Sentences with phrase «writer director paul»

Yet writer director Paul King «s adaptation is so on the money, so well - done, so deceptively simple, heartfelt and flat - out entertaining, it make movies with far more plausible plots seem silly by comparison.

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He earned a law degree from Dalhousie University in 1977 but eventually decided to jump into the film business with his writer - director brother, Paul.
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.
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* 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
Director: Adam Wingard Writer: Charles Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides, Jeremy Slater Release Date: August 25th, 2017 Cast: Nat Wolff, Margaret Qualley, Lakeith Stanfield, Shea Whigham, Paul Nakauchi, Jason Liles, Willem Dafoe
Written by Josh Brewer, August 11th, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. Tweet to: @theJWBrewer Title: The Dark Half Director: George Romero Writer: George Romero, Paul Hunt, Nick McCarthy Based on the Novel by Stephen Ling Release Date: April 23rd, 1993 Cast: Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Julie Harris, Michael Rooker Cliff's Notes After publicly «killing» his pseudonym, a writer becomes the Writer: George Romero, Paul Hunt, Nick McCarthy Based on the Novel by Stephen Ling Release Date: April 23rd, 1993 Cast: Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Julie Harris, Michael Rooker Cliff's Notes After publicly «killing» his pseudonym, a writer becomes the writer becomes the target
Writer - director Paul Thomas Anderson crafts a plot of manipulation and chance, in which some zigs and zags are more convincing than others.
Synopsis: Before his commercial breakthrough with Boogie Nights (1997), writer / director Paul Thomas Anderson made this low - key drama.
Luckily, writer - director Paul Weitz resisted it.
«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.
Did writer - director Paul Weitz think that U.S. audiences would be too dumb to appreciate actual satire?
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.
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.
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.
However, word of Green's next film, Prince Avalanche, suggested a U-turn back to his indie drama roots, albeit with hints of his «second phase» as a comedy writer / director due to its star Paul Rudd being part of the Judd Apatow stable.
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).
Best British Debut By A Writer, Director Or Producer Colin Carberry, Glenn Patterson — «Good Vibrations» Kieran Evans — «Kelly & Victor» — WINNER Scott Graham — «Shell» Kelly Marcel — «Saving Mr. Banks» Paul Wright, Polly Stokes — «For Those In Peril»
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
English writer - director Paul Greengrass's unnervingly realistic recreation of the 1972 «Bloody Sunday» massacre of 13 unarmed Irish - Catholic civilians during a civil - rights demonstration on the riot - scarred streets of Derry, Northern Ireland, has been rightfully compared to Gillo Pontecorvo's classic THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (1965).
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.
THE BLU - RAY DISC by Bill Chambers Punch - Drunk Love makes a rather auspicious Blu - ray debut as part of the Criterion Collection in a 2.39:1, 1080p transfer supervised by writer - director Paul Thomas Anderson.
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.
Good Fortune Directors: Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell Writer: Johnny O'Hara Subjects: John Paul DeJoria, Eloise DeJoria, Dan Aykroyd, Arianna Huffington, Robert Kennedy Jr., Cheech Marin, Michelle Phillips, Danny Trejo, Paul Watson, Ron White Distributor: Paladin
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).
In the last five years, lauded writer - director Paul Thomas Anderson kinda lost me.
Phantom Thread (begins 17:30) cast: Daniel Day - Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville writer / director: Paul Thomas Anderson verdict: Binge It!
Deadpool 2 — Film Review Director: David Leitch Writers: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick Stars: Josh Brolin, Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin Sequels are always a tricky thing.
From writer - director Paul Schrader comes a gripping thriller about a crisis of faith that is at once personal, political, and planetary.
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