Sentences with phrase «making a feature film about»

19 August 2014: An Oscar - winning director has made a feature film about the baby milk issue.

Such unfairness is only worth bitching about — only worth making a feature film about — when the same sort of thing happens to a man.

His book about the case, Love Wins, is due out in June and 20th Century Fox has secured the rights to make a feature film about Obergefell and his experience.

Not exact matches

Although White is absolutely right about the tendency of today's animated films (Tangled included) to pander to the most annoying and depressing aspects of popular culture even as they ignore or deny the richer, deeper culture from which most classic fairy tales emerged, the animated features that Disney brought to the screen when Uncle Walt himself still oversaw the studio made a point of drawing considerable aesthetic, emotional, and narrative power from specifically Christian aspects of the culture that, even today, America shares with Europe.

As part of the «Future Research Leader» program of which Thijs is part of, a short feature film was made about the ongoing research in the Ettema - lab.

Additional special features include audio commentary with Ben Affleck and writer Chris Terrio, interviews with the key players in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis including President Jimmy Carter, former CIA agent Tony Mendez, and the houseguests, a featurette on recreating the era for film, a peek inside the Canadian government, a bit about how Istanbul was chosen for shooting the film, and a look back at how the CIA made Hollywood believe in a fictional film.

The film feels a little less amateur than «Pusher», - a cheap debut feature for some underexperienced Dane trying to make abstract art - and it's that which brings the final product closer to decency, because many of the missteps that ruined «Pusher» feel more considerable in this superior, but still misguided effort, which has a good bit to commend, but even more to complain about as questionable «story «telling notes that ultimately send the final product crashing into mediocrity.

Indie veteran director Matthew Porterfield writes about how on his fourth feature «Sollers Point» he made a better film by remaining open.

She is currently developing a feature film about women's fear of commitment, for which her short film, Loose Ends, is currently making festival rounds.

Writer / director Ira Sachs, who made his first feature film, «The Delta,» about 15 years ago (which I haven't seen), brings to life the story of two well - educated Manhattanites who have an anonymous sexual encounter that grows into a 10 - year relationship.

But they don't know much about what makes for a compelling feature film.

The Summer Blockbuster Hit, Disney • Pixar's «Finding Dory,» Swims Home on Digital HD on Oct. 25 and Blu - ray ™ on Nov. 15 Dive deep into the kelp to find out more about the making of the film with extensive extras featuring the creative talent of Pixar and the all - star cast!

The documentary is accompanied by a number of interesting films: three shorts made at the Champion studio from 1910 to 1913, an early documentary short about Fort Lee by Theodore Huff and Mark A. Borgotta, a feature called The Danger Game starring Madge Kennedy, an early Mack Sennett comedy short, and a 31 - minute version of Robin Hood released by Éclair America in 1912.

As for The Danish Girl, his timely period drama about the first known trans person, Focus Features — the company distributing the film — has by all accounts made the surprising decision to debut the film in Venice (it's listed as making a North American premiere in Toronto).

There is just something about the idea and setting that intrigues me and I think seeing something made by a first time feature length filmmaker is a must for everyone when attending a film festival.

He has an affability and grace that makes him interesting to watch, but Silberling's film is the equivalent of a funny 20 - minute short that is dragged out to a full - length feature through music interludes and montages involving Paz Vega getting dressed, washing her car, or Freeman learning about Target (the department store).

For whatever reason, Warner Brothers packaged Jammin'the Blues, one of the greatest short films ever made, alongside Michael Curtiz's feature length Passage to Marseille (1944), a thoroughly mediocre military melodrama so desperate to replicate the success of Curtiz's earlier masterpiece Casablanca (1942) that it reuses most of the principal cast and some of the same story beats about lovers torn apart by war and self - centered anti-heroes who come to learn the importance of self - sacrifice.

Music Of Woody Allen Films — an irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen's films sing.

