Sentences with phrase «film director without»

Most of the time I can spot a first time feature film director without looking.

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information available to Attractivemustapha.com is that, Police officers at the police depot at Patasi Kumasi in the Ashanti region have allegedly assaulted movie director Frank Fiifi Gharbin for filming them without permission.

Peter Bronstein, film director Guy Ritchie's lawyer in his custody battle with Madonna, noted that such hush - hush proceedings allow some clients to misbehave without fear of harming their priceless public personas.

The film is all in Arabic and Kurdish with English subtitles, however, the mixture of grief and eye strain does make it a little hard going at times but stick with it as director Mohamed A-Daradji has masterfully handled the subject matter without falling into the obvious Saddam bashing pitfalls.

What is most striking is to see in the credits the name of the director Carlos Bolado, responsible for films such as «Baja California» or «Colosio», now responsible for a product without meaning and quality.

Without breaking from (or evolving) his film style, Mexican director Michel Franco delivers a chilling portrait of a teen mother - to - be.

But in between, without losing momentum, fourth - time series director David Yates and writer Steve Kloves (who scripted seven of the eight films) insert key pieces of the pasts of Prof. Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) and the ever - fascinating, poetically tragic Prof. Severus Snape (the ever - fascinating Alan Rickman).

Without a doubt, Friedkin is one of my all - time favorite directors, although it could be argued that he hasn't done a truly great film since 1985's TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA.

This can not be accomplished as well as it is without the help of Refn, as director, because even though the experimental storytelling of this film is distancing, it feels a bit more realized than it did when it was applied to the misguided «Pusher», having a somber thoughtfulness that is sometimes effective in establishing subtle tension, maybe even resonance.

The film starts as all films should: without its title or names of director, writers, and actors.

Without ruining anything in the nearly two - hour film (if you know the history, I am too late,) I can say it is an ambitious sequel, has its moments, yet does not always have the energy or flow of the first film despite the return of the same director.

Though his first major film role in Penny Marshall's Calendar Girl (1993) came and went without fanfare, he enjoyed some success as a 90210 director.

That Denis can produce a work that, without a trace of preciousness, is equal parts indebted to Barthes and Chicago blues, connected as arm is to shoulder to the film - historical legacy of post-New Wave French filmmaking, is only further justification for claim that the 71 - year - old is the greatest working director over the last two decades.

In a film filled with examples of whites either habitually exploiting blacks — or even in the case of the fundamentally decent but chronically guilt - stricken Schultz, deciding to «take responsibility» for them — Stephen's calculated and ultimately self - defeating betrayal of a figurative «brother» is truly diabolical and heartbreaking, not to mention a ballsy move for Tarantino, who could have easily gotten away cleaner as a white writer - director without hinging the back half of his movie on a case of Southern Stockholm Syndrome.

Director Brian De Palma is a master at creating suspense through visual images without dialogue, and his craft is at it's best in this film.

Screenwriter Ray Bradbury masterfully captures the allegorical elements in the Herman Melville original without sacrificing any of the film's entertainment value (Bradbury suffered his own «great white whale» in the form of director Huston, who sadistically ran roughshod over the sensitive author throughout the film).

I think he is mostly concerned over a glut of films by neophyte directors who are merely riffing on Tarantino - style shocks (but, he makes clear, without any of Tarantino's intelligence, nuance, or understanding and love of cinema) as a pathway to a likewise Tarantino - inspired cool.

The exceptions hover film greatness: Rebel Without a Cause, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Dazed and Confused, The Breakfast Club, and Say Anything... Along comes young director James Ponsoldt and his adaptation of Tim Tharp's novel.

«Praise JC that Blood Work has been quietly swept under a rug somewhere and Mr. Eastwood has made a film that reminds us why a good script, good cast, and good director can make a damn fine dramatic movie without trying to be a show off, or emotionally manipulative.

Now director Justin Lin who has taken over from JJ Abrams announced on Twitter today that the film will indeed be titled Star Trek Beyond without any colons like Star Trek into Darkness.

It's been a trivia note ever since as the last time a film won the big prize without a Best Director nomination to back it up and it's unlikely that the feat will be repeated any time soon.

In development as far back as 1988 by «House On Haunted Hill» director William Malone, the film circled development hell at MGM for a decade, with «Romper Stomper» director Geoffrey Wright briefly attached, before Hill eventually stepped in, rewriting the script (without apparently knowing that his studio bosses were happier with the previous version).

And now, the film has been without a director for over a year, which led many fans to believe that the project wasn't going to happen at all, despite it being on the studio's official DCEU slate.

Coogan, Pope and director Stephen Frears have managed to make religion the centerpiece of the film without you really knowing they have

In the past few months, a spirited game of he - said / they - said has played out in the press, with a gag - ordered Schrader accusing his producers of taking the film away from him when he refused to make all of their desired changes to his director's cut, and said producers firing back that Schrader quit the picture without ever completing it, and that their version is, well, a lot better.

