Sentences with phrase «at social commentary»

There is an odd and unnecessary attempt at social commentary in many scenes between Daryl and Freddy.

There's an interesting subplot involving an anti-government rebellion led by Michael K. Williams, but it's never fully explored (perhaps they're saving that for Part Three), while the half - hearted attempts at social commentary are difficult to take seriously when DeMonaco is constantly cutting away to people being mindlessly murdered.

Get Out is great as an uncomfortable comedy, but it excels at social commentary and reconstituted horror movie hyperbole.

Not exact matches

But if you're anything like me, you may have detected within the psychedelic lyrics a veiled bit of social commentary aimed at the startup and venture capital economy.

At this point, as a society, it would probably be more newsworthy to hear a story about someone who achieved something great without cheating... which is a depressing social commentary!

It has, on the one hand, become more in line with the American way of life, while at the same time increasing its commentary and critique on specific social and political issues.

Kendrick Lamar may offer up incredible social commentary and mind - blowing techniques, but Kendrick will empty the dance floor at a wedding...

If the job of an artist is indeed to look at the world and describe what they see, Everything Now is Win Butler's overly ambitious all night term paper, an attempt to mix social commentary with disco, the state of American culture with a club beat.

Social commentary on the broadcasters at the time of the elections reached close to a fever pitch, with fears being expressed that the broad - casters held such power as to hold the key to the election outcome.

The identification of the South Carolina congressman, a previous unknown at the national level, was made by traditional media outlets at 9 pm; within minutes, people were looking online for news and info about him; blogs picked up the story; millions of people pushed the buzz around social networks — adding their own commentary along the way.

Vodafone Ghana Music Awards came off yesterday at Accra International Conference Center with many music fans both present at the event and commentary on social media raising concerns about why Fancy Gadam won the most popular song of the year.

At the Washington, D.C., summit, for instance, «discussion split into two camps: scientific experts explored technical issues, whereas scholars who study science and society addressed questions about the possible disruption to social norms,» Sheila Jasanoff of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and Benjamin Hurlbut of Arizona State University in Tempe wrote last week in a commentary in Nature.

With Beatriz at Dinner, the prolific duo confirm their talent for social commentary and incisive wit after more than a decade of close collaborations, including indie films (Star Maps, Chuck & Buck, The Good Girl) and TV series (Freaks and Geeks and HBO's Enlightened).

Also, the film hints at a broader social commentary, but I don't see this followed through.

With the extraordinarily talented Danny Boyle at the helm, unflinchingly honest social commentary, a great cast and a fantastically funny script by regular Boyle collaborator John Hodge, Trainspotting, adapted from Irvine Welsh's iconic

Set at the intersection of post-Vietnam paranoia and the myopic introspection that became hippiedom's most lasting cultural contribution, the Philip Kaufman - directed Invasion alternates social commentary with impeccably crafted scares.

With the extraordinarily talented Danny Boyle at the helm, unflinchingly honest social commentary, a great cast and a fantastically funny script by regular Boyle collaborator John Hodge, Trainspotting, adapted from Irvine Welsh's iconic Scottish novel is a true masterpiece of British filmmaking.

But unlike the rigorous skepticism of films like Blood Simple, Fargo, and Burn After Reading, I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore uses its allegorical narrative to further a simplistic political message meant to give it an aura of timely social commentary.

Critic Consensus: This overly silly satire aims at too many targets with arrows too dull to make relevant social commentary.

Critics Consensus: This overly silly satire aims at too many targets with arrows too dull to make relevant social commentary.

Social commentary of a slightly different kind, Mike Binder's The Upside of Anger is the sort of upper class dysfunction opera that's fallen on hard times (The Safety of Objects, Fallen Angels, A Home At The End of the World, Imaginary Heroes) since the glory days of American Beauty and The Ice Storm, finding itself rejuvenated after a fashion in the smart, warm performances of Joan Allen and Kevin Costner.

In other hands, a zombie movie is just a zombie movie, but Land of the Dead, a horror film laced with rife with social commentary, political satire, and black humor, is not just a return to the genre he practically single - handedly created (or at least definitively redefined), but a return to form.

Journeyman director James McTeigue's better work (V for Vendetta, Sense8) has always maintained an element of social commentary: we sense him lingering when Burke tells Union «You are a woman, alone, at the mercy of strangers», which makes it even more cathartic whenever our resourceful heroine locates a weak spot.

And as with that tale of a knight tilting at windmills, there's social commentary everywhere you look.

