Sentences with phrase «versatile directors like»

In a celebrated counterattack, Pauline Kael cried hogwash and championed more flexible, versatile directors like Carol Reed and Fred Zinnemann, who worked in a variety of genres and often submerged their own personality into the material they were interpreting.

Not exact matches

But I'd like to take issue with my colleagues and stand up for the less showy, more versatile directors who have sometimes been underrated in the rush to anoint auteurs.

Just when it looked like this versatile director could do no wrong, though, he gave us Your Highness and The Sitter.

This looks like a sideways, fresh look at recent American wars, and Ang Lee is a versatile director.