Sentences with phrase «feature length film as»

In fact, it is largely because he directs this feature length film as if it were made for MTV that 3000 Miles to Graceland is so viscerally unappealing that it frequently descends to the level of nausea - inducement.

Slow West, John Maclean's first feature length film as writer and director, is a perfectly formed gem of a movie.

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Now, it's coming back as a feature - length film set to be released on September 8, 2017.

Chocolate Milk: The Documentary counters this habitually negative narrative as award - winning director and producer Elizabeth Bayne, MPH, MFA explores the racial inequities of breastfeeding in her first feature - length film.

Dennis Skinner, the long serving MP known as the «beast of Bolsover» is to be the subject of a feature length film tracking his rise from miner and local councillor to becoming one of the nation's best known MPs.

I, for one, would really enjoy to see this as a feature - length film; because the main character Caprice is on this downward spiral that becomes more apparent as the film goes on.

Bowers has previously worked as a storyboard artist, but Fell is a relative newcomer to feature - length films.

2010 is supposed to bring both Shrek Goes Fourth and the feature - length spin - off Puss in Boots: The Story of an Ogre Killer, while DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg has claimed that a fifth and final film is in the works as well.

It's ultimately clear, however, that Fear and Desire simply isn't able to justify its feature - length running time (ie the whole thing feels padded - out even at 61 minutes), with the movie's less - than - consistent vibe paving the way for a second half that could hardly be less interesting or anti-climactic - which does, in the end, confirm the film's place as a fairly ineffective first effort that does, at least, highlight the eye - catching visual sensibilities of its preternaturally - talented director.

The film has a clever premise that probably would have worked as a half - hour TV episode but fails to sustain a feature - length comedy.

This feature length narrative film follows the emotional and psychological journey of a young, black, gay artist as he discovers the hidden legacies of the gay and lesbian subcultures within the Harlem Renaissance.

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.

Fans of the TV series regularly appearing on «Comedy Central» already know what to expect from this feature - length film, showcasing more of the same parody of «COPS» as if starring the gang from the Police Academy movies.

After completing the second and third films in his Pusher crime saga, and before embarking on the production of his 2008 biopic Bronson, Nicolas Winding Refn directed a feature - length episode of the British ITV television show Agatha Christie's Marple (also known as Marple) entitled «Nemesis».

Many people point to Sleeping Beauty (1959) as the last film in the Golden Age of Disney Animation and consider the seven full - length animated features that the House of Mouse made over the next three decades to be lesser accomplishments.

«Grindhouse» (a downtown movie theater in disrepair since its glory days as a movie palace known for «grinding out» non-stop double - bill programs of B - movies) is presented as one full - length feature comprised of two individual films helmed separately by each director.

Scenes could be chosen to play in snippets on museum walls, but as a feature film it's kept at arm's length.

So Bulletproof Monk, directed by a music video and commercial director like a feature - length music video or commercial, falls into the category of film where Asians sell Gremlins to white people as opposed to the Adam Sandler / Happy Madison category of film, where Asians are screeching waiters and nail - salon owners.

That includes an insightful feature - length commentary from scholar Glenn Erickson, who spends the bulk of his breathless offerings analyzing character types, production details, and commenting of the film's importance as an unorthodox film noir.

It took the 29 - year - old filmmaker some time to get this project to the screen, having to first develop it as a short film in order to secure funding for the desired feature - length project, but we're all lucky he pursued it to fruition as Whiplash is a marvelously involving exploration of the perils of obsession and the virtues of perseverance, played out through one of the finest - acted two - handers in years.

Back in 1996, Wes Anderson announced himself as an exciting new voice in America's burgeoning indie film scene, adapting his earlier short film into a feature - length heist caper starring the then - unknown Wilson brothers.

The festival concludes with a final showcase Featured Selection screening of another Halloween horror movie that also celebrates the late»80s with wicked fun, as Honeyspider wraps up the event with a spooky feature length bag of treats filmed entirely in North Carolina.

Chadha and co-screenwriter Paul Mayeda Berges offer a wry, low - key feature - length commentary with some fairly interesting / entertaining recollections, including the thinking behind the somewhat ballsy use of a corporeal David Beckham in the epilogue, the unblinking national reaction to the Sikh rituals depicted in the film, and Chadha's desire to exploit her male cast members by getting their shirts off as often as possible.

A five - minute featurette called «Greetings From Bull Mountain» is the standard five - minute B - roll / soft - sell interview errata that features a few additional male buttock shots; «King of the Mountain» is a two - minute music video that splices action sequences from the film together with bloopers and sets it to music (something resurrected in feature - length form by this year's ESPN's X-movie); and nine chapter - encoded deleted scenes (blissfully sans commentary and running between fifteen seconds and a minute, each) are essentially long «comedy» shticks that prove for as bad as Out Cold was, it could have been even worse.

