The movie industry has benefited a lot recently by releasing
films directed by people of color and women.
Now the two make their first foray into
feature film directing with «21 and Over,» a story about a med student celebrating his 21st birthday.
Although she largely retired from acting in the 1950s, she occasionally appears
in films directed by her son.
Despite all the attention paid lately to the lack of gender diversity in the role, the portion
of films directed by women declined last year, to just 7 %.
The choice in opening night film was notable because it was only the
second film directed by a female director to open the festival.
Most major film award organizations rarely
recognize films directed as females as award - worthy, and in some cases this is because the film industry rarely hires women to direct studio films.
The strong opening suggests «Black Panther» will easily set a box - office record
for films directed by a black filmmaker.
36 % of the reviews written by women and 21 % of reviews written by men were
about films directed by and / or written by at least one woman writer.
You have to wonder if a film like this could actually win both Best Picture and Best Director, becoming only the
second film directed by a woman in 90 years to do so.
And that means we're always on the lookout, or should be, for
films directed by women.
The new Halloween comes from Green and co-writer Danny McBride, and serves as a direct sequel to the
first film directed by John Carpenter.
It's quite possible that August: Osage County, the
new film directed by John Wells from Tracy Letts» adaptation of his own play, is the quintessential Weinstein production, more so than we've seen in years.
Bonus materials on the newly restored Blu - ray release include a new introduction from director Richard Schenkman and actor Jon Cryer; audio commentary from Schenkman and Cryer; behind - the - scenes featurette; «The Producer,» a comedy
short film directed by Richard Schenkman; photo gallery, and original theatrical trailer.
Trying to be a good guy Bad Boys II is a 2003 American buddy cop action
comedy film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith
The feature
film directing debut of one of Hollywood's breakout stars of 2012, Joseph Gordon - Levitt, looks set for success after being sold for $ 4m (# 2.52 m) at the Sundance film festival.
American Hustle was a crime comedy -
drama film directed David O. Russell, based on the FBI ABSCAM operation of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Low budget crime movies were never going to capture the Academy's attention, but the one and
only film directed by Leonard Kastle now stands as a shining example of the brash, bold wave of filmmakers that changed the game at the turn of this decade.
A new
documentary film directed by Richard Kane, J. Fred Woell: An American Vision celebrates the pioneering metal artist who created work with wit, satire, and meaning.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 is a 2014 American dystopian science fiction
adventure film directed by Francis Lawrence with a screenplay by Peter Join the Revolution.
Paranoia, an American
thriller film directed by Robert Luketic, starring Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Amber Heard and Harrison Ford.
Jon Lucas, with his writing partner Scott Moore make their first foray into feature
film directing with «21 and Over,» a story about a med student celebrating his 21st birthday.
As such, this video is a rather good primer for the intensity of Star
Wars film directing in the future.
He graduated to feature -
film directing at the Columbia Pictures «B» unit, then turned out several low - budget thrillers at Monogram; he also helmed Marilyn Monroe's first starring picture, 1949's Ladies of the Chorus.
In celebration of this wonderful honor, this first post by Cinema Siren in 2018 will be the Best Films of 2017, but ONLY
include films directed by women.
In 2011, when Kevin Smith released his last feature film, Red State, he announced (with his usual long - windedness) that he'd be retiring
from film directing after completing one more film.
The End of the Tour is the
latest film directed by James Ponsoldt, which shows the real life story of Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) spending five days with acclaimed writer David Frank Wallace (Jason Segel) and interviewing him for the famous magazine.
The
third film directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Out of the Furnace), Black Mass is slow but compelling.
Seven years have passed since «Sideways,» the
last film directed by Alexander Payne, but he's back with «The Descendants,» which opens the Lone Star International Film Festival in Ft. Worth tonight.
On another note, the performance in this film shows us that this is the
best film directed by David Cronenberg.
Get ready to be blown away by Fox's latest action - packed 3D adventure, THE MARTIAN starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Kristen Wiig with a special screening of the
upcoming film directed by Ridley Scott.
Tither - Kaplan, who has starred in
several films directed by Franco, told the LA Times that the actor - director had engaged in an «abuse of power» on the set of his films, alleging that during one sex scene Franco removed protective plastic guards covering the genitalia of female actors while simulating oral sex with them.
A feature
length film directed by Peter Gilbert, based on the 2008 expedition, featuring musicians Laurie Anderson, KT Tunstall, Jarvis Cocker, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Martha Wainwright and Feist»
Beauty and the Beast is a 2017 American musical romantic
fantasy film directed by Bill Condon and co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Mandeville Films.
The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical black comedy
crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Terence Winter, based on the The Occupy movement is an international socio - political movement against social and economic inequality and the lack of real democracy around the world.
Critic Consensus: Despite awesome special effects, Hollow Man falls short of
other films directed by Paul Verhoeven.
Afterwards, the festival will continue with diverse entries from across the globe, including the latest work from acknowledged masters such as Eric Rohmer, Jacques Rivette, Claude Chabrol, and Dario Argento, as well
as films directed by festival veterans such as Barbet Schroeder, Volker Schlöndorff, Peter Greenaway, and Ermanno Olmi.
Director Stephen Gaghan returns to feature
film directing after over a decade long hiatus, and it seems atrophy has set in.
Adapted from the bestselling novel by Norwegian author Jo Nesbo, this now BAFTA Award
nominated film directed by Morten Tyldum concerns Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie), a corporate CEO headhunter living a life of luxury with his beautiful wife Diana (Synnove Macody Lund).