Sentences with phrase «own directorial effort»

The absolute in spy classics, and Carol Reed's best directorial effort, «The Third Man» remains one of the most interesting and politically driven films of all times.

In his previous directorial effort The Town, he made leaps and bounds in terms of actor - friendly technique.

One of his best - known directorial efforts was Sherlock Holmes (1922), which, at Parker's personal recommendation, starred John Barrymore as the Great Detective.

Not up to the standard of Victor Nunez's previous directorial efforts.

Probably best - known due to his photography of U2 — he shot the cover to The Joshua Tree and many other noted images — Corbijn's only prior big - screen directorial effort was 2007's Control.

So, yes, I walked into «Annihilation,» Garland's second directorial effort (screenplay also by him) with a good amount of anticipation and a little trepidation.

Little Manhattan was the first directorial effort for writer and producer Mark Levin.

Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Cooper, and Ewan McGregor head an ensemble cast in a darkly comedic tale of a large Oklahoma family reunited by a funeral, the second directorial effort for noted TV and film producer Wells (The Company Men).

The film does a great job at capturing the cold, evil nature of Ian Mckellen's character (who is well cast and gives a great performance) But considering that this is a film directed by Bryan Singer, you know right from the start that this isn't his strongest directorial effort.

Expectations are high considering the success of Affleck's previous directorial efforts, The Town 74 and Gone Baby Gone 72.

Bresson, along with Ozu and Dreyer, formed a trinity at the heart of Schrader's book Transcendental Style in Film, and the filmmaker has faithfully returned to them again and again, channeling them in most of his directorial efforts, working within the so - called «Tarkovsky Ring» (films made within this ring will find commercial distribution, films like those of Bresson and Roberto Rossellini, while films outside of this ring are destined for museum and festival existences).

The only reason that Play Misty for Me is a notable film is because it was Clint Eastwood's first directorial effort.

With precious few exceptions, Franco's directorial efforts reek of ambition that outstretches purpose, and seem engineered through sheer force of maniacal will.

Garland's second directorial effort, Annihilation, is another mind - bending masterstroke in the writer - director's ambitious oeuvre that will prove profound to some viewers, but polarizing to others.

The fact that Franco took more than two weekends worth of time to put together his latest directorial effort helps give the whole endeavor a much more professional polish as compared to his previous works.

The cast also includes Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley Whitford, and B.J. Novak, and it's Hancock's first directorial effort since best picture nominee The Blind Side.

ARC also had an unimpressive 2011, though it did manage to secure positive reviews for two films, including The Way 64, Emilio Estevez's recent directorial effort (starring dad Martin Sheen).

Other worthwhile roles followed in her father's final directorial effort, The Dead (1987), and Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989).

Anderson wrote the film with Roman Coppola, who hopes to have his own directorial effort, A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, out this year as well.

In his latest directorial effort, Kevin Macdonald teams up again with The Last King of Scotland screenwriter Jeremy Brock to bring Rosemary Sutcliff's historical fiction series Eagle of the Ninth to the big screen.

The film is fairly tolerable as these things go: Wilder takes time off from the steamrolling plot for improvised bits with some actor buddies (including Charles Grodin and Joseph Bologna), and the project as a whole is a lot less mawkish than we've come to expect from Wilder's directorial efforts.

This disappointing remake of DeMille's 1938 blockbuster was helmed by his son in law, actor Anthony Quinn, in his only directorial effort.

The war drama marks her second directorial effort.

The second directorial effort from Academy award - winning actor Sidney Poitier, this romantic drama is about widowed American doctor Matt Younger (Poitier) who travels to London with his daughter, Stefanie (Yvette Curtis).

In interviews, particularly the oft - quoted one conducted with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., in The New Yorker, Beatty has made all too clear his ambitions for this, his first directorial effort in seventeen years (since Reds in 1981).

When: December 25th Why: After watching the trailer for Ben Stiller's latest directorial effort several times, I'm still not sure what to make of it.

