Sentences with phrase «drama critic for»

Completing his law studies after World War One service, Brackett turned to writing magazine articles and novels; this led to a stint as drama critic for The New Yorker.

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It's a lively volume with contributions by Terry Teachout (drama critic for the Wall Street Journal), Carol Iannone (editor of Academic Questions), and Asia himself (a distinguished composer and professor of composition at U of A), among others, and they all get to the heart of the problem of high culture at the present time in America.

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The show was met by rave reviews from critics and fans alike and earned Matthew a Critics Choice and TCA Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series as well as an Emmy Nomicritics and fans alike and earned Matthew a Critics Choice and TCA Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series as well as an Emmy NomiCritics Choice and TCA Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series as well as an Emmy Nomination.

His production of The Glass Menagerie at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Broadway has been nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Director and Once (New York Theater Workshop, Broadway and the West End) won John a Tony, a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award and an Obie Award.

She's Dating the Gangster is a 2014 Filipino teen romantic comedy - drama film based on the best Pop Fiction book of the same name originally published on There are no critic reviews yet for She's Dating The Gangster.

For National Public Radio and LA Theater Works Alma performed in the radio versions of Zoot Suit and Nilo Cruz's Pultizer Prize winning play Anna in the Tropics opposite Jimmy Smits.As a 25 year member of El Teatro Campesino (ETC) founded by Luis Valdez, she has appeared in landmark ETC productions of; Zoot Suit, both the film and play (1979 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award - Best Play); Corridos, both the TV version (1987 Peabody Award) and play; I Don't Have to Show You Any Stinking Badges; and Mummified Deer (Back Stage West «Honorable Mention» for her role as Mama Chu), all written and directed by Valdez.For National Public Radio and LA Theater Works Alma performed in the radio versions of Zoot Suit and Nilo Cruz's Pultizer Prize winning play Anna in the Tropics opposite Jimmy Smits.As a 25 year member of El Teatro Campesino (ETC) founded by Luis Valdez, she has appeared in landmark ETC productions of; Zoot Suit, both the film and play (1979 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award - Best Play); Corridos, both the TV version (1987 Peabody Award) and play; I Don't Have to Show You Any Stinking Badges; and Mummified Deer (Back Stage West «Honorable Mention» for her role as Mama Chu), all written and directed by Valdez.for her role as Mama Chu), all written and directed by Valdez.Ms.

Critic Consensus: Polisse is a gripping and powerful procedural drama filled with fine acting and unflinching eye for truth and brutality.

Critic Consensus: Megan Leavey honors its real - life subjects with a sensitive, uplifting drama whose honest emotion more than makes up for its mild approach to the story.

Critic Consensus: The Danish Girl serves as another showcase for Eddie Redmayne's talent — and poignantly explores thought - provoking themes with a beautifully filmed biopic drama.

In 1987, he starred as anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in Richard Attenborough's Cry Freedom alongside Kevin Kline, and though the film itself alienated some critics (Pauline Kael called it «dumbfounding»), Washington's powerful performance earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.Two years later, Washington netted another Best Supporting Actor nod — and won the award — for his turn as an embittered yet courageous runaway slave in the Civil War drama Glory.

Critics love it, I think, for its subtlety, its unpredictability, and its blending or mashing of genres: comedy, social criticism, family drama, and even a dash of weepy melodrama.

Critics Consensus: Megan Leavey honors its real - life subjects with a sensitive, uplifting drama whose honest emotion more than makes up for its mild approach to the story.

I'm a sucker for crime dramas so I watched The Bridge with high expectations.Overall I was pleased.The main characters compliment each other well and Diane Krugers character became more interesting after I learned she had aspergers, a form of autism, from a critic review.Demian Bichir was great as well and I look forward to the next few episodes.I like the Mexican / American themes crossing

Critics Consensus: Bleed for This rises on the strength of Miles Teller's starring performance to deliver a solid fact - based boxing drama that takes a few genre clichés on the chin but keeps on coming.

Ramin Bahrani has enjoyed the praise of critics for each of his first three films (Man Push Cart 71, Chop Shop 83, Goodbye Solo 89), so expectations were high for his latest, an Iowa farm - set drama about a family's struggles with each other and the American Dream.

It makes for a powerful drama, one that has rightly been topping many critics» polls and gathering up awards, including a Golden Globe for best foreign film.

