Sentences with phrase «writer and director paul»

Writer and director Paul Dalio's «Touched with Fire» is a unique love story about two people who suffer from manic depression.

Writer and director Paul Fieg however, doesn't seem to have that problem, and Spy is a genuinely funny and entertaining time at the movie theater.

Despite being, in a sense, the most straightforward, linear narrative movie the writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson has made in quite some time (perhaps since «Punch Drunk Love» — and this is not the only respect in which the two films resemble each other), «Phantom Thread» could be the filmmaker's most fascinatingly oblique work.

Mann's approach here reminds me of the formulation recently expressed by writer and director Paul Schrader — some filmmakers understand character as an instrument of elucidation, while others (Schrader meant himself and Martin Scorsese) see it as an instrument of mystery.

Not exact matches

Fox's decision to finally move forward with the film followed a years - long process in which Reynolds, director Tim Miller, and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick had to fight through various obstacles (including the box office failure of another Reynolds superhero movie, 2011's Green Lantern) to get the movie made.

It took me nineteen years of research and three books (The Final Revolution, Witness to Hope, and The End and the Beginning) to do what executive producer Carl Anderson and writer / director David Naglieri have done in ninety - three minutes of gripping videography and marvelous graphics: explain how and why John Paul played a pivotal, indeed indispensable, role in the greatest drama of the last quarter of the twentieth century, the collapse of European communism.

Enemy - love is the lifeblood of Paul's story, and it's the current that connects so many of the threads director and writer Andrew Wyatt weaves together.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

«I'm Paul Grondahl, the Director of the New York State Writers Institute at the University at Albany, and I'm overwhelmed by this great turnout.

Paul Grondahl, a fixture in the Times Union's pages, author of several books and among the most lauded writers in the region, has been appointed director of the New York State Writers Institute at the University at writers in the region, has been appointed director of the New York State Writers Institute at the University at Writers Institute at the University at Albany.

Additionally, highly visible former Columbia College students in recent years include President Barack Obama, former Attorneys General Eric Holder and Michael Mukasey, New York Governor David Paterson, New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg, New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg, former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves, political advisor and commentator George Stephanopoulos, actors Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anna Paquin, Casey Affleck, Amanda Peet, Matthew Fox, George Segal, Julia Stiles, Cinta Laura, and Kate McKinnon, radio personality Max Kellerman, directors Jim Jarmusch, Brian De Palma and Bill Condon, writer Paul Auster, historian Eric Foner, economist Michael Wolf, the chart - topping alt - rock band Vampire Weekend, and Grammy Award - winning R&B singer and songwriter Alicia Keys.

Written by Josh Brewer, September 2, 2016, at 5:15 p.m. Tweet to: @theJWBrewer Title: Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers Director: Kind of Joe Chappelle Writer: I think Daniel Farrandess, but also a bunch of suits and the editor Release Date: September 29, 1995 Cast: Donald Pleasence, Paul Rudd, Marianne Hagan, Mitchell Ryan, J. C. Brandy Halloween: The Curse

Writer - director Paul Thomas Anderson crafts a plot of manipulation and chance, in which some zigs and zags are more convincing than others.

«First Reformed» redeems the career of one of the cinema's great writer - directors, rescuing Paul Schrader from the wilderness of Nicolas Cage B - thrillers and the hell of begging Lindsay Lohan to show up in «The Canyons.»

Paul Schrader has always been a faith - based filmmaker in the truest and most challenging sense, and «First Reformed» is the sort of stimulating work that a writer - director of a certain age can deliver when he returns to his creative sweet spot; rejoice, Schrader fans, rejoice.

For writer / director Paul Brickman, this was a case of being in the right place at the right time and, perhaps most importantly, getting the right leading man in place.

Director Paul W.S. Anderson and his writers borrow heavily from Best Picture winners Titanic and Gladiator for their decidedly not - Oscar - worthy disaster epic Pompeii.

This is the latest film from writer / director Paul Feig who also directed The Heat and Bridesmaids, both starring Melissa McCarthy.

Writer - director Kat Candler's focus is on the ill - fated choices of angrily rebellious, motocross - obsessed 13 - year - old Jacob (newcomer Josh Wiggins) and his withdrawn, widowed father, Hollis (Aaron Paul), whose already tense relationship grows worse when custody of Jacob's younger brother, Wes, is given to Hollis» sister - in - law (Juliette Lewis).

Based on a 2011 Icelandic film, writer - director David Gordon Green's Prince Avalanche tells the story of stick - in - the - mud Alvin (Paul Rudd) and horndog Lance (Emile Hirsch).

Home Entertainment has announced the Blu - ray and DVD release of writer / director Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, The Master) latest film Inherent Vice, which will arrive in the States on April 28th.

It will be up to director Tim Miller and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick to bring Deadpool to life.

Fox co-CEO Stacey Snider also confirmed that director Tim Miller would return along with the rest of the creative team, including writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick.

Paul Schrader — «The Dying Of The Light» (2014) It's safe to say that writer - director Paul Schrader, of «Taxi Driver,» «Raging Bull» and «Blue Collar» fame, has had one of the more colorful and unpredictable careers in Hollywood, going from an ultra-religious, movie - free upbringing to making a movie with Lindsay Lohan and porn star James Deen.

