We hate thinking
about this film as Agnès Varda's valedictory sign - off — can't she just continue to make charming documentaries forever?
it starts with a bang and ends with a shrug, and how you ultimately feel
about the film as a whole will primarily be determined by how much that initial bang is still resounding in your ears at the time it is all over.
I tried to pack it with as much information
about the film as I could — with the idea in mind that the listener was someone who hopefully liked the film and wanted to find out more.
Now I don't want to give too much away
about this film as I'd like for viewers to enjoy it for themselves.
I was worried
about this film as the lead actress Frances McDormand is often in Cohen Brother's films and I tend to think they're utter cack, but three billboards is worthy of the Oscar nomination it has received, as is she for hers.
I hate thinking
about this film as Agnès Varda's valedictory sign - off — can't she just continue to make charming documentaries forever?
Check out our interview with writer / director Ralph Bakshi
about the film as well, click here.
«I, Tonya,» directed by Craig Gillespie from a screenplay by Steven Rogers, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last weekend and quickly became the most buzzed -
about film as audiences cheered the eccentric, empathetic performances by Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding, Allison Janney as her caustic mother, and Stan as Gillooly.
I assumed that the discussion of distribution difficulties would be a long shot; I didn't expect there to be so little said
about the film as a whole.
We are conditioned to speak
about films as singular texts.
While I have yet to see the actual film, I have never left a set feeling as good
about a film as I did Evil Dead.
Either way, I'm glad the project is moving forward, and I'm eager to hear more
about the film as it moves through production.
Media Mikes had a chance to chat with
him about this film as well as his upcoming TV series «Rescue 3» and plans for «The Expendables 3».
We didn't grow up in an area where a lot of the guys talked
about films as incessantly as we did, so we sort of found a commonality with each other.»
There were a few complaints I had
about the film as a whole.
Ellis hits the nail on the head when he talks
about the film as a «sequence of connections.»
While I see your points, overall I disagree
about the film as a whole.
With the shifts in tone and off - beat wackiness some may be left just as unsure
about the film as they would be about pronouncing «The Soronprfbs» — the name of the avant - garde rock band at the films centre.
And adds: «I get the feeling that Saving Mr. Banks romanticizes the Walt Disney - P.L. Travers relationship a lot.I'm guessing that if Ms. Travers were still around, she would be as happy
about this film as she was about Mary Poppins.»
Not exact matches
In the
film, Huajian chairman Zhang Huarong stands before neat rows of Ethiopian workers singing a song
about unity, describing himself
as a father to his employees, who «like me very much.»
Cameron also spoke
about the lack of older women in action
films, compared to older men,
as an incentive to include Hamilton in his latest «Terminator»
film.
As he and collaborator Lynn Novick prepare to debut their new 10 - part documentary
film series The Vietnam War on September 17 on PBS stations nationwide, we spoke with the tireless documentarian
about leadership, productivity, managing gigantic projects and how to achieve immortality through storytelling.
«Ready Player One,» director Steven Spielberg's science - fiction thriller
about a grim world where people seek escape through virtual reality, opened
as the top
film in North American theaters, delivering the first No. 1 debut this year for Warner Bros..
It is a hamfisted cautionary tale
about global warming (which, via the
film's scientific hand - waving, produces an ice age), but it also functions
as a powerful 9/11 allegory, celebrating the ability of New Yorkers to unify in the face of tragedy.
This one will be hard to stomach if you actually watch it, but
as one of the first ever «found - footage» horror movies,
about a fictional documentary crew shooting a
film in the Amazon, it has been hugely influential.
When Philando Castile was shot by police during a routine roadside stop in Minneapolis, and his death was
filmed by his girlfriend Lavish Reynolds
as her daughter sat in the back seat, the footage helped galvanize protests
about police violence against blacks in the U.S.
These documents,
as well
as our reporting, depict a close relationship between the agency and the filmmakers, including a discussion
about what should be included in the
film.
«I am upset that a pretend exercise in an improvisation, from an actual scene in the
film, has been written
about as if it was a real scenario.
«Something pretty crazy happened this week,» Franco joked
as he began a monologue
about the unprecedented attack on U.S. soil, which included the theft of sensitive data of actors who had worked on Sony
films.
