Sentences with phrase «stronger first screenplay»

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After winning Best First Film from the New York Film Critics Circle and Best Screenplay from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the movie's showing here is yet another indication that it will be a strong player in year - end polls and next year's various awards.

Then, we revisit two interviews with first - time directors who could win major awards on Sunday: Yance Ford, whose film Strong Island is up for Best Documentary, and Greta Gerwig, a contender for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Lady Bird.

One can't help but feel that the first third — easily its strongest part — is over too quickly with Wheatley and Amy Jump's screenplay concentrating most of the film's running - time on its huge shoot - out.

This is Kazan's first screenplay credit, but we have no reservations on the quality of her work: her Off - Broadway play «We Live Here» unfortunately drew comparisons to the often histrionic and extravagant «Rachel Getting Married» for sharing a similar plot, but the former was actually a much stronger and subtler work without all of the miserablist Oscar - beggar mayhem.

First - time filmmaker Lemmon has infused Kotch with a very slow and very gentle feel that admittedly proves an ideal complement to John Paxton's subdued screenplay, with the movie benefiting substantially from Matthau's strong work as the somewhat unlikable protagonist.

The script, adapted by the author herself (her first screenplay) is strong, and while this is certainly a harrowing and uncompromising film to endure, its pleasures make it a worthwhile experience.