Sentences with phrase «one's narrative feature debut»

Narrative feature debut of documentarian Liz Garbus jumps from one streaming service to another

There's more substance than pastiche in performance artist and documentarian Camille Thoman's ambitious narrative feature debut.

Todd Phillips shot to critical attention with his documentary / exposé Frat House (the title is self - explanatory) and achieved commercial success with his gleefully vulgar narrative feature debut, Road Trip, about four college guys on a... you guessed it.

While I wasn't thoroughly impressed with Clio Barnard's narrative feature debut about two tween boys living on an English estate, everyone else sure seems to be floored by this coming - of - age film done in the Brit's social realism tradition reaching as far back as Ken Loach, and more recently to the likes of Andrea Arnold.

Director Max Joseph (MTV's Catfish) makes his narrative feature debut here and while he is keen on tapping into that younger audience he knows so well, at thirty - three this drama of young angst feels more manufactured than authentic.

His narrative feature debut, Tornando a casa (Sailing Home) won the director several awards at international film festivals in 2001 and was nominated for Best First Feature at the Italian Golden Globes.

It's been six long years since Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris» narrative feature debut, the much beloved «Little Miss Sunshine.»

Director Fabien Constant, in his narrative feature debut, finds a momentum in that knowledge that propels the film forward, as Vivienne explores her fate (while never disclosing it) in encounters with friends, family and strangers.

In this narrative feature debut for both director Adam Smith and screenwriter Alastair Siddons, familiar themes are brought to the surface without giving the fine ensemble cast enough ammunition to make any meaningful statement.

While promoting Megan Leavey (which is a solid rental), she talked about how she brought Blackfish director Gabriela Cowperthwaite on board to direct that movie in her narrative feature debut.

The most recent addition to his series is Chilean director Marcela Said's 2013 narrative feature debut, The Summer of Flying Fish, which he first discovered while serving on a jury at a film festival.

Two years ago, Derek Cianfrance made his narrative feature debut with the emotionally - charged, uncomfortable - yet - beautiful romantic drama Blue Valentine, which was about the despair and devastation of romantic relationships and the pain they leave behind.

Director Gabe Klinger's narrative feature debut, Porto, dissects a passionate one - night stand between a thirtysomething French student, Mati (Lucie Lucas), and a 26 - year - old American expat, Jake (Anton Yelchin), who lock eyes in a café before Mati whisks the couple away to a nearly bare apartment for a sensual, relentless rendezvous.

At it's most visceral and true, Jeremiah Zagar's narrative feature debut is about the breath, blood and life of a child artist who is beginning to hone their passion in order to understand and survive, yes, but then also to heal, to grow, and to share.

It's not often that a sincerely made, completely uncynical film should turn out to be awful, but that's the case with «Paris Can Wait,» the narrative feature debut from Eleanor Coppola.

Meanwhile, Magnolia Pictures has acquired «All Good Things,» the narrative feature debut of «Capturing the Friedmans» director andrew Jarecki.

His narrative feature debut, Bilitis (1977) was an arthouse sensation; the follow - up, Laura (1979) a worldwide hit.

Director Joshua Z. Weinstein discusses how he created an authentic portrait of Hasidic Jewish life in his narrative feature debut, Menashe.