Sentences with phrase «film school and living»

He's saving up to go to film school and living with his mother.

Not exact matches

Taking cues from films like School of Rock and Rushmore, the film is about young misfits trying to find themselves through music in the midst of difficult home lives, bullies and heartbreak.

Since then, Palatucci's fame has only grown: books, documentaries, and films have been devoted to his life; streets, buildings, and schools have been named after him; and awards have been presented in his name.

Thomas first combined the ministry with sports and school in 2011 at a short - lived technical film school in Memphis called Shepherd Film Academy.

Based on the classic film, School Of Rock brings Dewey Finn and his students to life, as they set out to win Battle of the Bands.

Among other things, I ran the Great Wall of China Marathon; worked out on a pearl boat in the Kimberley; appeared semi-naked in a music video wrapped only in cling wrap; worked on a Norwegian reality TV show filmed in Malta; trained eagles in Mongolia; donned a wig and lived like Dolly Parton in her hometown in Tennessee for a month; rode a bicycle around Taiwan; sailed on a pirate ship from Seattle towards Mexico before hitting a storm and having to be rescued by theUS Coast Guard; and helped educate young girls in Kosovo who are banned from attending school because they wear headscarves.

I am going to be going to school soon for Medical Billing & Coding or digital film and video, I'm working on creating a stable life.

This EFL lesson is designed around a short film by Lara Lee for The School of Life titled Success, and the theme of the nature of success.

Heder scored better on all fronts by voicing Reginald «Skull» Skulinski in the Steven Spielberg - produced, CG - animated family film Monster House, a spooky and funny romp about a home that begins devouring trick - or - treaters, and the three youngsters who set out to stop it.The November 2006 release School for Scoundrels returned Heder to live - action material.

Following a young woman as she awkwardly makes her way through her senior year of high school, Lady Bird explores popularity, family issues, jealousy, and numerous other issues that teenagers face on a daily basis, so if you go into this film having already experienced those years of your life, I guarantee there will be a section of this movie that you can relate to.

The highest - grossing anime film in history, Makoto Shinkai's fifth feature is based on his own novel detailing the star - crossed relationship between Mitsuha, a high school girl living in rural Japan, and Taki, a high school boy living in Tokyo, who swap bodies.

«Old School» is, in fact, an old - school film in the spirit of «Porky's,» with «Saturday Night Live» alum Will Ferrell filling the John Belushi role of chief mischief - maker and beer - imSchool» is, in fact, an old - school film in the spirit of «Porky's,» with «Saturday Night Live» alum Will Ferrell filling the John Belushi role of chief mischief - maker and beer - imschool film in the spirit of «Porky's,» with «Saturday Night Live» alum Will Ferrell filling the John Belushi role of chief mischief - maker and beer - imbiber.

I love the way that Yates continues the dark tone of the film with a glimmer of hope as Potter and the gang continue to deal with their day to day lives at school and at times try to engross themselves in such truly childish things and forgetting about the fact that Voldermort is out there looking for blood.

Attuned to the formalism inherent in Japanese life — the rules of school, playground and workplace; the frequency of group singing and parades; the use of communal and folk song as receptacle of social values and agent of social pressure — Ballad of Narayama simply takes these elements familiar from his earlier films and pushes them to their aesthetic limit.

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch), the film portrays the nail - biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code - breakers at Britain's top - secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

Josh doesn't fully buy into Jamie's documentary idea — tracking down an old high school friend who submits a Facebook friend request for a filmed candid real life encounter — but he goes along for the ride and is surprised to see the project take a life of its own, when the subject turns out to be a decorated Army veteran traumatized by his experiences in Afghanistan.

The film is modest, unpretentious in its intelligent character study of a high school senior facing the near - adulthood pressures of the end of high school and living in a poor family.

Gordon began his professional life as an actor, starring in films including Carpenter's Christine, De Palma's Dressed To Kill and Home Movies, the comedy Back To School, as well Bob Fosse's All That Jazz.

DeRay's film credits include Jumping the Broom, Get Him to the Greek, Semi-Pro, Barbershop, Barbershop 2, Johnson Family Vacation, Old Dogs, Life as We Know It, Imagine That, License to Wed, School for Scoundrels and Scary Movie 4.

Following the events of the first film, Dave Lizewski (Aaron Taylor Johnson) has retired from being the vigilante, Kick Ass, and has returned to life as a high - school student while Mindy Macready (Chloe Grace Moretz) is struggling being a student pining to return to life as Hit Girl.

