He stormed the screen as Aragorn in Peter Jackson» epic Lord of the Rings trilogy, lead David Cronenberg's outstanding crime thriller A History of Violence (which lead to a three -
film collaboration between the two) and thinned down to a troubling frame in John Hillcoat's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road and for all the variety Mortensen injects into his roles, the one consistent thread is his supreme dedication.
It marks the fifth
film collaboration between Spielberg and Tom Hanks - after 1998's «Saving Private Ryan», 2002's «Catch Me If You Can», 2004's «The Terminal» and 2015's «Bridge of Spies» - which makes him the actor that Spielberg has directed most times.
marks the eighth
film collaboration between the Coen Brothers and Working Title following A Serious Man, Burn After Reading, The Man Who Wasn't There, O Brother, Where Art Thou?
A film collaboration between Kiki gatekeeper, Twiggy Pucci Garçon, and Swedish filmmaker Sara Jordenö, we're granted exclusive access into this high stakes world, where tough competitions act as a gateway into the daily lives of LGBTQ youth of color in NYC.
The movie is a continuation of
filmed collaborations between Shawn and André Gregory, first seen in Louis Malle's My Dinner with Andre and Vanya on 42nd Street.
Not exact matches
«We have had
films like Tunde Kelani's Abeni feature at the festival as well as Half of a Yellow Sun, which is a
collaboration between Nigeria and the UK, but I think this is an opportunity to do more and to go bigger.
Thys also continues doing academic work through
collaborations with people she knew from graduate school, mostly
between films, which she admits is difficult.
«Love Me - The Documentary,»
collaboration between Powershot and A Foreign Affair, (whose website, loveme.com, inspired the name of the
film) will debut this month at the Toronto
Film Festival.
I look forward to more
collaborations between Hazanavicius and Dujardin, as they have now made at least three
films together, all of which I have found light and captivating.
The first of the new OSS 117
films, this was the first ever
collaboration between Michel Hazanivicius, his wife Berenice Bejo, and the impressive star, studly Jean Dujardin.
The
film represents the first of many
collaborations between Spielberg and Polish cinematographer Janusz Kaminski, who won an Academy Award for his work and was subsequently invited to join the ASC.
The
film is the second
collaboration between screenwriter Scott Z. Burns (Contagion) and Soderbergh.
It marked the director's first
collaboration with Grégoire Colin, a dark - eyed, arresting young actor whom Denis would also employ to great effect in both Nénette et Boni and Beau Travail.The former
film, made in 1996, was another coming - of - age drama that centered on the relationship
between a lovelorn young man (Colin) and his rebellious, pregnant 15 - year - old sister (Alice Houri).
This
film, a
collaboration between two of the all - time greats in George Romero and Stephen King, ticks all of my boxes and delivers on all of its promise.
The feminist serial killer road movie Butterfly Kiss, the Bosnian war pic «Welcome to Sarajevo», the period property drama «The Claim» and the Manchester docu - comedy 24 Hour Party People might appear to be
films with nothing in common, but in fact all are
collaborations between director Michael Winterbottom and writer Frank Cottrell Boyce, who together have shown an ability to produce consistently interesting works in any and every genre.
It would be the first
collaboration between the Coens and Clooney, who described himself as a fan of all their
films and accepted the role without even seeing a script.
Code 46 is the sixth
collaboration between director Michael Winterbottom and writer Frank Cottrell Boyce, and the style and point of view of the
film certainly suggest that the two felt they had a point to make here.
And even that, admittedly, stems perhaps more from the baity media angle it offers, being a
collaboration between Palestinian and Israeli directors, than the content or quality of the
film itself.
Since watching BLUE VALENTINE, all I've wanted is to see another
collaboration between Ryan Gosling and the
film's director Derek Cianfrance.
The action
film is based on an original idea from «Deadpool» writers and executive producers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, and marks the first
collaboration between Skydance and Netflix for an event level feature
film.
It was the first of four
collaborations between Thompson and composer Jerry Goldsmith, coming before The Reincarnation of Peter Proud, Caboblanco and King Solomon's Mines - none of them is a great movie but the quality of the scores go to show the affection Goldsmith must have had for the director (who also made
films scored by Dimitri Tiomkin, Bernard Herrmann, Franz Waxman, Elmer Bernstein, John Williams and John Barry - an unbelievable fact which I doubt could be matched by any other director).
• NYT «The Shed,» a newperformance space in Manhattan is looking to mash art - forms up from
film directors staging concerts to
collaborations between actors, poets, and opera stars?
The Yuen is Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, one of two
collaborations between Yuen, his father Yuen Siu - tien and Jackie Chan from 1978 (the other being the first Drunken Master, and yes, it sure would have made a lot more sense to play that one before Drunken Master II, as both of these Chan movies are playing on Friday) that revolutionized the kung fu
film and rocketed Chan to superstardom.
I don't think it's an exaggeration to say this is shaping up to be a very important partnership
between director and actor, already having produced one
film — the fiery, apocalyptic «Take Shelter» — nearly as impressive as any
collaboration between, for example, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro.
Casino marks the eighth and most recent
collaboration between two of the best of their generation (Scorsese and Robert De Niro), but the
film is more than just bookend material for some sophomore
film studies class.
These
collaborations between the
film and music world keep classic
films alive.
With such a competent cast and crew, including a second
collaboration between Allen and legendary cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, certain aspects of Wonder Wheel, when taken in isolation from the rest of the
film, quite literally shine.
