Sentences with phrase «says lady bird»

The Gold Derby folks are saying Lady Bird.

Gerwig said her Lady Bird star, Irish actress Saoirse Ronan, related strongly to the lead character, a Sacramento teen based on Gerwig whose ambitions seem too big for her town, and rallied for the role.

Probably you heard someone say Lady Bird was «one of the best movies this year, but...» implying that in a different year, Greta Gerwig and Lady Bird couldn't compete, because (choose your own adventure):

Not exact matches

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There's a lot to be said about Lady Bird, a wonderful film about a young girl's final year of high school in Sacramento.

Lady Bird Johnson's Lemon Cake is truly American, luxuriously Texan, with its eight egg yolks and all that butter - and it was said to be President Lyndon Johnson's favorite dessert.

Although this may not make it on my list for best films of 2017, I can truthfully say that Lady Bird is one of the more technically impressive films, even if not for effects.

Gerwig herself has been open about the many films that inspired «Lady Bird» — she even programmed an entire series at NYC's Quad Cinema featuring a dozen films that she says helped fuel her creativity — and it while the list is peppered with some surprises, there's at least one coming - of - age classic that seems obvious: Howard Deutch's «Pretty in Pink.»

True, Gerwig has gone out of her way to say that «Lady Bird» is not factually autobiographical, but she admits that to some extent it's emotionally autobiographical.

«And here are the all male nominees» says presenter Natalie Portman in a fantastic takedown of a category that has snubbed Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird.

Lady Bird, a coming - of - age story starring Saoirse Ronan that The A.V. Club's own A.A. Dowd said is «so funny, perceptive, and truthful that it makes most other films about adolescence look like little more than lessons in cliché.»

«You both has such strong personalities,» says Larry, Lady Bird's father, played by playwright Tracy Letts.

The loveliest thing we can say about Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird is that it comes as close — maybe closer — to capturing...

If anyone can stop her, O'Connell says it will likely be «Lady Bird's» Saoirse Ronan or «I, Tonya's» Margot Robbie.

As Greta tells it, she had seen me in a bunch of movies playing hard asses, but once she sat with me, she realized I was a softie and thought I was great to play the dad in Lady Bird and I said yes immediately.

A vote for Lady Bird is tantamount to saying, «OK, fine, let's just be jazz.»

Oscar nominations 2018: While The Shape of Water director said he would celebrate by working, Lady Bird director nominee Greta Gerwig was happy to be the fifth woman to be nominated.

Sac Running Tours owner Jennifer Kistler - McCoy says she hopes to eventually offer a Lady Bird biking tour that possibly stops at the Tower Theatre, Gunther's Ice Cream, Cookie's Drive In, Pasty Shack, Crest Theatre and Tower Bridge — classic landmarks that were showcased in the Oscar - nominated film.

After sharing tears over an audio version of «The Grapes of Wrath,» Marion says «let's just sit with what we've heard,» with Lady Bird coming back with «Are you serious?»

When it came to the Academy Awards, Rush says she was, of course, disappointed that «Lady Bird» didn't win an Oscar, but she personally was really rooting for «Get Out.»

I wanted that new adventure, but had to leave my family,» she said while taking the Lady Bird tour with her mother, Mary Jane Lombardi.

«I'm bringing one of my best friends with me and she'll be wearing black also,» said Ronan, a lead actress Globe nominee for «Lady Bird.»

Ronan: That must have informed that other bit of stage direction when Lady Bird met Kyle and it said that her loins were on fire.

«You're going to have so much un-special sex in your life,» says Timothée Chalamet to Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird, the latest in a long line of females on screen who've been punished for their purity

Speaking to Vulture, Matthews reacted to «Lady Bird» and said he is flattered by the way Gerwig incorporated his song into the film.

When we were making «Lady Bird,» I said, «Laurie, what's the last movie you did before this?»

One of Ronan's favorite moments making «Lady Bird» came while shooting the prom scene, because in Ireland prom doesn't exist — there are only debutante balls, she says.

«None of this story is literally true to my mom and I, but there is a core of emotional truth,» says Gerwig, who intentionally composed an opening scene showing Marion and Lady Bird side by side, with the same straight, shoulder - length haircut, having the same teary reaction to the end of The Grapes of Wrath audiobook, which they listened to on their mother - daughter driving tour of local colleges.