It's an unabashedly high concept premise that's employed to positive effect by director John Landis, although it does go without saying that the lion's share of praise for the film's success belongs to both Aykroyd and Murphy - as the actors» exceedingly engaging work ultimately proves instrumental in smoothing over some of the more questionable elements within the narrative.

Director Matthew Vaughn and his production team made this film without a studio, knowing that someone would buy it when they were done.

After a while, it's time to leave, but not without giving Beatrice a hat from Logan Lucky his new film — and his latest collaboration with Magic Mike director Steven Soderbergh.

2» director James Gun (via The Guardian), we may very well have a LBGTQ character in the films without knowing it.

Damon previously said he would not do another film without Paul Greengrass attached, so director and writer Tony Gilroy -LSB-...]

A Simon Pegg / Nick Frost film without Edgar Wright may lack the ornate brilliance of the World's End director, but at least it's got real heart

Whedon returns as the film's writer and director in this once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to revive his epic space tale, and as the first installment in a possible franchise, «Serenity» is without a doubt one of the best pieces of fan service in the history of the sci - fi genre.

The horror director is pursuing a diverse group of film and TV projects without getting sucked into Hollywood trends.

The film is more ephemeral than anything the director has ever done; it is that murder - mystery party you and your pals dress up for in a suburban living room as a convoluted excuse to hang out without the bother of attempting any kind of meaningful conversation.

Watiti himself steals the film, not so much as director, but as a voice player for supporting cast member Korg, a blue rock monster who is played as a rural stoner without a shred of self - awareness.

Splash, Too was made for television without the involvement of the original film's stars or director.

In addition, both versions of the film — the original theatrical cut and the 2001 director's cut, «Apocalypse Now Redux» — have been digitally restored in high definition with excellent results, delivering a sharper picture without making it look glossy like some of the other classic movies recently released on Blu - ray.

No wonder David Yates, a TV director without a single notable film on his CV, was hired to bring the last four films home.

It's not every director who can show three kids (including an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes) perforated by bullets without so much as flinching, but that's Cooper's M.O., refined over the three films since his relatively marshmallowy «Crazy Heart»: As in «Black Mass» before this, violence packs more punch if depicted matter - of - factly, which somehow registers as «realistic» these days (although one suspects that it would be far more horrifying if his victims suffered slow, agonizing deaths after being shot).

Remaking hit Japanese horror movies (a la «The Ring») is Hollywood's latest plan to rake in big bucks without actually having to be creative or original — and while «The Grudge» is nothing more than a cultural twist on the standard - issue haunted house movie, I will give credit to director Takashi Shimizu (remaking his own film «Ju - On») for giving me goosebumps.

Because director Ryan Coogler and his team have made an excellent superhero film that is culturally aware and has a message without being preachy, and the villain of Erik Killmonger (a terrific Michael B. Jordan) has a rich level of tragedy unmatched by other MCU villains.

A couple of hours after announcing that Terrence Malick's long - awaited Knight Of Cups will premiere at next month's Berlin Film Festival, FilmNation Entertainment has released the first trailer for the film, which showcases the reclusive director's unparalleled talent for getting actors to jump around, then stand really close to each other without making eye contact.

Francis Coppola's (he dropped the «Ford» in the»80s) Life Without Zoe (34:19) is the film's insignificant weak link, although it is noteworthy for being the first writing credit of Coppola's daughter Sofia, who has since blossomed into an esteemed director herself and an original screenplay Oscar winner.

Although it would be quite something if it does win considering the time before Argo that a film won Best Picture (and Best Actress) without a Best Director nomination also had a (now) problematic view on race, Driving Miss Daisy.

Certainly, there's no requirement that directors who train their eyes on such bleak social milieus mitigate the darkness and usher us out the door with sunshine: comparable films like Lynne Ramsay's Ratcatcher stay successfully mired in the mud without collapsing into nihilism.

In a nutshell, I'd say that director Amy Berg tells the story of three murdered kids (and the teens accused of ritually mutilating them) more cleanly than the Paradise Losts, but without the sense of character or place that made the first Berlinger / Sinofsky film in particular such a landmark documentary.

You take the good with the bad here; Haynes is too skilled a director to create a film without plenty of merit.

It would be a remarkable film even without its backstory: Director Valérie Donzelli and her co-writer Jérémie Elkaïm also star, playing fictionalized versions of themselves from the moment they fall in love to the exhaustion of their years caring for their child.

Extras: «The Making of The Girl Without Hands,» interview with director Sébastien Laudenbach, short films by Laudenbach, theatrical trailer.

Apocalypse Now Year: 1979 Director: Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola's best film without the word «Godfather» in it was the result of two years in the jungle, which led to performances that captured mental breakdown in a way that felt all too real.