Sentences with phrase «turn behind the camera»

All of which makes Ryan Coogler's turn behind the camera captaining one of these MCU installments even more impressive.

The uber - recognizable character actor takes his first turn behind the camera in Lucky and he's called on the talents of perhaps the most famous character actor to do so.

Even though the latter film didn't offer anything worth writing home about, his other turn behind the camera was a solid drama.

After penning «Nacho Libre» for «School of Rock» star Jack Black, White took his own first turn behind the camera, with the self - penned «Year of the Dog.»

Again, while I was mostly curious to see Green's turn behind the camera for something in the realm of horror, getting an Italian director for the remake is exciting nonetheless.

His debut turn behind the camera, however, came a lot later than the scripts that made his name (you can read our rundown of those right here), and while it was hardly the box office blockbuster it may have been hoped the «Lethal Weapon» writer would turn out, it's in fact a great, great film; a hugely enjoyable comedy / murder msytery / noir hybrid romp with plenty of meta flourishes and sideways - winking humour.

But Affleck's turn behind the camera is just as impressive as his one in front.

The first film Gerwig has solitarily written and directed (this is not, as many have claimed, her inaugural turn behind the camera; she shares a directorial credit with Joe Swanberg on 2008's Nights And Weekends), Lady Bird arranges an even better entrance for its own irresistible heroine: Squabbling with her combative, witheringly disapproving mother (Laurie Metcalf, granted her best role in ages) while driving around to look at colleges, Christine «Lady Bird» McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) decides she's had just about enough conversation, opens her passenger - side car door, and rolls out.

Writer - director Richard Tanne, in his first turn behind the camera, takes a popular anecdote about how the president wooed his first lady and turns it into a sweetly speculative Richard Linklater imitation, following his two before - they - were - great icons on a walk and talk excursion across Chicago, as they chat about their lives, their ambitions, and their responsibility to the city.

«The Oath» Ike Barinholtz, best known for his comedic roles in «The Mindy Project,» «Neighbors,» and more, will be taking a turn behind the camera for his next project, and an equally funny cast is along for the ride.

We all know him as Agent Coulson in AVENGERS ASSEMBLE, but Clark Gregg is all set to take a turn behind the camera for...

Produced by Larry Fessenden's Glass Eye Pix, The House of the Devil reminds of Fessenden's own turns behind the camera (Wendigo in particular) in its icy patience, sure, but mostly in its absolute understanding of how to use negative space to evoke the things that are truly scary to people.

But now the master of creating characters like Gollum and Caesar takes a turn behind the camera for Mowgli.

Either out of creative restlessness, or control freaking, many other actors have also taken a turn behind the camera, including Johnny Depp, Jack Nicholson, Sean Penn, Al Pacino, Tom Hanks, Ben Stiller and Denzel Washington.

Not exact matches

As it turns out, it's not just me being behind the camera that hinders our family photos.

In recent years, they've been turning to labor - saving methods, such as setting out microphones, cameras, and traps that snag hairs, or studying animal DNA left behind in water or soil.

We met at Hotel Covington for brunch, talked about photography and took turns in front of and behind the camera.

This was Mel's first time behind the camera and the pictures turned out wonderful!

The reason so many of our photos turn out great is because I am really comfortable trying new poses, asking for different angles that suit me, and so on with him behind the camera.

It's crazy how much better photos turn out when someone is behind the camera vs. me using my tripod & remote (as I did here).

After this lengthy introduction in Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber's screenplay (based on a book by the real Sestero and Tom Bissell), the film turns to a lengthy recreation of the in - front - of - the - camera and behind - the - scenes mishaps of the making of The Room.

It is rather unusual for a director to shoot a documentary which pivots on her private family life, being the one behind the camera to interview others, her side of story mostly remains elusive, actress - turned - director Sarah Polley's latest acclaimed documentary about the startling discovery

This film from stuntman turned director David Leitch (who debuted behind the camera with «John Wick») starts with a literal bang, with our mysteriously depressed hero immolating himself atop a deathbed of explosive fuel canisters, then works its way backwards to detail the trauma that made him sad enough to kill himself.

The Garden State actor - turned - director stepped behind the camera for the upcoming remake of the 1979 crime comedy, and he is still in awe at landing three «legends» to star as retirees who scheme to rob a bank.

Dancer - turned - director Anne Fletcher chats about how her movement background helps her behind the camera and on the page, as well as what she loved about working with Reese Witherspoon and Sofía Vergara.

At a time when Hollywood is engaged in an ongoing dialogue about women directors, there turns out to be an abundance of women behind the camera this year.

On a directorial level, Jolie has advanced a great deal, turning in a film that shows she has a long future behind the camera.

Following a series of ups and downs in the early 2000s, Ben Affleck began to turn his career around by moving behind the camera.