Bryan Cranston and James Franco are also teaming up on the latter's next directorial effort, In Dubious Battle.

I'm guessing that Ben Affleck also agrees with my list as his latest directorial effort, «Live by Night,» samples a little bit of all of them.

This is your first directorial effort.

But his only directorial effort for the small screen to date is one that's never seen the light of day outside a network boardroom or two.

Angelina Jolie's next movie will be a «motherf *** er» to direct.The Oscar - winning actress is hard at work shooting her latest directorial effort,...

This 10 - disc box set from Reel DVD (literally a cardboard sleeve over a DVD case so as to take up minimal room on one's shelf) features all nine directorial efforts from Woody Allen between 1994 and 2002 is a fine one - stop shop for Allen fans and newcomers alike, perhaps made even more interesting by the fact that this was a notoriously rocky period for Allen's creative legacy.

I'd be curious about Farmiga's first directorial effort even if the trailer weren't that hot, simply because I like her, but the fact that it actually looks good has me really looking forward to it.

Whatever pretense of retirement Steven Soderbergh has been maintaining these past few years finally, officially collapses with Logan Lucky, his first theatrical directorial effort since 2013's Side Effects.

«Take This Waltz» Exhilarating, depressing, melancholy and frustrating, Sarah Polley's sophomore directorial effort, «Take This Waltz,» attempts to say much about the meaning of love, lust, relationships, marriage, and the complicated choices often made therein.

Angelina Jolie's fourth directorial effort, First They Killed My Father, has the unique distinction of being Cambodia's entry into the Academy's Foreign Language Film competition this year, giving Jolie — who holds dual citizenship in the U.S. and Cambodia — an unusual position in this year's race.

Foster has been a regular presence at Cannes throughout the decades and presented her last directorial effort — the bleak comedy «The Beaver,» starring Mel Gibson — in an out - of - competition slot in 2011.

Jodie Foster's directorial efforts have been uneven, but this has all the hallmarks of a winning and timely satire.

WHY IT MIGHT NOT SUCCEED: Of Clooney's previous five directorial efforts, only one was a «Best Picture» nominee («Good Night, and Good Luck»).

On Saturday, Franco premiered his latest directorial effort, «Child of God,» at the Venice International Film Festival, and on Sunday he was back on the red carpet there for the screening of «Palo Alto,» Gia Coppola's film in which he stars.

Don't be fooled by the glossy, bourgeois look and feel of the opening moments; Hunt's second directorial effort is winning, warm, smart and tough

«If Beale Street Could Talk» «Moonlight» director Barry Jenkins is bringing James Baldwin to the big screen; his next directorial effort will be an adaptation of the prolific writer's novel of the same name, which follows a young pregnant woman from Harlem as she fights to prove her fiancé's innocence in a crime he didn't commit.

Spielberg multitasks in his directorial efforts, honoring one of the greatest figures in history with admiration and pride, without delivering overkill.

There are plenty of others who got their disown on, including the many Alan Smithee credits and also Kiefer Sutherland's directorial effort «Woman Wanted» and horror sequel «Hellraiser: Bloodline.»

Speaking with Craig Gillespie earlier today after viewing some footage from his latest directorial effort Fright Night 3D, the Lars and...

Screenwriter Billy Ray, after snagging his own Oscar nod in 2014 for penning Captain Philips, makes his third directorial effort here, following 2007's Breach and 2003's Shattered Glass.

When it comes to his latest directorial effort, an adaptation of cartoonist John Callahan «s memoir Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, the movie is undoubtedly remarkable, but it's due to the performances Van Sant pulls from his actors rather than the film as a whole.

Though he's worked with the masters, often having long - spanning partnerships with the likes of John Williams and Janusz Kaminski, his directorial efforts are presented with the lens of one solitary vision.

Wind River is Sheridan's sophomore directorial effort.

A fine piece of genre film making, The Town is Ben Affleck's follow - up directorial effort to Gone, Baby, Gone.