Sentences with phrase «from auteur»

It becomes the duty of the fashion curator, then, to break free from the auteur - model and embrace these modes in all their complexity.

«I'm intentionally moving attention away from the auteur - curator... The group exhibition is in crisis because of too much attention paid to curatorial practice... I believe in intuition.

Deemed «one of the Blu - ray events of the year» by our own Brian Tallerico, «Trilogia de Guillermo del Toro» is a new set from Criterion that puts three films from the auteur into the spotlight: «Cronos,» «The Devil's Backbone» and «Pan's Labyrinth.»

A top - level film from an auteur at the height of his powers.

One stellar example is The Meyerowitz Stories, from the auteur of dysfunctional families, Noah Baumbach.

But Waititi also knows there's a unique groove to be found in the middle of all of this, and when the movie syncs up everything from its auteur's facility for sight gags to the actors» impressive young - fuck - up - meets - old - fart chemistry, Wilderpeople generates enough good will to make the stalest of plot devices feel semi-fresh.

The Long Hair of Death (Raro, Blu - ray, DVD)-- Raro Video, the American arm of an Italian home video company, is one of only a couple of disc labels with a tightly - defined mission, in this case a focus on classics of Italian cinema that ranges from auteur masterworks to genre landmarks and cult items.

Until a couple of tired romantic roundelays — Jasmine takes up with a wealthy widow played by Peter Sarsgaard, while Ginger strays with speaker - installation guru Louis C.K. — turn up in the last act, as they do in most of Allen's weaker comedies, this is an uncharacteristically focused work from the auteur.

In Silence, the newest from auteur and directing legend Martin Scorsese, it has been decades in the making, and it is nothing short of a masterpiece.

Gosford Park especially, since it is the latest film from auteur Robert Altman (Dr. T and the Women, Cookie's Fortune), known for his huge ensemble casts.

Park Circus have announced that they are set to tour five classic films from auteur filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, all presented in 35 mm prints...

A film that'll be a lot more interesting from an auteur perspective if Franklin ever gets his career back on track, Out of Time is inoffensive now for the casual viewer and tantalizing for the student.

Before starting to write this review, I decided to read the pro-Shyamalan arguments in the attempt to get the flip side opinion as to what I consider to be one of the worst films of 2008, and perhaps the worst film from an auteur of Shyamalan's reputation in some time.

«This Is Not a Film «When Iranian new - wave top dog Jafar Panahi was silenced by his country's government (essentially barring him from continuing his film career), it was assumed that, save some renegade attempt to escape the country, we probably wouldn't hear from the auteur for some time.

It's as exhilaratingly honest and unshackled a work as many have come to expect from this auteur of cringe comedy, one that foresees, absorbs, and responds to all possible bile that might be directed its way, knowing full well of the muck it dredges up.

The Criterion Collection announced their September 2014 releases today, highlighted by David Lynch's masterpiece Eraserhead and films from auteurs Roman Polanski and Rainer Werner Fassbinder.Eraserhead David Lynch - Available September 16If there was one

Even then in May, amongst the line - up of melodramas and arthouses from auteurs all around the world, it stood out as an entertaining and commercial thriller, though this is just the first take on live - action from the 39 - year - old South Korean director who packed on his back only several animated movies, most notably The King of Pigs and The Fake.

There's works from auteurs both international and domestic, a considerable documentary presence, many biopics and the annual plethora of Oscar - bait.

-- and two magnificent indulgences from auteurs not giving a toss and being all the better off for it — Knight of Cups and The Neon Demon — and you had not a bad year after all.

Excellent article from The Auteurs regarding Wong Kar - wai's relationship to the Cannes Film Festival:

Not exact matches

(From «Hypocrit Auteur» in Collected Poems: 1917 — 1952.

She thinks back to the best of times and the worst of times, as that auteur from across the Channel would put it, when Raymonde Veber became the best female tennis player in a nation that didn't belong to her anymore.

Behind the Sun, the latest film from Brazilian auteur Walter Salles, covers a similar fight, one between two families.

Lister - Jones is also generous enough an auteur to allow for memorable moments from others, whether it's hilarious bits from the likes of Retta (as Anna and Ben's unlucky marriage counselor), Brooklyn Decker, and Jamie Chung; the escalating weirdness of Armisen (who was, of course, a seasoned indie - band drummer before he turned to acting and comedy); or a knockout dramatic scene between Pally and the great comedian Susie Essman as Ben's mother, who provides some invaluable advice.

If it isn't quite up to the standards of «Ed Wood,» Tim Burton's 1994 tribute to the auteur of such misbegotten fruits of moviemaking as «Plan 9 From Outer Space,» it is nonetheless a much - needed distraction.

It's a low - boil affair from the Office Space auteur that wears out its dumb - and - dumbest playbook early on.

It doesn't hurt that it was also selected as Denmark's Foreign Language Oscar Entry, a distinguished honor, considering it beat out works from more prestigious auteurs.

