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Recent Examples of auteur
Film Forum in New York City will be hosting a special retrospective to honor the late auteur, including the U.S. premieres of a slew of 4K restorations of Kurosawa’s most beloved films.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 9 June 2025
There are lots of great auteurs working in the horror genre today, but none of them have gotten off to a stellar start on the level of Jordan Peele, who premiered with Get Out in 2017 and dropped his third film Nope in 2022.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
The film will be directed by McG, the Charlie's Angels auteur whose last five movies have been Netflix releases including Rim of the World and Family Switch.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 7 June 2025
With its ambition, its name cast, and its incendiary subject matter, Dogma seemed set to inaugurate a new era for Kevin Smith, indie auteur.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 June 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 9 June 2025
There are lots of great auteurs working in the horror genre today, but none of them have gotten off to a stellar start on the level of Jordan Peele, who premiered with Get Out in 2017 and dropped his third film Nope in 2022.
—Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
The film will be directed by McG, the Charlie's Angels auteur whose last five movies have been Netflix releases including Rim of the World and Family Switch.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 7 June 2025
With its ambition, its name cast, and its incendiary subject matter, Dogma seemed set to inaugurate a new era for Kevin Smith, indie auteur.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auteur
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Instead the line was conceived after the script writers, Al Reinert and Bill Broyles, interviewed Kranz at his home Texas, south of Johnson Space Center.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2025
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Alexandra Koch is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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The Harrods pop-up will run from July 21 until Aug. 27, and will stock the Lucky capsule, which was conceived by Maria Grazia Chiuri, the former creative director of women’s collections who stepped down in May after nearly a decade at the brand.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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Danny Ramon, director of intelligence at supply chain risk management provider Overhaul, said that holiday weekends typically see cargo theft rates spiking by 50 to 100 percent.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
1 July 2025
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Best Storage Bench: The Container Store Lotus Bamboo Storage Bench Kristyn Ivey, a KonMari consultant and home stylist at For the Love of Tidy, previously recommended this discreet storage solution to SELF, noting that some of its key features happen to be rather shoe-friendly.—
Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
26 June 2025
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According to two professional stylists with over a decade of experience, there’s no one-size-fits-all answer, but there are some key guidelines worth following.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
26 June 2025
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The hyphen in Molly Jong-Fast’s last name bridges two distinct lineages of wordsmiths.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
7 June 2025
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The two young wordsmiths representing Colorado at the Scripps National Spelling Bee were knocked out of the competition Wednesday.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
28 May 2025
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But Carl Hagenbeck, a German animal trader and entertainment impresario, had a different vision of what zoos could be.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 June 2025
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Melton partnered with Wayne Johnson and Tony Perry, two nightlife impresarios who had already transformed D.C.’s after-dark culture.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
17 June 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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Nick Castellanos has been a consistent producer for the Phillies at the plate this year.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Hunter Woodall Hunter Woodall is a political editorial producer for CBS News.—
Zak Hudak,
CBS News,
30 June 2025
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“Auteur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auteur. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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