Blu - ray extras include a vintage behind - the - scenes featurette; deleted scenes; and four short
films directed by De Vito.
Also a great year for
films directed by women (6 of my top 14).
As artistic biographies go, Final Portrait isn't a stand out, and to be brutally honest, I haven't seen or even heard of the other four
films directed by Tucci.
With 33 percent of the Official Competition
films directed by women, the 2017 BFI London Film Festival is set to showcase far more work from female filmmakers than many of this year's most prestigious film festivals.
It's one of three
films directed by women (15 %) in the Competition lineup.
Other Zanuck Company productions included Mulholland Falls (1996), Road to Perdition (2002) and six
films directed by Tim Burton and made in London, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Alice in Wonderland (2010).
After starring in
films directed by Andrew Niccol, Clint Eastwood and David Cronenberg, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1999 for his performance in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley.
Naomi Kawase) Cast: Makiko Watanabe, Hideo Sakaki, Jun Murakami, Tetta Sugimoto, Miyuki Matsuda The sole female director to have won the Palme d'Or, Jane Campion might be heading the jury this year, but once again, the festival looks like it could be very thin on the ground when it comes to
films directed by women.
Alden Ehrenreich has been front and center in
films directed by the Coen brothers and Warren Beatty, but he's about to be thrown into the global spotlight with the May release of «Solo: A Star Wars Story.»
The 2015 Palm Springs International Film Festival will present the world, international, North American or U.S. premieres of films featuring James Franco, Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson, Annette Bening and many others, as well as
films directed by Michel Hazanavicius and Peter Bogdanovich, PSIFF organizers announced on Thursday.
The Stranger Things actor has replaced Ron Perlman, who played Hellboy in two
films directed by Guillermo Del Toro.
From «The Seagull» to «Let the Sunshine In,»
films directed by and starring women dominated specialized releases this weekend.
Of all of
the films directed by women this year (And there have been many), most have favored it over the MORE «important» stories — like Bigelow's trauma at the Algiers Motel, or Dee Rees» Mudbound or Dayton and Faris» Battle of the Sexes.
You can mostly forget about
films directed by women, at least for now.
Unless those films are also about men they will get ignored here even worse than
films directed by men about women.
The strong opening suggests «Black Panther» will easily set a box - office record for
films directed by a black filmmaker.
Currently under the working title of Ocean's Ocho, the film will be a continuation from the Clooney / Brad Pitt / Matt Damon - led
films directed by Steven Soderbergh with Bullock starring in the Clooney - Danny Ocean role and will «form a team of thieves to steal a necklace from the Met Ball in order to frame a villainous gallery owner.»
That is nearly an entire hour shorter than the lengths favored by the big tentpole
films directed by Michael Bay and Roland Emmerich.
She's been wonderful in numerous
films directed by her husband, Jia Zhang - ke, and she gives arguably her greatest performance to date in Jia's Ash Is Purest White.
Some have criticized Cannes for not selecting more
films directed by women.
Hosted by the Gene Siskel Film Center, the month - long Chicago European Union Film Festival (CEUFF) featured 15
films directed by women (15 out of 62 = ~ 25 % = a record high for this event).
Batman Forever illustrated how good the previous Batman
films directed by Tim Burton actually were and how director Joel Schumacher made a mess.
I watched 32 new release
films directed by women (with my total new - to - me directed by women clocking in at 79 this year; more on that when I do my year - end review tomorrow).
But Movie Club has already forced me to reckon with the fact that many of the depictions I found most resonant were in
films directed by men.
I also sought out a few
films directed by women that I kept missing (and they were worth the wait!)
The Transformers
films directed by Micheal Bay has been one lucrative franchise.
Female critics award the highest average scores to films directed and written exclusively by males (67 %), followed closely by
films directed by a woman and / or employing at least one woman writer (64 %).
Male critics assign higher average ratings to films with exclusively male directors and / or writers (63 %), followed closely by
films directed by a woman and / or employing at least one woman writer (60 %).
Male critics write slightly longer reviews, on average, about
films directed by and / or with at least one woman writer (average of 485 words) than about films directed and / or written by males (average of 473 words).
After the jump are ten of the greatest
films directed by women along with some honorable mentions.
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.
Also noteworthy: James Gandolfini's final film, The Drop, which also stars Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace; another Jason Reitman Toronto world premiere, Men, Women and Children, starring Jennifer Garner and Adam Sandler; the Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything; and
films directed by Jon Stewart and Chris Rock.
Etheria Film Night screens an annual showcase of the best new horror, science fiction, fantasy, action, dark comedy, and thriller
films directed by women for an audience including producers, managers, show runners, distributors, and genre fans.
In one of the finest
films directed by Adam McKay, the duo play race - car drivers in a loving send - up of NASCAR culture.
Bridge of Spies is out now in cinemas, so we thought we'd take on the easy task of ranking all 29
films directed by Steven Spielberg (we lied — it was really, really difficult).
Damon has starred in two
films directed by Eastwood, last year's «Invictus» and the upcoming «Hereafter.»
The first three
films directed by Zhang Yimou form a trilogy linked by their early twentieth century, pre-Communist settings, themes around social...
Ultimately, it's a showcase for elaborate stunt - work and fight choreography, and, because I'm starting to think of Stahelski's film like
the films directed by Yuen Wo Ping, that's totally all right.
For characters like Black Panther and Spider - Man, who'll get their own solo
films directed by Ryan Coogler and Jon Watts, where does the question of authorship fall in terms of casting and development?
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.
We've discovered a lot of great
films directed by women at Cannes — just not in the Official Competition.
For all of the times the Academy has nominated
films directed by women for Best Picture, the directors have declined except for four times: Lina Wertmuller in 1976, Jane Campion in 1993, Sofia Coppola in 2002, and Kathryn Bigelow in 2009.
Rich: The «
films directed by women» part of your prompt is sadly irrelevant this year — unless Phyllida Lloyd developed serious directing chops between Mamma Mia and The Iron Lady, or the Academy suddenly takes a shine to the amazing Kelly Reichardt, no
films directed by women will really be in the conversation.
Speaking of which, Assassin is credited to an American guy named Robert Houston, but is actually a combination of earlier
films directed by Kenji Misumi.
Then, Noah takes us through
the films directed by the legendary Dennis Hopper!
In addition, she played small parts in two
films directed by Gina Prince - Bythewood, the drama Love and Basketball, and the TV movie Disappearing Acts, featuring Sanaa Lathan and Wesley Snipes.
The director's staggering output of 180 films surpasses that of the legendary John Ford and exceeds the combined total of
films directed by George Cukor, Victor Fleming, and Howard Hawks.
Critics Consensus: Despite awesome special effects, Hollow Man falls short of other
films directed by Paul Verhoeven.
In a nutshell, I think those two opinions neatly sum up the dichotomy that surrounds the first two Batman
films directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton.
Critic Consensus: Despite awesome special effects, Hollow Man falls short of other
films directed by Paul Verhoeven.