Sentences with phrase «time filmmaker james»

Indignation: First - time filmmaker James Schamus delivers an often enthralling adaptation of Philip Roth's novel that's beautifully acted and perfectly paced.

Not exact matches

Though the movie doesn't exactly open with a lot of promise - Hemsworth's character is, for example, first glimpsed seducing a nurse à la James Bond - Rush eventually settles to become a consistently engrossing drama that boasts a handful of genuinely exciting racing sequences (although, by that same token, it's hard not to wish that filmmaker Ron Howard had spent a little more time on the individual races).

The first time we hear Etta James crooning «At Last» in Let the Sunshine In — the surprising new romantic comedy by French filmmaker Claire Denis — it's ill - timed background music drifting through a bar as the love - hungry artist Isabelle (Juliette Binoche) is getting her heart broken.

To some, James Franco's adaptation of Greg Sestero's chronicle of the making of Tommy Wiseau's The Room is a funny story about a kooky aspiring filmmaker making the worst movie of all time.

«James is all about giving up - and - comers, actors and actresses, and young filmmakers a break in this business,» she told the Los Angeles Times.

With virtually the same tone as they used in their superhero spoof Kick - Ass, filmmakers Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman take another riotously adult approach to pastiche, this time tackling the James Bond genre.

James DeMonaco also used the horror genre to prop up his career with his second film, «The Purge,» and should note the efforts from second - time filmmakers Hannah Fidell («A Teacher») and Jeremy Sauliner (festival fave «Blue Ruin,» coming in «14).

Cult filmmaker Tommy Wiseau («The Room») critiques what actor - director James Franco got right — and wrong — in «The Disaster Artist,» based on Wiseau's own legendary experience making the best - worst movie of all time.

-- Bob Turnbull [LOVED] A hilarious, and surprisingly compassionate, look at a truly unique filmmaker — Courtney Small [LOVED] Who knew James Franco had this in him, both as a filmmaker and this performance (where he becomes at times indistinguishable from Tommy Wiseau)?

From Marlon James, to James Ivory and Amma Asante — Spend quality time with your favourite authors, screenwriters, and filmmakers who love books (and book - to - film adaptations) as much as you do.

The group made a short film based on their idea, got support from Texas - based screenwriter L. K. (Kit) Carson, took the short to the Sundance Film Festival, and found backing from big - time filmmakers including James L. Brooks, who helped them get money for a feature from Columbia Pictures.

As digital animation grows more advanced each year, big - time filmmakers like James Cameron and JJ Abrams are embracing the (relatively) new form of acting known as motion capture performance.

Without Name, 2016 Directed by Lorcan Finnegan Starring Alan McKenna, Niamh Algar, James Browne, Olga Wehrly SYNOPSIS: A land surveyor discovers a dark secret deep within a dense forest, in this eco-horror thriller from first - time Irish filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan.

These first - time filmmakers — writer / director James Wan and co - writer / actor Leigh Whannell — unfold their story slowly, giving information only as it's required or unexpected.

Six must - see solo exhibitions featuring British artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen and U.S. - based artists David Hammons, Glenn Ligon, Kerry James Marshall, Wangechi Mutu and Carrie Mae Weems are on view, in a few instances for the first time in the UK: