Sentences with phrase «directorial effort makes»

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In his previous directorial effort The Town, he made leaps and bounds in terms of actor - friendly technique.

Bresson, along with Ozu and Dreyer, formed a trinity at the heart of Schrader's book Transcendental Style in Film, and the filmmaker has faithfully returned to them again and again, channeling them in most of his directorial efforts, working within the so - called «Tarkovsky Ring» (films made within this ring will find commercial distribution, films like those of Bresson and Roberto Rossellini, while films outside of this ring are destined for museum and festival existences).

In 1996, Huston made her directorial debut with Bastard out of Carolina, a praised adaptation of Dorothy Allison's novel of the same name, and followed that up with another behind - the - camera effort, Agnes Browne, in 1999.

In interviews, particularly the oft - quoted one conducted with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., in The New Yorker, Beatty has made all too clear his ambitions for this, his first directorial effort in seventeen years (since Reds in 1981).

When: December 25th Why: After watching the trailer for Ben Stiller's latest directorial effort several times, I'm still not sure what to make of it.

This 10 - disc box set from Reel DVD (literally a cardboard sleeve over a DVD case so as to take up minimal room on one's shelf) features all nine directorial efforts from Woody Allen between 1994 and 2002 is a fine one - stop shop for Allen fans and newcomers alike, perhaps made even more interesting by the fact that this was a notoriously rocky period for Allen's creative legacy.

Self - Medicated (R for sexuality, profanity, and drug abuse) Monty Lapica makes his scriptwriting, directorial and acting debut in this drama about a mother's (Diane Verona) desperate efforts to save her drug - addicted, 17 year - old son whose life has been spiraling out of control since the death of his father.

«Take This Waltz» Exhilarating, depressing, melancholy and frustrating, Sarah Polley's sophomore directorial effort, «Take This Waltz,» attempts to say much about the meaning of love, lust, relationships, marriage, and the complicated choices often made therein.

Screenwriter Billy Ray, after snagging his own Oscar nod in 2014 for penning Captain Philips, makes his third directorial effort here, following 2007's Breach and 2003's Shattered Glass.

A fine piece of genre film making, The Town is Ben Affleck's follow - up directorial effort to Gone, Baby, Gone.

Don't worry, we won't be making any such weighty theological pronouncements — though these terms have all been bandied about in the run - up to Gibson's first directorial effort in the 10 years since «Apocalypto.»

It's not just the prosaic approach the mythically outsized hallmarks of Americana that makes A.J. Edwards's first directorial effort feel like a Malick movie.

DuVernay, whose previous directorial efforts were small - scale domestic dramas, is one of the very few black women making Hollywood movies.

The director of Garden State makes his second directorial effort with a family drama that brings one man's life into sharp focus.

Mike Birbiglia's sophomore directorial effort is about the agonies and ecstasies of any creative pursuit — it just so happens that these characters are in the pursuit of making people laugh while making shit up off the top of their heads.

Back in 2007, Ben Affleck made his directorial debut with a phenomenal crime thriller called Gone Baby Gone starring his brother Casey Affleck, now he's back with his sophomore effort, The Town.

Nicolas Winding Refn seems to have a number of interesting projects brewing at any given time, but he's finally decided which one he wants to make his next directorial effort.

A24 purchased the film, which stars Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, and Gabriel Byrne, ahead of the festival, and judging by its first trailer, a conscious effort is being made to position Ari Aster's feature - length directorial debut as less miminalist in the horror department than both The Witch and It Comes at Night.

Ayer has made a name for himself with the «corrupt law - enforcement» theme running throughout a number his scripts and directorial efforts.

This is the second directorial effort from Taylor Sheridan, but the barely released 2011 genre film Vile was made before he became Wunderkind Screenwriter Taylor Sheridan, the Oscar - nominated scribe behind Sicario and Hell or High Water.

Bill Pohlad, a producer who has overseen such films as Brokeback Mountain, Into the Wild, Tree of Life, and 12 Years a Slave, as well as the musically inclined biopic The Runaways, makes his directorial debut (technically a sophomore effort as his original debut was canned in the early 1990s) with a biopic of The Beach Boys» Brian Wilson that, while not a perfect film, is an interesting and sometimes illuminating portrait of an artist as a young and older man.

Clint Eastwood has made some bad movies on both sides of the camera, but his latest directorial effort ranks as one of the worst.

Landesman, who made his directorial debut on the 2013 JFK picture Parkland, will follow up with this as - of - yet untitled effort.

I'd prefer $ 15 million takes on such tales, and they may introduce exciting new talents rather than the anonymous «vision» of co-writer Alex Kurtzman — gifted his second directorial effort (after «People Like Us,» with your favorite boy Chris Pine) for co-writing movies that made lots of money.

Also, Alan Rickman's first directorial effort in seventeen years will make its Irish debut at the festival.

His lone directorial effort is «Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,» which made $ 317 million but also coined the term «nuke the fridge,» which some view as the modern - day equivalent of «jump the shark.»

Writer / director Adam Brooks may not have a great track record when it comes to the romantic comedy genre, but he's certainly making up for it with his latest directorial effort.

The only mention of Leonard Nimoy in the opening credits comes from his debut directorial effort, and every effort had been made in keeping the ultimate fate of Spock under wraps to the movie - going public.

In his sophomore directorial effort, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Casey Affleck stars as an outlaw who, after escaping from prison, is trying to make his way back to the love of his life, Rooney Mara, the Bonnie to his Clyde.

When: November 1st Why: Richard Curtis is responsible for making my favorite romantic comedy of all - time («Love, Actually»), so to say that I'm excited about his latest (and hopefully not last, if reports are to be believed) directorial effort is a bit of an understatement.

Kentis delivers a solid directorial effort, and Travis and Ryan make identifiable and believable characters.

I can just imagine what it was like the day Tom Hanks (Cast Away) decided to make Larry Crowne, his latest directorial effort about a man who loses his job at a local department store and goes back to school.