http://www.btlnews.com Voice of the Crew Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:07:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/chris-sanders-and-dean-deblois-show-how-to-train-your-dragon/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/chris-sanders-and-dean-deblois-show-how-to-train-your-dragon/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:38:41 +0000 Mary Ann Skweres http://www.btlnews.com/?p=10642 Chris Sanders and writer/director Dean Deblois (Lilo & Stitch, Mulan), the DreamWorks Animation SKG production of ]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/chris-sanders-and-dean-deblois-show-how-to-train-your-dragon/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/joe-johnston-conjures-the-wolfman/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/joe-johnston-conjures-the-wolfman/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:29:54 +0000 Scott Essman http://www.btlnews.com/?p=9838 Industrial Light and Magic art director Joe Johnston became a feature film director over 20 years ago when he came aboard...]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/joe-johnston-conjures-the-wolfman/feed/ 3 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/danish-director-blends-comedy-and-tragedy-in-an-education/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/danish-director-blends-comedy-and-tragedy-in-an-education/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:08:25 +0000 Mary Ann Skweres http://www.btlnews.com/?p=9414 An Education, which garnered the Audience Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, has quietly slipped into Oscar contention. From a script by British author Nick Hornby (About a Boy), and based on Lynn Barber’s memoir, the film is more than just the story of a bright schoolgirl on the brink of womanhood. It is a gently sketched portrait of a society on the cusp of a new age with an outsider’s eye for the everyday details often missed in the day-to-day of ordinary life. Blending comedy and tragedy, award-winning Danish director, Lone Scherfig shapes this coming-of-age story set in early 1960s’ Britain with subtle performances, the understated production style of Dogme 95, and the creative talents of a crew she had never worked with before.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/danish-director-blends-comedy-and-tragedy-in-an-education/feed/ 1 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/director-series-terry-gilliam/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/director-series-terry-gilliam/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:41:10 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=7058 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is director Terry Gilliam’s first film in four years. The movie tells the story of a circus wagon with a troupe of players traveling through modern-day London. Presiding is Doctor Parnassus, played by Christopher Plummer, as a wizened old storyteller who supposedly has lived for thousands of years.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/director-series-terry-gilliam/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/celebrated-fashion-designer-makes-his-directorial-debut-on-a-single-man/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/celebrated-fashion-designer-makes-his-directorial-debut-on-a-single-man/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:54:29 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/?p=6731 Tom Ford makes an auspicious debut in A Single Man. Based on a Christopher Isherwood story of the same name, the movie, set in the early 1960s, is about a portentous day in the life of a gay man, George Falconer, who is coming to terms with the death of his long-time partner.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/celebrated-fashion-designer-makes-his-directorial-debut-on-a-single-man/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/defying-conventional-expectations-in-up-in-the-air/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/defying-conventional-expectations-in-up-in-the-air/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:43:40 +0000 Mary Ann Skweres http://www.btlnews.com/?p=6748 Juno and Thank You for Smoking, Oscar-nominated director Jason Reitman established himself as a smart, imaginative and wry storyteller with a penchant for provocative anti-heroes that defy conventional expectations. With his latest offering, Up in the Air, based on Walter Kirn’s 2001 novel of the same title, Reitman continues along the same lines with another off-beat protagonist, Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), a corporate downsizer who has remained happily airborne, coldly efficient and decidedly uncommitted for years. But just as Bingham is about to reach his coveted 10 million frequent flyer miles and finally make a connection with a passionate female business traveler, his prized life in the air is threatened. Aided by the creative talents of his regular below-the-line collaborators, Reitman has created a subtly humorous and deeply human story that is grounded in reality.]]> http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/defying-conventional-expectations-in-up-in-the-air/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/the-long-slow-process-of-bringing-coraline-to-the-screen/ http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/the-long-slow-process-of-bringing-coraline-to-the-screen/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:10:00 +0000 Mark London Williams http://www.btlnews.com/sean/wordpress/?p=553 http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/the-long-slow-process-of-bringing-coraline-to-the-screen/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/jane-campion-bright-star/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/jane-campion-bright-star/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:45:00 +0000 Jack Egan http://www.btlnews.com/sean/wordpress/?p=538 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/jane-campion-bright-star/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/paul-schraeder-the-walker/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/paul-schraeder-the-walker/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:51:00 +0000 Mark London Williams http://www.btlnews.com/sean/wordpress/?p=426 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/paul-schraeder-the-walker/feed/ 0 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/a-bittersweet-journey-into-the-heartland-of-japan/ http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/a-bittersweet-journey-into-the-heartland-of-japan/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:59:52 +0000 Mary Ann Skweres http://www.btlnews.com/?p=9360 http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/director-series/a-bittersweet-journey-into-the-heartland-of-japan/feed/ 0