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From the chapter based storyline to the quirky yet sophisticated characters and the general art style of the film.

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The overall style of Sleeping Beauty is also more modern than that of the older Disney fairy tales; both figures and backgrounds are somewhat sharp edged and angular, in the manner of 1950s commercial art, rather than softly rounded as in the earlier films.

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The look of the film is easily the most impressive part of the movie, as it managed to take the flat line - art of Seuss» work and give it depth and texture, without losing any of the charm or style.

Before Charlie Ahearn shot his seminal hip - hop film «Wild Style» in 1982, he was directly exposed to the bourgeoning hip - hop, break - dancing and graffiti movement, while shooting his super-8 martial arts epic «The Deadly Art of Survival» around the projects (next door to his apartment) in the Lower East Side in 1979.

The art style and language of the film really helped with it being in the 1600's, and that sadly doesn't do justice for me.

Michael O'Sullivan has covered the arts for The Washington Post since 1993, contributing reviews and features on film, fine art, theater and other forms of entertainment to Style and Weekend.

From the looks of it, not even the DVD producers have seen the film; the cover art places Michael Kelly's assistive supporting character on the front in a place and style clearly meant for Koteas» more prominent slimeball.

The animation is not done there: the film is chock full of gorgeous Asian landscapes, and the art style frequently shifts into traditional animation to deliver flashbacks.

It has a marvelous ensemble cast and all the visceral impact and moment - to - moment tension of a fine thriller, together with the distinctive visual style of an art film.

«Schrader works in a stately, dark - toned style that's far more compelling than the frenetic genre hash of his last two films, «Dying of the Light» (2014) and «Dog Eat Dog (2016),» Variety opined in a review, coming into «First Reformed» as a summation of Schrader's work: «Paul Schrader pours all his obsessions, from Robert Bresson to pulp violence, into a grindhouse art film you can't stop watching.»

Said Focus World touting the feature:» Focus World acquired writer / director Julia Ducournau's Raw out of Cannes where we fell in love with her bold and original voice and the genre - bending style; Raw is a film that both hard - core genre fans and art - house audiences will absolutely love.»

They sought inspiration in the era's art, specifically the work of the photo - realists, who painted photographs in a style that is both hyperreal and at one remove from reality — evoked by the variety of reflecting surfaces seen in the film — and the op artists, who deployed contrasting visual elements to create vibrating surface tensions on a single plane.

Abel Ferrara was already in firm control of his art - sleaze style by the time of 1984's Fear City, a film that looks like it occurs at the darkest corners of the sex - funk world of Purple Rain.

Whereas Bazin never mentions Caravaggio in his essay on «The Ontology of the Photographic Image» (1945), the French critic refers to the baroque style as a proto - cinematic and pictorial term of reference: «The film delivers baroque art from its convulsive catalepsy.»

A cringe-fest of microaggressions and eerie entrances, the film also boasts a very funny supporting performance from Thou Wast Mild and Lovely director Josephine Decker as a blithely condescending, self - styled patron of the arts who only opens her mouth to switch feet.

Already widely cited and used in courses in film studies, film genre, and art and avant garde film, this updated edition situates «Transcendental Style», forty - five years later, as part of a larger movement in post-war cinema, the Slow Cinema movement.

Arrow Video are releasing a UK limited edition Blu - Ray of the film with lovely cover art packaging, which features a sexy red and black blood styled case.

Going In Style would be an example of the latter, remaking the 1979 Martin Brest film starring George Burns, Art Carney, and Lee Strasberg, which was a minor hit in its day but has faded from the public awareness in the decades since.

Michael Bay has perfected the art of this style, and in this respect, he makes a fine film.

Going in Style is a remake of a 1979 film by the same name starring Art Carney, Lee Strasberg and George Burns.

Three reasons explain why Tokyo Story is generally regarded as Ozu's finest work are: it's by far the film of his that's been most widely seen in the West; its first distribution in the U.S. coincided with the landmark publication in 1972 of Paul Schrader's Transcendental Style in Film, which considered Ozu alongside other such luminaries as Carl Theodor Dreyer and Robert Bresson as an exemplar of spiritual filmmaking; and it's seen as the most complete summation of its director's art.

Filmmaker Sally Potter combines the experimental tools and feminist approach of her earlier films with art - house style and more conventional narrative storytelling to find the cinematic counterpart to Virginia Woolf's writing in this 1992 adaptation of Woolf's novel «Orlando: A Biography.»

The movie does a terrific job of mimicking the sound and styles of the folk music era, attesting to the talent of the art directors, makeup artists, and songwriters / cast - members who created all of the original tunes featured in the film.

Terry Zwigoff's landmark 1995 film is an intimate documentary portrait of the underground artist Robert Crumb, whose unique drawing style and sexually and racially provocative subject matter have made him a household name in popular American art.

New to this disc is the four - minute «In Walt's Words: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,» an audio - only interview with Walt Disney discussing the film set to an image track, the seven - minute featurette «Iconography» that explores the film's influences on popular culture, art, and fashion, «@DisneyAnimation: Designing Disney's First Princess» with four contemporary animators discussing the design of Snow White, and an «Alternate Sequence: The Prince Meets Snow White,» plus the breezy promo - style pieces «The Fairest Facts of Them All: 7 Facts You May Now Know About Snow White» with Disney Channel star Sofia Carson and the rap retelling «Snow White in Seventy Seconds.»