Special Features High - definition digital transfer from the 2004 Film Foundation restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Archival introduction to the film by director Jean Renoir «Around the River,» a 60 - minute 2008 documentary by Arnaud Mandagaran about the making of the film Interview with filmmaker Martin Scorsese from 2004 Audio interview with producer Ken McEldowney from 2000 «Jean Renoir: A Passage Through India,» a new video essay by film writer Paul Ryan Trailer Plus: An essay by film scholar Ian Christie and original production notes by Renoir

The director manages to make us care about the characters featured, and we have a constant want for them to win — which is all that matters in a film of this kind.

But we'd had good vibes about his seventh feature, «Moonrise Kingdom,» in the run up to its release, and Wes delivered with a film that was simultaneously like the most Wes Anderson - y Wes Anderson film he's made, and yet also the biggest departure.

(remix) music video by Danger Mouse and Jemini; deleted scenes and alternative takes, five in total, including an alternative ending (9 min) with a less subtle conversation between Richard and Mark, but a haunting final image of Richard with Anthony; images from Anjan Sarkars graphic novel animation matched to actual dialogue from the films soundtrack (the scene where Herbie first sees the elephant); In Shanes Shoes (24 min) documentary featuring the premiere at the 2004 Edinburgh Film Festival, interviews with Shane Meadows about run - ins with violent gangs in his youth, and on - location clowning; Northern Soul (26 min) also made by Meadows in 2004, and starring Toby Kebbell as an aspiring wrestler with no actual wrestling experience or talent - this comic short is as amateurish as its protagonist, and serves only to show how much better Dead Mans Shoes is.

This is obviously a far more grounded exploration of the topic than this year's other films about religious oppression, Red State and Footloose, and would make an ace double feature with Sean Durkin's upcoming Martha Marcy May Marlene with their duelling tales of disengagement of rigid cult - like communities.

While Majid Majidi's «The Song of Sparrows» featured several poetic, and surprisingly funny sequences and Dorris Dorrie's emotional «Cherry Blossoms» made me want to run out of the theatre and call me parents to tell them that I love them (incidentally, Film Movement's, and more importantly, Sheboygan, WI native Meghan Wurtz is raving about the film over my shoulder right now), Fatih Akin's latest ruled my day.

Feature Commentary with Director Craig Gillespie: An intriguing and informative commentary in which the director gives you lots of interesting background info about the making of the film.

«I Give it a Year»: «Borat» scribe Dan Mazer makes his feature film directing debut with this romantic comedy about a young couple (Rose Byrne and Rafe Spall) who are doing their best to stay married despite the doubts of their friends and relatives.

Gudegast, making his feature directing debut after writing «A Man Apart» and «London Has Fallen,» seems to understand just enough about that element of Mann's film to recreate some of its conflicts — both in terms of crime scenarios and the characters» civilian lives — but lacks the discipline, or maybe skill, to lend them real emotional weight, much less originality.

The Lazarus Effect is directed by David Gelb, whose last feature film was — and I've rechecked this three times to make sure it's not an error — the fascinating 2011 documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, about an old Japanese man who runs a tiny but renowned restaurant in Tokyo.

This week in home video releases features one of the most talked - about films of last year, a trilogy from one of America's best directors, a documentary about the people who launched the careers of John Belushi and Bill Murray, the sequel to one of the best horror films ever made, and much, much more.

The internet calmly took this news in by immediately casting about for wild rumors regarding what this might mean for the second film — specifically, the idea that once it was made clear the Captain Marvel movie (coming out in between the two Avengers films) would feature the Skrulls (a race of green - skinned shape changers, for all you non-comic nerds), the fourth Avengers movie would turn its attention to a «secret invasion» storyline, starring said aliens.

I find i learn a lot about making films from the special features, if the director, writer or actor speak about their own experiences.

He also talked about the experience of being a part of the highly successful The Hangover franchise, whether he and Todd Phillips took the criticism of the second film into account when writing The Hangover Part III, making films for audiences to enjoy, and the animated feature Turkeys (featuring the voices of Amy Poehler, Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson), which he's writing and producing.

Also on board is an audio commentary from» 09 — Disney, alas, has dropped the picture - in - picture option that made this a full - blown «Cine - Explore feature» on the PE — teaming Leonard Maltin with Disney animator («and unashamed animation geek») Eric Goldberg and film historian J.B. Kaufman, who at the time was writing a book about the making of Pinocchio that finally got published in 2015.

