Sentences with phrase «whose acclaimed drama»

The inaugural winner was Chloé Zhao, whose acclaimed drama The Rider was also nominated for four awards.

Not exact matches

Writer - director Michel Blanc, whose previous works include the acclaimed Marche a l'ombre (1984) and Dead Tired (1994), creates this gritty drama about a middle - aged impoverished French writer in London who becomes a gigolo.

Leslie (whose parents are Scottish aristocrats, who live in a castle near Aberdeen that's been the family home for 500 years) graduated from prestigious drama school LAMDA (whose alumni include Benedict Cumberbatch, Dominic Cooper, Chiwetel Ejiofor and John Lithgow) in 2008, and swiftly booked a role in Annie Griffin «s acclaimed TV drama «New Town,» which won her a New Talent award at the Scottish BAFTAs.

The first two acts of The Maze Runner play out exactly as you'd expect them to, with all of the various details and requisite dynamics sketched in through the thin characterizations of the group's leader Alby (Aml Ameen, who along with Sangster are the only actors who manage to escape this unscathed), the rote and relentlessly irritating (for no reason other than drama) group villain Gally (Will Poulter, whose acclaim and popularity continues to baffle me as he turns in another dreadful performance), the trite cliche of the young innocent Chuck (Blake Cooper) and so on.

Scoot McNairy — whose recent credits include critically acclaimed drama series like Godless, Halt And Catch Fire, and Fargo — is about to add another prestige cable project to his resume.

The decision also could have come at the expense of Dee Rees, director of the acclaimed «Mudbound,» a nuanced social drama about prejudice in the Mississippi Delta, or Patty Jenkins, whose dazzling «Wonder Woman» upended the superhero genre in several important ways.

Wright, 21, will appear in Urban Hymn, a coming - of - age drama out later this year that has been directed by Michael Caton - Jones, whose films include the acclaimed wartime drama Memphis Belle.

It was then through star Robert Carlyle's urging that they reluctantly gave the directorial reigns over to Bird, whose previous work included a romantic comedy dud and critically acclaimed British dramas.

The first three seasons of this acclaimed perspective - shifting drama, starring Dominic West and Ruth Wilson whose characters embark on the affair of the title, are on NOW TV.

Another hit at Cannes was director Michael Haneke's heartbreaking French drama Amour, and 86 - year - old star Emmanuelle Riva enjoyed widespread acclaim for her gut - punch of a performance as an elderly woman whose stroke takes its toll on her relationship with her husband.

Ryan Coogler, the 31 - year - old director whose brief resumé already includes an acclaimed indie drama (the 2013 festival breakout Fruitvale Station) and an underdog triumph (2015's stellar Rocky reboot Creed), clearly fought hard to get Panther to the screen the way he envisioned it: Not as a boilerplate blockbuster window - dressed with African - American faces, but a story fully, joyfully rooted in black culture.