From a road trip to the scene of James Dean's fatal accident to the making of The Room, this film is an inspirational masterpiece that is guided by Franco's performance of a very driven auteur.

Johnny Depp played hopeless B - movie auteur Ed Wood Jr as a never - say - die idealist who rescued Bela Lugosi from unemployment; Meryl Streep gave life to the deluded classical singer, Florence Foster Jenkins, who was rich enough to pay people to listen to her off - key warbling.

For the latter film, Stipe championed a colleague from his rock career, music video auteur Spike Jonze, to direct.

Critics have seemingly cooled on Tarantino's pop culture patchwork technique over the years, mistaking cleverness for ironic detachment and his singularly innovative mode of theory - to - practice film geekery for plagiaristic slapdash kitsch just as Tarantino is reaching personal heights as an auteur, and it begs the question: did Shakespeare have to deal with cooler - than - thou backlash from his detractors?

«Showtime's new series from American Crime creator John Ridley, TV's ranking poli - sci auteur, is a smart and solemn period piece that indicts unreconstructed post-colonial western society while taking the piss out of anyone who wants to blow it up.»

An acclaimed horror venture from Thai crime auteur Khongkiat Khomsiri.

I was once a very harsh critic of Mr. Tarantino, the video store clerk turned auteur, who seemed to be preoccupied with the inventiveness of his in - jokes and visual quotations of scene compositions from other films.

If The Salesman borrows too liberally from Asghar Farhadi's masterpiece A Separation so be it (let's face it — all the great auteurs steal from themselves.

A selection of heavyweight titles from top - drawer auteurs has been unveiled for this year's Cannes film festival, with previous winners of the Palme d'Or, Jacques Audiard, Michael Haneke and Ken Loach, all back in contention.

Top Films From Contemporary Film Auteurs: Almodóvar (Live Flesh), Assayas (Cold Water), Bellochio (Fists in the Pocket), Breillat (Fat Girl), Coen Bros. (Burn After Reading), Demme (Something Wild), Denis (Friday Night), Herzog (The Wild Blue Yonder), Leigh (Another Year), Skolimowski (Four Nights with Anna), Zulawski (She - Shaman)

«I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK» (Pathfinder) is an offbeat character piece by South Korean auteur Pak Chan - wook (of «Oldboy» fame) and foreign terrors come from «The Child's Eye» (Lionsgate), a Hong Kong production from The Pang Brothers, and «The Sylvian Experiments» (Lionsgate) from Japanese screenwriter turned director Hiroshi Takahashi.

A work from one of Britain's most loved authors finds itself in the hands of American indie auteur Wes Anderson, best known for his arch and perfectionist takes on eccentric schemers and fractured family dynamics.

Long before renowned auteurs like Jane Campion, David Fincher, Susanne Bier and David Lynch moved from cinema to short - form TV, Pialat directed this seven - part TV series for French television.

And then, there were a decent number of auteurs who appeared at the Cannes Market who should (hopefully) pop up in Venice, such as Lido regular Benoit Jacquot with his adaptation of Don DeLillo's The Body Artist, apparently retitled Never Ever, while Wim Wenders could be a contender with The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez (though he may hold out for Berlin 2017, the same guess we'd wage for a new film from Volker Schlondorff, Return to Montauk).

MUBI concludes its annual trip to Cannes this weekend, with a delightful Soderbergh gem — just a day after it snapped up the rights to the latest offering from another legendary auteur, Godard.

Along with highly - anticpated new projects from notable TFF alumni like Neil LaBute, Michael Winterbottom and David Gelb, this beloved TFF section also showcases stories from up - and - coming filmmakers and auteurs like Ken Loach, Paolo Taviani, and Vittorio Taviani.

It's not much of an achievement that co-directors Anthony and Joe Russo (held over from Captain America the Winter Soldier) make a better film than Zack Snyder... but it's worth noting that Marvel (corporation as auteur) have nurtured their characters (even in weaker films like Iron Man 2) to the point when they carry more screen weight than lasting icons Batman and Superman.

But though it derives from an ancient Greek myth, auteur Yorgos Lanthimos» most recent English - language film, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, spoke to me of a more Freudian concept: the idea of psychology as an impossible, inner dystopia.

Both are the vision of auteurs and both are massively distinct from not only the rest of the field but of filmography in general.

The Platform Prize, a new juried competition at the festival, chose «HURT» by Alan Zweig from among 12 films by international auteurs.

With this tale of an eccentric rock star cut off from the world, Paolo Sorrentino joins the gang of European auteurs, from Antonioni to Wenders, who have followed success at home with a road trip to the States.

Persian - language vampire romance, the feature debut from American rising indie auteur Ana Lily Amirpour.

WHY: Why: The last thing anyone expected after the disaster of 2014's «Ouija» was another installment, but this unexpected prequel from horror auteur Mike Flanagan shows just how much difference a good script and a talented director can make.