Sentences with phrase «british documentary film»

Dear friends, I recently gave an interview to a British documentary film company.

The 2015 film, «Amy,» based on the life of singer - songwriter Amy Winehouse, became the highest - grossing British documentary film ever and has now won the Academy Award for Best Documentary.

Not exact matches

A highlight will be a visit from British Columbia educator and acclaimed film director Kim Hunter, whose documentary «Time to Play,» will have a special screening in late September.

Michael Apted, who turned the simple BBC documentary Seven Up into the most remarkable documentary series ever created, takes another stab at fiction with the British mathematician equivalent of a spy film, Enigma.

If you can find it, look at the great British documentary Song of Ceylon (1934), one of the most poetically structured films of all time.

Foreign - language films and documentaries are Kino Lorber's twin specialties, though this year it also released a trio of British dramas (which doesn't quite count as a foreign - language) from director Joanna Hogg: Archipelago, Unrelated, and Exhibition.

Two nominations Amy (British film, documentary) Inside Out (original screenplay, animation) Theeb (debut, foreign language)

Special Features New high - definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New interview with British cinema scholar John Hill, author of «Cinema and Northern Ireland: Film, Culture and Politics» Postwar Poetry, a new short documentary about the film New interview with music scholar Jeff Smith about composer William Alwyn and his score «Home, James,» a 1972 documentary featuring actor James Mason revisiting his hometown Radio adaptation of the film from 1952, starring Mason and Dan O'Herlihy Plus: An essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith

A 1971 documentary on the construction of the film's inhabitable mise - en - scène (which includes rather condescending voice - over regarding Julie Christie's place in the «man's territory» of British Columbia), cast and filmmaker filmographies, and McCabe & Mrs. Miller's theatrical trailer round out the disc.

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As the title suggests, British director Stevan Riley's film is about Marlon Brando, and it defies any expectation one might have going into a documentary about a deceased actor.

The film opens with an ingenious British Pathé - style archive documentary that airdrops us into deepest darkest Peru in the company of handlebar -» tached explorer Montgomery Clyde (Tim Downie), whose lost expedition succinctly establishes a young bear's motives for stowing away on a cargo ship bound for present - day London with little more than a literal hatful of marmalade sandwiches for sustenance.

White Helmets, a 40 - minute Netflix film about a volunteer rescue group operating in war - torn Syria, saw its British director Orlando von Einsiedel and British producer Joanna Natasegara take the best documentary short award.

Also new this week: «Blank City» (Kino Lorber), a documentary on the «No Wave» movement of DIY films in New York City in the eighties (Blu - ray and DVD); Nicolas Roeg's «Track 29» (Image), with Theresa Russell and Gary Oldman; «A Town Like Alice» (VCI) and «Carve Her Name with Pride» (VCI), two British war dramas starring Virginia McKenna.

EXTRAS: In addition to a pair of new interviews with British cinema scholar John Hill and music scholar Jeff Smith, there's a new featurette about the film's production, the 1972 documentary «Home, James,» the 1952 radio adaptation of the movie, and an essay by critic Imogen Sara Smith.

Today marks the birthday of influential British filmmaker (also documentarian, theater director, and film critic) Lindsay Anderson, whose legacy is most deeply felt with his membership in the Free Cinema documentary film movement of the 1950s and his contributions to the British New Wave.

But this is no documentary, part road - trip, part buddy movie, the two British comedians spend most of the film trying to outdo each others» impressions of Anthony Hopkins and Sean Connery.

Her section of the film is closely aligned with DA Pennebaker's 1967 documentary Don't Look Back, as Jude teases the British press (personified by BBC reporter Bruce Greenwood) with a series of non-sequiturs and riddles; and Blanchett comes closer than anyone to really capturing the spirit of the man, with the dry humour and cocksure swagger of her performance being brilliantly observed.

