Sentences with phrase «wonderful debut film»

A terrifically solid and sturdy effort across the board, «Bluebird» is the real deal and a true package of strong collaborators coalescing to make a wonderful debut film.

M. Night Shyamalan (yes I have trouble spelling his name) burst out onto the scene with a wonderful debut film The Sixth Sense in 1999, even though (as I'm just discovering) it isn't his first film.

Not exact matches

The actor made his film debut in the Mary Steenburgen drama One Magic Christmas in 1985 and went on to do supporting work in a variety of films that included Francis Ford Coppola's Gardens of Stone (1987), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), Coppola's Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), and She's Having a Baby (1988).

After the premiere screening at Sundance of his wonderful debut feature «Kings Of Summer,» director Jordan Vogt - Roberts — responsible for the short «Successful Alcoholics» and a veteran of «Funny Or Die Presents...» — told the audience his influences for his first feature included early Amblin films like «The Goonies» with «elements of [Terrence] Malick,» and most surprisingly, «Bad Boys II.»

The combination of it being his directorial debut, his performance (which was a killer and, as you noted, filmed VERY quickly), the unpredictability and the strength of the supporting cast, not to mention the fact it has an interesting commentary on the nature of perception of who has a «perfect life» all added to a wonderful experience for me.

A beautiful debut film both mysterious and enchanting, and anchored by a wonderful performance from Kesley Siepser, who's a talent that deserves to be noticed.

Honorable Mentions: Some of the other debuts, sophomore efforts and general step - changes that impressed us this year include: Yuval Adler's Venice 2013 title «Bethlehem ``; E.L. Katz's pitch black, gross - out «Cheap Thrills ``; Eliza Hittman's lovely, heartfelt «It Felt Like Love ``; Anthony Chen's shockingly underseen «Ilo Ilo»; Charlie MacDowell's Sundance favorite «The One I Love»; Tim Sutton's lyrical, abstract «Memphis»; David Wnendt's transgressively icky «Wetlands»; Leigh Janiak's horror debut «Honeymoon»; terrific Israeli film «Policeman» by Nadav Lapid that finally got a release this year; Hong Khao's lovely «Lilting»; Daniel Patrick Carbone's wonderful «Hide Your Smiling Faces»; and Scott Cohen's debut film «Red Knot» with Olivia Thirlby also marks him out as one to watch.

Even so, this is a wonderful debut, a film full of great laughs, terrific performances, clever observations, and a huge, rainbow - coloured heart.

Marina (Daniela Vega, a Chilean lyrical singer and transwoman making her acting debut) is a lounge singer and waitress in Chile, spending a wonderful evening with her lover, an older man named Orlando (Francisco Reyes) in the film's opening scenes.

The English - language debut by Norwegian director Morten Tyldum (best known for the wonderful dark comedy Headhunters) is a classy film made for a general audience.