Sentences with phrase «greatest films directed»

After the jump are ten of the greatest films directed by women along with some honorable mentions.

We've discovered a lot of great films directed by women at Cannes — just not in the Official Competition.

Not exact matches

Actor Joel Edgerton («Warrior,» «Exodus,» «The Great Gatsby») wrote, directed and stars in the film, which is clearly reminiscent of similar thrillers like «Fear,» «Fatal Attraction» and even Michael Haneke's fantastic «Caché,» but gleefully twisted enough to distance itself from the pack.

His legacy as one of the world's greatest race car drivers in history lives on in a film directed by Asif Kapadia.

Two movies I've seen lately that were unexpectedly great: WARHORSE (I usually can't stand Spielberg — but this is a eloquent anti-war film directed against probably the most senselessly and hugely murderous war ever — World War I. It's an anti-imperial and almost a pro-Porcher movie, until you realize that the first misuse of the heroic horse was making him plow.)

Paul Thomas Anderson (one of America's greatest living filmmakers) is directing a film adaptation of a book by Thomas Pynchon (one of America's greatest living writers) starring Joaquin Phoenix (one of America's greatest living actors), so Inherent Vice has some hype behind it.

But its greatest strength is also its biggest weakness: Luhrmann is so intent on dazzling viewers with his frenetic, over-the-top directing style that the film constantly threatens to overshadow, if not injure, the delicacy and profundity of Fitzgerald's exquisite novel....

First came party election broadcasts (PEBs) by radio, then 20 - minute polemics by TV, followed by blockbuster - style short films produced and directed by some of the Hollywood greats in the 1980s through to today.

During his film career, Adkins has been cast in mostly direct - to - DVD movies like the two Undisputed sequels, Assassination Games, Ninja, however he finally got to get a bigger role in Stallone's ensemble cast testosterone - packed movie «The Expendables 2» and star along other great action stars like Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, the all - powerful Chuck Norris, Jean - Claude Van Damme and many others.

«Curse of the Crying Woman» and «The Museum of Horror» were shot by Rafael Baledon — one of the great horror filmmakers, who directed a total of 70 films.

In all those great films — as well as some good ones like A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries and Surviving Picasso — James Ivory directed with Ismail Merchant producing; today, though, Merchant has made an effort to get to direct, leaving his normal collaborator as just a small credit in the «A Merchant - Ivory Production» credit.

a great music film this is the words which i can say about Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids great work by Jonathan demme and great performance bt Justin Timberlake is this movie a history is counted they show the people the history not just the concert i love how jonathan direct this and i love the edition i love how justin timberlake is humble and lovely funny smart with everybody i'm more in love with him.this deserves an emmy and a grammy for best music film at grammys 2018 everybody should watch this movie is amazing congrats justin timberlake netflix and jonathan demme great music film truly amazing maybe we have this film in dvd soon i will love if its happen i» ll love some extras yes i will.

a great music film this is the words which i can say about Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids great work by Jonathan demme and great performance bt Justin Timberlake is this movie a history is counted they show the people the history not just the concert i love how jonathan direct this

The fourth film, Goblet of Fire, was ably but unmemorably directed by Mike Newell (who, in a truly odd coincidence, is scheduled in 2012 to become, with Cuarón, the second Potter director to release an adaptation of Great Expectations).

Jason's choice to direct such a different kind of film gives him great merit... and the result is a multi-layered, rich very moving film that takes one in a myriad of emotional directions.

Filmed on location in Italy and Spain and shot in brilliant Todd - AO and Color and directed by the great British director Carol Reed, Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison (in their first and only film together) give two of the screen's best performances.

Clare Peploe, the wife of the great Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, was born in Tanzania, raised in Britain, educated at the Sorbonne and in Italy, began with her brother Mark as a writer on Antonioni's «Zabriskie Point,» and in addition to co-writing many of Bertolucci's films, has directed three of her own.

The film's historical merits are greater than its artistic ones: It's Paramount first sound film, directed by Dorothy Arzner (the only women to have a sustained directing career at the time), and the star is «It» Girl, Clara Bow.

The film succeeds due to great directing and acting.

The film does a great job at capturing the cold, evil nature of Ian Mckellen's character (who is well cast and gives a great performance) But considering that this is a film directed by Bryan Singer, you know right from the start that this isn't his strongest directorial effort.

Clooney proves again that he knows how to direct intelligent films that rely on a great dialogue, and this intriguing character study is gripping from the first scene to the last, centered on a brilliant political battle and with an intense performance by the always fantastic Ryan Gosling.

Baz Luhrmann hasn't directed a film since 2008's Australia, but, over the past few weeks, rumors have started swirling about Luhrmann taking on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, The Great Gatsby.

[T] here's really everything to recommend in here; beautifully directed, wonderfully acted and it's just a great looking film.