Sky Captain is a scrapbook of references to old styles and newer films, everything from the pulp art of Rafael DeSoto and Frank Paul to the modern versions of them in the art of Jon Muth and George Pratt; from old Buck Rogers serials to The Land that Time Forgot and Journey to the Center of the Earth to the clinical lunar phantasms of Raiders of the Lost Ark..

The film also weaves in lots of scenes that are meant to make us think that Barnum was the first 21st century - style «woke» white straight man in America — a goodhearted fellow who gave circus jobs to outcasts of one kind or another (talk about a big tent: the repertory company includes African - Americans, little people, giants, conjoined twins and a bearded lady), not just because they happened to possess certain talents or physical characteristics that Barnum could exploit (often by appealing to the majority's prurient interests or bigotries) but because the onetime poor boy Barnum sees himself in their striving, and wants to build a theatrical - carnival arts utopia in America's largest city with help from his new partner, rich kid turned playwright Philip Carlyle (Zac Efron).

In the latest episode of my new Deadline video series Behind The Lens, in which I explore the art and style of directors in one - on - one conversations, I talk to a relative newcomer to helming, Stephen Chbosky whose third feature film, Wonder, has turned into an out - of - the - b0x hit for Lionsgate since it opened in November, so far grossing well over $ 100 million domestically and going strong.

They met in 1985 not long after she graduated from Cambridge and in the style of A-level kids hanging around the art room at lunchtime, they made seven films together, including «Caravaggio» and «The Last of England» before Jarman's death in 1994 from Aids.

Starting with 1988's «Beetlejuice,» director Tim Burton has had a hand in a series of popularly accessible and critically acclaimed horror - skewed films, including the Johnny Depp vehicles «Sleepy Hollow» and «Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,» both of which won Oscars for Best Art Direction, reflecting Burton's dark, twisted style.

«Robert Bresson began as a painter and, while he would rarely practice the art, it was a guiding force in the development of his unique film style.»

Wiseman's unobtrusive filming style and strategic editing reveals the inner workings of the multifaceted institution, engages with discussion about the role of art in broader society and explores how people connect with art.

It took all three of them to do that for «Going In Style,» the remake of the 1979 film that featured accomplished veteran actors George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasberg.

The film features art hand - painted by artists in the style of Vincent Van Gogh to tell his story.

A true ode to pulp heroes and its beloved titular character, the 1990 film adaptation of Dave Stevens» «Rocketeer» holds up incredibly well as a one - off superhero outing that packs a distinct art deco style and glorious period aesthetic.

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Peter Brook and Joseph Losey were smuggling a continental art house style through the backdoor of the British film industry.

The Boxtrolls is a noticeably better film than Brave, with a much more interesting world, a stronger art style and better voice acting, but it still has that lingering feeling of missed opportunity.

Like his 2009 debut, «Samson & Delilah,» the new film, which won a special jury prize in Venice, finds Thornton expressing a palpable anger at the brutal mistreatment of his country's Aboriginal people, in a style that melds classical western filmmaking with studied art - film longueurs.

Blending Aardman's trademark style and characterizations with DreamWorks» state - of - the - art computer animation, the film marks a unique new look for the artform.

Wong reveals that he is using different masters to choreograph the arts of the different school, with Lau Kar - leung providing guidance on the Hung Gar style used in the film.

For those who missed the first film, Ip Man (played by Hong Kong martial arts maestro Donnie Yen) is the real - life martial Chinese arts teacher and proponent of Wing Chun style who was a hero during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria but is more famous to the western world for mentoring the young Bruce Lee.

The art show is curated by Chogrin and Gary Deocampo, and will feature work by dozens of artists reinterpreting del Toro's films in their own unique styles.

In a sense this film anticipated martial arts extravaganzas such as The Matrix (Andy and Larry Wachowski, 1999) and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Ang Lee, 2000), as well as the western assimilation of the distinctive Hong Kong action film style of directors such as Tsui Hark and John Woo.

Bolstered by confident, strong performances from its two leads (as well as the rest of the principal cast), a visual style that perfectly reinforces the film's themes and tone, and a killer soundtrack, the film feels like a well curated tour of the darker corners of the art world.

The film's art style literally omits the outlines of its characters and backdrops.

Built around rich, gorgeous visuals and a crisp, bright style, this is a film that is sure to dazzle those who appreciate the art of animation.

A retro grindhouse in the heart of Downtown Mesa, The Royale is a community arts venue & theater space styled after the film palaces of yesteryear.

Paramount boasted a more elegant style and opulent touch, more glamour and soft - focus gloss than the working class Warner films and a roster of directors that included Ernst Lubitsch, Josef von Sternberg, Cecil B. DeMille and Mitchell Leisen, a director who began as a costume designer and art director on Douglas Fairbanks adventures and Cecil B. DeMille spectacles.