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Powerful drama starring Edward Norton as Derek Vinyard, a violent neo-Nazi who's given a three - year sentence for attacking and killing a black youth.
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Bob Rafelson's powerful drama stars Jack Nicholson as a Philadelphia radio DJ who is reluctantly drawn into the schemes of his unstable brother Jason, who sleeps rough in Atlantic City, does odd jobs for the mob and has a plan to get rich by building a paradise retreat on a Pacific island.
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In 1987, he starred as anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in Richard Attenborough's Cry Freedom alongside Kevin Kline, and though the film itself alienated some critics (Pauline Kael called it «dumbfounding»), Washington's powerful performance earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.Two years later, Washington netted another Best Supporting Actor nod — and won the award — for his turn as an embittered yet courageous runaway slave in the Civil War drama Glory.
This powerful new BBC miniseries, starring Bradley Whitford (The West Wing), addresses these issues within the context of a drama where oil executives, politicians and environmental activists collide.After the president of Arrow Oil suddenly retires, Tom McConnell is thrown into the hot seat.
This powerful new BBC miniseries, starring Bradley Whitford (The West Wing), addresses these issues within the context of a drama where oil
John Marley, who played the Hollywood producer who finds a horse's head in his bed in The Godfather (1972), was nominated for an Oscar for his supporting role in Love Story (1970), and starred in John Cassavettes's powerful drama Faces (1968), plays Charles Brooks, whose son Andy (newcomer Richard Backus) returns from Vietnam in an unnatural state.
Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.
ScreenPicks talked with stars Garrett Hedlund, Carey Mulligan and Mary J. Blige, along with co - writer / director Dee Rees, about their powerful Netflix drama «Mudbound.»
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Academy Award ® winner * Denzel Washington directs and stars in the powerful and moving drama FENCES, arriving on Blu - ray, DVD and On Demand March 14, 2017 from Paramount Home Media Distribution.
Bong Joon Ho's star - studded drama centers on a young girl who must keep a powerful company from abducting her pal, a gentle beast.
I love her as the devoted secretary «Miss Mead,» in the all - star soapy drama about wealthy and powerful people stuck at an airport, «The VIPs.»
However, when he gets down to brass tacks and lets the drama unfold, he produces some of the most powerful and engaging sequences in any Star Wars film.
Starring Ruth Wilson (Jane Eyre), Mrs. Wilson is a powerful three - part drama inspired by the memoir of Ms. Wilson's grandmother and family history.
The night also includes the Orson Welles thriller The Stranger (1946), in which he co-stars with Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young, and Edward Dmytryk's powerful drama The Juggler (1953), starring Kirk Douglas.
Following on from the latest UK trailer [watch it here], we now have a new UK poster for Lenny Abrahamson's award winning drama Room starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay; check it out... SEE ALSO: Read our reviews for Room here and here An intensely powerful and wonderfully life - affirming experience, Room is the new film from acclaimed director, -LSB-...]
Director / star Ben Affleck offers a look at an unbelievable true story in this powerful drama.
Amazon Studios has debuted a trailer for David E. Kelly and Jonathan Shapiro's upcoming legal drama series Goliath which stars Billy Bob Thornton, Maria Bello, Olivia Thirlby, William Hurt and Harold Perrineau; take a look below after the official synopsis... Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar -LSB-...]
An impressive blend of stylish comedy and powerful drama makes this a remarkable directorial debut for filmmaker Carlos López Estrada, but it's the presence of Hamilton star Daveed Diggs giving a breakthrough performance that really drives this movie home.