Sentences with phrase «beloved films of the year»

Todd Haynes» Carol is one of the most overwhelmingly beloved films of the year; on this issue, I stand a lonely outsider.

It's also having a bit of a moment this season as two of the most beloved films of the year, «Three Billboards» and Jordan Peele's «Get Out,» wield dark humor with aplomb as both audiences (and awards voters) are eating it right up.

Call Me by Your Name — One of the most beloved films of the year.

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This biographical film follows the early years of Norma Jean Baker (Misty Rowe) before her success in Hollywood transformed her into the beloved film star, Marilyn Monroe.

Based on a real - life story of a tobacco - company research scientist (Russell Crowe) and the ramifications of his decision to disclose industry secrets to the American public on an episode of 60 Minutes, it was a moody, intense affair that many critics touted as one of the year's best films; it netted 7 Oscar nominations in the process.Mann was back in the Academy Award hunt two year's later with Ali, a biopic of the beloved boxer Muhammad Ali that focused on both his athletic accomplishments and his political battles.

In the time that has followed she has made at least two more feature film appearances a year, playing a variety of roles such as the trophy wife in the comedy Potiche (Ozon, 2010), a mother who rekindles a thirty year old romance in the musical, Les bien - aimé / Beloved (Honoré, 2011) and Queen Cordelia in the most recent instalment of Astérix and Obélix: Au service de sa majesté / God Save Britannia (Tirard, 2012).

As probably the most celebrated and beloved film critic around, a man whose work has appeared in the Chicago Sun - Times for 45 years, who co-hosted «At The Movies» with Gene Siskel for almost 25, and who was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize, it's almost surprising that Roger Ebert has never been the subject of a movie himself.

They're showing a special screening of Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, one of the most beloved romance films of the last 20 years.

They may not have seen the film yet, but they were tired of critics slating their beloved universe after not - so - nice reviews for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice earlier this year.

Despite the retellings over the years, it's the 1991 Disney film that remains the definitive and beloved film of all time.

The existence of God becomes a major concern for the film's protagonist, 10 - year - old Catholic school student Joshua Beal (newcomer Joseph Cross, in a promising debut) after his beloved grandfather (Robert Loggia) dies of bone marrow cancer.

At the beginning of the year, these films are unburdened, but her at the end it's as if they've been automatically waved through into Certified Greatness by virtue of being beloved by all, and you have to make an active decision on whether to not include them, but exclude them.

As well - known and beloved as almost every film from 1941 (a year that gave us such films as Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon, and Sullivan's Travels), Dumbo feels a bit ahead of its time.

«Lee Daniels» The Butler» won The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC, an award instituted last year in honor of the late, beloved D.C. film critic and WTOP's longtime arts editor, Joe Barber.

Hannah And Her Sisters is one of Allen's most beloved films — and it celebrates 30 years this year.

This was a minor disruption compared to the previous year, when the festival was nearly cancelled due to a political conflict between the city and the festival organisers, relating to the screening of an anti-government documentary in 2014.1 Much has changed in the past year, most notably the impeachment of right - wing President Park Geun - hye, whose government the documentary had targeted, and the election of the left - liberal party headed by Moon Jae - in.2 While the contentious political atmosphere has not entirely dissipated, as evidenced by the student protest groups still demanding an apology from the local city government, this year's festival was an attempt to return to normalcy, despite the untimely death of one of the festival's driving forces, deputy director Kim Ji - seok, a much beloved figure within the community.3 Although the festival had a strong selection of international entries, including some of the best this year has to offer, such as Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or winner The Square and Sean Baker's The Florida Project, I have decided to focus my report on the Korean films.

As beloved and rewatchable as a number of the Peanuts animated TV specials are, the franchise's theatrical feature films have kind of faded into obscurity mostly due to years of unavailability on DVD.

Feted, beloved, and at times «progressive» as it may be, Pixar is not immune to similarly «bloggy» issues regarding political correctness; a debate over the absence of female lead characters in their films began earlier this year and remains a valid and popular talking point.

The film begins years after the man once known as Tarzan (Skarsgård) left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane (Robbie) at his side.

The 34 - year - old actor stars as Thomas McGregor in the new live action / CGI comedy directed by Will Gluck, but Gleeson has admitted filming the adaptation of the beloved Beatrix Potter character was more painful than he anticipated.

Indiepix Festival Favorites, Volume 2 Value - priced, three film set of music documentaries: «Icons Among Us: Jazz In the Present Tense,» about the modern jazz scene, with Terence Blanchard, Ravi Coltrane, Robert Glasper, Nicholas Payton, Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Donald Harrison Jr., Anat Cohen and Esperanza Spalding; «Echotone,» a lyrical documentary providing a telescopic view into the lives of Austin's vibrant young musicians as they grapple with questions of artistic integrity, commercialism, experimentation, and the future of their beloved city; and «Roaring Abyss,» a stunning audiovisual poem, the product of filmmaker Quino Piñero's two years of field recording traditional and modern music from around every corner of Ethiopia, a country of eighty different nationalities and cultures spread amongst mountains, deserts and forests.

