and whose «The White Ribbon» looks at mysterious goings - on in a feudal village in Germany prior to World War I.

The director of Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise and School of Rock tells Jason Solomons what drew him to the story of new film Me and Orson Welles, why his movies keep returning to the themes of youth and the future, and how he would love to do a musical

Following the exploits of the Paris police department's «child protection unit,» Polisse (which screened early on) helped to establish this year's Croisette - spanning theme of children in peril, which could be found to varying extents in fellow Competition entries Michael (kidnapping and pedophilia), Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin (teenage sociopathy), Aki Kaurismäki's universally admired Le Havre (illegal immigration), and the Dardenne Brothers» Grand Jury Prize co-winner The Kid with a Bike (child abandonment); in the Directors» Fortnight entry Play (bullying); and in just about every film at the 50th - anniversary edition of the Critics» Week, from French actress - director Valérie Donzelli's opening - night Declaration of War (pediatric cancer) to Israeli actress - director Hagar Ben Asher's The Slut (pedophilia again), the fact - based 17 Girls (teen pregnancy), and the profoundly disturbing Snowtown, which recalled Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer in its verité sketch of Australian serial killer John Bunting, who lured local youths into aiding and abetting his violent crimes throughout the Nineties.

Corsicato compiles footage taken from around Schnabel's home, recent interviews conducted with family and friends, and an assortment of photographs and film clips spanning the artist / director's life in an effort to, if one trusts this documentary's title, provide an intimate portrait of Schnabel's psychology as it was generated from the unusual circumstances of his youth.

«With such a successful body of work as a commercial and video director, he is ready to take the next step forward and make this incredible film that will be on the cutting edge of youth culture.

Coming off of rave reviews at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Youth is a new Italian dramedy and the second English - language film from director Paolo Sorrentino.

Other highlights in this strand include: the World Premiere of Thierry Poiraud's DO N'T GROW UP, a stylish and inventive film about a group of teens on an unnamed island who wake up to find their youth facility eerily abandoned; the World Premiere of Jon Spira's affectionate documentary ELSTREE 1976 about the bit performers who appeared in George Lucas» box office behemoth Star Wars; GHOST THEATER, the latest film from director Hideo Nakata, the forerunner of J - horror; GREEN ROOM, Jeremy Saulnier's latest exercise in edge of the seat suspense, starring Patrick Stewart, Imogen Poots and Anton Yelchin; returning for the third year running, Sion Sono screens LOVE AND PEACE, his tale of punk rock and talking turtles; and the fantastically prolific Takashi Miike's riotous, unruly gangster vampire concoction YAKUZA APOCALYPSE.

A powerful and essential story beautifully told by debut director James Kent, Testament of Youth is old - fashioned but proper film - making with a huge truth at its core.

With this exuberant film, writer - director John Hughes established himself as the bard of American youth, vividly and empathetically capturing how teenagers hang out, act up, and goof off.

Interpolating the last day of Mishima's life with scenes from his wrenching novels and his youth, Schrader evokes films like Kurosawa's Rashoman and Kobayashi's Kwaidan, while also exploring the themes of masculinity, honor and dedication that resonate both in Japanese culture and in the director's other work.

My personal cultural philosophy mirrors the Native Program's philosophy: For four years I have been the director of the Sundance - supported Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (MIAC) Native Youth Film Camp, which teaches Native students ages 14 - to - 18 script - to - screen skills as they make 6 - to - 8 short films per camp.

As if I enjoy demonstrating this, since hanging up his director's cap, Hughes has produced and / or scripted a series of junk kids movies (a few of which stuck only through sheer force of hype)-- in addition to overseeing the screenwriting debut of son James, New Port South, a teen - aimed film, like those Hughes became famous for, that may well speak to the specifics of today's youth but fails to get at anything universal.

The title of director Asghar Farhadi's 2006 film takes its name from Chaharshanbe Suri, a Persian festival celebrated on the last Wednesday before the Iranian New Year, where Tehran is overrun with pyrotechnics and gleefully squealing youth.

Director Lukas Dhont thanked his young star as well as the actual Lara (the subject of the film), a girl from his youth who inspired the story.

«Moonrise,» however, taps more than anything else the director's ever made into that innocence of youth (complete with nods to classic children's literature along the way), and in the process turned out to be certainly the director's best film since «The Royal Tenenbaums,» probably his best since «Rushmore» and maybe even his finest work ever.

Although Youth in Revolt has quirky comic affectations, the subdued styles of Arteta (Chuck & Buck) and Cera (Superbad) keep the film grounded, proving that the director and star are as well - matched as Nick and Sheeni.

However, he did collaborate with the same director (Arteta, Youth in Revolt) for the film Chuck & Buck, mostly to good reviews, so I held on to a glimmer of hope for a surprise, and wasn't too disappointed.

If I had to pick one favorite, it'd be Edward Yang's Mahjong, arguably the great director's best film, a distillation of the disaffected youth of A Brighter Summer Day, the punishing romanticism of Taipei Story and The Terrorizers, and the panoptic warmth of Yi Yi.

He was responding to a question from an Italian journalist who observed that two of the three Italian films in Competition were in English, Paolo Sorrentino (whose The Great Beauty recently took best foreign language Oscar) is there with Youth, starring Harvey Keitel and Michael Caine, and Matteo Garrone (director of previous Cannes prize - winner Gomorrah) brings an adaptation of fantastic Neapolitan classics in Tale of Tales.

With this exuberant, disarmingly candid film, writer - director John Hughes established himself as the bard of American youth, vividly and empathetically capturing how teenagers hang out, act up, and goof off.

The film will be Refn's 12th as director, and is said to centre around an aspiring model named Jesse (Elle Fanning) who makes the move to L.A, «where her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty - obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has».

It's clear, however, that he's doing this out of love; if anything, Youth is undoubtedly the director's most tender and heartfelt film yet.

Writer / director Eliza Hittman strongly captures the turmoil of youth and discovering one's identity in only her second feature film.

Sean Baker, the film's director and co-writer, has created something miraculous here, a heartbreaking and beautiful ode to childhood and the unflappable resilience of youth.

Necktie Youth is an underwhelming debut that is far too derivative, though director Shongwe - La Mer does show moments of absolute brilliance, particularly in the film's cinematography.

The optimism of youth gets scrambled with the affairs of adults in «Mud», the latest film from writer / director, Jeff Nichols («Take Shelter»).

Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios, in his most recent film Güeros, creates a vivid black and white world that depicts the anxieties and frustrations of youth during the 1999 student protests in Mexico City.

SAN FRANCISCO, California (October 18, 2017)-- Facing History and Ourselves and The Allstate Foundation will present «What Tomorrow Brings,» a Youth Lead Community Conversation on Thursday, October 19 at the Clark Kerr Conference Center from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Students from across the San Francisco Bay Area will attend a special screening of the film What Tomorrow Brings, followed by a conversation with director Beth Murphy and founder of the Zabuli Education Center, Razia Jan..

Before joining ConnectEd, Dave was the Program Director for Uth TV, where he oversaw a staff of youth media makers and helped to produce Grind & Glory, a feature - length film that was shot and edited by a crew of teenagers.

The 53 - year - old accumulated his vast knowledge of movies in his youth, when he wanted to be a film director.