Though Frank Capra took credit for unveiling the fully formed Arthur in "Mr. Deeds," that honor may more accurately belong to William A. Seiter, one of Hollywood's most perceptive directors of comic acting, whose superb work with Arthur in "If You Could Only Cook" (available in Sony's "Icons of Screwball Comedy" set) preceded "Mr. Deeds" by a year.
Jia has for years been revered in Chinese cinema circles as one of the country's most talented and perceptive directors.
He has developed a reputation as a thoughtful interpreter of canonic texts (a critic dubbed him "one of the most perceptive young directors of classics in the British theatre" as early as 1986), but has also put new writing centre-stage at the National, not least through his long association with Alan Bennett.
In his scenes with Cusack, the filial relationship grows plausibly and movingly, thanks to the perceptive eye of the director, Menno Meyjes, and the cinematographer, Robert Yeoman, one of the few who know how to keep a camera still.
Coleman is extraordinarily credible as a little genius; in his scenes with Cusack, the filial relationship grows plausibly and movingly, thanks to the perceptive eye of the director, Menno Meyjes, and the cinematographer, Robert Yeoman.
Lambert is a novelist, screenwriter and biographer who knows the contours of Old Hollywood intimately: He has written biographies of Nazimova and Norma Shearer, as well as assembled a book of perceptive conversations with the director George Cukor.
On the plus side, the director's perceptive script advice and "heavy prodding" has changed the play for the better: for instance, by encouraging Beaton to transform extracts from journals documenting the Darién expedition into "a proper bit of drama".
"Stronger" The director David Gordon Green's frank, perceptive approach to the true story of Jeff Bauman, a victim of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, is often at odds with the movie's script.
Director Stephen Nicolazzo's production is perceptive, bold and sharp.
