Sentences with phrase «directorial effort with»

James Franco could turn out his highest - profile directorial effort with an adaptation of Stephen Elliott «s memoir The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir of Moods, Masochism and Murder, which he would also write and produce.

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

Following her short film's debut «Come Swim» at Cannes last year and then Sundance in January, actress Kristen Stewart is moving up in her directorial efforts with plans for a feature debut which aims to shoot this Summer.

Not exact matches

So, yes, I walked into «Annihilation,» Garland's second directorial effort (screenplay also by him) with a good amount of anticipation and a little trepidation.

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).

With precious few exceptions, Franco's directorial efforts reek of ambition that outstretches purpose, and seem engineered through sheer force of maniacal will.

Anderson wrote the film with Roman Coppola, who hopes to have his own directorial effort, A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, out this year as well.

In his latest directorial effort, Kevin Macdonald teams up again with The Last King of Scotland screenwriter Jeremy Brock to bring Rosemary Sutcliff's historical fiction series Eagle of the Ninth to the big screen.

The film is fairly tolerable as these things go: Wilder takes time off from the steamrolling plot for improvised bits with some actor buddies (including Charles Grodin and Joseph Bologna), and the project as a whole is a lot less mawkish than we've come to expect from Wilder's directorial efforts.

The second directorial effort from Academy award - winning actor Sidney Poitier, this romantic drama is about widowed American doctor Matt Younger (Poitier) who travels to London with his daughter, Stefanie (Yvette Curtis).

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).

I'm guessing that Ben Affleck also agrees with my list as his latest directorial effort, «Live by Night,» samples a little bit of all of them.

Whatever pretense of retirement Steven Soderbergh has been maintaining these past few years finally, officially collapses with Logan Lucky, his first theatrical directorial effort since 2013's Side Effects.

Spielberg multitasks in his directorial efforts, honoring one of the greatest figures in history with admiration and pride, without delivering overkill.

Speaking with Craig Gillespie earlier today after viewing some footage from his latest directorial effort Fright Night 3D, the Lars and...

Though he's worked with the masters, often having long - spanning partnerships with the likes of John Williams and Janusz Kaminski, his directorial efforts are presented with the lens of one solitary vision.

Instead we get one superb movie called Unbroken, with Angelina Jolie at the helm in her second directorial effort.

But scribes Andrew Knight (who mostly works in television but also scripted Russell Crowe's directorial effort The Water Diviner in 2014) and Robert Schenkkan (who has also worked as a television writer since adapting Graham Greene's The Quiet American for Phillip Noyce) give leverage to Doss» interactions with his combative superiors (a rather kitschy but likeable Vince Vaughn fares better than a somnolent Sam Worthington), underlining his developmental difficulties with authority figures thanks to his alcoholic dad.

Blonde was Leitch's first solo directorial effort after Stahelski had his own success with John Wick Chapter Two earlier this year.

We learned earlier this year that the Sunshine and 28 Days Later scribe was tackling an adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer's brilliantly terrifying enviro - horror novel Annihilation for his second directorial effort, with Natalie Portman starring to boot.

Along with The Night of the Hunter, One - Eyed Jacks might represent one of the best one - off directorial effort for an actor.

If you thought Armando Iannucci had already mined political cynicism to its fullest with «The Thick of It» and «In the Loop», he taps a rich new seam in a second directorial effort that swaps modern - day bureaucracy for deadlier Stalinist double - dealing.

The committed star pulls off the same magic trick to even more impressive effect than usual with Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy's directorial debut after toiling away as a screenwriter on less pedigreed fare like Real Steel and Two for the Money as well as big brother Tony's most recent Bourne franchise effort.

With her second directorial effort Unbroken set to hit cinemas later this year, Angelina Jolie is already at work on her third, By The Sea which co-stars hubby Brad Pitt.

George Clooney seems committed to putting together one of the most impressive casts in recent memory with his upcoming directorial effort The Monuments Men.

The Hollars will be Krasinski's second directorial effort, after 2009's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men.

We don't want to give the impression that the film is purely a comedy, it's far from it, dealing with the great Catholic Church scandal of the Magdalene Sisters who were forced into near - slave labor and separated from their children (Peter Mullan dealt with similar stories in his underrated directorial effort «The Magdalene Sisters «-RRB-.