A chance to see the
film a few weeks before its wide release and the ability to boast
about being in the same room
as their favourite celebrity.
The
film was also
about Navarro's growing influence
as an activist preserving a surf spot on Chile's coastline from commercial development.
It's
about the use of computation and game theory,
as espoused by mathematician John Nash (the subject of the 2002 multi-Oscar-winning
film A Beautiful Mind) in many applications.
Iger crowed
about «the quality of the assets» Disney is picking up in the deal, which includes Fox's
film and TV studio, along with various cable networks and regional sports networks
as well
as Fox's stake in Hulu (giving Disney majority control of the streaming service).
The series was produced by Jeff Skoll (of eBay fame) and his activist company Participant Media, And it serves to underscore once again the «you - are - there» power of VR —
as opposed to the two - dimensional flat - screen experience of a
film like An Inconvenient Truth — when it comes to getting out the message of urgency
about climate change.
He often delivered scripts one scene at a time, just
as those scenes were
about to be
filmed.
Ringelmann was specifically exercised
about the inability of a particular
film project to find funding, but her indictment of capital was
as true for entrepreneurs
as for indie filmmakers.
Actor and writer Bob Odenkirk speaks to CNBC's Carl Quintanilla
about his role in the new
film «The Post»
as the country's current conversation on journalism swirls.
The upcoming «Friday the 13th» game isn't
about an unlucky Friday
as much
as it is
about surviving an encounter with Jason Vorhees, the infamous hockey mask - wearing serial murderer from the
film series of the same name.
Lions Gate Entertainment (No. 54) has had box office success with two major franchises: The Twilight series (produced by Summit Entertainment, a Lions Gate subsidiary) and Hunger Games, which have much in common
as they are both
film adaptations of bestselling young adult book series, are fantastical (one is
about vampires and the other
about a futuristic dystopia), and are anchored by a dynamic young female character (portrayed by Kristen Stewart in Twilight, Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games).
It appears that White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders might be just
as confused
about President Trump's shifting story concerning the $ 130,000 payment to adult
film star Stormy Daniels
as everyone else.
The pornographic
film actress Stephanie Clifford, known professionally
as Stormy Daniels, is offering to return a $ 130,000 payment if she is allowed to speak freely
about what she claims was an affair with President Trump.
They watched, agog,
as Giuliani, the president's recently installed personal attorney, freestyled on live television Wednesday night
about the president's legal troubles and unveiled an explosive new fact: that Trump reimbursed his longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen for the $ 130,000 paid to adult -
film actress Stormy Daniels to ensure her silence
about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump.
It's the title, too, of a particularly cynical BoJack Horseman episode
about mass shootings, in which beleaguered
film producers find themselves rolling their eyes while they trot out the phrase, again and again, in response to real events
as they try to get back to the «actually pressing business of making sure the movie gets made.»
But
as I watched adult
film actress Stormy Daniels during Sunday night's «60 Minutes» interview
about her alleged affair with President Donald Trump, another adjective popped into my mind.
They watched, agog,
as Giuliani, the president's recently installed personal attorney, freestyled on live television Wednesday night
about the president's legal troubles and unveiled an explosive new fact: That Trump reimbursed his longtime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, for the $ 130,000 paid to adult -
film actress Stormy Daniels to ensure her silence
about an alleged sexual encounter with...
Twelve years after «Titanic,» which still stands
as the all - time B.O. champ, Cameron delivers again with a
film of universal appeal that just
about everyone who ever goes to the movies will need to see.
She and her now - fiancé had talked
about her wishes for a rock that wasn't mined by exploited workers or used to fund endless internecine conflicts,
as highlighted in the 2006
film starring Leo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond.
Peirone took inspiration from Jean - Paul Sartre's play No Exit,
about the hell experienced by three people trapped in a room,
as well
as such haunting
films as The Shining, Mulholland Drive, and Heavenly Creatures.
But thanks to Ellis, the
film is not at all cynical
about love, while remaining truthful
about today's rural South
as a world of broken families and kids left more than they should be to their own devices.
There can be something sweet and even radiant
about Sonia's hopefulness (
as in Brooke Smith's lovely performance in Louis Malle's
film Vanya on 42nd Street); but there is certainly something deeply sad
about her resignation to incomprehension, to the failure of understanding, on this side of the grave.