Criticker.com - Film Recommendations and Community
currently at ...
the Forum Favorite Mini-Reviews
the Blog Server Upgrade
login | register
0 films ranked
You Explore Interact Resources
Search
Profile All Your Rankings Starred Reviews Your Best TCIs PSIs Kumpels Wishlist
Random Film

Filmmakers : Promising Filmmakers

Return to Board index
Discuss your favorite actors, directors or screenwriters

Re: Promising Filmmakers

Postby PeaceAnarchy on Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:51 pm

td888 wrote:Out of curiousity, what is your opinion of Tropa de Elite? Can you compare this one with Elite Squad and therefore also with City of God?

Aren't Tropa de Elite and Elite Squad the same movie?

PeaceAnarchy
 
Posts: 635
Member Since: Dec 11, 2006 8:47 pm
Num Rankings: 4906
Location: Canada

Re: Promising Filmmakers

Postby ShogunRua on Sun Oct 23, 2011 6:14 am

Ruairi Robinson

I'm super-impressed with this guy; he has directed three shorts, all in different genres, with completely unique styles, and they're all outstanding works.

The first one, "Fifty Percent Grey", done when he was 23 years old, won an Oscar nomination for best animated short film, but it pales in comparison to his next two films, "The Silent City" and "Blinky".

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCP9f0VicBE[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeF-tDhGtvI[/youtube]

The guy is so disgustingly talented that even his freaking commercials are cool;

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcenmlIJjHY[/youtube]

ShogunRua
 
Posts: 2046
Member Since: May 16, 2009 11:18 pm
Num Rankings: 1902
Location: Sunnyvale, California, USA

Re: Promising Filmmakers

Postby td888 on Sun Oct 23, 2011 8:30 am

PeaceAnarchy wrote:
td888 wrote:Out of curiousity, what is your opinion of Tropa de Elite? Can you compare this one with Elite Squad and therefore also with City of God?

Aren't Tropa de Elite and Elite Squad the same movie?


My mistake, I meant Tropa de elite 2, the sequel.

td888
 
Posts: 579
Member Since: Jul 12, 2007 6:44 am
Num Rankings: 2571
Location: Malta

Re: Promising Filmmakers

Postby stuie299 on Wed May 16, 2012 9:04 am

First off I agree completely with Marc Webb and look forward to seeing what he can do with the Spider-Man reboot. secondly Tomas Alfredson as Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy was terrific (best picture snub for sure). I also second Armando Iannucci for In the Loop.

My picks:

J.C. Chandor - Margin Call (also the writer)
Jonathan Levine - 50/50
Scott Frank - The Lookout
Daniel Barber - Harry Brown
Tom Hanks - That Thing You Do! (surprised we haven't seen a second directorial effort from him)

stuie299
 
Posts: 129
Member Since: Oct 20, 2010 10:35 pm
Num Rankings: 836
Location: Camp Hill, Pennslyvania, USA

Previous

Return to Filmmakers

cron