Like many others at the time, the PlayStation essential was my first introduction to director Hideo Kojima's tactical espionage master class, and its intricate plot and multidimensional characters were like nothing I'd experienced before.
This was my introduction to director Eugene Jarecki, a titan in the world of modern documentary filmmaking, right up there with Alex Gibney, Charles Ferguson, Errol Morris, and Steve James, who, I think, doesn't get nearly enough recognition.
A blink-and-you'll-miss-it allusion to the earlier film pops up in the middle of the feature, but "Spider" stands on its own and serves as a jolting introduction to this director's skill, sensibility and sense of humor.
Isaac had been given letters of introduction to the director of the Paris Conservatoire, Luigi Cherubini, but he needed all his eloquence to persuade Cherubini even to give Jacob an audition.
It's a perfect introduction to Spanish director Paco León's third feature film, an anthology of five disconnected stories dealing with various kikis (Spanish slang for "what gets you off"), everything from polyamory and furry parties to harpaxophilia (arousal by robbery) and dacryphilia (arousal by tears).
While serving as an apprentice at the La Jolla Playhouse, his talent was noticed by actress Dorothy McGuire and her husband John Swope, who ran the theatre, and the couple sponsored his going to Hollywood with a letter of introduction to the casting director at the Hal Roach studios.
Mulligan's conviction that she could succeed as a performer resulted in an introduction to a casting director through Fellowes and then – to her family's surprise – a small but visible part in the 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, playing the "silly" fourth Bennet sister, Kitty.
Ms. Thompson seems to be having some fun at the character's expense when Catherine amusingly blunders an introduction to a famous film director played by the famous film director Sydney Pollack.
Her role in "Ruy Blas" also came about through an introduction to the play's director, Brigitte Jaques, but she likes to think it was predestined.
In his introduction to the report, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé says there is a growing optimism that the world can end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by applying proven treatment and prevention tools that now exist.
Eschewing cabaret convention, Kargman did away with a ceremonial introduction to her band: musical director Marco Paguia on piano under the direction of Trip Cullman, flying by their mention.
