Sentences with phrase «of gigolos»

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I once accused the young convert poet Robert Lowell of espousing Catholicism with all the marital fidelity of a gigolo on the make.

The plotting gymnastics required to bring Avigal and Fioravente together are contrived at best, because this is a character with even less need of a gigolo than any of the movie's wealthy women with inexplicably awful taste in art.

Richard Gere, the star of Gigolo, discusses the crafts of film and stage acting with Brooks Riley.

FOUR NIGHTS OF A GIGOLO Paul Schrader's American Gigolo is attracting moviegoers with its picture of the call - boy as Bressonian victim.

Not exact matches

Perhaps this blasé disappointment in «The Canyons» is typical of Schrader, as seen in his earlier movies with George C. Scott «Hard Core,» let alone Richard Gere's «American Gigolo.»

This they do along with the collaboration of some cheaper sluts and gigolos to amuse you.

All too often people become confused about what they want and chase after gigolo types or untrusty worthy personalities when what they really want is someone to spend the rest of their lives with.

«Fading Gigolo» actually functions as something of a statement on Allen's persona - onscreen and off - as it has been understood in the public eye.

Fading Gigolo gets an extra star merely for showcasing the egg cream, the Brooklyn beverage that is the nectar of the gods.

Mr. Turturro's musical choices in «Fading Gigolo» tend to feel, like so much here, generically applied instead of meaningfully coaxed from some essential, lived - in truth.

Roughly translated, those are the last words in Robert Bresson's «Pickpocket,» a movie that figures prominently in the work of Paul Schrader, who has alluded to its final scene in many of his films, including «American Gigolo,» «Light Sleeper» and his new one, «First Reformed.»

Critic Consensus: Admittedly vulgar and ludicrous, Fading Gigolo gets a decent amount of mileage out of the entertaining chemistry between its starring duo.

After appearing in The Waterboy (1998) and Big Daddy (1999), two wildly successful comedies starring fellow - SNL alum Adam Sandler, Schneider starred as the titular hero of Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, a fish tank cleaner who assumes the identity of a high - living gGigolo, a fish tank cleaner who assumes the identity of a high - living gigologigolo.

Critics Consensus: Admittedly vulgar and ludicrous, Fading Gigolo gets a decent amount of mileage out of the entertaining chemistry between its starring duo.

During this period, she often put her country - girl characterization on the back burner to portray elegant society dowagers, alternately browbeating their wealthy husbands or enjoying the high - priced attentions of oily gigolos.

The writing and tone of Fading Gigolo is too uneven to make for a coherent, admirable film.

Schreiber's many feature credits include Lee Daniels» THE BUTLER; Larry David's CLEAR HISTORY; FADING GIGOLO; THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST; SALT with Angelina Jolie; X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE; DEFIANCE with Daniel Craig; REPO MEN; THE PAINTED VEIL; THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, opposite Meryl Streep and Denzel Washington; THE SUM OF ALL FEARS; Ang Lee's TAKING WOODSTOCK; KATE & LEOPOLD; GOON; EVERY DAY; Michael Almereyda's HAMLET; SPRING FORWARD; THE HURRICANE; A WALK ON THE MOON with Diane Lane; THE DAYTRIPPERS; Nora Ephron's MIXED NUTS; and Wes Craven's SCREAM trilogy.

Co-starring Survivor contestant turned thespian Colleen Haskell, Schneider's tale of a car accident victim imbued with superhuman powers after being pieced back together with animal organs kept the low - brow rolling while marking his territory among the ranks of the more successful transitions from SNL player to big screen star.Later, in the 2000s, Schneider frequently alternated between starring in his own films (The Hot Chick, Duece Bigalow: European Gigolo), and supporting his old pal Sandler (The Longest Yard, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry), with few on either side truly managing to ignite the box office or his career momentum.

As Schrader's hero takes a bleaker look at life, and considers committing an extreme act as a desperate attempt to find resonance and morality in the world, he stands alongside the protagonists of such Schrader - written films as «Taxi Driver,» «American Gigolo» and «Light Sleeper,» three works the filmmaker has connected as his «night trilogy.»

Bradley enlists the help of the other gigolos when he is challenged by an experienced client to surpass her wildest fantasies.

Law garnered both a Golden Globe and Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance, further cementing his reputation as one of the more promising up - and - coming actors on either side of the ocean.After a turn as a Russian marksman facing off against a Nazi sniper in Enemy at the Gates (2001), Law returned to sci - fi with his role as love machine Gigolo Joe in Steven Spielberg's eagerly anticipated A.I.In addition to his acting commitments, Law kept busy with Natural Nylon, the production company he founded with Sadie Frost, Sean Pertwee, Ewan McGregor, and Jonny Lee Miller.

The gigolos compete in a test of intelligence to decide which guy will grace the cover of the new «Cowboys 4 Angels» calendar.

And to tie in with the release of Fading Gigolo, we want to know what your favourite John Turturro appearance is.

Paul is a director who, like many of the movie brats, has a reputation that precedes him — whether it be writing American cinema classics like Taxi Driver or Raging Bull, directing the popular and canonized films American Gigolo and Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, or the lore surrounding the era, popularized by Peter Biskind's book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls.

