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There were more first - time filmmakers at Sundance this year than at any time since the fest's inception, and women were well - represented in that group.

A smart and chilling piece of sci - fi that packs a punch, the movie is so self - assuredly efficient in the way that it utilizes its various parts that it doesn't feel like the work of a first - time filmmaker at all.

Shot on a shoestring budget in just 16 days, «Blood Stripe» has already garnered several awards: It received the U.S. Best Fiction Feature Film Award at the 2016 Los Angeles Film Festival; the Audience Award at the 2016 Austin Film Festival; the John Schlesinger Award for First - Time Filmmaker at the 2016 Provincetown International Film Festival; and both the Audience Award and the Indie Vision Breakthrough Performance Award at the 2016 Twin Cities Film Festival.

Not exact matches

Netflix's chief content officer Ted Sarandos said at the Television Critics Association press tour that the company wasn't in the market for a true - crime series at the time it picked up «Making a Murderer,» but he was impressed by the filmmakers.

Though at times the movie feels like a laundry list of all the ways Jobs could be cruel to his closest companions, small moments of compassion prevent the filmmakers from portraying him as completely heartless.

In fact, in recent memory there has never been two black filmmakers atop the box office at the same time.

Noel Murray at The Los Angeles Times also wasn't much of a fan, but wrote that we should «give credit to the filmmakers for making a faith - affirming picture that aims to be more thoughtful than maudlin.»

It was hard to reach them all at first, Freedman told me, but doors quickly opened when he mentioned the subject matter: «Here I was a first - time filmmaker, calling them cold.

From filmmaker Steve Hoover and executive producer Terrence Malick, the documentary Almost Holy follows a vigilante pastor in the Ukraine nicknamed «Crocodile Gennadiy» who goes to extreme — at times controversial — measure to save orphaned, street children from drug addition and predators.

Noelle (foodie, yogi, and writer of the blog) and I (foodie, filmmaker, and photographer of the blog) met when she hired me as a barista at a coffee shop in Appleton, WI that she was managing at the time.

A handful of young children reveal their thoughts in Bay Area filmmaker Ellen Bruno's wonderful documentary, «Split,» which is, at times, heart - wrenching in its honesty although it's clear that parental conflict causes them the most stress, not the divorce per se, and not being able to see their father as much as they'd like.

In a new interview with the filmmakers on the DVD, Chasnoff explains that at the time, if you came out, it was assumed you would not have children.

Well, let's compliment the filmmakers; Mark Mathis one of the producers was kind enough to bring the film to our offices and so we got a chance to watch it, and after we watched it, we had, at times rather...

Malin Akerman was spotted having a whale of a good time while at the Apple Soho Store for the «Meet the Filmmaker» event for her upcoming film last Tuesday night.

«Legendary filmmaker George A. Romero passed away on Sunday July 16, listening to the score of «The Quiet Man,» one of his all - time favorite films, with his wife, Suzanne Desrocher Romero, and daughter, Tina Romero at his side,» the statement said.

There is a lot to learn from Alfred Hitchcock's work, his narrative was close to perfect and the skill to create suspense by depriving us of the payoff and restricting our view forcing us to imagine how bad the situation was, for the longest time just to deliver it at the peek of our attention, and that my friends, that is a gift for the film fanatic as for the filmmaker.

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Directed by Kiwi filmmaker Taika Waititi (of Hunt for the Wilderpeople, What We Do in the Shadows), Thor: Ragnarok finds the son of Odin in a race against time to prevent Ragnarok — the end of the universe — at the hands of Hela (Cate Blanchett), the Goddess of Death.

The filmmakers know how to craft a solid actioner, even at times if it's not truly perfect, there are a lot of things going for this film that surpasses the low points.

At the same time, I'm drawn to the director's formal genius; rarely has a filmmaker worked with such horrible affairs and still made it seem so conventional.