The Critics» Choice acting winners were similar to the Globes, and basically what we should expect from the Oscars: Allison Janney («I, Tonya») for supporting actress; Sam Rockwell («Three Billboards») for supporting actor; Frances McDormand («Three Billboards») for drama actress; and Gary Oldman («Darkest Hour») for drama actor.

Although the first season of «The Newsroom» has a good chance of picking up Emmy nominations next week, including for best drama, Sorkin's creation was picked apart by the critics.

The critics awarded Elisabeth with Best Actress in a Drama Series for her work in The Handmaid's Tale.

It turns out Zero Dark Thirty has some competition for Best Film of the Year - it's Amour's turn; Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or - winning French drama has just been awarded best picture of 2012 by the LA Film Critics.

With the critics» trifecta (NYFCC / LAFCA / NSFC) plus the Globe for Drama, there is no precedent for her not to be Oscar - nominated at this point.

The reviews are in for Ridley Scott's John Paul Getty III kidnapping drama «All The Money in the World,» and every critic agrees Christopher Plummer is a highlight as billionaire tycoon J. Paul Getty.

Following a fifth season filmed entirely in Berlin, the drama series is heading to New York City for its sixth season, as revealed by Showtime Networks president David Nevins at the Television Critics Association's press tour.

AMC announced today from the Television Critics Association (TCA) Press Tour a straight - to - series order for the drama «The Son.»

Scoring strongly at the New York Film Critics (including best film) likely helped, but word of mouth seems to be strong for Todd Haynes» period romantic drama starring Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett.

Last evening (Dec 11), Jeffrey Dean Morgan won a Critics» Choice Award For Best Guest Perfomance In A Drama Series as Negan in The Walking Dead!

Tom Hooper, «The King's Speech» Year: 2010 Cast: Anthony Andrews, Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Guy Pearce, Geoffrey Rush, Timothy Spall Director: Tom Hooper Distributor: Momentum Pictures Premiere history: Sept. 6, 2010 Telluride Film Festival; UK - wide release Jan. 7, 2011 Other awards won: British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Colin Firth), Best Original Screenplay; British Independent Film Awards, Best British Independent Film, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Screenplay; Critics» Choice Awards Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Original Screenplay; Golden Globe Award Best Actor Motion Picture Drama (Colin Firth); Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Best Actor (Colin Firth) Other Oscar nominations: Best Actor Colin Firth (won), Best Director (won), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Geoffrey Rush), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Helena Bonham Carter), Original Screenplay (won), Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Set Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Mixing

Last year, the timely drama Arbitrage campaigned hard for Gere, playing up the never - before - nominated angle in critic's quotes, but once again, Gere had to settle for merely a Golden Globe nod.

On the flipside, Scott Cooper's drama Out of the Furnace just recently screened for critics and the response has been positive if not wholly «buzzworthy.»

Luckily, Witherspoon managed to generate some awards buzz and secure a Golden Globe nomination for a different drama the critics loved.

«The Social Network», David Fincher's incisive drama about the tangled creation of Facebook, dominated the 2010 awards of the Toronto Film Critics Association, winning five awards including Best Picture and Best Director.Jesse Eisenberg was named Best Actor for his performance as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, while his co-star Armie Hammer took Best Supporting Actor for -LSB-...]

Praised by audiences and critics alike, Moneyball is set to contest the Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture — Drama, Best Actor — Drama (Pitt), Best Supporting Actor (Jonah Hill) and Best Screenplay (Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin), and could prove to be a big player at the Academy Awards.

In selecting a director of photography for his haunting, elegiacal war drama, Malick chose two - time Academy Award - winning director of photography John Toll, ASC (Legends of the Fall, Braveheart), whose work on The Thin Red Line recently earned him both the New York Film Critics» and National Society of Film Critics» awards for Best Cinematography.

Viggo Mortensen enters Best Actor in a Drama for «Captain Fantastic» (he was submitted as a Comedy for Critics Choice).

Audiard, who is best known in America for his electrifying, Oscar - nominated 2009 prison drama A Prophet, is the sort of director who never puts himself out in front of his material, and as such may be taken for granted by some critics as «just» an accomplished craftsman capable of working in a wide range of styles and genres.

