Sentences with phrase «director of the films head»

In the Fade (also known as Aus dem Nichts in German) is written and directed by acclaimed German - Turkish filmmmaker Fatih Akin, director of the films Head - On, The Edge of Heaven, Soul Kitchen, The Cut, and Goodbye Berlin previously.

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«Turning the term partnership on its head, Ne - Yo has really served as the Creative Director of Malibu Red from beginning to end — lending his «smooth» talents and creative vision to create a product experience — from flavor to film — that will push boundaries in the spirits category.»

Victims of Madoff's apparent fraud include foundations headed by household names such as Nobel laureate Elie Weisel, Senator Frank Lautenberg, and film director Steven Spielberg, as well as many smaller family foundations and institutions that serve Jewish communities in North America, Europe, and Israel.

He is the director of the upcoming film Bread Head, which is the first documentary to cover the science of dementia prevention.

Dax Shepard, who serves as co-director, one of the several producers, writer, and star of Hit and Run, appears to be heading in the right direction for actors - turned - directors with his off - kilter debut film.

[Director José Luis Guerín is] a meta - narrative, semi-doc mad scientist, and his new film is not only both fish and fowl, but a rarefied gender provocation of a kind that could make fourth - wave feminists» heads spin.

«In the Fade» is written and directed by Fatih Akin, one of Germany's top directors whose breakthrough film was 2004's pitch - black romance «Head - On.»

This film noir from director Billy Wilder tells the tale of a former big shot reporter, Chuck Tatum (Kirk Douglas), heading to Albuquerque for one last chance in the journalism game.

The film, which won the top prize this year at the Director's Fortnight sidebar, is primarily concerned with the body and brain of Brady (Brady Jandreau) a rising rodeo champ whose career is cut short by a major head injury.

Burdened with a bewilderingly wrong - headed pair of subplots, British director Richard Loncraine's film makes only partial use of the off - the - charts amiability and ease of leading players Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman.

This film noir from director Billy Wilder tells the tale of a former big shot reporter, Chuck Tatum (Kirk Douglas), heading to Albuquerque for one last chance in the

But then there's word that the film is intended by Hill to channel some of the spirit of Sam Peckinpah, the late, great director behind The Wild Bunch, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Ride the High Country, and many other movies that should all be required viewing.

Director William Friedkin films an exorcism performed by the head exorcist for the Diocese of Rome and interviews priests, psychologists, neurosurgeons and nonbelievers in this documentary.

With a feature film reboot of Red Sonja stuck in development hell for the best part of a decade now, it seems that the character may be heading to the small screen, with Bleeding Cool reporting that X-Men: Apocalypse director Bryan Singer is developing an R - rated TV series.

Vulture reports that Pitt has stopped speaking altogether to director Marc Forster, as the studio and film gear up to head into three weeks of reshoots (though previous reports have put the figure at as long as seven weeks — more on that in second).

In the Fade (Fatih Akin, director & writer) I've liked Fatih Akin's films ever since seeing Head - On in 2004 and The Edge of Heaven in 2007.

Since there always seems to be more going on in the head of the film's director than in the head of the man playing Andrei, the system did not work for me.

Director Bigelow, along with cast members John Boyega, Will Poulter, Jack Reynor and Hannah Murray, tackled questions head on about the relevance of the events depicted in the film.

They are short featurettes centered on Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, and writer - director Taylor Sheridan, unfolding with a standard mix of talking head interviews, film clips, and footage from the location production.

The Camera d'Or award, for the best first film, was given by a jury headed by director Wim Wenders to «Osama,» by Siddiq Barmak of Iran.

Kline's first part is that of Richard Waller, the brother of director Jonathan Waller, and his second is Richard Head, an animatronic head that helps Jonathan create a film with the widest appeal possible with zero concern for artistic integrHead, an animatronic head that helps Jonathan create a film with the widest appeal possible with zero concern for artistic integrhead that helps Jonathan create a film with the widest appeal possible with zero concern for artistic integrity.

