directorial
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It’s a reference not only to the period production, but to her daughter’s thoughtful directorial anachronisms, the very decisions that would make “Marie Antoinette” last for 20 years and beyond.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
We know the directorial strategy at work—the balancing of the two security guards’ mind-numbing routine with the outright terror that an audience expects but can’t quite anticipate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Somewhere in the overlap between William Friedkin’s 1977 action thriller “Sorcerer” and Kelly Reichardt’s 2020 Pacific Northwest pioneer indie “First Cow” lies Padraic McKinley’s directorial debut “The Weight.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
And they played a mother and daughter in Alan Rickman's directorial debut, The Winter Guest, in 1997.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
They lined up to board the bus while the scene in my head began to go off on its own, to stop taking my directorial notes.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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