(In French with subtitles) Man in the Chair (PG - 13 for profanity and mature themes) Drama about a troubled teen (Michael Angarano) trying to turn his life around by gaining admission to film school with the help of senior citizens living at an old folks home for film industry retirees.

But with its flat presentation and dearth of any riveting moments, the film plays more like an after - school special about the pitfalls of teen decision - making than it does a documentary about young women struggling to make something more of their lives.

Though Ng dropped out of film school with one semester left for the chance to document Willard's journey to the screen, I can't imagine she'll live to regret it: She's the best I've seen at compiling on - set footage with momentum since David Prior and should find steady employment in the specialized field of DVD production.

It's a film that should touch moviegoers of all generations no matter if you lived through these events or are young and in school learning about them for the first time.

That's one reason why I was impressed by a film that may not have come on your radar yet, although it has played at various American festivals — Life and Nothing More, by Antonio Mendez Esparza, a Spanish director working in the U.S.. It's the Florida - set story of a mother - son relationship, about a teenage boy going through problems at home and at school, and his mother, who keeps their household together through a series of diner jobs while dealing with the attentions of a fond but potentially troublesome suitor.

Set in mid-fifties Liverpool, this film offers snapshots of moments in in the life of Davies» stand - in Bud (Leigh McCormack) over one year, at school (where he is increasingly teased and bullied by bigger boys), at holiday celebrations (with neighbors singing and joking), and at the movies, where the camera lingers on his face, captivated by the screen.

My first film school was a combination of Kim's Video on Avenue A, Theatre 80 St Marks, and all the innovations I saw at NYFF — so beginning this film's public life here is especially meaningful to me.»

«It will scare the living shit out of all of you,» Curtis said just before the first footage was revealed in March, also calling the new film «hella scary ``, and later describing it as «old school meets new school with Laurie at the center of it... who has turned into a warrior.»

The Linklater segment, entitled «Dream Is Destiny,» will feature conversations with the director's favorite actors like Jack Black and Matthew McConaughey, talking about Linklater's extensive cinematic history that now includes films like School Of Rock, the animated Waking Life, and the award - winning Boyhood.

Adrien Brody is currently shooting Detachment in New York (Queens and Long Island), a film that chronicles the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students as told through the eye of a substitute teacher.

Gist: Based on the novel of the same name by Chad Kultgen, the film «follows the story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self - image, and their love lives.

Derek Jarman came to our film school and he was like, «Ah, I just work with my pals — life is too short.»

Linklater» s previous work includes the BEFORE SUNRISE, BEFORE SUNSET, and BEFORE MIDNIGHT trilogy, DAZED AND CONFUSED, SCHOOL OF ROCK, ME AND ORSON WELLES, A SCANNER DARKLY, BERNIE, which had a real - world impact on its title character, and my favorite of all his films, the sublime, the provocative, the mind - blowing, WAKING LIand BEFORE MIDNIGHT trilogy, DAZED AND CONFUSED, SCHOOL OF ROCK, ME AND ORSON WELLES, A SCANNER DARKLY, BERNIE, which had a real - world impact on its title character, and my favorite of all his films, the sublime, the provocative, the mind - blowing, WAKING LIAND CONFUSED, SCHOOL OF ROCK, ME AND ORSON WELLES, A SCANNER DARKLY, BERNIE, which had a real - world impact on its title character, and my favorite of all his films, the sublime, the provocative, the mind - blowing, WAKING LIAND ORSON WELLES, A SCANNER DARKLY, BERNIE, which had a real - world impact on its title character, and my favorite of all his films, the sublime, the provocative, the mind - blowing, WAKING LIand my favorite of all his films, the sublime, the provocative, the mind - blowing, WAKING LIFE.

And Peter's life at school is where this film comes alive.

The scenes between her and Lady Bird are the film's strongest, and the brief glimpses into her professional life (she is seen counseling a priest and a teacher at Lady Bird's school who suffers from depression) are intriguing.

In the «Spider - Man» film, a high - school aged Peter Parker tries to go back to his normal life after meeting Iron Man and the rest of the Avengers gang in «Captain America: Civil War.»

His new film perceptively follows the journeys of three Indianapolis adults trying to obtain their high school diploma while at different stages in life, even as they juggle the challenges of poverty, crime and low expectations.

While Lady Bird's life at school, friendships, and romances are all wildly compelling, the beating heart of the film is her relationship with her mother (played by the astounding Laurie Metcalf), perhaps one of the most genuine on - screen mother - daughter relationships in years.

