Sentences with phrase «affinity for films»

His affinity for films manifests itself in several ways, including his willingness to share his film knowledge via Twitter.

There began my lifelong affinity for films about messy family dynamics, but none have ever been able to grab me the way Little Miss Sunshine did.

After all, the Academy has an affinity for films based on real events, perhaps because of the greater level of responsibility involved when depicting history and someone's life.

However, Djimon Hounsou's ferocity in his co-leading Blood Diamond role — hell, he might actually have a tad more screen time than DiCaprio — will certainly translate to ethical sincerity to many Oscar voters (who already indicated their affinity for the film by nominating it in nearly as many categories as Murphy's film).

I kept my affinity for the film a secret.

Not exact matches

The film demonstrates not only Fassbinder's usual superb technical control and ability to elicit superbly nuanced performances from his actors, but also an unprecedented affinity for literary adaptation and historical sensitivity.

Efron, who reportedly exercised himself down to 5 % body fat, plays up the «swimming Bad Boy» character for laughs, though as the film progresses you do begin to feel a little affinity for him.

And just as Topsy - Turvy was as much a depiction of the man behind the camera as it was about Gilbert and Sullivan, so too does a palpable affinity for Leigh's current subject course through every frame of this Cannes prize - winning film.

But other moments feel as if Demme's affinity for shagginess and musicality — utilized better in «Rachel Getting Married» and all his»80s films — is filling in the gaps.

Sure, cataloging the film's copious references and antecedents will make critics feel smart — but does that just make First Reformed fan service for those who share Schrader's obvious affinity for Bresson, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Ingmar Bergman?

In any case, as I state above, it's not their affinity for British films that bothers me — it's the fact that they don't tend to celebrate the best British films.

He seems to have some affinity for the swamp based on his first film, so he might have a very interesting approach to the material.

He seems to have a natural affinity for the Gothic, and his live - action «Legend of Sleepy Hollow» (also with Johnny Depp) remains one of the most visually beautiful films I've seen.

It gives the idea of consumerism run wild the short shrift that it deserves (and the cynicism that an intervening quarter - century demands), touching on the original's explanation of the zombies» affinity for the shopping mall and the human heroes» delight at their newfound material wealth before becoming a bracing action film that, like Marcus Nispel's reworking of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the source of which didn't need updating as much as Dawn arguably did), is more firmly entrenched in the James Cameron Aliens tradition than the Seventies institution of disconcerting personal horror film.

Garrel, with only one previous film in Competition, has always had an affinity for the alternative festival that the Fortnight can be at its best, as in this edition.

Writer / director Martin McDonagh is endlessly fascinated both by violence and our affinity for it, and this film is a whip - smart and incredibly funny look at both.

The film Entourage has little value for those who don't already hold an affinity for the TV series on which it's based and the unsympathetic characters that form it.

Although «Measure of a Man» is less gut - wrenching than director Jim Loach's only previous theatrical film, «Oranges and Sunshine» — about the cruel fate of unwanted children shipped from England to Australia during the United Kingdom's mid-20th-century «child migrant» program — the British filmmaker shows himself to have an affinity for tales of the abuse of power.

Though his exceptional talents and affinity for New York makes him something of a younger Woody Allen, Baumbach is still one of the most overlooked talents making films today.

Directed by Lewie Kloster, a student at NYU Tisch School of the Arts where the film's subject works as a professor, Legal Smuggling with Christine Choy is an animated audio recording of Christine as she recounts her affinity for cigarettes.

It's clear that the Academy has a strong affinity for American Hustle over all, as Russell's last two films have now earned Oscar nods in all six major categories.]

WHY: Whether he's making poetic coming - of - age films or pot - fueled buddy comedies, David Gordon Green hasn't allowed himself to be confined to a certain genre, although he does seem to have an affinity for the kind of naturalistic, salt - of - the - earth dramas that he's returned to in recent years, including his latest movie, «Manglehorn.»

Coogler never loses sight of this, does not allow affinity for the previous sequels or an inherent knowledge of sports film clichés get in the way.

The director behind the celebrated (but uneven) cannibal movie «We Are What We Are,» and the vampire indie «Stake Land,» Mickle certainly has a proclivity for dark and bloody genre films with intense horror tropes, and «Cold In July» evinces much of those affinities.

Like most films of its ilk, Walk Hard may go too over-the-top to prove itself, but there is something charming about it, underscored by its genuine love of music and affinity for musicians.

In addition, the Black Panther star dishes on sneaker references in the film, the anticipated Creed sequel, and has affinity for Bred Air Jordan 1s and Huaraches.

Most noticeably, he displayed a marked affinity for economical, and often improvisatory, effects work, especially the exquisitely detailed matte paintings that often help to enrich the pictorial density of his films.

Perhaps the most interesting performance in this film for me was Cameron Diaz's Malkina, a sexualized, confident, mysterious woman with an affinity for all things cheetah, right down to her eye makeup.

In the spirit of Latham's belief in art as a continuous practice, while the main gallery will show a selection of Latham's one - second drawings (he discovered spray painting in 1954), scarified book sculptures, installations, public art projects and filmed performances, the Sackler will be given over to a generation of younger artists whose work was made with an affinity for Latham's philosophy and practice.

Photographer and videographer Alex Prager has an affinity for the pulp fiction heroine: many of her photographs appear to be film stills taken directly from a David Lynch or Hitchcock film but with a Cindy Sherman influence.

Join Mercer Union for an intimate screening of films selected for their affinities to Geoffrey Farmer's own practice as an artist.

Because the rock minerals have an affinity for water, the water will coat the crevices and pore walls of the rock in a thin film, just as raindrops might spread out and form a film when they land on your skin.