Sentences with phrase «features lead writer»

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The June 18th, podcast featured a conversation with IEEE Spectrum editor in chief, Glenn Zorpette, and writer, John Horgan, about the so - called technological singularity in which artificial intelligence and computing power would allegedly lead to a new era in human history.

Following Beshay, a man cured of leprosy, and Obama, an orphan, as they journey across Egypt in search of Beshay's parents, writer - director A.B. Shawky's debut feature is dividing critics, except for the praise given to Rady Gamal and Ahmed Abdelhafiz in the lead roles.

The short features Matt Smith, David Tennant and Jenna Coleman with Billie Piper and John Hurt, as well as lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat, discussing their 50th Anniversary experiences.

With six narrative features, five documentaries, and several short films, Vincenzo Marra is one of Italy's leading writer / directors.

ABOUT THE AWFJ and EDA AWARDS The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ), a not - for - profit corporation, is an international association of leading professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting film work by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting the annual AWFJ EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movies.

«More significantly, it stands as an extraordinary opportunity to challenge the prevalent norms in Hollywood by not only featuring an entirely female - leading cast but also a female writer / director, producer and DP.»

This Blu - ray ports over most of the bonus features found on previous discs, including the original 19 - minute making - of featurette from the DVD and a commentary track with Lee and writer / producer James Schamus, who does a good job of leading his counterpart through a conversation about the film.

Although the noted writer / director continues his trend of capturing excellent performances from his leading ladies (having worked with Jane Birkin in La Fille prodigue, her daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg in Amoureuse, Juliette Binoche in La Vie de famille and Isabelle Huppert in La vengeance d'une femme), The Three Way Wedding fails to turn its significant female presence into anything more than an expressive yet insubstantial feature, instead existing in the space between amusing and neurotic, and passionate and melodramatic.

A feature - length commentary featuring director Ortega, producer Mike Finnell, lead choreographer Peggy Holmes, and writers Bob Tzudiker and Noni White starts in the pits with exhausting recountings of where the kid cast members have wound up since the «triumph» of Newsies (it's like a biblical genealogy)... and continues in the pits with never - interesting back - patting and masturbatory aggrandizement.

The occasion took another talented presence looking to branch out — «Six Feet Under» writer / producer Jill Soloway with her feature directorial debut, «Afternoon Delight» — to see Hahn not just in a comedic lead role, but one that presents her stunning dramatic range as well.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) have announced that the latest in their prestigious series of lectures by the world's leading screenwriters will feature writer - directors Kenneth Lonergan, Maren Ade, Park Chan - wook, and Phil Lord and Chris Miller this October.

Topping seven of our writers» individual lists and featuring in the top ten of another eleven, Ex Machina led the field by some distance, and is Flickering Myth's best movie of 2015.

CHICAGO — Writer, director and lead actor Zach Braff has put it on the line for his latest feature, «Wish I Was Here.»

Starring Mireille Enos in an impressive lead turn, and notable for providing the late Sam Shepard a substantial final role, this first narrative feature for editor and Brit stage thesp turned writer - director Camille Thoman is accomplished enough to suggest it won't be her last.

The new preview for writer - director Darren Aronofsky's cinematic retelling of the biblical flood features more battle scenes than you might have expected, as an army led by Methuselah (Anthony Hopkins) tries to storm Noah's vessel, as Hopkins yells, «Take the ark!»

In three features over four years, Judd Apatow has become America's leading comedy writer - director (yes), attracting rapture and scorn on serious matters of sex, gender and shmashmortion.

This latest from writer / director Mia Hansen - Love (Eden, 2014) features one of the most interesting lead characters from any film this year.

Like all typing montages, it features a camera panning over people tapping on keyboards and music that indicates industry and dedication, here leading to some images of the film that Catrin and her fellow writer and obvious romantic interest, Tom (Sam Claflin), will eventually conjure.

Behind The Screens: Panels Master Classes Conversations MVFF38 hosted a total of six panels, which included such luminaries as Ed Arentz, Managing Director Music Box Films; Ira Deutchmann, Founder Fine Line Features; production designer Judy Becker; director Valerie Weiss; Russ CollinsFounder / Director Art House Convergence; producer / writer Komal Minhas; and director Christopher Coppola as well as three master classes, including Bobby Roth: A Director Prepares, a Conversation with Catherine Hardwicke and The Heroine's Journey: Writing and Selling the Female - Driven Screenplay, led by screenwriter Pamela Gray and story consultant Tom Schlesinger.

Following quickly on the heels of The Babadook is writer / director David Robert Mitchell's It Follows, another independent horror feature that has received incredible buzz leading up to its impressively wide release from Radius TWC this weekend.

ABOUT THE AWFJ and EDA AWARDS The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ), a not - for - profit corporation, is an international association of leading professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting film work by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra — group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting the annual AWFJ EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movies.

Following on from his acclaimed 2008 feature film debut Hunger, British writer - director Steve McQueen reunited with leading man Michael Fassbender for Shame.

Writer - director John Maclean makes his feature debut with «Slow West,» and he has gathered three very exciting actors as his leads.

A supremely acted and crafted piece of work from debut feature director Thomas Napper and writer Johnny Harris, who also leads the cast.

