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as in director
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Recent Examples of auteur
Paul Mescal has worked with auteurs and iconic actors alike, but the star is now revealing one of the first future co-stars he was truly starstruck by: Josh O’Connor.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 2 May 2025
Consider the case of another Black auteur working in the horror space, Jordan Peele.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 1 May 2025
However, any misfire, especially one from an auteur, can last a lifetime, particularly now with streaming and FAST channels in need of content, not to mention in the endless film studies conversations at universities around the world.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
German auteur Maren Ade will take the helm as president of the short films and La Cinef Jury at the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 2 May 2025
Consider the case of another Black auteur working in the horror space, Jordan Peele.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 1 May 2025
However, any misfire, especially one from an auteur, can last a lifetime, particularly now with streaming and FAST channels in need of content, not to mention in the endless film studies conversations at universities around the world.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
German auteur Maren Ade will take the helm as president of the short films and La Cinef Jury at the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auteur
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Follow the writer of this newsletter on social media @jimreineking.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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The views expressed in this article are the writer's own.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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Hemsley, often credited with creating UnitedHealth's key growth engine Optum, will continue to serve as the chair of the board and will stop receiving compensation as a director.—
Sriparna Roy,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Focusing largely on the work, which Eastwood continues as a director at age 94, Levy also explores the personas the subject has cultivated over the years, from tough guy to auteur.—
Chris Vognar,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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The legendary icon wore a sweeping white gown adorned with sparkling crystals and silver beading, designed in collaboration with Nigerian-American fashion stylist Ugo Mozie.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Essence,
8 May 2025
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Celebrity stylist Jessica Paster is speaking out about an incident that occurred ahead of the 2025 Met Gala.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
7 May 2025
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He might be best known as the Minnesota-via-Brooklyn frontman of the Hold Steady, a punk bar-band wordsmith specializing in down-and-out tales with a Midwest flavor.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
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Clad in vibrant orange — a color aligning with his most recent album, Toda Época Tiene Su Encanto, which dropped September 2024 — the Puerto Rican wordsmith and his 12-member troupe brought a genre-bending set to the stage.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
1 May 2025
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Known by various names through the years -- Puffy, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy and Love -- Combs became a rap impresario in the 1990s, launching the careers of Mary J. Blige, Usher and the Notorious B.I.G. and lending his hip-hop credentials to the songs of Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lopez.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
5 May 2025
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The movie perks up when Michael Keaton and Eva Green arrive as a ruthless impresario and his sensitive acrobat girlfriend, and Burton envisions his obvious Disneyland analog as a capitalist hellscape.—
Josh Bell,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
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Reflecting this, in 1726’s Gulliver’s Travels, the Irish litterateur Jonathan Swift satirized early scientists as buffoons.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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Clearly, by now — that is, 1835 — science had done enough to prove itself in the eyes of the litterateurs.—
Thomas Moynihan,
Big Think,
7 Mar. 2025
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No matter how daffy some of it is, the production has the important factor of clarity; a quality that the great stage director Peter Hall used to say is a vital component of any revival of a classic.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
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That would be lyricist Fred Ebb, playwright Terrence McNally and original star Chita Rivera, key figures behind the 1993 Broadway musical, alongside composer John Kander and stage director Harold Prince.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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They're credited as executive producers alongside DC Studios co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran (Creature Commandos, Superman).—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
13 May 2025
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Calumet — The special product producer jumped 2.2% following Bank of America’s initiation at a buy rating.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
13 May 2025
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“Auteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auteur. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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