Sentences with phrase «favorite working filmmakers»
Rian Johnson is one of my favorite working filmmakers, but I must admit that while I was excited to see what he could do with a Star Wars movie, I was a bit apprehensive about the prospect of his sensibilities being neutered while he operated in what might be the world's largest current movie franchise.
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Stanley Kubrick's first feature 1953's «Fear And Desire» was far from the filmmakers» favorite work: when the Film Forum screened it in 1994, Kubrick put out a statement calling it «a bumbling amateur film exercise.»
Östlund has hit a home run with Force Majeure (I realize that reference doesn't make sense but who cares), not only bringing to Cannes one of my new favorite genre - bending dark comedies, but I'm now a fan of his work as well, and I get to explore his past films and learn just how talented of a filmmaker he really is, while keeping an eye on his career.
Reed died in 1999 but he has long been one of my favorite actors so to honor his memory I decided to contact filmmaker Kent Adamson who worked with Oliver Reed in the 1980s and is friendly with the actor's son (Mark).
Lay the Favorite is one of those rare surprises where actors and filmmakers who aren't hard up for work come together and make something terrible.
What makes it more unusual is that Lay the Favorite is not the work of fringe filmmakers or fresh out of film school novices.
Mike Leigh is one of my favorite filmmakers working today.
«Lay the Favorite» Synopsis: A ditzy thirtysomething stripper - turned - cocktail - waitress (Rebecca Hall) becomes involved with a group of geeky fiftyish men who have found a way to work the sportsbook system in Las Vegas to their advantage What You Need To Know: Directed by Stephen Frears («The Grifters,» «The Queen» «Tamara Drewe «-RRB-, a filmmaker who has admittedly had a hit - and - miss career, but featuring a pretty much all - star cast of Bruce Willis (always good in the hands of a real filmmaker), Rebecca Hall, Catherine Zeta - Jones, Vince Vaughn, Laura Prepon and Joshua Jackson, it's hard not to be intrigued by a mid-sized dramedy that's not being made by either a major studio or a mid-sized indie.
Denis Villeneuve is as of this year my favorite currently working filmmaker and the fact that he's preparing two sci - fi movies (which would be my favorite genre) is at least as good as the fact that we finally got a truly awesome Star Wars episode.
Jim Jarmusch is one of my favorite filmmakers even if his beloved postmodern western with Johnny Depp was never a film that really worked for me.
Why it could succeed: I think that it's undeniable that Jason Reitman is one of the best young filmmakers working today... at the very least, I find him to be the one of the best, so the combination of him and one of my favorite author's novels makes for a project that I couldn't be anticipating more.
What I do know is that Ang Lee is a magnificent filmmaker, among my own top five favorite directors currently working.
It has some good moments and all the passion and craft you expect from the filmmaker, easily one of my favorite working today, but it's uneven and unsatisfying.
«Paul Schrader is one of my favorite directors,» Perry tells me, answering the query mentioned up top with a studied monologue on the filmmaker's work.