With THE MASTER premiering in Venice recently, and a UK theatrical release two months away you'd think director / writer / legend Paul Thomas Anderson would be busy hyping the movie?

Screening the new digital restoration of Taxi Driver Writer and filmmaker Paul Schrader in Attendance for Q&A Exclusive clip from The Canyons The Seventh Art continues its Live Directors Series on April 21st, presented by...

Special Features High - definition digital transfer from the 2004 Film Foundation restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Archival introduction to the film by director Jean Renoir «Around the River,» a 60 - minute 2008 documentary by Arnaud Mandagaran about the making of the film Interview with filmmaker Martin Scorsese from 2004 Audio interview with producer Ken McEldowney from 2000 «Jean Renoir: A Passage Through India,» a new video essay by film writer Paul Ryan Trailer Plus: An essay by film scholar Ian Christie and original production notes by Renoir

The I LOVE YOU, MAN DVD and Blu - ray presentations include commentary by director John Hamburg (writer, Meet The Parents, Zoolander) and stars Paul Rudd and Jason Segel, The Making of I Love You, Man, 50 minutes of hilarious outtakes, deleted and extended scenes and a gag reel.

Star Melissa McCarthy and writer - director Paul Feig explore their unique (James) bond in this hilarious pastiche of spy movies

We have high hopes, however, for Role Models writer - director David Wain, who is putting the box office disappointment of Wanderlust behind him by putting two of his Wet Hot American Summer ensemble, Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd, back together for They Came Together.

On another track, actor Topher Grace joins writer - director Paul Weitz for a respectable feature - length commentary in which they mock Grace's Agent Smith - like attire and mutually confess to making the film in partial tribute to their respective fathers.

From the directors of Little Miss Sunshine comes a «charming and delightful» (Marshall Fine) romantic comedy starring Paul Dano and writer - actress Zoe Kazan.

When: June 20th Why: It's incredible how much can change over the course of just a few years, and no one knows that better than Paul Haggis, who went from being one of the most sought - after writer / directors in Hollywood to a filmmaker that peaked a decade ago.

Writer / director Paul King is also back, which helps keep that same tone and voice of the first film.

Some movies, like some clothes, are functional without being particularly beautiful — but some movies, like writer - director Paul Thomas Anderson's luxurious and breathtaking «Phantom Thread,» are the equivalent of high fashion, allowing us to get lost in the beauty and fantasy of their folds.

The jokes aren't as good as the ones in The Heat and Spy (both products of her relationship with director Paul Feig and, in the case of The Heat, writer Katie Dippold).

From writer - director Paul Schrader comes a gripping thriller about a crisis of faith that is at once personal, political, and planetary.

After a cute video «Introduction» (1:24), we're treated to a feature - length, Blu - ray exclusive Video Commentary with producer Jon Avnet, writer / director Paul Brickman, and star Tom Cruise.

Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Shirley Henderson and Paul Dano saddle up with writer / director Kelly Reichardt for the art film western, Meek's Cutoff.

STEVE NORWOOD Programming Director A poet, writer and film reviewer, Steve has been consuming cinema in its many forms for decades, from impressionable - aged childhood viewings of LATITUDE ZERO, ROLLERBALL and THE MAD ADVENTURES OF RABBI JACOB, to a modest adult obsession with all things Johnnie To, Paul Thomas Anderson and Nicolas Winding Refn.

Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson, director & writer) Anderson is nothing if not ambitious, as he's shown with Magnolia (1999), There Will Be Blood (2007), and The Master (2012).

The first track comes from director Martin Scorsese, writer Nicholas Pileggi, producers Barbara De Fina and Irwin Winkler, cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, editor Thelma Schoonmaker, former GoodFella Henry Hill, and actors Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Frank Vincent, and Paul Sorvino.

Writer - director Paul Weitz (who previously teamed with Grant in «About a Boy») sometimes goes a bit overboard with the political satire, but the picture is never dull and often hilarious.

As with his previous film, Funny People, Apatow again cast his real - life wife (Leslie Mann) and daughters (Iris and Maude Apatow) in a bid for something like verisimilitude, with a pot - bellied Paul Rudd standing in as the writer - director's surrogate.

So we did just that with three of the people primarily responsible: director Daniel Espinosa and writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese.

Serving as both writer and director, Paul Weitz superbly captures the voice of women in everyday life, while honestly portraying what, and HOW, we express our thoughts and feelings to each other.

From writer / director Paul Haggis (Crash), Third Person tells three stories of love, passion, trust and betrayal, and plays out in New York, Paris and Rome, across three couples.

Director: Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Thelma and Louise, Alien, Black Hawk Down, Blade Runner, Prometheus) Writers: Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Jeffrey Caine, Steven Zaillian Producers: Peter Chernin, Mark Huffam, Michael Schaefer, Ridley Scott, Jenno Topping Starring: Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, John Turturro, Aaron Paul, Ben Mendelsohn, María Valverde, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley MPAA Rating: PG - 13 Running time: 150 min.

The rift, according to THR, really exists between Gilroy (a longtime «Bourne» writer) and director Paul Greengrass, who helmed parts two and three.

Damon previously said he would not do another film without Paul Greengrass attached, so director and writer Tony Gilroy -LSB-...]