As entertaining as I found it, I cant quite go that «extra yard», as it is too uneven at times, with a very predictable story that often gets too juvenile and cheap to take seriously as social commentary.

Blomkamp's social commentary will be more divisive this time around, since it involves current problems of society at large and not a closed chapter in history we all agree was flawed.

The most charitable way to look at the film (or the play, since it's still being produced these days) is not as social commentary, or even as a reminiscence, but as a vehicle (literally, much of the time) for two actors to have fun with an odd - couple bonding narrative.

Day - Lewis goes all out and hits the exaggerated level of the social commentary while making it utterly convincing at the same time — much like the film itself.

Actor - comedian Chris Rock nailed the opening monologue at the 88th Academy Awards with a skillful mix of social commentary and humour about racism in Hollywood, an issue that has dominated debates this awards season.

Though it practically qualifies as an original film, taking little from Matheson's text and teleplay (including virtually nothing in the way of social commentary), Real Steel is a tired and familiar production, hitting all the beats to tug at your heart strings but without real conviction or personality.

MaryAnn Johanson: At almost 90, French film legend Agnes Varda remains an artistic inspiration, nay, a force of nature, as she travels around rural France with photographer and muralist JR, creating art as social commentary and community project engaging everyone they encounter.

It's more of a buddy comedy than a deep satirical look at modern day terrorism but it does carry a decent, well researched social commentary on extremism and Jihad in a British context.

Basically taking a slice of what was going on at the time in a post-911 world, including both social and political commentary, it's a film that's distinctly his, but slightly hampered by outside influences.

That film — which nabbed Simien an Independent Spirit Award for his screenplay — weaved together satire and social commentary in its tale of four interconnected black students on a journey of self - discovery at an Ivy League college.

As in 28 Days Later, which at least makes gestures toward social commentary, the zombies are fast and focused, barely pausing to savor «Brains!

Amirpour's anticipated follow - up to «A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night» leans towards the direction of sensationalistic horror, using the genre as a springboard for an unconventional social commentary.

I understood the social commentary of the film, but I thought other movies such as They Live did a much better job at conveying the concept of governmental fear, media brainwashing, and poverty stricken hope.

Long pauses in Harrison's track make it a slog, but at lest Jewison has a sense of humor, occasionally chuckling at the ways the film is now dated even as he stands by its perceptive social commentary.

At the same time, the screenplay touches briefly on themes ranging from toxic sexual politics to the treatment of women in the workplace, but that social commentary falls flat as well.

If games are ever going to be taken seriously by the world at large as an art form capable of intelligent social commentary, major studios need to show some resolve when constructing their stories and characters.

The third act really picks up interest and the satire sharpens at the end, but compared to a social commentary like «Network,» «The King of Comedy» still seems lacking.

At this year's Sundance Film Festival, editor - in - chief Peter Sciretta wrote director Matt Spicer «s film «is not just your average comedy film, but a smart commentary on our social media obsessed world.»

Of course, plenty of crass jokes and dialogue are to be expected, and while Super Troopers 2 is primarily centered on a rivalry between the familiar squad and some Canadian Mounties soon to be out of a job, using that rift to pepper the comedy with some zingers on both sides rooted in current events (Americans have a go at how high the Canadian drinking limit is while Canadians fire back lambasting the United States» gun control issue and gross levels of obesity), the proceedings aren't concerned with getting political or forcing social commentary down anyone's throat.

There is a half - hearted attempt at setting up a romantic dynamic between Carlyle and Zendaya's Anne Wheeler (which also bafflingly looks to tackle social commentary), but that is essentially an afterthought by the time the credits roll.

America Ferrera dominates the stage in Laura Marks» «Bethany,» a dark comedy of social commentary at Women's Project Theater that poses intriguing questions but never quite convinces.

The comedian's directorial debut, the excellent social thriller Get Out, catapulted him to blockbuster success — delivering smart commentary on modern racism, crushing box office myths, and teaching viewers to never trust people who eat Froot Loops one at a time.

Jean - Pierre and Luc Dardenne have their own way with social realism and commentary, one that that doesn't have Loach's humor but is just as good at capturing the textures and rhythms of lives and often better as sketching the anxieties and conflicts within communities.

On the whole, the category is pretty weak, except of Day - Lewis, who owns There Will Be Blood, making it an enthralling character study and heightening its social commentary at once.

Hand wringing over Americans» obsession with sports at the expense of academics is a hardy perennial in education writing, social commentary, and even sketch comedy.

In a 2012 survey, job satisfaction was at a 25 - year low, teacher turnover is alarmingly high and costly, and morale is constantly under assault by social and political commentary.