Sentences with phrase «feature length debut»

This is the feature length debut of Director Don Scardino, and also includes SIX writing credits.

In this, his feature length debut, the writer - director contentedly sticks to one summer night in 1989, when Barack and Michelle were just two people trying to figure themselves — and each other — out.

But the small time status quickly came to a close with Amores Perros (2000), the feature length debut that made Iñárritu a star.

Emily, the feature length debut from director Ryan Graves, takes a tiny - by - design story and earnestly goes deep, exploring the destructive impulses, badly timed stabs at nobility, and increasingly mixed signals of a couple on the brink.

I found this to be a very enjoyable and dreamlike film, and, though it is really good, it seems even more so considering that it was the feature length debut of Sofia Coppola.

Not exact matches

Govinda Van Maele's full - length feature «Gutland» is a striking debut, one that slowly burns through the magnificent landscapes of rural Luxembourg with flourishes of neorealism.

Writer - director Régis Roinsard's feature - length debut is visually sharp, with period design that's eye - catching without being fussy or fetishistic.

Directed by Nash Edgerton, who made his feature length directorial debut with the acclaimed Australian thriller The Square, Gringo also stars Joel Edgerton, Amanda Seyfried, Charlize Theron, Yul Vazquez, Thandie Newton, and Sharlto Copley.

The sadness of being an incorrigible completist, I have to finish all these three films before writing my review, Ned Benson's ambitious feature - length debut is a post-trauma story of a young couple Conor (McAvoy) and Eleanor (Chastain) in

In 1976, the year of its debut, it featured the first live telecasts of a full - length ballet and a subtitled opera; and since has included numerous performances by the New York Philharmonic and such greats as Renee Fleming, James Galway, Wynton Marsalis, Luciano Pavarotti, Itzhak Perlman and Beverly Sills.

Her feature - length debut, 2013's «It Felt Like Love,» focused on the bumpy trajectory of an introverted teenage woman exploring her urges with dangerous results; with the markedly similar «Beach Rats,» Hittman brings the same tropes to the plight of a young man in a film that has the precision of a great short story and the uneasiness of body horror.

The debut full - length release for the actress / singer - songwriter features a guest appearances from Kehlani.

The debut full - length collaboration from the Berlin - based producers Max Graef and Glenn Astro features influences from electronic, funk, hip - hop, and jazz.

The sadness of being an incorrigible completist, I have to finish all these three films before writing my review, Ned Benson's ambitious feature - length debut is a post-trauma story of a young couple Conor (McAvoy) and Eleanor (Chastain) in New York after losing their child in an unspecified

With «The Intervention,» Clea DuVall leaves a striking impression with her feature - length directorial debut.

Director, Producer, and Actor Kasi Lemmons had the film world buzzing in 1997 when her feature - length debut «Eve's Bayou» hit art - house screens and racked up film festival awards along the way.

Especially when you factor in that this is Sara Colangelo's feature - length directorial debut, after having made a few shorts over the past few years.

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-- Sundance Selects has acquired the U.S. rights to Jeff Unay's documentary and feature - length directorial debut «The Cage Fighter.»

The feature - length debut of writer / director Jeff Baena (co-writer of David O. Russell's oddball «I Heart Huckabees»), «Life After Beth» can't seem to decide if it wants to be a lark or if it wants to resonate, and wavers between both tones uneasily.

Cahill's feature length work debuted in the UK at the Raindance Film Festival earlier this year.

Marking the feature - length debut of writer - director Pearce, it stars Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn and Geraldine James and centers on a small island community where a troubled young woman falls for a mysterious outsider who empowers her to escape from her oppressive family.

TV graduates James Griffiths («Episodes «-RRB- and Jon Brown («Misfits «-RRB- make their feature - length debuts at director and screenwriter.

The Ramsay brothers have crafted something invigorating for their feature - length debut, the subtle nuances of the plot mechanics consistently engaging.

However, his prior filmmaking efforts were male dominated: In 2006, he won an Academy Award for his short film «Six Shooter,» which stars Brendan Gleeson; for McDonagh's 2008 feature - length debut «In Bruges,» he paired the actor with Colin Farrell in a devious tale about bumbling hitmen.

Whatever the massive circle of relatives key's, it were given audiences on the Sundance and SXSW Film Festivals to heap reward upon Ari Aster's feature - length debut.

Now he makes his own feature length directorial debut and it would seem that we have much more to see from Edgerton's talents.

Filmmaker Shannon Alexander makes his feature - length debut about two aimless brothers Wendel (Steven J. Mihaljevich) and Levi (Caleb Galati) and their equally aimless social circle.

