Sentences with phrase «position as a filmmaker»

With films like The Bourne Trilogy and United 93 under his belt, British film director Paul Greengrass has more than cemented his position as a filmmaker of note.

Particularly because so much of his alleged bad behavior came via his position as a filmmaker.

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«I'm in a really privileged position as a woman filmmaker, as a black filmmaker because at the current moment there's not a shortage of opportunity to tell the stories and that's not something that I was able to say even two years ago, three years ago,» she says.

Veteran filmmaker Barak Goodman persuasively replies to that query in his somber, thorough «Oklahoma City,» a chilling documentary that firmly positions McVeigh not as some delusional loner but rather as a product of a far - right subculture that looked on the U.S. federal government as one of the most dangerous forces on the face of the Earth.

The critical acclaim and strong box office tracking, with reports expecting an opening weekend take to quadruple the film's $ 5 - million production budget, put Peele's career as a multi-hyphenate filmmaker in a promising position.

The specificity of Anderson's position as a highly wanted and recognized filmmaker can be seen in the very casting of Cruise, arguably the most popular Hollywood star at the time, while the choice of giving him an unusual, even unnatural and very complicated role in the film is a testament to the director's vision, courage and remarkable self - confidence.

These three world premieres stood out among several stories about Native identities and cultural positionings at TIFF, even as some perennial attendees griped that this year's more streamlined festival had disproportionately sidelined independent filmmakers and outsider perspectives.

Jen Yamato talked to filmmaker Julia Hart, co-writer Jordan Horowitz and star Gugu Mbatha - Raw about one of this year's breakout titles, «Fast Color,» which positions itself as a different kind of superhero movie.

«Suburbicon,» a George Clooney - directed»50s - era period piece that touches on very real issues of integration within a borderline surreal dark comedy, recently saw filmmakers conduct an interview in a Hollywood trade that positioned the film as a post-Charlottesville movie of the moment.

With her 25 years of experience at the San Francisco Film Society, Film Forum, and Film Independent and the Los Angeles Film Festival, Rachel Rosen is in a unique position both as a woman working in the film festival world and as someone who has been in a position to watch the changing landscape for women as festival professionals and as filmmakers.

About the Mill Valley Film Festival For nearly four decades, the world - renowned Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) has maintained its position as a vital showcase of the global film community, attracting iconic red - carpet talent, burgeoning filmmakers, passionate audiences, and astutely curated premieres.

As Clean came out, Olivier Assayas described his practice as a filmmaker as the injection of unpredictability into an accessible framework, and his position as a marginal one, but with the power to intervene regularly at the centrAs Clean came out, Olivier Assayas described his practice as a filmmaker as the injection of unpredictability into an accessible framework, and his position as a marginal one, but with the power to intervene regularly at the centras a filmmaker as the injection of unpredictability into an accessible framework, and his position as a marginal one, but with the power to intervene regularly at the centras the injection of unpredictability into an accessible framework, and his position as a marginal one, but with the power to intervene regularly at the centras a marginal one, but with the power to intervene regularly at the centre.

That includes an hour - long series from Oscar - winning filmmaker Damien Chazelle (La La Land), a splashy new drama from Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston and a reboot of Steven Spielberg «s Amazing Stories that is being positioned as Apple's version of Black Mirror.

As an aspiring new filmmaker, her experience ranges working in small roles to key positions in major motion pictures, documentaries and independent films.

Anthony Kirby reports from the Tribeca Film Festival where Jodie Foster talked to filmmaker Julie Taymor about how she has forged a position as an esteemed filmmaker in both film and television.

«It's a sobering position to be in as a filmmaker,» referring to life after his Festival premiere, but MacLean sees Artist Services as a crucial reinforcement, «These partnerships make it so much easier to take the next step.»

Such incisive moments, though, are subordinate to the filmmakers» penchant toward deck - stacking caricature, most noxiously the character of Gwendolyn (Christina Applegate), a villainous PTA president who's so invested in her high position that she, as part of the election platform she articulates when a fed - up Amy eventually challenges her presidency, seriously advocates for a 365 - day school year, citing Genghis Khan as a model.

The position of the outsider and shape shifter is central to this body of work and the influence of feminist icons such as Mary Tyler Moore, Elle Woods in Legally Blonde or artist, punk poet, experimental novelist and filmmaker Kathy Acker lingers.

She also presented established positions such as the pioneer filmmakers Hans Richter or Kenneth Anger, and a number of group shows, including «Bremer Freiheit» (Bremen Freedom), «Not a Drop but the Fall» and «Nichts weiter als ein Rendezvous» (Nothing more than a rendezvous).

The position of the outsider and shape shifter is central to this body of work and the influence of feminist icons such as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde or artist, punk poet, experimental novelist and filmmaker Kathy Acker lingers.

The filmmakers behind the haunted flick positioned the story as based on truth, and published the home's location, a Molotov cocktail of exposition that has left the homeowners vulnerable.