Sentences with phrase «time feature film director»

The way screenwriter Luke Davies and first - time feature film director Garth Davis («Top of the Lake») have adapted «Lion» from the page (the 2013 memoir, A Long Way Home) to the screen is nothing short of fascinating, boldly combining all the basic human emotions — love, sadness, grief, anger, joy and hope to produce one of the year's best films.

The whole thing looks and feels like an extended episode of some Starz series, and you almost get the sense that first - time feature film director Aleksander Bach is attempting to ape the Resident Evil movies, another franchise with bad writing, silly action and only the most tenuous connection to the video games that inspired it.

Like the moonlit water, the film is beautiful but turgid and at times untamed in the hands of first - time feature film director Rowan Joffe.

MS: You went from directing one of the most popular television films of all time («The Boy in the Plastic Bubble») to helming the most popular movie musical as a first time feature film director.

Most of the time I can spot a first time feature film director without looking.

This allows first time feature film director and JJ Abrams protege Dan Trachtenberg to create his own entity free of the expectations that the next chapter would harbor.

First time feature film director Tim Miller also deserves credit for his handling of the films action scenes and with a budget that would barely cover costs of catering on an Avengers film, Miller gives Deadpool a unique feel when it comes to dispatching of the cookie cutter bad guys.

This allows first time feature film director and JJ Abrams protege Dan Trachtenberg to create his own entity free of the expectations that the next...

The Eyes of My Mother, directed by music - video prodigy Nicolas Pesce, who carves his name indelibly into the psyche with one of the most memorable horror films in recent memory; and Under the Shadow, from first - time feature film director and MIFF guest, Babak Anvari.

First - time feature film director James Bobin does a respectable job keeping all of the mayhem together without losing much in the comic timing, similar in tempo to his own time spent directing «Flight of the Conchords» for HBO.

The filmmaker admitted that making the transition from being a reporter to a first - time feature film director on the anticipated thriller was both exciting and terrifying.

Matt Reeves and Drew Goddard, the helmer and writer of «Cloverfield,» returned to produce the follow - up with Abrams, allowing first - time feature film director Dan Trachtenberg to take over the helm.

Actually, first - time feature film director Anna Rose Holmer draws a very thin line between «special» and «disposable.»

But with these two projects announced he's now a full time feature films director again.

Not exact matches

Brenda Chapman, an animation writer - director with a storied career (Disney's The Lion King, DreamWorks» The Prince of Egypt), made headlines three years ago when she penned a New York Times op - ed addressing her painful experience being removed as the first female feature film director for Pixar's Brave, a mother - daughter fairytale she created, and replaced by a male colleague.

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

The Washington Post and the New York Times ran long, fawning, feature stories on the film, its director, stars, and author.

As schematic as a popular entertainment needs to be yet refreshingly devoid of significant lulls in the action — for exposition, weapon reloading, lovemaking and the like — the film is fast, smart and single - minded, providing not only a satisfying bang for the ever - beleaguered moviegoing buck but memorable debuts for first - time feature director Mimi Leder and fledgling film studio DreamWorks SKG (Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen)-- as well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie star.

The feature, Actors in Search of a Story, applauds the entire cast of the film (right down to the woman who plays Harold's psychologist for about two minutes of screen time), Building the Team profiles director Marc Forster and some of his crew, and Words on a Page focuses on budding young screenwriter Zach Helm.

Sandbox was nominated for a Juno Award, East Coast Music Awards, and a Casby Award.Smith has mixed sound for such films as The Weight of Water and Serendipity.He had been a long - time friend of Trailer Park Boys director Mike Clattenburg, and met Robb Wells (Ricky), and John Paul Tremblay (Julian) while sound mixing on the original TPB feature.

It's ultimately clear, however, that Fear and Desire simply isn't able to justify its feature - length running time (ie the whole thing feels padded - out even at 61 minutes), with the movie's less - than - consistent vibe paving the way for a second half that could hardly be less interesting or anti-climactic - which does, in the end, confirm the film's place as a fairly ineffective first effort that does, at least, highlight the eye - catching visual sensibilities of its preternaturally - talented director.

TIMECRIMES (2007) was director Nacho Vigalondo's first feature - length accidental time - travelling cult hit and second film EXTRATERRESTRIAL is the follow - up.

Pixar's 2013 film, the comedy «Monsters University» from first - time feature director Dan Scanlon, just became the fourth Pixar film to pass $ 700 million at the global box office, finding a large audience despite comparatively moderate reviews.

From Humpday and Touchy Feely director Lynn Shelton, her first feature based on a script she didn't pen (that credit goes to first - time scribe Andrea Seigel), Laggies debuted at this year's Sundance film festival to mostly positive reviews.

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, the second feature film of Fred Schepisi, an openly ambitious and confident Australian director (7), was at the time of its release the biggest budget film made in Australia at $ 1.2 m.

Like their previous film Lenny Cooke, sibling directors Benny and Joshua Safdie focus on a true story in Heaven Knows What, only this time they shoot it as a feature narrative instead of a documentary.

But their next feature film collaboration will see them working with a different director this time.

Ever since Nacho Vigalondo's debut feature film Time Crimes came out, he's been a director to keep an eye on.

