Sentences with phrase «of auteur filmmakers»

The acquisition is a huge win for Netflix, who has seen a majority of auteur filmmakers head to Amazon to develop their new films and television series.

Del Toro was up against one of the most eligible bunch of auteur filmmakers in years, beating out fellow nominees Christopher Nolan («Dunkirk»), Jordan Peele («Get Out»), Greta Gerwig («Lady Bird»), and Paul Thomas Anderson («Phantom Thread»).

«Fox Searchlight has proven to be the true champion of the auteur filmmaker, and I am honored to work with them and hope this is just the beginning,» said Cahill.

Not exact matches

Austrian filmmakers Veronika Franz (wife of auteur Ulrich Seidl) and Severin Fiala first present Goodnight Mommy as a mystery with a horror film premise — two nine - year - old twin brothers question their mother's identity after a facial surgery leaves most of her...

Finally, auteur - cum - symbol - of - injustice Mohammad Rasoulof's extraordinary B Omid Didar — made on the sly while the Iranian filmmaker was about to be imprisoned for political activism — may be the most paranoid movie about a persecuted pregnant woman ever made.

Very much a genre stylist in the mold of golden - age Hollywood directors like Anthony Mann or Raoul Walsh, Uchida showed little discernible personal style to mark him as an auteur in the French critical mold, but the uniformly high quality of his works and his ability to succeed in a variety of genres mark him as a filmmaker very ripe for (re) consideration by critics.

This tribute to Schepisi's important contribution as an Australian and international filmmaker, a distinctive auteur and jobbing filmmaker, covers his early work in documentary (his fascinating short on The Age newspaper, People Make Papers), the mercurial critical reception of his groundbreaking opus The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, the representation of landscape across his first three Australian features (specifically in the partisan and compassionate Evil Angels, 1988), his initial project in the United States (the elemental and mythic Western, Barbarosa), the now iconic Six Degrees of Separation, and the importance of adaptation and collaboration across his cinema.

I'm a bit taken aback (as ever) by some of the filmmakers who've been shunted into other sections, but at least after all the well - justified complaints that last year's Palme competition was mostly made up of subpar work by established auteurs, they haven't gone that route again (or, at least, not quite so pronouncedly).

Lousy box office and middling - to - poor reviews ensure that these filmmakers probably won't get carte blanche next time out, and while their results aren't quite strong enough to place on my legit best - of list, the auteur madness sure was fun while it lasted.

Hooper, of course, also places a great deal of emphasis on his own flaws as a filmmaker, though perhaps not in the manner one might expect: Les Misérables seems, in his newly Oscar - carrying hands, an elaborate demo reel for his tics as self - styled auteur.

On one side of the coin, collaborations with indie filmmakers and esteemed auteurs like Bong Joon - ho, whose new film Okja plays in competition in this year's Cannes Film Festival, ensure that more and more diverse creative voices are being heard.

Sure, his name doesn't ring a bell for a lot of cinephiles and doesn't carry the same weight as internationally renowned Iranian auteurs such as Kiarostami, Panahi or Asghar Farhadi, but consider this: He is the only filmmaker to have had his films shunned by both the Academy and the Iranian committee that submits them!

Amongst the slew of trivia that is available for the filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, perhaps the most telling notes come from his connection to another Dutch auteur, the notorious, divisive Lars von Trier.

Cannes has never hid the fact it loves auteur filmmakers and star - studded casts, so the combination of Farhadi, Cruz, and Bardem made «Everybody Knows» a no - brainer for the opening night slot.

Vigorous, self - assured, and innovative, Chazelle is a brilliant auteur filmmaker that knows exactly what type of films he wants to make.

: Ida served as a career rebirth of sorts for the filmmaker, and now that we've got an auteur friendly distrib backing the project, this larger scaled production will likely be targeted for a top tier fest such as Cannes or Venice.

Austrian filmmakers Veronika Franz (wife of auteur Ulrich Seidl) and Severin Fiala first present Goodnight Mommy as a mystery with a horror film premise — two nine - year - old twin brothers question their mother's identity after a facial surgery leaves most of her face covered with bandages.

As far as I'm concerned, Burshtein has cemented her status not only as one of Israel's most important auteurs but as a filmmaker international audiences should have their eyes on.

The centrepiece of each Hell Is For Hyphenates episode is the Filmmaker of the Month segment, in which we discuss the filmography of an auteur as chosen by our guest.

Austrian filmmakers Veronika Franz (wife of auteur Ulrich Seidl) and Severin Fiala first present Goodnight Mommy as a...

Without giving anything away, the 72 - year old auteur's filmmaking remains incredibly sprightly; one scene is as shocking and heart - stopping as anything a younger British filmmaker might serve up, and the final third of the film lets him tackle the issues facing today's youth with surprising credibility and nuance.

When respected filmmakers like Wes Anderson (Fantastic Mr. Fox) and Tim Burton (Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie) have embraced the medium, expectations have been somewhat different, with critics approaching the works as part of their auteurs» oeuvres.

Wong Kar Wai By Olivier Assayas The Hong Kong movie game - changer is poetically reappraised by the cutting - edge French auteur in this appreciation of a man, a filmmaker, and a city

Their curious non-competitive status notwithstanding, these narrative and documentary premieres read like a wanna - see list for major indie names, either behind the camera or in front of it: movies you'd see whether it was the world premiere or not, with auteurs / filmmakers whose surnames stand on their own, like Solondz, Lonergan, Reichardt, Lee, Herzog, and much more.

Eubanks» skill as a filmmaker seems commensurate with the impact of his story; his work here is higher - minded than mere low - budget viscera, but not as thoughtful, or thought through, as the material of budding auteurs like Neill Blomkamp or Rian Johnson.

