Under Roy Siegel's capable directorial hands, the ebb and flow of these intertwined lives move swiftly through the years.

The two capable artists the Met was able to engage needed a stronger support system and an enlivening directorial hand.

In agreement, Film4 wrote that the cast choices were reasonable, but the film might have been better if in other directorial hands.

In the right directorial hands, pop music becomes as central to a film as any flesh-and-blood character.

All of this was under the sure directorial hand of Raoul Walsh.

But in "Dottie Gets Spanked," that feeling is more acute and the directorial hand more secure.

Peter Werner's directorial hand is steady as it moves between the domestic and the fanciful, and the acting is solid.

His skilled, stylish directorial hand has surely helped give the show its consistent, classy look.

Ms. Levine's work is best when her directorial hand is the least obvious.

Yet all her research has firmly convinced her that the piece needs a light directorial hand.