As the film's star once again tramples across a vast expanse of land — albeit in rather different circumstances to The Hobbit trilogy — first - time feature director duo Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke turn a zombie pandemic into a musing on parental love, environmental destruction and the nation's cultural disharmonies.

This one heavily features clips from the previous films and explores the thinking behind bringing a different director in each time.

Director Renen Schorr speaks about how his classic 1986 debut feature film has withstood the test of time.

Adams, a first - time feature director, made Precious Cargo by expanding his 2008 short film by the same name.

Since «George Washington» (2000) opens with a teenage girl's dreamy, wise - beyond - her - years narration as the camera floats in slow - motion through waving fields of grass and glides along railroad tracks, you probably don't need to be told that first - time feature director David Gordon Green, then just twenty five and fresh out of film school, was a big Terrence Malick fan.

This is no Basic Instinct or Single White Female or The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, but if you get a kick out of something like the Beyoncé versus Ali Larter film Obsessed or the J.Lo - starring Boy Next Door, then Unforgettable, helmed by first time feature director Denise Di Novi, provides a similar brand of campy ridiculousness.

The New York Times has a audio commentary slideshow with Aaron McBride, the visual effects art director for Iron Man, describing how the suit up machine was created for the film, featuring concept art like the photo seen above.

Yahoo! Movies recently posted this brand new feature trailer from San Diego Comic - Con for the upcoming film based on the comic book «Red» by director Robert Schwentke (The Time Traveler's Wife) and starring Bruce Willis (Kane & Lynch, The Expendables), Morgan Freeman (Batman 3), Mary - Louise Parker (Weeds), Helen Mirren (National Treasure: Book of Secrets), Richard Dreyfuss (Lone Star Trixie) and John Malkovich (Transformers 3, Jonah Hex)

Here's two new movie stills featuring Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Bruce Willis in the upcoming film based on the comic book «Red» by director Robert Schwentke (The Time Traveler's Wife) and starring Bruce Willis (Kane & Lynch, The Expendables), Morgan Freeman (Batman 3), Mary - Louise Parker (Weeds), Helen Mirren (National Treasure: Book of Secrets), Richard Dreyfuss (Lone Star Trixie) and John Malkovich (Transformers 3, Jonah Hex)

The 2017 Directors Guild of America Awards announced their picks for both the best film directors and first - time feature directors of Directors Guild of America Awards announced their picks for both the best film directors and first - time feature directors of directors and first - time feature directors of directors of the year.

Excellent (4 stars) Unrated Running time: 99 Minutes Distributor: The Criterion Collection DVD Extras: New digital transfer; interview with director / star Lena Dunham; 4 short films by Dunham; «Creative Nonfiction,» Dunham's 1st feature film; interview with writer / director Paul Schrader; theatrical trailer; and a booklet featuring an essay by critic Phillip Lopate.

At this year's Toronto International Film Festival, first time feature - film director Garth Davis, who's earned his stripes for his work on the BBC miniseries Top of the Lake, brought us the wor...

«I am a Flatbush girl», first - time feature director Eliza Hittman said proudly at the world premiere of It Felt Like Love in the Next section (it later went to Competition in Rotterdam), and, while not entirely autobiographical, the film draws from her experience of growing up in this largely working - class neighbourhood of New York City's most populous borough, of these endless summers where you have to escape to the sea with your friends for fear of melting like the asphalt under your feet.

The film comes from first time feature director Rupert...

Across all narrative and documentary feature films at the Sundance from 2002 to 2013, 24.3 per cent of directors are female, six times that of Hollywood's.

Love and Time Travel is the creation of writer / director / editor / star Hayden J. Weal, and he certainly earned his stars on this, his first feature film.

The traditional royalty slot of the 7 pm premiere on the first Saturday is reserved this time for French director Eva Husson's sophomore feature GIRLS OF THE SUN, while the first English - language competition film doesn't screen until the second half of the festival.

First time writer / director Eli Craig's Tucker & Dale Vs Evil is one such example, with the film making an appearance at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and also featuring on the SXSW bill the same year, yet remaining unreleased outside of the festival circuit everywhere except Kazakhstan, Russia, Estonia and Lithuania eighteen months later.

DC Entertainment released the latest movie poster featuring Mary - Louise Parker from the upcoming film based on the comic book «Red» by director Robert Schwentke (The Time Traveler's Wife) and starring Bruce Willis (Kane & Lynch, The Expendables), Morgan Freeman (Batman 3), Mary - Louise Parker (Weeds), Helen Mirren (National Treasure: Book of Secrets), Richard Dreyfuss (Lone Star Trixie) and John Malkovich (Transformers 3, Jonah Hex)

All of that didn't leave much time left over, but I did get to see one other film, a debut feature by directors Alex and Benjamin Brewer called The Trust, starring Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood as crooked Las Vegas cops who try to pull off a daring heist.

Roth is a voice the genre hasn't heard in quite some time as The Green Inferno marks the director's return behind a feature film -LSB-...]

Ava DuVernay, the director behind the Oscar - nominated Martin Luther King Jr. biopic «Selma,» will write, produce, and direct a feature film set in the time of Hurricane Katrina, the company backing the film said on Monday.