Blu - ray / DVD Combo Pack Extras: Feature commentary with writer / director Dan Gilroy, producer Tony Gilroy and editor John Gilroy; Michael Cuesta; and If It Bleeds, It Leads: Making Nightcrawler.

Black has a penchant for teaming up badly matched heroes for buddy flicks — he is the writer of the Lethal Weapon series (Mel Gibson and Danny Glover), The Long Kiss Goodnight (Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson), and The Last Boy Scout (Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans), all of which feature two leads with different personalities who must team together or fail — but this may well be his most inventive pairing yet.

This is a biopic of Nat Turner, a slave who led a rebellion in 1830s Virginia, and is the feature debut of actor - turned - writer - director Nate Parker.

As lead writer for the Intel Innovation Odyssey project she interviewed and showcased technology - literate teachers from around the world in a daily online feature.

One particular panel featured writers from leading book industry trade magazines, and the moderator was Joe Wikert, a well - respected digital publishing executive who is an outspoken opponent of DRM.

(DC has a number of comics that feature the Caped Crusader; Snyder is the lead writer on Batman and Murphy has done some Batman work as well.)

The annual VIDA report, which shows the depressingly small number of women writers and reviewers featured in 20 leading publications, is only one measure of our continued marginalization.

By Edward Nawotka Today's lead story features an interview with Jaron Lanier, philosopher and author of You Are Not a Gadget, in which he says, «If the future is one in which writers are not paid, then it also is one in which writers lack clout.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA --(Marketwire — Jun 21, 2012)-- Madefire, an exciting new company that brings a refreshing jolt of energy and innovation to the comic and graphic novel industry, today launched its Madefire App for iPad, featuring original, interactive works from Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons, as well as titles from other leading comic writers and graphic novelists.

Rounding out the new Discover feature, Play Books has also received a new Google Play Editorial section that will include author interviews, essays by favorite writers and book selections from some of the literary world's leading voices.

The Retiring Wealthy guide mentioned above also features an article by MoneySense «s lead retirement writer, David Aston, on this very subject: it's entitled Sixty and Clout and notes that working in retirement can boost your finances and lift your mood.

Our 14 - page article features new screenshots, concept art, and details from Insomniac's creative director Bryan Intihar, game director Ryan Smith, art director Jacinda Chew, lead writer Jon Paquette, and more.

The lead writer of Spec Ops: The Line (which, three years after Modern Warfare 2, featured more scenes of civilian massacre but generated far less controversy) suggested that even the optional nature of the event detracted from it:

Perhaps the worst example, for me, occurred when former Star Trek Online lead writer Christine «Kestrel» Thompson casually included a lesbian Klingon couple as supporting NPC characters in one of the game's featured episodes — and a portion of the playerbase went absolutely apeshit with rage on the forums.

Featuring brand new interviews with Lead Designer James Ohlen and Senior Writer Drew Karpyshyn, game critic Alex Kane's book unveils how this classic game was made, analyzes KotOR's worldview through the lens of philosophy, mythology, and the ethics of war, and investigates how the game borrows techniques from contemporary films like The Sixth Senseand Fight Club.

Chapter 2 sees lead story writer of Destiny 2 Jason Harris discuss the importance of the refuge environment named The Last City on Earth, while user interface designer MacKay Clark informs gamers as to what the artistic aim was when creating The Director; a feature in which the player could choose their next destination from a giant universe, coupled with amazing illustrations.

Earlier today we published a full hands - on preview for Shadow of the Tomb Raider and detailed the game's special editions and Season Pass, and now we have some additional info courtesy of a Tribeca Film Festival panel featuring the game's director Daniel Chayer - Bisson, lead writer Jill Murray, brand director Rich Briggs, and current Lara Croft motion capture model Camilla Luddington.

Danielle Riendeau wrote a feature on the significance of Resonance's female lead, interviewing writer / designer Vince Wesselman and Sarah, Anna's voice actor.

In the month of May we will learn more about the game in a 14 page article which features new screenshots, concept art, and details from Insomniac's creative director Bryan Intihar, game director Ryan Smith, art director Jacinda Chew, lead writer Jon Paquette, and more.

Titanfall 2 Lead Writer, Jesse Stern, has confirmed in an extensive interview with Forbes that the upcoming title will not only feature a dedicated single - player campaign but also has a TV spin - off show in the works.

Mass Effect 3 will feature a Citadel mission originally intended for Mass Effect 2, according to the game's lead writer.

Featuring leading artists, writers and cultural commentators, the talks program is presented by Frieze Art Inc. and programmed by Cecilia Alemani.

His esteemed intellect not only undergirded his gorgeous, expressive paintings — frequently featuring bold black shapes against fields of color — but also made Motherwell one of the leading writers, theorists, and advocates of the New York School.

New book from Fotobookfestival Kassel features homages from leading photographers and writers dedicated to Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama.

This collection of never - before - published talks at one of the leading art schools in the United States, documents an exciting decade in the development of contemporary art and arts education, featuring interviews with renowned artists, curators, and writers.

Frieze would later tap Stuart Morgan as lead writer in the assessment of up - and - coming artists such as Glenn Brown, whose M.F.A. degree show at Goldsmiths featured paintings imitating works by Salvador Dalí and Frank Auerbach.