Running around an hour, Waiting For Twilight, made during the filming of Twilight Of The Ice Nymphs (1997)-- and preceding much of the director's more mainstream successes — highlights the methods, family life and career of this great director through clips and talking - head interviews with friends and criticof Twilight Of The Ice Nymphs (1997)-- and preceding much of the director's more mainstream successes — highlights the methods, family life and career of this great director through clips and talking - head interviews with friends and criticOf The Ice Nymphs (1997)-- and preceding much of the director's more mainstream successes — highlights the methods, family life and career of this great director through clips and talking - head interviews with friends and criticof the director's more mainstream successes — highlights the methods, family life and career of this great director through clips and talking - head interviews with friends and criticof this great director through clips and talking - head interviews with friends and critics.

This was a minor disruption compared to the previous year, when the festival was nearly cancelled due to a political conflict between the city and the festival organisers, relating to the screening of an anti-government documentary in 2014.1 Much has changed in the past year, most notably the impeachment of right - wing President Park Geun - hye, whose government the documentary had targeted, and the election of the left - liberal party headed by Moon Jae - in.2 While the contentious political atmosphere has not entirely dissipated, as evidenced by the student protest groups still demanding an apology from the local city government, this year's festival was an attempt to return to normalcy, despite the untimely death of one of the festival's driving forces, deputy director Kim Ji - seok, a much beloved figure within the community.3 Although the festival had a strong selection of international entries, including some of the best this year has to offer, such as Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or winner The Square and Sean Baker's The Florida Project, I have decided to focus my report on the Korean films.

Previously released but even more essential are Corman's notorious biker classic The Wild Angels (1966) and the quintessential 1960s head film The Trip (1967), written by Jack Nicholson and starring Fonda as a burned - out TV director who drops acid under the protective watch of Dern and Dennis Hopper.

So pairing the writer - director with equally audacious source material seems like a win - win combination, as Garland takes a budget nearly quadruple that of his last film to adapt Jeff VanderMeer's head - trip novel of the same name, the first in his Southern Reach trilogy.

On a very small budget, but with tons of passion for filmmaking, an unknown director would make one of the most classic cult films of all time that not only was a head of its time, but would become the number one movie responsible for a genre.

isn't exactly a surprise from a young actor, but it's also not really the kind of sound bite that primes a viewer to expect critical rigor, and in placing it right at the head of their film, directors Louis Black and Karen Bernstein set an unfortunate precedent that's seldom surpassed.

Film Comment Digital Producer Violet Lucca discusses and debates the selection with a panel of FC contributors, including Eric Hynes, associate curator of film at the Museum of the Moving Image; Aliza Ma, head of programming at Metrograph; Adam Nayman, Cinema Scope contributor; Nick Pinkerton, member of the New York Film Critics Circle; and Michael Koresky, Director of Editorial and Creative Strategy at the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

It may not be an accident that the actor who plays Larry's truant son, Aaron Wolff, could easily pass for one of the young, red - headed Allen stand - ins who populated the director's earlier films.

While Barbera has broken an 11 - year run of male Venice jury heads by appointing Annette Bening as this year's president, the number of female film - makers at this year's festival is less impressive, with just one — the Chinese director Vivian Qu — appearing in competition.

Every year, film fanatics — «film addicts» may be a more accurate phrase — head to Utah to see what Robert Redford, Sundance festival director John Cooper and his eclectic team of programmers, the alumni of the Sundance Institute's workshops / programs, returning veteran filmmakers and any number of fresh new voices have concocted in the name of «independent» movies.

But in this film more than the last, director Keenen Ivory Wayans and the writing crew headed by stars Shawn and Marlon Wayans depend on tangents based on non-genre films and other pop culture items of the moment.

Check out a sneak preview of a few really cool head knockers featuring Batman and Bane from the upcoming film «The Dark Knight Rises» by director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception, Memento) stars Christian Bale (Batman Begins, Terminator Salvation, The 13 Women of Nanjing), Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada, Get Smart, Alice in Wonderland, The Silver Linings Playbook), Tom Hardy (Inception, RocknRolla, Bronson), Joseph Gordon - Levitt (Elektra Luxx, 3rd Rock from the Sun), Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption, The Dark Knight, Se7en), Gary Oldman (The Professional, The Fifth Element) and Michael Caine (Cars 2, Gnomeo & Juliet, Inception, Harry Brown).

«I just kinda jumped to «body horror» in my head,» director Josh Trank said of the film.

When the film heads to Blu - ray and digital, you can expect to see part two of their mockumentary as shot by Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi.