A great film, and certainly one of the most entertaining movies ever made, directed by Alfred Hitchcock at his peak.

As such, it recalls not only the two other sweetly appealing films written and directed by Cameron Crowe («Say Anything» and «Singles»), but also the great shaggy - dog storytelling style of James L. Brooks («Broadcast News»), one of its producers.

Add an ensemble cast, the greatest directing duo in Hollywood, and an interesting twist ending, this film

Absolutely brilliant film and for me the best of 2011, stylistically and artistically miles ahead of a lot of films with great acting, directing, visuals and music together make this a great contender for 4 or 5 Oscar nominations with Albert Brooks an absolute stick - on for best supporting actor.

There's some promise in the fact that Devil's Knot was directed by Atom Egoyan, whose last great film, 1997's The Sweet Hereafter, dealt with a town grieving a collective loss.

Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget, by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.

Chaos hangs thick over the film, which González Iñárritu, fancying himself a great observer, directs with a coolness that oscillates dangerously between self - importance and detachment.

Not many will debate against that Woody Harrelson is one of the greatest actors of his time (this year alone he has appeared in a wide variety of films and given a pair of incredible performances in War for the Planet of the Apes and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), but his portrayal of Texan Lyndon B. Johnson in the biopic about the polarizing political figure simply titled LBJ (directed by Rob Reiner of A Few Good Men fame among other widely regarded classics) is a mixed bag.

It just so happens this film is directed by Jean - Luc Godard, a once - great French filmmaker who has lost his sanity at age 83.

The original film was directed by the late, great Tony Scott and starred Will Smith during the period when he was fully emerging as the most famous movie star on the planet and Gene Hackman when he was still, you know, regularly acting and being one of the finest actors all time.

The film was directed and adapted for the screen by Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine) and stars Michael Fassbender (Assassin's Creed, X-Men: Apocalypse), Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), and Rachel Weisz (The Mummy, Oz the Great and Powerful).

Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master GEORGE A. ROMERO, is one of the great stories of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.

You saw it in 2004 when it was called «The Bourne Supremacy,» and you saw it in 2007 when it was called «The Bourne Ultimatum»... This fifth «Bourne «film (and fourth Matt Damon entry) plays like a greatest hits album of a popular franchise, with an emphasis on the two sequels that Greengrass himself directed.»

Accepting the World Cinema documentary directing prize, «Winnie» helmer Pascale Lamche pointedly said her film was «for those who know that history is not made by great men» — a sentiment echoed by one of the U.S. doc winners, «Step» director Amanda Lipitz, when she said, «These girls show that nothing is impossible when you surround yourself with a group of powerful women.»

Written by Schumer and directed by Judd Apatow, the film follows Amy, a commitment - phobic career woman who realizes she just might have to face her fears when she meets a great guy (Bill Hader).

Will be awesome if... Nicolas Winding Refn, who won a directing award for the film at Cannes, gives us the greatest car stunt film since «Ronin.»

It owes a great deal to its creator, Issa López, who both wrote and directed the film.

Both films are directed with great style by Jean - Francois Richet, but it is Vincent Cassel's work as Mesrine that constantly mesmerizes.

For starters, two of the most marketable faces of their time playing opposite one another, in a film directed by one of the greats of cinematic history.

This film looks like a Michael Mann directed film with some killer cinematography, great lighting, and Mann's typical visual style.

Thanks to great acting, directing, and special effects, these films have...

It's meticulously directed, the foley is as sharp and crowd pleasing as the finest Mamet dialogue, and Krasinski doesn't neglect the emotional core of the film — the family vying to survive, whose tensions, divisions and turmoil we experience in near silence, but with great expressivity and economy.

Tom has also written and directed such great films such as «Child's Play» and «Fright Night».

Based the outstanding novel by William Peter Blatty, which was turned into the classic film directed by William Friedkin, THE EXORCIST has all the potential to be a great TV show, as it can explore the characters over time and have a very slow build up.

Soderbergh directed Gray twice, first in the 1993 Great Depression drama King of the Hill and then in the 1996 film Gray's Anatomy.

The film is directed by Michael J. Bassett (Solomon Kane, Deathwatch), and features original cast members Sean Bean (HBO's Game Of Thrones, Lord Of The Rings) and Deborah Kara Unger (The Game, 88 minutes, The Samaritan) return in Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, starring along with rising stars Adelaide Clemens (X-Men Origins, upcoming The Great Gatsby, No One Lives) and Kit Harington (HBO's Game Of Thrones) as well as Carrie - Anne Moss (The Matrix, Disturbia, NBC's Chuck) and Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange, The Artist).

Anyway, Open Road is on a roll — they already shared great success on The Grey, End of Watch, Chef and recently Nightcrawler, and their upcoming slate is looking good too, with Triple Nine, the upcoming crime - drama heist film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Matt Cook.