Sentences with phrase «precocious writer»

MILLER»S GIRL by Jade Bartlett The story of a young precocious writer who becomes involved with her high school creative writing teacher in a dark coming - of - age drama that explores the often blurred lines of connectivity between professor and protege, child and adult.

However, Jack Lowden (Dunkirk) offers a solid portrayal in the title role, as a precocious writer growing up in working - class Manchester battling inner demons and social awkwardness while dreaming of stardom.

Their daughter (Lily Collins)-- a precocious writer who's penned an autobiographical novel — has never forgiven Mom, though, and prefers one - night stands to the romantic overtures of a college classmate (Logan Lerman) with a dying mother.

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Author Gemma Elwin Harris has lovingly compiled weighty questions from precocious grade school children — queries that have long dumbfounded even intelligent adults — and she's gathered together a notable team of scientists, specialists, philosophers, and writers to find enlightening answers.

Rooted in his experiences growing up in a hyperliterate household in 1980s Park Slope, this ensemble comedy captures the tempestuous dynamics between two ambitious writers and their precocious sons as they weather the fallout of a painful divorce.

Writer - director Greta Gerwig's «Lady Bird,» which follows the senior year of a precocious high schooler as she learns one life lesson after another, is one such rare case.

He does take the lead in Ruby Sparks, a whimsical fantasy about a once - precocious novelist now scuppered by writer's block.

This set - up is ripe for both black comedy and soul - searching drama, and yet writer Steven Knight throws in irrelevant sideroads including a mandated therapist (the wonderful Emma Thompson), a bitter rival (a jagged Matthew Rhys), a couple of randomly violent loan sharks and a precocious little girl.

First there's Darcy, a precocious 18 - year - old who has just sold her first novel for a hell of an advance and is forgoing college to move to New York City, where she'll see if she can make it as a writer.