He was starring in hit machine filmmaker Judd Apatow's newest film, "Funny People," collaborating with his old roommate on a heavier type of dark comedy that he had largely avoided in his undeniably prolific, broad humor career.
Fourteen years after writer-director Malcolm D. Lee's romantic comedy "The Best Man" hit theaters, the filmmaker and his ensemble cast are back with a sequel, "The Best Man Holiday".
Not only was it the first real hit for talented filmmaker Don Coscarelli, but it also birthed the legacy of the Tall Man, the evil, iconic mortician with his sentinel spheres of death.
The filmmakers hit it off.
Mr. Rohmer was the oldest of the group and something of a late bloomer as a filmmaker, hitting his stride with "The Moral Tales," a cycle of six films (two shorts and four features) that began with "The Bakery Girl of Monceau" in 1962 and concluded with "Chloe in the Afternoon" 10 years later.
Working with the cinematographer Fabio Cianchetti, Mr. Ferrara presents the acts, most of which involve rather desultory pole dancing, often in medium shot, notably avoiding the invasive close-ups that bring out the salacious worst when some filmmakers hit strip clubs.
So perfectly did the filmmakers hit the nail on the head with what precisely a big screen Batman opus could accomplish that there was simply no way to ever top it.
On Aug. 14 that company will learn whether even the attentions of John Lasseter, its animation star and creative director, can make a hit of his favorite filmmaker, the Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.
The well-reviewed film looks to become the latest hit for Wan, the filmmaker behind the successful "Saw" franchise who was recently tapped to direct the upcoming "Fast & Furious 7".
It was a hit among French experimental filmmakers.
