Sentences with phrase «documentary filmmaker like»

And it feels especially weird when when a movie like that, in this case a film called Unlocked, is directed by an acclaimed documentary filmmaker like Michael Apted (the Up series).

Not exact matches

A handful of young children reveal their thoughts in Bay Area filmmaker Ellen Bruno's wonderful documentary, «Split,» which is, at times, heart - wrenching in its honesty although it's clear that parental conflict causes them the most stress, not the divorce per se, and not being able to see their father as much as they'd like.

He also argues, like the filmmakers in the Netflix documentary, What the Health, that there is no evidence that refined sugar causes diabetes, and that diets based on avoidance of certain foods are detrimental for health.

I like how filmmakers are making these documentaries as if things in the horror world happened in reality.

It's clear immediately that filmmaker Peter Berg is looking to ape the feel and tone of Paul Greengrass» work, as Deepwater Horizon boasts a documentary - like feel that's heightened by its low - key performances and general lack of context - with scripters Matthew Michael Carnahan and Matthew Sand, in terms of the latter, delivering dialogue that tends to emphasize authenticity over exposition (ie much of this stuff sounds as though it was pulled directly from real - life transcripts).

The two documentaries share common cinematic techniques: like The Cove, the filmmakers of Racing Extinction employ guerilla - style shooting tactics to create suspense and raise the stakes.

Like the beautiful «Stories We Tell,» directed by Sarah Polley, «Elena» is an extremely personal documentary directed by a young filmmaker in search of her past — or part of it.

The documentary appears like a serious attempt to go back and understand what made Steven Spielberg the master filmmaker that he is currently.

«We would like to acknowledge and congratulate the filmmakers behind Straight Outta Compton and What Happened, Miss Simone who picked up nods in Best Original Screenplay and Featured Documentary, respectively.

Dislocation Blues, a short documentary by Ho - Chunk filmmaker Sky Hopinka, chronicled the 2016 Standing Rock protests in images both ravishing and harrowing, recalling the keen eye and purposefully jagged montage of recent nonfiction landmarks like James Longley's Iraq in Fragments or Craig Atkinson's Do Not Resist.

Their curious non-competitive status notwithstanding, these narrative and documentary premieres read like a wanna - see list for major indie names, either behind the camera or in front of it: movies you'd see whether it was the world premiere or not, with auteurs / filmmakers whose surnames stand on their own, like Solondz, Lonergan, Reichardt, Lee, Herzog, and much more.

It's the pseudonym Edward Snowden used when he first approached, over the Internet, documentary filmmaker and muckraking journalist Laura Poitras, hoping to find someone trustworthy and with a pulpit who could share with the world what he'd discovered about the outrageous mass surveillance the NSA is engaged in that makes Big Brother look like an amateur.

It might have missed out on the Oscar shortlist this week, but few documentaries captured the public's imagination this year like «The Wolfpack,» which means big things for its filmmaker Crystal Moselle.

Whether you like the film or not, this is a revealing portrait of how a film gets shot and how the realities of shooting conditions challenge the filmmakers and affect the finished production, and joins the growing list of superior documentaries on filmmaking created specifically for home video releases.

Life Itself A documentary about critical giant Roger Ebert was inevitable, so it's a relief that it comes from Hoop Dreams director Steve James, a longtime Chicagoan (like his subject) and a filmmaker keen to inspirational challenges.

This documentary, directed by critic Kent Jones, approaches both the filmmakers and the book from a critical and historical perspective, and is aided by extensive interviews with the likes of David Fincher, Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, and Arnaud Desplechin.

Like fellow documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, Philibert simply deposits us in this world without offering the standard (and arguably overused) tools to guide us through the film.

The first trailer has debuted for directors Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow's upcoming documentary De Palma which focuses on the career of legendary filmmaker Brian De Palma, whose resume includes the likes of Carrie, Scarface, The Untouchables, Casualties of War, Mission: Impossible and Carlito's Way; take a look below after the official synopsis... One of the -LSB-...]