Luckily, most of us are easy targets, judging from the movie's early Oscar buzz — a best actress nom seems to be a lock for Ronan; «if there is any justice in the world,» says Deadline, Laurie Metcalf, who plays Lady Bird's mother, will receive a nod for best supporting actress; and fingers crossed that, in Vanity Fair's words, Gerwig's «warm, confident filmmaking» will also be recognized at this level.

In Lady Bird, what's special about what people are saying is in the subtext, so for example, when Lady Bird's mom [Laurie Metcalf] is telling her to clean her room, what she's really saying is, «I'm scared, because your father just got laid off.»

Let's say Tracy Letts gets in for Lady Bird.

An onscreen shout - out to Borden, now a Sacramento art consultant and self - described «placemaker» who connects local creatives with civic projects, came during a scene with a guidance counselor in which Lady Bird says she'd like to go to East Coast colleges like Yale, «but not Yale because I probably couldn't get in.»

Marion, exercising an evolutionary maternal reflex, repeatedly criticizes her daughter about everything from her academic talents — or lack thereof — to her indulgent use of not one, but two bath towels, an insignificant act that receives a much more vociferous reaction than, say, when Lady Bird hints that she is considering having sex for the first time.

On the evening in October 2016 when the movie crew shot the innocent frolic between Lady Bird and Danny in the McKinley Park rose garden, the one where the lovebirds waltz through the rose bushes and name a star in the sky to commemorate their new romance, Gerwig's friends and family gathered to watch, including her brother and sister - in - law, who live in Land Park, Mickiewicz's sister and nieces, and Trafton, who said of the experience, «We were in the present, seeing a story inspired by the past, and witnessing something incredible about Greta's future.

«To have been a part of a film like Lady Bird was a true privilege and I am incredibly grateful to the Academy for recognizing this wonderful story about the beauty and strength of women,» she said.

Saoirse Ronan, who has a crush on Chalamet's disaffected hipster in «Lady Bird,» said she's proud of how her new friend is dealing with the onslaught of attention.

Probably gonna be Lady Bird, just saying.

Throughout the scene, Gerwig never cuts to inside the dressing room; the camera stays on Marion (with Lady Bird occasionally emerging in a new dress), with Metcalf registering the tiniest facial twinges every time she realizes she's said something that goes too far.

Films like «The Shape of Water,» «A Fantastic Woman,» «Lady Bird,» and «Call Me By Your Name» not only have complex, detailed, and moving portrayals, but prove that audiences and critics alike are hungry for stories which embrace diversity,» said Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD president and CEO.

Gerwig has said that her Lady Bird is that rare teenage girl who is bursting with confidence.

Brooklyn's Saoirse Ronan stars as the eponymous Lady Bird, a rebellious teen who's itching to get out of Sacramento, a city she mocks as the «Midwest of California» (ouch, we say from our...

«I look at the lists of which people from which festivals need to watch my movie,» said writer - director Greta Gerwig, whose new film, Lady Bird, will screen at Telluride this year.

Brooklyn's Saoirse Ronan stars as the eponymous Lady Bird, a rebellious teen who's itching to get out of Sacramento, a city she mocks as the «Midwest of California» (ouch, we say from our Chicago - based offices).

When one character attempts to mention the widespread civilian casualties in Iraq in order to gain the upper hand in an argument, Lady Bird shuts him down by saying, «Different things can be sad.

Of the collaboration, Girls on Tops had this to say: «Waking up to the images of Tracy Letts wearing our Greta Gerwig t - shirt for the Lady Bird premiere at TIFF was a big moment for us.

Speaking about role as a high school student in «Lady Bird,» Ronan said, «Young kids need to know from all of us that it's all right to not feel really confident all the time.

I didn't even really think about tackling Lady Bird when I first said yes because I was so excited to work with the two of them, and then it hit me, what a huge responsibility it is to play her.

Or might other nominated films — including «Call Me By Your Name,» «Dunkirk,» «Lady Bird» and «Get Out» — have something to say about that?

She said what she related to most when it came to her character of Lady Bird was when she packed her bags and left home for the first time.

I'm happy to say that they've once again nominated truly the best screenplays from 2017, featuring many of my favorite films of the year such as Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water, Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name, James Franco's The Disaster Artist, Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird, and Craig Gillespie's I, Tonya.