Cinephilia and Beyond claims to have gotten hold of a 1999 note written by the auteur to fellow filmmaker James Brooks, who helped Anderson fund his first feature - length film, Bottle Rocket, and wrote an introduction to Anderson's Rushmore screenplay, which was published by Faber & Faber.

If you think it's high time that Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro joined fellow Mexican auteurs Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) and Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman, The Revenant) in the Oscar winners circle, The Shape of Water just may be the movie to do it.

Hopper was not the only aspiring filmmaker who saw himself as a nascent auteur or as part of an American New Wave.

Among the biggest negative effects of the auteur theory is the idea that filmmakers are knowable; that every director not only has a distinctive influ...

While, as always, there were many worthwhile films by filmmakers new and old, two of the finest were by bona fide auteurs: Wong Kar - wai's The Grandmaster and Lav Diaz's Norte, the End of History.

Lucrecia Martel is one of the most exciting and unique filmmakers working today, but because her output has been so infrequent — «Zama» is her first narrative feature in nine years — she is often left out of the conversation of great international auteurs.

A bit of a double edged sword for a prolific auteur like Allen, as he sticks with his strengths as a filmmaker but when you've made as many films as he has about this subject, it's difficult to find enough wiggle room to emerge with an original work.

What You Need To Know: A notoriously slow and deliberate filmmaker and editor, who tends to write his films as he is shooting them (must be nice), Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar - wai is one of the most world - renowned international directors, but this will be his first film since his poorly received 2007 English - language debut, «My Blueberry Nights.»

What You Need To Know: A notoriously slow and deliberate filmmaker and editor, who tends to write his film as as he is shooting (what a luxury), Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar - Wai is one of the most world - renowned international directors, but this will be his first film since his 2007 poorly received English - language debut, «My Blueberry Nights.»

Covering the full range of the department's output in the last ten years, he has worked with established auteurs and filmmakers as well as with up - and - coming talent new to the cinema.

One of the most important filmmakers of the last quarter - century, Haneke feels like an auteur tailormade for Criterion's deep analysis, although I've always felt like he was a filmmaker who believed the work speaks for itself, refusing to answer questions about films open to interpretation like «Cache» or «The White Ribbon.»

As with any great auteur, Jeff Nichols finds away to reinvent himself as a filmmaker with Mud: a wistful coming - of - age tale discernibly influenced by Huckelberry Finn and the early works of Terrence Malick.

When it comes to the absurd fantasies of French filmmakers, it would seem hard to top the latest work by French auteur Bertrand Blier for sheer audacity, although whether The Clink of Ice will cause delight or dismay remains to be seen.

This year we saw a smorgasbord of quality low budget horror flicks, a cornucopia of auteur dramas, and a slew of emerging filmmakers who might shape the future of cinema.

Having been on the Croisette before with his debut film Un 32 août sur Terrre (Un Certain Regard), and the Directors» Fortnight was home for his epic short Next Floor and sobering Polytechnique, the Quebecois helmer saw his critically lauded Incendies and Enemy receive a pass from the fest, but it was this work that ultimately convinced backers with deep pockets to have the auteur filmmaker move onto large - scale productions (Prisoners, Story of Us, the Blade Runner sequel), and in turn Sicario is now among the hopefuls for the Palme d'Or.

Both films are the product of internationally renowned auteurs, Larrain's star rising like a comet in a year in which he's had three critically - acclaimed films and Farhadi maintaining his status as one of the most respected filmmakers on the planet.

Maybe the studio will hire more auteur filmmakers like Nolan to helm their DC adaptations, no offense to Martin Campbell, but he's a very workmanlike director who has as many misses as hits on his resume — for every Goldeneye and Mask of Zorro there's a Vertical Limit and Legend of Zorro.

Indie filmmakers are rarely given the keys to a big studio picture, but Warner Bros. has entrusted the auteur behind Monsters to revive Godzilla in the midst of the monster movie craze.

Say what you will about Mancini being a maker of Chucky movies almost exclusively (he's the rare auteur to initiate, then stay with, a horror franchise), but within these limited parameters he's had an opportunity to show more range than most genre filmmakers.

While successful filmmakers like Martin Scorsese (Boardwalk Empire) and Mark and Jay Duplass (Togetherness) who have had success with television projects are no longer outliers, it's growing more and more common that cinema auteurs are abandoning their comfort zones to expand their artistry and hone their storytelling craft through the relatively new format of streaming episodic content.

This year's competition of 22 directors from around the globe vying for the Palme d'Or is the usual mix of auteur godfathers (Abbas Kiarostami, Michael Haneke), much - loved regulars (Ken Loach, David Cronenberg) and Cannes - nurtured younger filmmakers back for a second pop at the prize (Matteo Garrone, Sergei Loznitsa).

Directed by legendary auteur Zhang Yimou, incontestably one of the world's greatest living filmmakers, the man's list of classics including cinematic essentials like Raise the Red Lantern, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Ju Dou and To Live, the movie is a visual feast.

The archetypal auteurs were not those filmmakers who controlled everything and produced works readily legible as Art but rather the unpretentious craftsmen working quickly within commercial constraints whose distinctive sensibilities nevertheless emerge against all odds as a kind of vernacular poetry.

Almost certainly the most noteworthy and delightful inclusion is one of the latest works from the South Korean auteur and master filmmaker Hong Sang - soo, entitled Yourself and Yours.

The French filmmaker uses more mirrors than Versailles to reflect the morphing psychological states of his characters, directing like an auteur punch - drunk on Hitchcock, Brian DePalma and David Cronenberg.