It's nice to see
collaboration between foreign and domestic companies and actors, but I had hoped this
film would be a bit better.
And indeed, the
film is a
collaboration between a hip, highly talented L.A. comedy star (Rogen) and a revelatory Southern director and friends.
The
film is a
collaboration between writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman, and bears a family resemblance to their other two
films, «Juno» (also about pregnancy) and «Young Adult.»
Similarly premised on a tipping point
between synthesis and disarray was the Kiwi anthology Waru, an unprecedented
collaboration among eight Maori women filmmakers, each contributing a 10 - minute short
film linked in more and less obvious ways to the funeral of the title character, a young boy who died amid dubious circumstances.
The
film will mark the fourth
collaboration between George and the Coen brothers following O Brother, Where Art Thou?
One of the years greatest tragedies for us
film fans, is that we will no longer be able to see another
collaboration between Tony...
The third of the three
film thriller
collaborations between writer Graham Greene and director Carol Reed.
«Incidentally, the
film is the first such
collaboration between actor Akshay Kumar and director R. Balki and we are glad it happened with us.»
This is the third
collaboration between the pair and they could easily turn into one of
film's most consistent and necessary pairings.
Abounding with its director's trademark rich imagery and expressive style, «Orchestra Rehearsal» marks the last
collaboration between Fellini and the legendary composer Nino Rota (due to the latter's death in 1979) who provides one of his most beautiful themes in the
film's conclusion.
Killer Joe, William Friedkin's new
film, is another
collaboration between the famed director and playwright Tracey Letts; you might remember the intensely claustrophobic Bug from a few years ago.
Extras: Audio commentary with
film producer and historian Bruce Block; new appreciation of the
film and select scene commentary by
film historian Philip Kemp; «The Flawed Couple,» a new video essay by filmmaker David Cairns on the
collaborations between Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon; «Billy Wilder ABC,» an overview by David Cairns on the life and career of the filmmaker, covering his
films, collaborators and more; new interview with actress Hope Holiday; «Inside the Apartment,» a half - hour «making - of» featurette from 2007 including interviews with Shirley MacLaine, executive producer Walter Mirisch, and others; «Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon,» an archive profile of the actor from 2007; original screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond (BD - ROM content); theatrical trailer; special collector's packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Ignatius Fitzpatrick; collector's 150 - page hardcover book featuring new writing by Neil Sinyard, Kat Ellinger, Travis Crawford and Heather Hyche, generously illustrated with rare stills and behind - the - scenes imagery.
Based on Dennis Lehane's novel of the same name, the
film marks the second
collaboration between the author and director following 2007's Gone Baby Gone and sees Affleck starring alongside Elle Fanning, Brendan Gleeson, Chris Messina, Sienna Miller, Zoe Saldana, -LSB-...]
The
film, which Gerwig also wrote solo following several previous screenplay
collaborations including two with Noah Baumbach on her starring
films Frances Ha and Mistress America, is set in 2002 Sacramento, California where Christine attends a Catholic school while also dealing with the shaky bond
between her and her domineering, impossible to please mother Marion (Laurie Metcalf) who is trying to hold the family together by working double shifts as a nurse after her husband Larry (Tracy Letts) has lost his job.
The
film marks the third
collaboration between co-directors Franco and Pamela Romanowsky.
The picture is a
collaboration between Rough House, James Schamus» («Indignation») production company Symbolic Exchange and producer Lisa Muskat's («Joe,» «Compliance») Muskat
Filmed Properties.
The
film was made at the height of Hitchcock's
collaboration with composer Bernard Herrmann - in
between two
films and scores usually given more attention, Vertigo and Psycho - and to me represents both of them at their peak.
There is always something magical in the
collaboration between the two Swedes, filmmaker Bergsmark and writer / performer Eli Levén, as evidenced in their previous
film together, Pojktanten (She Male Snails, 2012).
Spielberg showed masterful restraint in his portrait of our nation's 16th president with Lincoln, and the
film really is a triumph of the
collaboration between director, actor, and screenwriter.
Unlike before in
films like Wild Reeds or The Witnesses (and perhaps the six other
collaborations between Deneuve and Téchiné, none of which I have seen) his characters are horrifically hard to care about.
This
film not only marks the final
collaboration between Grant and Kerr, but also
between Kerr and Mitchum (previously starred together in Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison [1957] and The Sundowners [1960]-RRB-, and Grant and director Stanley Donen.
It marks the third
collaboration between Johnson, Peyton, Flynn and Garcia, following the international blockbuster hit San Andreas, Warner Bros.» highest grossing
film of 2015, as well as 2012's global smash Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.
David Lynch's Mulholland Drive contends that the answer to the eternal struggle
between what is real and what is fantasy comes in the form of a Keatsian confusion — it's the difference
between Adam's dream and Eve rendered flesh, blurred in the mind of the creator and his audience.A
film is a dream of the director made tangible, a conceit familiar from the fourth wall - breaking in Ingmar Bergman's Persona (banishing any mystery there might have been regarding the visual references to that
film in Lynch's piece), and a movie's characters therefore become projections of its maker's sublimated longing (clarifying too the auteur's use of wardrobe and colour schemes from Hitchcock's meditation on objectification, Vertigo, as well as those of his first
collaboration with inamorata Tippi Hedren, The Birds).