Sentences with phrase «direct than drama»

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Not exact matches

Those listing the 2012 Ben Affleck - directed drama among their favourite films receive almost twice as many (+90 %) messages than the average eharmony member.

Prey at Night is directed by Johannes Roberts, a horror filmmaker whose work includes the shark drama 47 Meters Down and its upcoming sequel, called (I kid you not) 48 Meters Down, which I guess is marginally better than Great Whites: Prey at Night.

(1) The Intouchables, an $ 11.5 million dramedy, based on a true story, that was co-written and co-directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano and has become the second highest - grossing French film of all - time in France and grossed more than $ 355 million internationally (more than any other French film and, for that matter, any non-English-language film, save for The Passion of the Christ); and (2) Rust and Bone, a fictional drama that was co-written and directed by Jacques Audiard, a best foreign language film Oscar nominee three years ago for France's Un Prophet, and features tour - de-force performances from Marion Cotillard, the best actress Oscar winner five years ago, and Matthias Schonaerts, the star of last year's Belgian nominee Bullhead.

Otto Preminger directs with a sharp clarity, remaining just slightly removed from the drama, the better to watch all sides and take stock of the characters, the conflicts and the courtroom tactics, and doesn't get much better than Stewart and Scott sparring with witnesses: the cagey country lawyer hiding his endgame behind a folksy manner versus the smart, sarcastic, thoroughly urban legal eagle who makes a show of his intelligence and showmanship.

No Hughes - directed film is without some pathos, but The Breakfast Club skews more towards drama and realism than Hughes» typically more escapist fare.

It's directed by Robert Siodmak, who made more film noirs than any other director, and it is one of his darkest, a gangster drama seeped in shadows, corruption, and psychosis, with Victor Mature (in what I believe is his best noir role) a as Lt. Candella, an Italian - American police detective who takes the pursuit of small - time gangster Martin Rome (Richard Conte) personally.

Written and directed by Shults, «Krisha» is more than just another drama about addiction.

The film is a change of pace for Olivier, his first time directing someone other than Shakespeare and in a genre other than classical drama.

An uplifting boxing drama Southpaw, directed by Antoine Fuqua, opened to a better - than - expected $ 16.5 million and finished fifth.

The Oscar - winning actor admits that playing dead in the new Anand Tucker - directed drama was more challenging than he had expected.

A Brooklyn crime drama with this cast, directed by Roskam and written by Lehane in his first feature screenplay (he's written some for HBO shows The Wire and Boardwalk Empire) should have been an event film for me, but The Drop ultimately remains a little too undercooked and over-familiar to amount to more than the sum of its parts.

NovitiateWritten and directed by Maggie BettsOut October 27It's hard to imagine a film that more thoroughly passes the Bechdel Test than Novitiate, a period drama about nuns coming to terms with the changes Vatican II brought to the Catholic Church in the 1960s.

Adapted from the novel Prince of Thieves by Chuck Hogan, a much better title than the bland one Affleck and co-writers Peter Craig and Aaron Stockard chose, The Town is a solid drama about actual adults, featuring some excellently choreographed action sequences and is a big leap forward for Affleck's directing aspirations.

«Sadly, the proportion of women directing in television drama is not much better than in feature films at around 13 % in the UK and this is part of the problem.

The pair also serves as co-screenwriters (Hoffman directs) of this eerie, ominous, and darkly comedic drama (more dark than comic).

Drama Series — Outstanding Drama Series — Outstanding Actor, Drama Series — Outstanding Actress, Drama Series — Outstanding Directing, Drama Series — Outstanding Supporting Actor, Drama Series — Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama Series — Outstanding Writing, Drama Series — Outstanding Guest Performer, Drama (Appears in less than 51 % of the episodes)

Lest you think we'll be looking at a surreal, indie character piece à la Violet & Daisy or a serious drama - actioner like Hanna, know that Barely Lethal is being directed by Kyle Newman (Fanboys) and co-executive produced by none other than Brett Ratner.

Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson («Boogie Nights,» «There Will Be Blood»), «Phantom Thread» is a romantic drama with an almost obsessive focus on its two main characters and their relationship, one that dips more than a toe into psychological warfare.

More a spiritual sequel to Hal Ashby's 1973 classic The Last Detail starring Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid and the late Otis Young than it is a direct continuation, Richard Linklater's Last Flag Flying is a movingly meditative drama full of heartbreaking insight and cathartic truth I found extraordinary.

The last time Roman Polanski directed an adaptation of an acclaimed chamber drama, the result was the less than stellar

It's been awhile since Kimberly Peirce directed a feature film [that would be her first, 1999's Boys don't Cry], but she's back with another character driven drama that is important for more than just its characters — Stop - Loss.

«Bridge of Spies» (October 16): Tom Hanks stars in this Cold War drama co-written by Joel and Ethan Coen, and directed by none other than Steven Spielberg.

In 2001, a gripping drama, called Enigma, directed by Michael Apted, co-scripted by none other than Tom Stoppard and starring Dougray Scott and Kate Winslett told the WWII story of the Enigma decoder, an ingenious -LSB-...]

There is no question that cutscenes are far more disruptive to the immersive experience than the «amusement park ride,» but it gives storytellers a chance to inject drama into the story, direct the player's eye to specific places, and largely suggest the feelings the player should be experiencing at that moment in time.

On your more general point (realism of court - room dramas) the most striking difference between TV and real life (from my single experience) was that the entire court process was far more geared around the jury than is (usually) depicted on TV: witnesses are directed to talk TO the jury (not to the barristers or judge); we were encouraged to indicate to the judge if at any time we were uncertain, or «uncomfortable» for any reason (e.g. because of the nature of the evidence, or simply if we needed the toilet).