Sentences with phrase «of teen writers»
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Rachel was the host of the recent PBS television special, «A Girl's Life,» and is a contributing writer and advice columnist for Teen Vogue.
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▪ The Squad by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, a graduate student of Santos's who «doubles as a teen - girl - fiction writer.»
Where the first film was something of a teen horror film, the follow - up, again from writer - director Stefan Ruzowitzky, is more of an unintentional comedy.
Such glib, blithe quips are the motor oil of the teen comedy, but in her first outing as a solo writer and director, Gerwig is as sensitive to place and the fragility of young and old bodies as she is to her protagonist's often hurtful words.
Despite writing the book and screenplay of «Fast Times At Ridgemont High» (1982), the film that established the parameters of»80s teen movies; despite establishing or redefining a host of contemporary film stars; despite major box office success, despite an Oscar, despite his role as a pop music shaman — there's little written about Crowe's work as a writer and director.
You kind of want to laugh at how immature these characters are at age 40, and wonder if the writers had sat through one too many teen romance flicks.
A new poster and trailer have arrived online for writer - director Adam Egypt Mortimer's upcoming supernatural slasher Some Kind of Hate, which we've got for you right here... Some Kind of Hate tells the story of a troubled teen who's subjected to severe bullying.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2012, 102 minutes, PG - 13 / Writer / Director: Stephen Chbosky / Stars: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller Buy It: Blu - ray • DVD • Instant Video Stephen Chbosky's adaptation of his»90s teen novel resonates deeply.
Writer and director John Hughes has been lauded for this movie's portrayal of teen issues.
Synopsis: Academy Award ® winner Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson).
However in the hands of writer / director Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, In Time), the result is occasionally challenging, dealing with both the science fiction elements and the teen angst at the heart of the story.
Young Adult finds Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary, a successful writer of teen - lit books who finds that her life is really not what she wants it to be.
For his second feature after the gentle teen comedy The Myth of the American Sleepover, writer - director David Robert Mitchell has produced the most unexpected and downright unnerving fright flick in years, a film that riffs smartly on the classics while adding something ineffable of its own.
Imagine the clusterfuck of controversy that would've erupted if Deadline had ran an item announcing, «Accused masturbator and Woody Allen collaborator Louis C.K. has begun principal photography on a film in which he plays a TV writer - producer whose nubile teen daughter establishes an unclear relationship with an older filmmaker known to prey on young women.»
«Writer / director Todd Haynes's film, Velvet Goldmine, is his bizarre tribute to an incredibly wild period of musical history that obviously helped him find himself as a teen.»
While we can't say we're particularly intrigued by the source material (the log - lines are almost hilariously vague, referring to Others and Supernaturals), it's shaping up to be a more promising cast than most of these teen franchises carry, and while we can't say we love LaGravanese's directorial work, let's not forget that he was the writer behind «The Fisher King» and «The Ref,» and hopefully he can turn out something a little more interesting.
The teen coming of age comedy / drama The Edge of Seventeen scored a Best Picture nomination as well as a nomination for its writer / director Kelly Fremon Craig but strangely snubbed the film's lead, Golden Globe nominee Hailee Steinfeld (in a field of six,...
Baumbach is one of cinema's sharpest writers of naturalistic dialogue, capable of ringing out layers of meaning from casual exchanges, and here he's at his pithy best: Bernard's offhand categorization of his student's short story to his teenage son as «very feminist but very interesting» belies depths of misogyny and elitism, while his graceless romantic counsel to Walt leads the teen to ditch his perfectly reasonable girlfriend, Sophie (Halley Feiffer), with the same projectiles of secondhand rhetoric that he unveiled to initially charm her.
But the two leads — a pair of black teen graffiti writers from the Bronx — break the comparison.
Writer and director Gerwig addresses a lot of teen issues in this dramedy.
«'' Academy Award winner Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson).
Most of the writer - director's movies, from the teen classic Say Anything to his Grunge - era date flick Singles to the quotably potent Jerry Maguire, pivot around literal romances.
Lady Bird (YouTube, Vudu, Amazon Video, iTunes, Google Play) We are all Lady Bird, the teen - in - progress played with boundless empathy by Saoirse Ronan at the heart of longtime actor - writer Greta Gerwig's directorial debut.