The title of Leah Meyerhoff's feature - length writing and directing debut, I Believe In Unicorns, seems designed to push away anyone dubious about preciousness, especially when it comes to stylish coming - of - age indies.

The film is the feature - length debut of writer - director Jonathan van Tulleken, based on his BAFTA - nominated short, and is set in the harsh, frozen Canadian tundra.

The film would mark director Jonathan Glazer's (Birth) feature - length debut and earn Ben Kingsley an Oscar nomination for his wacko and volatile turn as a British thug.

The concept works nicely but the writing duo of Brendan O'Brien and Andrew Jay Cohen (making his feature - length directorial debut) never fully take advantage of it for comedic effect.

The original script is slated to be written by Andrew Dodge, who is fresh off making his produced screenwriting debut with Arrest Development actor Jason Bateman's feature - length directorial debut, Bad Words.

Other directors may have attempted to go for sticky emotional scenes, a la Wedding Crashers, to make their point, but Showalter, here in his feature - length directorial debut, has a maturity to suggest he could become a solid comedy director, if he so chooses to take that path in the future.

Honorable Mentions: As usual, some good films have to fall just outside the top 10 list including: Tommy Lee Jones «feature - length directorial debut, «The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada ``; Christopher Nolan «s excellent, in - between - Batman - movies cum rival magician film, «The Prestige,» starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale; Guillermo del Toro «s fantastical fairy tale, «Pan's Labyrinth ``; Sofia Coppola «s anachronistic teen alienation set in the 16th century, «Marie Antoinette ``; Martin Campbell «s superb rebooting of the Bond franchise with «Casino Royale ``; Martin Scorsese «s «Infernal Affairs» remake «The Departed» (which has been on TV so many bloody times, its power has worn off); Oliver Assayas ««Clean» which featured a Cannes - winning performance by Maggie Cheung as a struggling addict; and Park Chan - Wook «s final installment of his vengeance trilogy, the beautifully haunting, «Lady Vengeance.»

Working closely under the tutelage of Terrence Malick for several years now, editor and second - unit director turned writer / director A.J. Edwards (who has logged time on «The New World,» «The Tree of Life» and «To the Wonder «-RRB-, might have been better advised to get out from under the shadow of his mentor for his feature - length debut, «The Better Angels.»

Matthews has crafted a riveting feature - length debut and certainly has a bright future ahead.

Hauck shows much promise in his feature - length debut and John Hawkes delivers the goods.

He has written screenplays, and now comes his feature length directorial debut... and an impressive debut it is.

As far as zany dark comedies go, Moonwalkers never approaches Dr. Strangelove territory, but Antoine Bardou - Jacquet's feature - length debut provides more than enough laughs and ridiculous entertainment.

The Kings of Summer: In his full - length directorial debut, Jordan Vogt - Roberts offered up this innocent and relatable feature about two teens who — along with their strange friend — leave their controlling parents and build a house together.

The film — which centers on an amnesiac's quest for revenge — marks Naishuller's feature - length directorial debut and features a cast that includes Sharlto Copley, Haley Bennett and Tim Roth.

The film is being directed by Scott Charles Stewart, who made his feature - length film directorial debut earlier this year with Legion.

J.C. Chandor made his feature - length writing and directorial debut with Margin Call, which went over well at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Bear award earlier this year, at the Berlin International Film Festival.

The feature - length debut of Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar's puppetoon characters Horse, Cowboy, and Indian has a few surprisingly durable methods for getting laughs: 1) toy - soldier - style animal figurines doing people stuff; 2) hold - on - to - your - hats jerky stop - motion; and 3) scream - talking by most characters.

Following in the footsteps of Studio Ghibli (which co-produced the film), Michael Dudok de Wit's «The Red Turtle» is a surprisingly poignant feature - length debut that proves animation can be just as effective as live action when done right.

Now Jason Reitman — whose liberal father, Ivan, directed such Hollywood blockbusters as Stripes and Ghostbusters — has made his feature - length directorial debut with an adaptation of Buckley's novel.

Weird as that movie may sound, it's not nearly as weird as the one actually cooked up by «Daniels,» a.k.a. Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the branded directing duo making its feature - length debut.

We've just been supplied with the first clip from Anders Walter «s feature - length directorial debut I Kill Giants, an adaptation of Joe Kelly's...

Just this evening at the San Diego Comic - Con I caught up with Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (review) helmer Troy Nixey, who made his feature - length directing debut with the film, a remake of the 1973 made - for - TV movie of the same name about a family that discovers murderous tiny creatures living in the basement of their new home.