Paul Schrader has always been an amazingly protean filmmaker — going all the way back to the late»70s, when the fabled screenwriter of «Taxi Driver» first stepped behind the camera, leaping from «Blue Collar» to «American Gigolo,» from «Cat People» to «Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters,» from «Affliction» to «Auto Focus,» from «Dominion: -LSB-...]

The trailer has been released for upcoming comedy drama Fading Gigolo, the movie that sets out to test one man's endurance of having someone find and...

Paul Schrader is an American filmmaker whose work as a screenwriter and director hold a significant place in the history of American cinema, including Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, American Gigolo, Mishima: A Life in Four...

Schrader wrote or co-wrote screenplays for Martin Scorsese's «Taxi Driver,» «Raging Bull,» and «The Last Temptation of Christ» and has directed 18 feature films, including «American Gigolo,» «Affliction,» «Auto Focus,» and «The Canyons.»

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Paul Schrader has always been an amazingly protean filmmaker — going all the way back to the late»70s, when the fabled screenwriter of «Taxi Driver» first stepped behind the camera, leaping from «Blue Collar» to «American Gigolo,» from «Cat People» to «Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters,» from «Affliction» to «Auto Focus,» from «Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist» to «The Canyons.»

Fading Gigolo (Grade: B --RRB- garnered advance word not only for the rare feat of getting Woody Allen to act in a film he didn't direct, but for casting him as a pimp.

«Die Mommie Die» (Sundance Films) This campy homage to»60s Ross Hunter flicks features the writer - actor Charles Busch («Irma Vep») as Angela, a pop diva mixed up in a murder - whodunit with a tennis pro, a gigolo, the maid, an actor and a couple of screwed - up kids.

Eddie Griffin has been in his share of pretty poor comedies (Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo and Undercover Brother the best examples), but this is below even him.

That would define Schrader's «American Gigolo» (1980), with Richard Gere in training for his profession as a professional lover of women.

In a less explicable musical interlude, The Lobster and Tale of Tales actor John C Reilly took to the stage to sing a be-bop version of Just a Gigolo with four - man Dixieland outfit the Flyboys, before presenting the Camera d'Or for best first film to César Augusto for Land and Shade.

Not strictly an origin story, this will instead feature 12 - year - old versions of the characters, which C3 and writer / director Harris Goldberg (Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo) are hoping will spawn a new, separate franchise.

No less a Schrader acolyte than Nicolas Winding Refn (who recently told Variety «There would be no Drive without American Gigolo») was attached to direct, with Harrison Ford in discussions to play the lead role of Evan Lake, a veteran CIA agent tracking a Bin Laden — esque terrorist while battling the early symptoms of frontotemporal dementia — an Alzheimer's - like deteriorative brain condition.

Paul Schrader is an American screenwriter and director whose writing credits include Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ and directing credits include American Gigolo, Mishima, Light Sleeper, Affliction and First Reformed.

Dancer in the Dark (2000) Deep Blue Sea (1999) The Deep End (2001) Detroit Rock City (1999) Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) Dick (1999) The Dinner Game (Le dîner de cons)(1998) Dinosaur (2000) Disney's The Kid (2000) Dogma (1999) A Dog of Flanders (1999) Dog Park (1998) Domestic Disturbance (2001) Donnie Darko (2001) Don't Say a Word (2001) Do the Right Thing (1989) Double Jeopardy (1999) Double Take (2001) Down to Earth (2001) Down to You (2000) Dracula 2000 (2000) Dragonfly (2002) Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) Drive Me Crazy (1999) Driven (2001) Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) Drowning Mona (2000) Dr. Seuss» How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) Dr. T and the Women (2000) Dude, Where's My Car?

Paul Schrader is an American screenwriter and director whose writing credits include Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Last Temptation of Christ and whose directing credits include American Gigolo, Mishima, Light Sleeper, Affliction, and First Reformed.

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He has made some notable films (Blue Collar, American Gigolo, Cat People, Light Sleeper, Affliction, etc.) and a number of not - very - notable ones.

It feels very real, so much so that I was convinced the reality show - within - a-show Gigolos (Marlo is a bashful fan) was the real deal for most of the movie.

(American Gigolo's transcendent final scenes are a near - total copy of the finale of Bresson's 1959 film Pickpocket.)

The release of Fading Gigolo, the new film from John Turturro and co-starring Woody Allen, is creeping up.

Fading Gigolo hits in April, Magic In the Moonlight in July, and no doubt the filming of his 2015 film (somewhere in the US) in the -LSB-...]

by Walter Chaw Oftentimes, as if in a freaky mescaline dream, I find myself defending in polite company Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, this story of an astonishingly ugly, balding little troll enlisted into the man - whore trade by myopic pimp T.J. (Eddie Griffin).

These include 1980's American Gigolo, 1992's Light Sleeper, and 2007's The Walker, all woozy character studies of not - quite - alpha males drifting through impeccably maintained, utterly empty lives that are summarily upended.

Finally, Rob the Mob's theatrical trailer (2:17, SD) joins the disc - opening ones — for Fading Gigolo, Charlie Countryman, Parts Per Billion, and Life of a King — in a Previews menu.