Unlike Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, he stayed mostly behind the camera, though he does have some memorable supporting turns in a few films, most notably in the Yuen Biao vehicle Righting Wrongs and as one of Hung's Eastern Condors.

For all Winocour's obvious skill behind the camera, too much of «Disorder» bogs down in ill - defined motivations and credulity - straining plot turns.

Furthermore, his chance to step behind the camera turns out to be an incredible accomplishment.

What You Need To Know: Almost every major star tries to step behind the camera at some point, to varying effect — some turn out Clint Eastwood or Ben Affleck, others closer to Johnny Depp (whose «The Brave» hardly got any kind of release).

Kris Kristofferson makes an elegant onscreen substitute for the director who, in turn, turns up behind an onscreen camera at one point.

Margot Robbie isn't resting on her laurels — or her «Suicide Squad» - earned superheroine bonafides, turning her talents both behind and in front of the camera for Craig Gillespie's new look at the wild fairy tale of disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding, which she both stars in and produces.

Around the halfway mark, however, the film takes a new turn, as Alain drops out of the picture — in a way that seemed to me a little superfluously dramatic, but I'm guessing that Bidegain couldn't resist a big flashy coup de cinéma now that he's behind the camera.

Mathieu Amalric, Jodie Foster, James Franco and Guillaume Canet are among the actors - turned - directors who've had films featured at the festival in recent years, and it could be that their ranks are joined this time around by Ryan Gosling — the star, who featured at the festival in «Drive» and «Only God Forgives,» has stepped behind the camera for odd fable «How To Catch A Monster,» and it could well be a dark horse to feature somewhere in the lineup.

But as he turns to the face the camera, there's a ghoulish deadness behind his eyes.

Because it's lush and kicks you in the guts, and because it turns out I much prefer a designer behind the camera than a personal shopper with frequent Cartier runs in front of it.

There's more to the story (co-written by «The Usual Suspects» screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie), but it doesn't matter much — with Depp and Jolie on the poster, people are going to turn out for «The Tourist,» and with the amazingly named Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck behind the cameras, it's an immediate awards season contender.

Coogler and his collaborators, chief among them cinematographer Rachel Morrison, costume designer Ruth E. Carter, and production designer Hannah Beachler, behind and in front of the camera elevate Black Panther into serious commercial art, commercial art with provocative, confrontational political, cultural, and social themes rarely seen in or out of the genre — because Hollywood studios prefer playing it safe with potentially lucrative IP (intellectual property) in their possession — in turn delivering the first great film (genre qualifiers unnecessary) of the new year.

It's a real shame that Hilditch's writing doesn't always match his direction behind camera which captures some fine acting turns to accompany it's visual highs.

Damon hasn't turned his attention to working behind the camera yet and it is fairly evident that of the two Damon is the more accomplished actor.

And for his latest turn behind (and in front of) the camera, he shifts gears again with «Fading Gigolo.»

Ryan Gosling is usually starring in my most anticipated Cannes films, so this new turn of Gosling behind the camera obviously piqued my interest.

The contentious debate over whether quotas are needed to reverse the appalling statistics on women - directed films took an interesting turn this year when the UK's BFI Film Fund, a # 27 million pot of government money, announced a «three ticks» policy which ensures a certain level of diversity behind and in front of the camera on any films they support.

Unbroken: Angelina Jolie's second effort behind the camera tells the truly amazing story of an Olympic runner turned WWII POW.

For instance, the film never touches on Lovelace's forays into super-8 pornography, glossing over some extremely sordid particulars to arrive at the production of Deep Throat — portrayed here as mostly good clean fun behind the camera as well as in front of it (Hank Azaria and Bobby Cannavale turn up as cute and cuddly pornographers).

Or in the case of «The Turning,» it will allow a couple of actresses the chance to get their feet wet behind the camera.

In addition to his well - regarded turn as rambunctious twins Vincent and Frankie on David Simon's 1970s - era prostitution - and - porn series «The Deuce,» Franco's latest directorial foray, «The Disaster Artist» seems poised to garner some of the best reviews of his behind - the - camera work so far.

But the movie opts to downplay incidents of plagiarism in favor of featuring appearances by artists who employed such colorful sobriquets as Abstract Rule, Born Allah, Pigeon John, Riddlore, Big Al, Wreckless, Ellay Khule, Medusa, Q., MYKA NYNE, Busdriver, Ganjah K, Big Baby, CVE, Tray - Loc, Cut Chemist, Volume 10, Jyant, Ronda Ross, 2 Mex, Fat Jack,T - Love, Peace, Chali 2NA and F Stl, and perhaps most notably Eve, aka Ava Duvernay, a rapper - turned - filmmaker with a very bright future behind the camera.