«The Social Network,» the acclaimed drama about how Harvard computer nerds created the social networking site Facebook, had been the front - runner during the awards season, winning countless critics honors, including the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn., New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics awards as well as the Golden Globe for dramaticritics honors, including the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn., New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics awards as well as the Golden Globe for dramatiCritics Assn., New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics awards as well as the Golden Globe for dramatiCritics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics awards as well as the Golden Globe for dramatiCritics awards as well as the Golden Globe for dramatic film.

Moonlight, Barry Jenkins's drama about a young gay black man in Florida, continues to pick up momentum ahead of next year's Oscars by topping the nominees for the London Critics» Circle awards.

The Greatest Show had a lukewarm reception among critics but went on to become the highest - grossing movie of 1952, and won three Golden Globes — Best Motion Picture, Drama; Best Director for deMille and Best Cinematography.

• Best Drama Series: The Americans (FX) • Best Actor in a Drama Series: Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul (AMC) • Best Actress in a Drama Series: Taraji P. Henson, Empire (FOX) • Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul (AMC) • Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Lorraine Toussaint, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) • Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series: Sam Elliott, Justified (FX) • Best Comedy Series: Silicon Valley (HBO) • Best Actor in a Comedy Series: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent (Amazon) • Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central) • Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley (HBO) • Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Allison Janey, Mom (CBS) • Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series: Bradley Whitford, Transparent (Amazon) • Best Movie Made for Television: Bessie (HBO) • Best Limited Series: Olive Kitteridge (HBO) • Best Actor in a Movie or Limited Series: David Oyelowo, Nightingale (HBO) • Best Actress in a Movie or Limited Series: Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge (HBO) • Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Limited Series: Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge (HBO) • Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Limited Series: Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) • Best Reality Series: Shark Tank (ABC) • Best Reality Competition Series: Face Off (Syfy) • Best Reality Series Host: Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance (FOX) • Best Talk Show: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) • Best Animated Series: Archer (FX) • Critics» Choice LOUIS XIII Genius Award: Seth MacFarlane • Most Exciting New Series: American Crime Story (FX), Aquarius (NBC), Blindspot (NBC), Minority Report (FOX), The Muppets (ABC), Scream Queens (FOX), Supergirl (CBS) and UnREAL (Lifetime)

THE LION KING has also earned more than 70 major arts awards including the 1998 NY Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, the 1999 Grammy ® for Best Musical Show Album, the 1999 Evening Standard Award for Theatrical Event of the Year and the 1999 Laurence Olivier Awards for Best Choreography and Best Costume Design.

Putting the «mental» in «environmental,» the not - screened - for - critics «Geostorm» is less a scare picture about ignoring climate change than a cautionary flop about trying to do too much in conjuring a perfect storm of genres: end - of - the - world porn, save - the - world triumphalism, space adventure, political thriller, family drama, and workplace romance.

Jake Gyllenhaal earned a Critics Choice Award Best Actor nomination for «Stronger», but he didn't make it into the Best Actor in a Drama category here.

Two other big surprises were found in Female Actor in a Leading Role where Sarah Silverman found a nomination for her indie drama I Smile Back and in Male Actor in a Supporting Role, Michael Shannon in 99 Homes follows up his LA critics win with a mention here.

The 2017 International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) Awards were held yesterday, and the big winners were Phantom Thread, which won both Score of the Year and Best Original Score for a Drama Film, and Alexandre Desplat, who won Composer of the Year.

Best Actress Nominees: Amy Adams for American Hustle, Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine, Sandra Bullock for Gravity, Judi Dench for Philomena, and Meryl Streep for August: Osage County Notable precursor wins: Adams wins Golden Globe Award (Comedy), while Blanchett wins BAFTA, Broadcast Film Critics, Golden Globe (Drama), and Screen Actors Guild Awards, -LSB-...]

An unashamed crowd - pleaser, Masquerade should at least appeal as a costume drama and a showcase for a cast led by Byung - hun Lee, who, this critic hopes, will make a dramatic debut in American cinema someday soon.

Game of Thrones won the trophy for Best Drama Series at the 22nd annual Critics» Choice Awards in Los Angeles Sunday.

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.

The 2017 International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) Awards were held yesterday, and the big winners were Phantom Thread, which won both Score of the Year and Best Original Score for a Drama Film, and Alexandre Desplat, who won...