From Greta Gerwig's buzzy coming - of - age dramedy Lady Bird to riveting documentaries like Nancy Buirski's The Rape of Recy Taylor, the diversity of stories being told by female filmmakers at this year's festival was difficult to narrow down.

Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic): «Like Crazy» Grand Jury Prize (Documentary): «How To Die In Oregon» World Cinema Jury Prize (Dramatic): «Happy, Happy» World Cinema Jury Prize (Documentary): «Hell and Back Again» Audience Award (Dramatic): «Circumstance» Audience Award (Documentary): «Buck» World Cinema Audience Award (Dramatic): «Kinyarwanda» World Cinema Audience Award (Documentary): «Senna» The Best of NEXT Audience Award: «to.get.her» Directing Award (Dramatic): Sean Durkin, «Martha Marcy May Marlene» Directing Award (Documentary): Jon Foy, «Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles» World Cinema Directing Award (Dramatic): Paddy Considine, «Tyrannosaur» World Cinema Directing Award (Documentary): James Marsh, «Project Nim» Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: «Another Happy Day» World Cinema Screenwriting Award: «Restoration» Documentary Editing Award: «If a Tree Falls» World Cinema Documentary Editing Award: «The Black Power Mixtape 1967 - 1975» Cinematography Award (Dramatic): «Pariah» Cinematography Award (Documentary): «The Redemption of General Butt Naked» World Cinema Cinematography Award (Dramatic): «All Your Dead Ones» World Cinema Cinematography Award (Documentary): «Hell and Back Again» Special Jury Prize (Acting): Felicity Jones, «Like Crazy» Special Jury Prize (Dramatic): «Another Earth» Special Jury Prize (Documentary): «Being Elmo» World Cinema Special Jury Prize (Documentary): «Position Among The Stars» World Cinema Special Jury Prize (Dramatic): actors Olivia Colman and Peter Mullan, «Tyrannosaur» Alfred P. Sloan Prize: «Another Earth» Sundance / NHK International Filmmakers Award: Cherien Dabis

It has also become a favorite film of yours among fellow filmmakers — in the «One Day Since Yesterday» documentary, we see people like Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach talking about their love for it.

The documentary visits more thriving places like the docks of Le Havre, or a factory in Château - Arnoux - Saint - Auban, before turning to Varda herself, and her recollections of her earlier days as a photographer and avant - garde filmmaker.

Documentaries like «Breaking Habits» and «Cranked Up» received U.S. distribution from Good Deed and Salon Pictures respectively while divisive filmmakers like Gaspar Noe found a home at A24 with his controversial film «Climax.»

Through the Youth Documentary Program's innovative, standards - based curriculum, participants are able to experience what it is like to be a professional filmmaker while building creative confidence and vital 21st century leadership skills.

Find out how filmmaker Tina Traster is shedding light on feral cats and the humans who help them through efforts like TNR in her documentary, Catnip Nation.

THINK: «Girls» meets «Nymphomaniac» ABOUT: Carolee Schneemann, the pioneering artist who charted the course for the likes of Marina Abramovic, Cindy Sherman, and Tracey Emin, is paid her due by filmmaker Marielle Nitoslawska in this documentary.

Like a documentary filmmaker, De Vliegher unravels a series of stills that live on via fluidity of stroke and vivid sense of movement, piecing together a self - contained environment that catalogs the passage of time, not unlike Monet's infamous Haystacks.

Various members of the art world followed all of this testimony intently, including a documentary filmmaker who always took the same seat in the front row; a reporter from the Art Newspaper who usually had her highly entertained boyfriend with her; a lawyer working on a screenplay about the Knoedler saga; numerous dealers and appraisers who all came and took notes, treating the trial like a cautionary tale; and one very pregnant art adviser who told me that she canceled a sonogram so she wouldn't miss anything.

Creative Capital would like to congratulate filmmaker Yance Ford on receiving a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his Creative Capital Project Strong Island!

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Even noted film and media scholar Patricia Aufderheide, professor of Film and Media Arts in the School of Communication at American University and director of the Center for Social Media, noticed, tweeting: Dueling documentaries; looks like the big - biz folks aren't as good filmmakers... http://wapo.st/qwM4N7 @hotcoffeemovie