After literally years of being somewhat mystified by the first Pirates film's beloved status in the hearts and minds of millions, I'm at an absolute loss in coming up with reasons that the second entry, Dead Man's Chest, has whipped up these same millions of people into even more of a froth - mouthed frenzy, the likes of which I haven't seen before for a film this mediocre, even rivaling the collective fervor for Narnia, Harry Potter, and the Matrix sequels.

The first part of the film introduces us to 5 year old Saroo (a bright - eyed and energetic Sunny Pawar) and his beloved and protective older brother Guddu (Abhishek Bharate).

But it will get a significant number of votes as it is beloved and the best reviewed film of the year.

Milwaukee's landmark Oriental Theatre celebrates 90 years with a raffle and screening of the most beloved film from Hollywood's golden years, Casablanca.

After almost 14 years of watching and rewatching Love Actually around the holidays, we'll see some of Richard Curtis «beloved characters reunite in a short film, Red Nose Day Actually.

Universal Pictures, the studio behind the «Fast and Furious» franchise, released this statement; «Paul was truly one of the most beloved and respected members of our studio family for 14 years, and this loss is devastating to us, to everyone involved with the «Fast and Furious» films, and to countless fans.»

But 14 years after Roland Emmerich's forgettable «Godzilla» remake, Del Toro's «Pacific Rim» constitutes a large - scale attempt to bring Japan's beloved Kaiju movies — their monster films, of which Ishiro Honda's 1954 «Godzilla» is the most famous — to American shores.

Jordan is talking about the film adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's beloved Off - Broadway musical «The Last Five Years,» about the beginning and the end of a marriage between struggling actor Cathy (Anna Kendrick) and successful novelist Jamie (Jordan).

One of the world's most recognizable and beloved character actors, he is featured in over 50 films, including «The Right Stuff,» «The Aviator,» «The Great Gatsby,» «Monster» and last year's critically - acclaimed «Junebug.»

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This was the feature film debut for: Ralph Waite (4 years later he became the beloved paternal figure of TV's «The Waltons»); Joe Don Baker (Buford Pusser from Walking Tall); James Gammon (later the crusty manager in Major League); and Anthony Zerbe, another iconic character actor of the 70's and 80's.

One of the most beloved American films of the last 25 years, this iconic movie filmed key scenes in Savannah, one of America's most beloved historic cities.

The big winner this year is beloved Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore - eda, whose new film Shoplifters won the Palme out of 21 films in competition.

This film about the beloved TV pioneer, directed by 20 Feet from Stardom Oscar - winner Morgan Neville, won raves on the festival circuit and seems likely to stand as one of the documentary success stories of the year.

Coming eleven years after Toy Story 2 drew comparisons to The Godfather Part II in quality, earning universal acclaim despite originating as a direct - to - video project, Toy Story 3 raised seemingly insurmountable expectations, having to endure comparison to two of the most beloved films of the late 20th century and ones that represented childhood bliss for millions.

Rumours of a sequel to Nick Castle's beloved science - fiction adventure film, starring Lance Guest and Catherine Mary Stewart (with a scene - stealing cameo by Robert Preston), have been around for years — and not surprisingly.

In recent years, «The Artist» and «Argo» have both been critical and commercial successes (and not coincidentally, Best Picture Oscar winners), and Disney are clearly hoping that the same kind of success follows for «Saving Mr. Banks,» which examines one of the family friendly company's most beloved films, 1964's «Mary Poppins,» and their own founder and figurehead, Walt Disney, here played by megastar Tom Hanks.

Now 2 years on comes director Tom Hooper's brave follow up with a film adaptation of the beloved musical Les Miserables.

Few would argue against The Tree of Life being one of the very best films of the year, but it remains the biggest wild card of awards season, a massively beloved masterpiece whose impressionistic style and ostensible inaccessibility have presumably prevented it from surging forward as a sure thing.

In the 15 - odd years since he started acting — on a whim after seeing a flyer for a sketch comedy group while walking across his college campus — he's starred in a long - running, much - beloved network sitcom, landed supporting roles alongside some of Hollywood's heaviest hitters, become a bona fide leading man in an action film, and donned both a writer's and director's hat.

And after two original films last year, the next offering from the good folks at Pixar is a sequel to Finding Nemo (2003), one of their most beloved films.

«Spirited Away,» «My Neighbor Totoro» and other beloved films will screen in select U.S. theaters this year as part of Ghibli Fest.

There are some action adjacent flicks on the list below, but add to that the best Fast and Furious film in 11 years with The Fate of the Furious, the criminally underrated John Wick 2, the rightfully beloved Wonder Woman, the kickass spy beats of Atomic Blonde, the daft so bad it's good silliness of Geostorm along with the more cerebral crime action found in the Safdie Brothers» Good Time.

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