Starring Britt Robertson (Dan in Real Life, the upcoming Tomorrowland) as Katie Kampenfelt, the film begins with Katie's deferment of college and her high school guidance counselor's suggestion that she start a blog in order to better work through what she's actually searching for.

It asks important questions while living up to the title's kick - ass promise, masking high - school tropes in capes and cowls, to the point that even the film's climax is basically a house - party gone horribly wrong.

Based on a real - life rise - and - fall story of a pair of Miami bozos who fell into lucrative Afghanistan arms dealing, the film reunites former high - school buddies David (Miles Teller) and Efraim (Jonah Hill), currently on radically different life trajectories.

Along with Peter Weir, Gillian Armstrong, and Bruce Beresford, Schepisi was a key figure in the renaissance of the Australian film industry, making the acclaimed features The Devil's Playground (1976), a semi-autobiographical account of adolescent life in a religious boarding school, and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), based on Thomas Keneally's novel.

Reaching cult classic status, I only stumbled upon this film fairly recently; and though it was released back in 1995, it may still be the most relevant and resounding film to tackle the experience of middle school and family life for an unpopular suburban pre-teen girl.

Just two weeks after an assailant took the lives of 17 victims at the Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, the Bruce Willis - starring, gun - toting revenge fantasy — a remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson film of the same name — champions vigilante justice and romanticizes gun violence in gleefully tone - deaf manner, one that only works in a deluded Trumpian analysis of America and opportunist justice.

Cameron Crowe crafts one of his best films around the end - of - high - school ennui and the uncertainties that come with that time in your life, but Say Anything... is aging faster than you might think, despite its many classic lines and moments.

Richard Attenborough: an escaped lunatic in A Bridge Too Far (1977) John Carpenter: his longest cameo appearance was as Bennett in The Fog (1980) Terry Gilliam: directed himself in bit roles in Jabberwocky (1977), Brazil (1985), and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988); he also directed himself as a member of the Monty Python troupe in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), and The Meaning of Life (1983) Ron Howard: small cameo roles in Night Shift (1982), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), and A Beautiful Mind (2001) Lawrence Kasdan: Devo's (River Phoenix) lawyer in I Love You To Death (1990) Elia Kazan: Mortuary Assistant in Panic in the Streets (1950) Stephen King: in his lone directorial effort Maximum Overdrive (1986) Spike Lee: cameos (and some larger roles) in many of his own films, including: She's Got ta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo» Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995), Girl 6 (1996), Summer of Sam (1999), and 3 A.M. (2001) Terrence Malick: an unexpected visitor at door, with blueprints, in Badlands (1973)- credited as «Caller at Rich Man's House» Robert Redford: the Narrator in A River Runs Through It (1992) Rob Reiner: a helicopter pilot in Misery (1990) M. Night Shyamalan: Dr. Hill at the hospital in The Sixth Sense (1999), a Stadium drug dealer in Unbreakable (2000), deadly driver Ray Reddy in Signs (2002), and Guard at Desk in The Village (2004) Steven Soderbergh: small cameo roles in Schizopolis (1996), Ocean's Eleven (2001) Oliver Stone: an officer with a phone in his hand in a US base's bunker when it is blown up by a suicide bomber in Platoon (1986)

Cantet — a gifted storyteller whose better films include «Human Resources» — has turned it into a pseudo-documentary by casting Begaudeau in the lead role of Francois, along with real - life teachers and students from an actual Paris middle school.

When we first meet Willis» character, Paul Kersey, a surgeon here, an architect in the original film and the 1972 novel written by Bruce Garfield, he has the perfect life, a loving, if ultimately disposable, wife, Lucy (Elisabeth Shue, badly underused, as expected), a talented, soccer - playing daughter, Jordan Kersey (Camila Morrone), months away from starting college at her dream school, New York University, and a well - paying, high - status career saving lives at a Chicago hospital.

While I have no experience with Catholic school myself, it's clear from the little moments and details that color Lady Bird's daily life that Gerwig has filled the film to the brim with the sorts of cultural touchstones that are universal to those with that shared experience, evidenced by the little audience chuckles as she endures the various rituals that come from attending a school like that.

Set in the Sixties at an exclusive all - boys prep school, The Emperor's Club is immediately recognizable as another iteration of Dead Poets Society, even more so when one realizes that the film features the same quartet of student types (the troubled one, the trickster, the bookish one, the gregarious one — also the same breakdown you'll find in Stand By Me, come to think of it) and the same crinkly - eyed inspirational professor who finds a lesson for young lives in the heartening words of dead versifiers.