Special Features Andrei Tarkovsky's short film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's «The Killers,» made when he was a student in 1956 Interview from 2002 with writer Stuart M. Kaminsky about both films Piece from 2002 in which actor Stacy Keach reads Hemingway's short story «Screen Directors»» Playhouse radio adaptation from 1949 of the 1946 film, starring Burt Lancaster and Shelley Winters Interview from 2002 with actor Clu Gulager Audio excerpt from director Don Siegel's autobiography, «A Siegel Film,» read by actor and director Hampton Fancher Trailers PLUS: Essays by novelist Jonathan Lethem and critic Geoffrey O'Brien

The first feature is called «Shoot the Moon (The Making of Hugo)», it runs about twenty minutes and includes great both cast and crew discussing the film and its production.

How much better can a debut feature realistically get, and why discredit one of the greatest films ever made about race relations by attributing it to Humpty Dumpty?

Less than a week before 20th Century Fox's Deadpool feature film is released, comments made by iconic comic book creator Rob Liefeld about how much comic book writer Fabian Niceiza contributed to the character's creation has caused a stir online.

And while most screenwriters or directors would make that the entire premise of their film, Holofcener proves once again why her films feature some of the most satisfying and well drawn observations about men and women and how they relate.

If you want to learn more about The Good Dinosaur, be sure to check out our full interview with Peter Sohn and also our extensive feature on what made the movie different from the rest of Pixar's films.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening March 23, 2012 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Hunger Games (PG - 13 for intense violence and disturbing images) Screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins» futuristic sci - fi novel about a 16 year - old girl (Jennifer Lawrence) who volunteers to take her unlucky younger sister's (Willow Shields) place in a nationally - televised fight to the death featuring 24 participants picked by a government lottery.

Bonus extras include a new interview with actor Sid Haig recorded exclusively for this release; archive interview with producer - director Jack Hill; stills gallery; double - sided fold - out poster; reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork; and limited edition booklet containing behind - the - scenes information about the cast and the making of the film.

I was originally going to make a point about how surprising it is that nary a trace of Colin Trevorrow's style can be found here, but then I had to remind myself this project is the antithesis of his 2012 feature film debut.

This Blu - ray ports over most of the bonus features found on previous discs, including the original 19 - minute making - of featurette from the DVD and a commentary track with Lee and writer / producer James Schamus, who does a good job of leading his counterpart through a conversation about the film.

«Music of Moonstruck» features composer Dick Hyman talking about the musical choices that were made on the film.

The hardest part about the Blumhouse film was «raising the stakes high enough to keep people on their toes, while still making it believable,» says Hale of her first feature lead role

While Thomas W. Kiennast's black - and - white cinematography is quite beautiful to behold (Gröning's film certainly features some excellent cinematographic moments as well), Atef's film never manages to convey why we should care, today, about this brief moment in Schneider's well - documented life, including her never - ending struggle with the German press, her inability to escape the role of Sissi that made her instantly famous as a teenager, and the various tragedies that befell her, including the suicide of her ex - husband.7 The film is not a biopic per se (and Atef declared that she did not intend to make one): thus, audiences who are not already familiar with Schneider certainly will not come away from viewing the film with much of a sense of her life's story); yet, given it is not a biopic, one wonders what the film is, or what it tries to accomplish.

Music Of Woody Allen Films — a new irregular feature about the musical compositions that have helped to make Allen's films sing.

A blot on Hollywood is that, until now, with «Selma,» no feature - length dramatic film has ever been made about Martin Luther King, Jr..

During our wide - ranging conversation he talked about making his feature debut (he previously helmed the miniseries Top of the Lake), the challenge of casting a child actor, balancing fact and fiction, how he collaborates with his cinematographer, what he learned from test screenings, filming in India, and more.

Not to mention, the number of alien films released in recent years — a handful of which proved to be mediocre or worse — make it harder to get enthused about yet another blockbuster that feature extraterrestrials in an apocalyptic scenario (the end - of - the - world sub-genre is, likewise, starting to feel over-saturated at this point).