Sentences with phrase «early film director»

Not exact matches

Now, with 10 days on screen, it appears director Christopher Nolan's final entry in his three - film Batman epic won't live up to early box office hopes.

Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, director Alejandro González Iñárritu's (Birdman) film The Revenant is the early favorite for Best Picture.

24 Love and Other Drugs, a film by Edward Zwick, director of the 2006 film Blood Diamond, depicts an artist named Maggie (Anne Hathaway) in the early stages of Parkinson's disease.

The first «American» film by the director of Time of the Gypsies is every bit as bizarre and imaginative as his earlier work, although it's also maddeningly indulgent and erratic.

Rosenthal appeared in movies beginning in 1931, and he worked onscreen right up through The Big Clock in 1948, but most of his best work was concentrated in the early / mid -»40s in the films of writer / director Preston Sturges, who used the pianist / actor in various roles in his films from The Great McGinty (1940) through The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947).

This becomes the theme of director Lee's film: The idea that Jackson, from an early age, had a sense of himself as both an artist and a commercial force.

From the poster and an early first glimpse of the film, it looks to be another piece of brutal, bloody, stylized mayhem from the man who brought us the Pusher Trilogy, Bronson, and Valhalla Rising, and won best director at Cannes (where he could be returning this year) for Drive.

It's telling that the film is rooted in the early -»60s gray zone — a moment lodged between the conservatism of the»50s and the dawn of a new world — because it marks one of the most impressive debuts of a director since Tom Ford made «A Single Man.»

Like the abominable «Napoleon Dynamite,» director Jared Hess» second feature will doubtless capture the hearts and minds of 12 - year - old boys everywhere, even if Nacho Libre sacrifices the earlier film's aggressive mean - spiritedness in favor of gentle slapstick lunacy.

By the time director Alfonso Cuarón's Y Tu Mamá También took stateside arthouse theaters by storm in the early months of 2002, actor Diego Luna had been a fixture of Mexican film and television for nearly a decade.

Biography: Director / screenwriter / actor / producer Quentin Tarantino was perhaps the most distinctive and volatile talent to emerge in American film in the early»90s.

Though clocking in at a relatively short 119 minutes, the new film has received favorable early reviews, even in comparison to director John Schlesinger's 168 - minute adaptation from 1967 starring Julie Christie, Terrence Stamp, Alan Bates, and Peter Finch.

Steven Spielberg's film is a paean to the essential role of a free press, one the director felt he had to make in 2017 (he first read Liz Hannah's original script earlier this year and rushed it into production).

As Lelio's earlier films demonstrated, the director's style is restrained but potent, which helps the impact of the actors» performances as well as the picture's fairly graphic love scene.

He begins by exploring the director's early life and career in his native Hungary, revealing how Curtiz shaped the earliest days of silent cinema in Europe as he acted in, produced, and directed scores of films before immigrating to the United States in 1926.

David Nelson worked steadily but unspectacularly as a producer / director in the years to follow: in the early»80s he directed three theatrical films, the most prominent of which was the 1981 George Kennedy starrer The Rare Breed.

In this lively, illuminating and unexpectedly moving documentary, directors Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow engage in a personal and candid discussion with De Palma, exploring not only his life and work but also his singular approach to the craft of filmmaking and his remarkable experiences navigating the film business, from his early days as the bad boy of New Hollywood to his more recent years as a respected veteran of the field.

The Sting became one of the biggest hits of the early»70s; grossing 68.5 million dollars during its first run, the film also picked up seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Adapted Score for Marvin Hamlisch's unforgettable setting of Scott Joplin's ragtime music.

-- Rex Reed, The New York Observer PHILOMENA The highly acclaimed film from director Stephen Frears On DVD and BLU - RAY ™, Video - On - Demand and Pay - Per - View April 15, 2014 Early Digital Download Window Begins On April 4, 2014 Read our Philomena Blu - ray review.

Venom's premise, which is borderline nonsensical in its unfolding, is curiously played straight by director Piers Haggard as something closer to the similarly location - bound Dog Day Afternoon than the more populist horror films that cropped up during the early 1980s.

Although she had appeared in several films earlier, Cheng's first starring role in a martial arts film came, like Hsu Feng's, courtesy of director King Hu during his short - lived stint with the studio.

As director Zack Snyder and screenwriter David S. Goyer continue to fine tune the script and prep for an early 2014 shoot on Batman vs. Superman, various departments are starting to make arrangements for filming to begin.

Each year, this select group of film enthusiasts, filmmakers, professionals, academics and students of varying ages and backgrounds watches over 250 films and participates in illuminating discussions with directors, actors, producers and screenwriters before announcing their selections for the best work of the year in early December prior to an annual ceremony in January.

Earlier in the evening, the film's director, Danny Boyle, bounced onto the stage to pick up his award for best director, apparently keeping a long - held promise to his children that he would accept an Oscar «in the spirit of Tigger».

From his early days as a fresh and creative music video director for artists such as Fatboy Slim, The Beastie Boys, and Björk, Spike Jonze has continued his unique style and original approach with his feature length films, effectively carving out niche in the film industry for himself.

9) Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) Directed by promising director Eva Husson, this unflinching and mesmerizing French film has early day Sofia Coppola's style mixed with Larry Clark's Kids.

-LSB-...] optional commentary by writer / director Rian Johnson, reveals an early vision for the film that may have focused more on John Boyega's ex-Stormtrooper Finn, literally from the start.