Yuen is the famous martial arts choreographer of such films as «The Matrix,» «Kung Fu Hustle,» and «Kill Bill,» but according to Weinstein it was a viewing with Quentin Tarantino of Yuen's directorial effort from 1993, «Iron Monkey» that initiated their relationship.

Abrahamson's fourth directorial effort manifests as a sincere reflection of mental illness but sadly this is a production difficult to enjoy or even sympathize with.

It is also one of the best directorial efforts from Rob Reiner, who reunited with Morgan Freeman again after «The Bucket List».

UNBROKEN Director: Angelina Jolie Starring: Jack O'Connell, Miyavi, Domhnall Gleeson, Finn Wittrock, Jai Courtney, Garrett Hedlund The latest directorial effort from Angelina Jolie has come with sky - high expectations.

While his name is not appearing on too many of the advertisements, opting instead for citing his previous directorial efforts, and despite all of his troubles, Gibson has proven himself an incredible filmmaker who is able to deliver rousing set pieces and indelible sequences that stay with audiences long after the credits.

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.

Several strong directorial efforts culminated in a Best Picture Oscar for Argo in 2013 and his new job as Batman has managed to convince many a skeptic amongst comic book movie fans that this is a caped crusader with some grit.

Similarly, with modern technology at his disposal - and Nolan's Oscar - winning cinematographer Wally Pfister coming off his own ambitious sci - fi directorial effort, Transcendence (assuming the pair reunites)- the portrayal of space flight could be something to admire.

Sean Penn turns African strife into a two - hour perfume commercial with «The Last Face,» veering between gauzy impressionism and shrieky melodrama with his latest directorial effort.

Shot for $ 1.5 million over 30 days, Laughlin's film, while heavy on extended takes and a few awkward edits, overall looks very nice, and Elite's transfer marks the first time the film's been available with its original, evocative Technicolor - styled cinematography by Louis Horvath (who also photographed «Chandler,» and Laughlin's other directorial efforts); and in its original aspect ratio, which, in previous full screen versions, chopped Condon's second appearance as a «dead kid».

When: November 13th Why: Angelina Jolie's latest directorial effort pairs the actress with husband Brad Pitt for the first time since they appeared together in 2005's «Mr. and Mrs. Smith.»

Ben Affleck has returned behind the scenes with The Town, his second directorial effort after 2007's Gone Baby Gone.

Now, some of the writers here at TSR (cough cough, Aaron) have their doubts, but with Matthew Vaughn's previous directorial efforts and Bryan Singer returning as producer, I'm choosing the path of blind faith.

The Oscar - nominated writer behind «Sicario» and «Hell or High Water» discusses his new directorial effort, working with Jeremy Renner, and completing his thematic trilogy.

Robert Kojder chats with Mercury in Retrograde stars Najarra Townsend and Alana Arenas... Mercury in Retrograde is the second directorial effort from Chicago - based filmmaker Michael Glover Smith and reaches profound messages on relationships; this is aesthetically pleasing, strongly written and directed, superb work with an outstanding ensemble.

SPENCER: After collaborating on his masterful 2010 film Putty Hill, writer / director Matt Porterfield re-teamed with cinematographer Jeremy Saulnier (who is currently enjoying critical praise for his second directorial effort Blue Ruin) for the Baltimore - based filmmaker's latest — marvelous — movie I Used To Be Darker.

With the fall film festival line - ups now pretty much all revealed, it seems we may have to wait until 2013 to see the sophomore directorial effort of Roman Coppola.

Transcendence marks the first directorial effort from producer Christopher Nolan's favorite cinematographer Wally Pfister (The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises), and if it proves anything, it's that a man with an eye for how to shoot a scene doesn't always equate to excellence in how to set up a story, or to get quality performances from his actors.

As with his previous directorial efforts, Clooney assembled a stellar cast, which includes himself in a starring role, Daniel Craig, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, and Jean Dujardin.

After a great directorial debut with «Gone Baby Gone» in 2007 and a brilliant sophomore effort with «The Town» in 2010, all eyes were on Ben Affleck in his third outing as director.

But could some of the projects he's involved with in other roles end up providing his next directorial effort?

The Playlist correspondent Jennifer Vineyard caught up with «Sunrise» /» Sunset» star Julie Deply to discuss her latest directorial effort «2 Days In New York,» and got the scoop on the Linklater trilogy - closer, and it turns out they could be as far as a year and a half out.