In the middle of shooting his third feature, Soft in the Head, he decided to steer the improvised film's narrative arc in a new direction, retreating to the roof of the apartment building where he was shooting to scrawl out story beats on a napkin alongside his producer and Cody Stokes, his director of photography and frequent collaborator.

As the title card for Unforgettable was projected onto the screen at the beginning of our preview of this new psychological drama from debut director Denise Di Nova, I could only imagine the thoughts of irony going through my fellow critics» heads as the film played out before us.

He's the 44 - year - old London - born writer - director who turned comic - book movies on their head with his Dark Knight trilogy, a brooding take on Batman that retained the cocksure intelligence and visionary edge of his earlier films like Memento and Insomnia.

FFF films were selected and presented by an esteemed crew of guest directors, film critics and scholars including: CBC Arts guru George Anthony; Mary Corliss, writer for Film Comment and Time.com and former head of the MOMA's Film Stills Archive; Richard Corliss, Time magazine critic; famed film critic Roger Ebert of Ebert & Roeper at the Movies; Jim Emerson, Editor of RogerEbert.com; veteran programmer for the Dubai & Bangkok film festivals, Hannah Fisher; Ross Johnson, arts writer for the L.A. Times and Esquire magazine; and Bruce Kirkland, Toronto Sun film critic.

Acclaimed Irish director Lenny Abrahamson follows up his award - winning films Adam & Paul, Garage and What Richard Did with an offbeat comedy about a young wannabe musician, Jon, played by Gleeson, who finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant - garde pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank, (Michael Fassbender) a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head, and his terrifying bandmate Clara, played by Maggie Gyllenhaal.

DVD Extras Director's commentary, some deleted scenes with optional commentary, an interview with director Auerbach, a trailer, and the short film «Seven» (which is inspired by Shakespeare's «Seven Ages of Man», and has nothing to do with Brad Pitt or a head inDirector's commentary, some deleted scenes with optional commentary, an interview with director Auerbach, a trailer, and the short film «Seven» (which is inspired by Shakespeare's «Seven Ages of Man», and has nothing to do with Brad Pitt or a head indirector Auerbach, a trailer, and the short film «Seven» (which is inspired by Shakespeare's «Seven Ages of Man», and has nothing to do with Brad Pitt or a head in a box).

While the film may no doubt be interesting to Hitchcock neophytes, I was expecting something more substantial and original from a talented critic like Jones than a collage of director talking heads.

It's probably Mamet's finest film as a director, his widescreen composition is wonderful — there's this one shot where Emily Mortimer's head, in profile, sits in the center of the screen while she talks and it's exceptional.

Connery and Pfeiffer are both excellent, but much of the film's pleasure comes from watching the consummate pros filling out the roles of various bureaucrats, among them James Fox (as a perceptive MI6 head), Roy Scheider (as a wily CIA chief) and director Ken Russell (as an excitable British official — and amusingly looking like Bernie Sanders with bedhead).

This early scene in the film, with the dirty, hateful mother laying among the detritus of the market — fish heads and guts and the such - as the child is born, and just as quickly discarded, is the first indication of how the director is going to be conveying the smells of the film.

He's a younger version of Wallace, with the film's stand - in for Gromit played by his saber - toothed wild boar sidekick Hognob (grunted with fine oinks and growls by director and Aardman head Nick Park).

Director William H. Macy's film starts with an adorably «80s, Ivan Reitman / Harold Ramis-esque setup (courtesy of writers Lance Krall and David Hornsby): Kate (Alexandra Daddario) is «asked to vacate» her teaching position after letting a kid read a hentai comic to the rest of the class, while would - be cosmetics entrepreneur Meg (Kate Upton) botches a retail deal when a department store head learns her sketchy cosmetics are from North Korea.

Probably the first film that pops into your head when you think of Christmas movies isn't Gremlins, but the 1984 horror comedy from writer Chris Columbus and director Joe Dante actually is Christmas - themed.

This is the film by director Chan - Wook Park (of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance non-fame) that received so much attention at Cannes this year, especially from jury head, Quentin Tarantino.

Director: Peter Jackson Cast: Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black, Thomas Kretschmann, Jamie Bell, Evan Parke, Kyle Chandler, Colin Hanks and Andy Serkis Plot: A group of desperate film - makers head to an undiscovered island where their lead actress (Watts) is captured by a giant ape, King Kong.