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.

This second feature - length film based on the long - running «SpongeBob Squarepants» TV series is as zippy and zany as fans have come to expected.

In addition, Dennis has one of the steadiest hands to ever operate a camcorder and «he» gives us unbelievably clear access to candid family life, at least as edited by whoever it is that's supposed to have found and compiled these weeks of footage into standard feature film length.

Just as these three films were eye - opening because of how they allow viewers, 50 years later, to witness the emerging student movement and its rapid radicalisation, so a feature - length fiction film from the same year, Tätowierung (Tattoo, Johannes Schaaf, 1967), proved to be a real discovery and, in my view, one of the festival's true gems.

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.&raquAs 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.&raquas a struggling addict; and Park Chan - Wook «s final installment of his vengeance trilogy, the beautifully haunting, «Lady Vengeance.»

As she has expanded her story into a feature - length film, Atsuko has crafted a road movie that manages to balance absurdist bursts of comedy with a probing, at times deeply sad, character study.

As I fly to Canada to meet Sarah Polley, I think about the glimpses of her in Stories We Tell — her first full - length documentary feature, which bowled over critics at Sundance and the Venice film festival and has won Canada's Film of the Year award.

But you can't picture it as a feature - length film because the gags and one - liners based on the simple premise would wear thin rather quickly.

«Birth of a Director» is a shorter, one - on - one interview with a French journalist, and as the title suggests, it's principally focused on Farhadi's humble beginnings and on the thematic and formal evolution of his work (A Separation is discussed at length, but the amount of time spent on his earlier films suggests that the extra will be more useful to people already familiar with his previous features).

Award - winning filmmaker Chloe Zhao's second full - length feature film, The Rider, screened as a part of the TIFF» Next Wave» section last week.

In his short and feature - length films to date (as well as in TV series Girl Number 9), Turner has proven to be an efficient filmmaker, who doesn't mind trying his hand at a variety of genres.

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.

What You Need To Know: Swedish - born first - time feature - length filmmaker Fredrik Bond might be an unknown in the film world, but he has accumulated numerous awards throughout the course of his successful career as a commercial director including one at Cannes.

As with past such events, movies selected for this 11th festival encompass comedy, drama and documentary and are full, professional, feature - length films from Italy.

And yet, while the film is likely to be looked at now primarily as a feature - length tribute to Stanton and his career, his exemplary work is not the only reason for the film's success.

Focus Features and LAIKA Entertainment are bringing us an animated experience that is reminiscent of LAIKA's other feature length films such as The Boxtrolls, Paranorman, and Coraline.

It features Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone, aka The Lonely Island, the creative, good - natured, crazy - silly brainchildren behind SNL Digital Shorts classics such as Dick in a Box, Jizz in My Pants, Lazy Sunday, I'm on a Boat, and I Just Had Sex, as well as the 2007 feature - length film, Hot Rod.

Hot off the heels of releasing the first full length trailer of «From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series», El Rey Network is unveiling two new images from the Austin, TX set featuring Wilmer Valderrama («That»70s Show,» «To Whom It May Concern») as enigmatic crime lord Carlos, and Eiza González («Lola: Érase Una Vez») who recreates the role of Santánico Pandemonium, credited for launching Salma Hayek's film career.

The AMPAS has announced that scores from 145 feature - length films released in 2016 are eligible nomination as Best Original Score for the 89th Oscars.

Featured on the first disc of the set are both versions of the film, the theatrical R - rated cut and the unrated version (which contains ten minutes of never - before - seen footage), as well as two full - length audio commentaries.

As with most biographies and true stories put on celluloid, only so much can be folded into a feature - length film.

[There is] the question of the feature - length film as the proper vehicle for farce with continuous belly laughs....

Perhaps the most explicitly in dialogue with film history of all his works thus far, the film will read as a much - needed strike of lightning to wu xia for connoisseurs of the genre and a feature - length TV spot for others.

Back in the 1990s, when the production volume of Disney - branded live - action films was at an all - time high, the company thrice turned to old cartoons as inspirations for feature - length comedies.

The Irish actor has been listing his extracurricular activities — the short he's written and directed with his actor - brother Brian and actor - father Brendan, the online sketch series he's created called Immatürity For Charity, and the feature - length script that he'd get round to finishing, if only film - makers such as the Coens and Alejandro Iñárritu didn't keep calling with job offers.

Reel FX launched its feature length development and production slate in 2010 after almost 20 years of experience as an award - winning one - stop studio for the creation of animated content including films, special attraction / live venue projects, and interactive projects for companies like Fox, Warner Bros. and Universal Studios.