Directors
Directors to Watch Out For: Joe Lynch
About a week ago that Peter Dinklage, Summer Glau, Steve Zahn, and the hilarious Danny Pudi of NBC’s “Community” would soon star in an action-horror-comedy called Knights of Badassdom, about a group of LARPers (live action role players, as documented most recently in the movie Role Models) who accidentally conjure a satanic demon. While from the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Twilight: Where Talented Directors Go to Die (And Get Funding)
Catherine Hardwicke. Chris Weitz. David Slade. And now, Bill Condon. What do all of these people have in common? They’re all pretty talented directors, and they all have directed or are about to direct a Twlight movie. (I hesitate to use the word film here because… well have you seen one of them?) The Twilight [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )In Defense of Steven Soderbergh
My favorite working director today is Martin Scorsese. However, I think the one of the most important directors working today may well be Steven Soderbergh. He may not have as consistent of a filmography as Paul Thomas Anderson, but he is an excellent craftsman who is constantly challenging himself, his limitations, and the very medium [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Directors to Watch Out For: Martin McDonagh
Irish playwright Martin McDonagh is primarily known for his theatrical endeavors, however, his one cinematic effort, “In Bruges”, has enough skill, black humor, and heart in it that I eagerly await his next effort. “In Bruges” concerns the exploits of two hit men when they are forced to relocate to a quaint Flemish town in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Directors to Watch Out For: Rian Johnson
If there is one way to describe the filmmaking abilities of writer/director Rian Johnson, it is eclectic. That, and the fact that the guy seems to have storytelling in his bones. His debut film “Brick”, was a classic film noir set in the confines of a California high school. Think “Chinatown” meets “The O.C.”, if [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Director to Watch Out For: Jonathan Levine
Jonathan Levine has made a name for himself for his debut features which provide explorations into the teen psyche and inspired cinematography which often evokes early Malick. His first film, All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, is a teen slasher film that cleverly manages to subvert the traditional formatting of the typical “kids in secluded [...]
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