Trades the earlier films» endearing buffoonery for a cheap nastiness reminiscent of writers (and first - time directors) Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley's «Horrible Bosses.»

Ulu Grosbard, a Tony - nominated stage director who also worked in film, directing such movies as «True Confessions» and «The Deep End of the Ocean,» died late Sunday or early Monday in New York City, according to his family.

Real Name: Emilio Estevez Image: 80s film star turned up - and - coming director Birth Date: May 12, 1962 Best Known For: Being part of the Brat Pack Early Life: Born in New York, Emilio is the eldest son of actor and activist Martin Sheen.

PLATFORM This section of 12 films, which tends to focus on directors in early stages of their careers, is actually juried (though TIFF isn't known for awards really outside of «People's Choice» which tends to have a strong correlation to eventual Best Picture nominations at the Oscars).

The film, which won the Golden Lion at the Venice festival earlier this year, is the second feature by cinematographer - turned - director Warwick Thornton.

In The Player, Robert Altman's early nineties comeback film, the director brilliantly skewers Hollywood — getting all the details right, as only he could — while constructing his own kind of Hollywood Movie.

«All is Lost», writer - director J. C. Chandor's sophomore effort following 2011's «Margin Call», is a tremendous achievement, and as far removed from the earlier film as possible.

Other titles announced out of competition include: the closing night film, Therese D, by Claude Miller, the French director who died earlier this month; Me and You, a new drama from Bernardo Bertolucci; and Madagascar 3, which looks to fill the regulation animation spot (previous cartoons to do the honours include Up and Kung Fu Panda).

First, the New York Film Critics Circle ousts long - time film reviewer Armond White after he reportedly heckled Steve McQueen, the director of «12 Years a Slave,» at an awards dinner earlier this year.

Following the exploits of the Paris police department's «child protection unit,» Polisse (which screened early on) helped to establish this year's Croisette - spanning theme of children in peril, which could be found to varying extents in fellow Competition entries Michael (kidnapping and pedophilia), Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin (teenage sociopathy), Aki Kaurismäki's universally admired Le Havre (illegal immigration), and the Dardenne Brothers» Grand Jury Prize co-winner The Kid with a Bike (child abandonment); in the Directors» Fortnight entry Play (bullying); and in just about every film at the 50th - anniversary edition of the Critics» Week, from French actress - director Valérie Donzelli's opening - night Declaration of War (pediatric cancer) to Israeli actress - director Hagar Ben Asher's The Slut (pedophilia again), the fact - based 17 Girls (teen pregnancy), and the profoundly disturbing Snowtown, which recalled Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer in its verité sketch of Australian serial killer John Bunting, who lured local youths into aiding and abetting his violent crimes throughout the Nineties.

A startlingly intelligent, incandescent thriller topped off by one of the great endings in recent cinema, Christian Petzold's Phoenix has been granted early canonization by the Criterion Collection, which releases the film in a deluxe Blu - ray edition featuring interviews with the director and his star Nina Hoss.

The fest's opening - night film, Grace Of Monaco, was pulled from an early 2014 release date because of disagreements the distributor had with director Olivier Dahan.

No one is comparing M. Knight to other directors who «puke out shit» but rather to his own, earlier films.

This early test edit of the real match would help Martin work with directors to create the perfect climactic set piece for their film.

Cinephiles, especially those enthusiastic about the avant - garde, are probably familiar with Robert Gardner «s series Screening Room, which hosted numerous directors working in documentary and experimental film in the 1970s and early»80s.

Chloe Zhao's «The Rider» follows a South Dakota rodeo rider in a lush, isolated setting that landed the film the top prize at Directors» Fortnight in Cannes earlier this year.

Matt Brown offered an in - depth look on how the film tackles the dangers of conformism and socialization in his essay «The Normalized Atrocities of Julia Ducournau's Raw», and earlier today we published an interview with the writer - director herself, in which she discusses her process as a writer, the fine - tuning of her cinematic language, and underscores how Raw addresses the subject of human identity in a manner that both challenges and transcends stereotypical conceptions of gender roles.

After the premiere screening at Sundance of his wonderful debut feature «Kings Of Summer,» director Jordan Vogt - Roberts — responsible for the short «Successful Alcoholics» and a veteran of «Funny Or Die Presents...» — told the audience his influences for his first feature included early Amblin films like «The Goonies» with «elements of [Terrence] Malick,» and most surprisingly, «Bad Boys II.»

As with the director's earlier Ms. 45, however, the film mixes gauzy aesthetics with moments of direct filmmaking to produce something unclassifiable.

A crime - flick love story as Pop - conscious as Wright's earlier work but unironic about its romantic core, it will delight the director's fans but requires no film - geek certification...

Very exciting, it's been 8 years since Primer (a science - fiction favourite in these parts), and while the writer / director's screenplay for «A Topiary» never got made into a film, he whipped out this surprise to many earlier this week by way of the festival announcement and a very shiny bit of key art which confirms that Carruth will star in the film along with Amy Seimetz (A Horrible Way To Die).

Criterion's Blu - ray release includes five of director Carroll Ballard's early short films, each with an introduction from the filmmaker.

To Ron Hutchinson, co-founder and director of The Vitaphone Project, which since 1991 has collected and restored countless original soundtrack discs for early sound short films and features, including the recent Warner Bros. restoration of William A. Seiter's 1929 «Why Be Good?»