The white family who, like so many others at the time, flees from South Africa in The Day the Mercedes Became a Hat also draws empathy from the filmmaker, who as a resident of South Africa herself, realized that there were whole generations of Caucasian immigrants who knew no other home.

The big difference in Swedish filmmaker Sara Jordeno's vibrant documentary portrait is that it surveys the lives of LGBTQ youth - of - color at a time when Black Lives Matter has become a national movement and trans rights is making a long - overdue entry into the political conversation.

By the time we arrive at «the incident,» the filmmakers are simultaneously mainlining and distorting the scandal's iconic figures and moments: posing a bloodied Harding over Kerrigan's (Caitlin Carver) bruised body; imagining a scene of Harding and Kerrigan bonding over pizza, booze, and En Vogue in a hotel room; and introducing «bodyguard» Shawn Eckhardt (Paul Walter Hauser) and «hitman» Shane Stant (Ricky Russert), the moronic goons who wrenched Harding's narrative away from her and turned it into tabloid grist.

That gap, though, seems as if it was enough time for the filmmakers of «The Strangers: Prey at Night» to get it right.

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.

During his time at Video Archives, the fledgling filmmaker began writing screenplays, completing his first, True Romance, in 1987.

While clearly on the side of the protesters, the filmmakers are still determined to explain every legal detail, and at times matters become bogged down in endless televised journalists and snappish legislators.

The filmmakers have long stopped pretending to find anything troubling or transgressive about Christian's appetites — he might wield that vibrator a bit punitively at times, but really, who doesn't — leaving them little to do besides cut away distractedly to Hyde's harebrained scheme and usher the Greys toward the more ominous prospect of long - term commitment and parenthood.

Despite Wiseau's hard - hitting dramatic intentions, The Room is a film that provides shared happiness and joy Wiseau has been touring The Room for some time and it's always been complicated deciphering to what extent we're laughing with vs. at the filmmaker.

I disagree with the assessment that they are caricatures rather than characters; if the film took the time to develop each soldier into fully fleshed - out three - dimensional characters, we'd end up with Band of Brothers, and at slightly under three hours the filmmakers just didn't have the time for that.

In his growing years as a feature filmmaker, Arcand would alternate between fiction films and documentaries, at times combining the two in such efforts as 1975's Gina.

If [Wilkinson] is at times arty and self - conscious, he shows promise as a deep - digging and personal filmmaker.

Thanks to the first - time filmmaker's attention to character, Gun Shy is worth at least a shot at a matinee.

It's a frustrating experience at times, but the script from Ben Ketai and «The Strangers» filmmaker Bryan Bertino eventually allows the family to take some satisfying actions in the second half of the film.

Now, I'm aware that this is parody, and I'm all for the more offensive forms of parody — a lot of the time it's the only honest way to get a point across — but when the filmmakers themselves become fixated on it, then it doesn't play right at all.

Still a classic example of eye - popping excess at a time when German filmmakers were among the most innovative in the world.

Indeed, given the Hasidic community's not - exactly active embrace of documentary filmmakers, this is likely to be the closest look we get at their world for some time.