BAFTA nominations list Best film Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game The Theory of Everything Leading Actor Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler Michael Keaton - Birdman Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel Leading Actress Amy Adams - Big Eyes Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything Julianne Moore - Still Alice Reese Witherspoon - Wild Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl Supporting Actor Edward Norton - Birdman Ethan Hawke - Boyhood J.K. Simmons - Whiplash Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher Steve Carell - Foxcatcher Supporting Actress Emma Stone - Birdman Imelda Staunton - Pride Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game Patricia Arquette - Boyhood Rene Russo - Nightcrawler Outstanding British Film»71 The Imitation Game Paddington Pride The Theory of Everything Under the Skin Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Elaine Constantine (writer / director)- Northern Soul Gregory Burke (writer), Yann Demange (director)-»71 Hong Khaou (writer / director)- Lilting Paul Katis (director / producer), Andrew de Lotbiniere (producer)- Kajaki: The True Story Stephen Beresford (writer), David Livingstone (producer)- Pride Film Not in the English Language Ida Leviathan The Lunchbox Trash Two Days, One Night Documentary 20 Feet from Stardom 20,000 Days on Earth Citizenfour Finding Vivian Maier Virunga Animated Film Big Hero 6 The Boxtrolls The Lego Movie Whiplash Adapted Screenplay American Sniper Gone Girl The Imitation Game Paddington The Theory of Everything EE Rising Star Jack O'Connell Gugu Mbatha - Raw Miles Teller Margot Robbie Shailene Woodley

Jarvis is joining the Hybrid Vigour Documentary panel where he will discuss how British documentaries are pushing the boundaries in films about music, biographies and using archive film.

Robinson in Ruins, the latest film from British filmmaker Patrick Keiller, is an incredibly dense experimental documentary / cine - essay that tells a tale of the titular Robinson, recently released from prison and currently traveling through England photographing various landscapes while ruminating on a heady combination of historical, political, economic, agricultural, and architectural topics.

The British director Asif Kapadia is due to release a documentary film about the late singer Amy Winehouse, BBC News have reported.

The film became one of the most successful documentaries of all time and picked up numerous prestigious awards including the Grand Jury Prize at Miami Film Festival, the Golden Eye in Zurich and the Filmmakers» Award at Hotdocs, before winning two British Independent Film Awards, the BAFTA for best debut director and being shortlisted for the 2013 Academy Awards.

In this edition of Now Stream This, we have a Stephen Hawking documentary, a scary - as - hell international horror movie, an influential classic, a surprisingly clever thriller, a gothic vampire film, a raunch comedy, an»80s action movie, a chilly British ghost story, and, believe it or not, Power Rangers.

Al Giddens both wrote articles for magazines and filmed the documentary «The painted reefs of British Honduras».

His use of color film in the early 1980s, at a time when British photography was dominated by traditional black - and - white social documentary, had a revolutionizing effect on the genre.

Alison Jacques Gallery is delighted to announce the showing of the documentary film Rose & Roy, (2015) which offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of British painters Roy Oxlade and Rose Wylie, directed by Adolfo Doring and Claudia Baez.

He has organized series around themes such as color filmmaking in the silent era, exploitation films, sex in Hollywood film, the British New Wave, the global food industry, Oscar - winning documentaries, and rock music documentaries.

This programme was the first documentary film about a living artist made for British television and its producer John Read went on to make five more about Henry Moore throughout his life as well as many others on leading artistic figures of the 1960s and 1970s.

In his documentary film the return of the real (2005), which was short - listed for the 2006 Turner Prize, British artist Phil Collins invited former guests on talk and makeover shows who felt their lives had been ruined by the appearances to tell their stories at a press conference he set up in Turkey.

Tonight are the free screenings of two films about the life and work of Corita Kent: «Sister Corita: Mary's Day» (1964) & «We Have No Art» (1967) by Baylis Glascock and on Thursday October 27, 7 pm Become a Microscope: 90 Statements on Sister Corita (2009), a documentary by Aaron Rose Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery 555 Nelson Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6B6R5 Canada 7 - 9 pm

In 2008, his documentary Derek, a filmic biography of British film director Derek Jarman, achieved several awards, including the Special Teddy Award in Berlin International Film Festival, and the Best Documentary in the Milan International Lesbian and Gay Fildocumentary Derek, a filmic biography of British film director Derek Jarman, achieved several awards, including the Special Teddy Award in Berlin International Film Festival, and the Best Documentary in the Milan International Lesbian and Gay FilDocumentary in the Milan International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.

His use of color film in the late 1970s and early 1980s, at a time when British photography was dominated by traditional black - and - white social documentary, had a revolutionizing effect on the genre.

Chadwick is featured in the 1964 documentary film 5 British Sculptors (Work and Talk) by American film maker Warren Forma.

On November 15, 2017, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) overturned an interlocutory injunction granted by a lower court involving a documentary film called «Vancouver Aquarium Uncovered» (Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre v Charbonneau, 2017 BCA 395).