Looking at the latest update for the Until Dawn product page on their website, it still has a release date of «2013 exclusively to PlayStation 3,» with the opening of the description reading: «We've been working on this game for a while now, working with Hollywood writers and US TV talent, doing our best to bring the Teen Horror experience to PlayStation.
In fact, much about Myers» adaptation of writer (and scene - stealing support player) Matthew Whittet's play also shares its DNA with the best teen movie classics from beyond our shores.
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teen - aged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
With Obvious Child marking her first feature, writer - director Gillian Robespierre's previous work includes the original short of the same name, the short Chunk (about an overweight teen forced to attend a summer fat camp), and collaborating on another short Beach.
Writer - director Tom Holland's 1985 creep - out — about a suburban teen who suspects that his suave, handsome neighbor is a vampire — was a fun blend of horror, humor and suspense.
JohnHughes had the good fortune of being the Hollywood writer - director best able tomeasure the pulse of that all - important teen audience.
Goat seems content enough to draw the line between frat house meatheads and pledges without giving either side real heart, emotions or drive, which is uniquely surprising since its written by indie auteur writer / director David Gordon Green (All the Pretty Girls, Pineapple Express) who normally imbues his projects with a sense of Southern trash poetry and striking teen angst.
Movie Synopsis: Academy Award ® winner Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson).
First - time writer / director Gavin Wiesen does his best to avoid high school cliches like bullying and teachers that are more caricatures than real mentors, but he falls into just as many in his portrayal of high school romance, art and teen angst.
In this concise span, writer - director David Hayter dabbles in woozy psychodrama, the glory of high school sports, steamy teen romance, hacked - limb gore, adrenaline - fueled revenge, man - on - the - run road movie, backwoods freak show, and pastoral Americana.
In Reiner's superior slice of teen nostalgia, Dreyfuss is the now middle - aged writer, looking back at the dear dead days beyond recall when he and a group of young friends ventured into the local woods where they believed a corpse was buried.
Aptly titled, the film focuses on a teen - lit writer (Charlize Theron) who's a young adult herself, at least in terms of emotional maturity.
The problem being that Fleischer and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick don't have much of a grasp on what it is about teen romances and zombie flicks that are interesting in the first place.
With more prominent properties like Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman tied - up in movies for the foreseeable future, this strategy could prove essential for the growth of DC's television presence; which recently suffered a setback as TNT cancelled its plans for a live - action series based on Teen Titans from writer / producer Akiva Goldsman.
Teen titan, Harnoor also happens to be a writer that also writes for many of the top publications of his time.
Read, read, read... Those are three tips for young writers from Elise Howard, editor in chief of Avon Tempest Books for Teen Readers.
Elise Howard, editor in chief of Avon / Tempest Books for Teen Readers, offers ten tips for teen writers who would like to be publisTeen Readers, offers ten tips for teen writers who would like to be publisteen writers who would like to be published.
Emma Tobin Emma Tobin is writing.ie's From the Front Row teen blogger, bringing you news and views for young writers of all ages.
Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareAs reported by a number of sources, including USA Today, Macmillan is launching Swoon Reads, a new teen romance imprint, under its existing Feiwel and Friends imprint.
She also mentors aspiring teen writers through the P / NW Boces and is a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association, BiblioCrunch, and the Center for Fiction.
A mother of two teen sons and married to a technical writer and Army veteran, Kim's life is full and blessed.
Both writers say that the tone of the Teen Titans Go!
YA / Mature Readers: Cisneros» teen fan base will find her true tales of coming - of - age and becoming a writer against all odds deeply compelling.
From Leah Moore and John Reppion, the writers of Damsels, The Trial of Sherlock Holmes, and Ghost Stories of an Antiquary comes an original graphic novel perfect for tween, teen, and adult fans alike!
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These include Holly Smale whose Geek Girl series is the UK's bestselling teen girl's series; Ian Cobain, multi-award winning Guardian journalist and author of Cruel Britannia and The History Thieves; and psychological thriller writer Isabel Ashdown.