At the same time, Uchida is responsible for some of the most remarkable swordplay films of the 1950s and»60s; his five - film Musashi Miyamoto epic (not screened at MOMA), starring Kinnosuke Nakamura in the title role and Ken Takakura as his arch-nemesis Kojiro, surpasses the better - known Inagaki Samurai Trilogy starring Toshiro Mifune in terms of both drama and swordplay, yet remains little - known in the West (despite its availability on DVD in the U.S.) After the BAM retrospective (and others) in 2008, most of Uchida's films remained unscreened and undistributed in America, so with MOMA's bigger series recently ending, it's time again to encourage distributors like the Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber, and Arrow Video to bring out more of the director's masterpieces, both for critical reconsideration and for those whom the veteran filmmaker will be a major new discoverAt the same time, Uchida is responsible for some of the most remarkable swordplay films of the 1950s and»60s; his five - film Musashi Miyamoto epic (not screened at MOMA), starring Kinnosuke Nakamura in the title role and Ken Takakura as his arch-nemesis Kojiro, surpasses the better - known Inagaki Samurai Trilogy starring Toshiro Mifune in terms of both drama and swordplay, yet remains little - known in the West (despite its availability on DVD in the U.S.) After the BAM retrospective (and others) in 2008, most of Uchida's films remained unscreened and undistributed in America, so with MOMA's bigger series recently ending, it's time again to encourage distributors like the Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber, and Arrow Video to bring out more of the director's masterpieces, both for critical reconsideration and for those whom the veteran filmmaker will be a major new discoverat MOMA), starring Kinnosuke Nakamura in the title role and Ken Takakura as his arch-nemesis Kojiro, surpasses the better - known Inagaki Samurai Trilogy starring Toshiro Mifune in terms of both drama and swordplay, yet remains little - known in the West (despite its availability on DVD in the U.S.) After the BAM retrospective (and others) in 2008, most of Uchida's films remained unscreened and undistributed in America, so with MOMA's bigger series recently ending, it's time again to encourage distributors like the Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber, and Arrow Video to bring out more of the director's masterpieces, both for critical reconsideration and for those whom the veteran filmmaker will be a major new discovery.

I saw close to 50 movies at this year's festival, many were inconsequential and non-starters, but that's always been the case here, as Sundance is a festival which aims to give first - time filmmakers a shot, despite the rookie mistakes that may arise from such a venture.

Affleck's first time at bat as a filmmaker is more than promising, it's strikingly assured, showing a keen eye for the exact moment when action defines character.

After terrible test scores and some unsuccessful reshoots, Morgan Creek took control of the cut, leading Sheridan to go to the DGA to remove his name from the film (there were some suggestions at the time that the «Alan Smithee» credit could have been revived)-- it's the most high profile recent example of a filmmaker disowning his own film.

Framing the film around the definition of «Altmanesque,» Altman goes through the filmmaker's work one at a time in chronological order, starting with his work on television up to his swan song A Prairie Home Companion.

As writer and director, Baumbach casts a keen eye on the absurdities of urban life as well as the issues facing traditional filmmakers at a time when anyone and everyone can create «media» on the spot.

The directorial debut of Ruairi Robinson, the young Oscar - nominated Irish filmmaker who at one time was set to helm the «Akira» remake, it might seem to have a generic set - up, but if Robinson's shorts are anything to go by, we should expect to see something visually spectacular.

After shooting, Lanthimos began preparation to shoot The Favourite but then turned back to The Killing of a Sacred Deer after the filmmaking team watched footage and figured the feature could be finished in time for a premiere at Cannes, where the filmmaker's previous films The Lobster and Dogtooth debuted.

Logan Lucky's large ensemble cast brings a layer of amiable backwoods vamping to the tone of gentle self - effacement; Keough and Driver speak at opposite speeds with adept comic timing, and Tatum again makes an ideal muse for a filmmaker obsessed and fascinated by work.

In June 2003, filmmaker Tommy Wiseau screened his hilariously bad movie «The Room» for the first time at a pair of Los Angeles theaters.

Après mai (Something in the Air, Olivier Assayas, 2012) My personal crash course on Olivier Assayas this year, which included Kent Jones» impeccable new volume on his career, first - time viewings of Clean (2004) and Boarding Gate (2007), and multiple viewings of the highly re-watchable Carlos (2010), culminated splendidly with the filmmaker's latest (screened at the Toronto International Film Festival), a stirring and mature ode to the unpredictable course of history and youth's transience.

On Michael Reeves and British gothic film [New York Times] Credited with directing three déclassé horror movies, dead from an overdose of barbiturates at 25, the British filmmaker Michael Reeves (1943 - 1969) is a quintessential cult figure.

Filmmaker Tim Chambers has infused the proceedings with a palpably routine feel that grows more and more problematic as time progresses, with one's ongoing efforts at embracing the characters and their exploits consistently stymied by the total lack of surprises within Chambers» screenplay.