Sentences with phrase «bleak film as»

Is there a precedent for such a resolutely bleak film as Biutiful to be considered a frontrunner?

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The film is, even by Schrader's standards, a bleak endeavor, concerned with the durability of spirituality, its susceptibility to corruption and radicalism, and its place in modern American life: with the slow decay of the planet, as well as with pain, penance, and the validity of suicide and murder.

As Schrader's hero takes a bleaker look at life, and considers committing an extreme act as a desperate attempt to find resonance and morality in the world, he stands alongside the protagonists of such Schrader - written films as «Taxi Driver,» «American Gigolo» and «Light Sleeper,» three works the filmmaker has connected as his «night trilogy.&raquAs Schrader's hero takes a bleaker look at life, and considers committing an extreme act as a desperate attempt to find resonance and morality in the world, he stands alongside the protagonists of such Schrader - written films as «Taxi Driver,» «American Gigolo» and «Light Sleeper,» three works the filmmaker has connected as his «night trilogy.&raquas a desperate attempt to find resonance and morality in the world, he stands alongside the protagonists of such Schrader - written films as «Taxi Driver,» «American Gigolo» and «Light Sleeper,» three works the filmmaker has connected as his «night trilogy.&raquas «Taxi Driver,» «American Gigolo» and «Light Sleeper,» three works the filmmaker has connected as his «night trilogy.&raquas his «night trilogy.»

Filmed in bleak green - gray hues, writer - director Peter Landesman's movie depicts D.C. as a nest of vipers, of conspiracies within conspiracies, of paranoia begetting paranoia.

I found the film borderline bleak, and borderline predictable, at least in its resolution, yet admirable as well.

This almost adds to the bleak vision of the film, no music, very little uplifting moments, as if to enjoy yourself is frowned upon.

It's highly regarded (as are all of his films) which got me interested, on top of the sci - fi focus, but it also sounded like it might be the slowest moving and most bleak title of his oeuvre.

But as the days get shorter, the films look to get bleaker, as a trailer for a new young - skewing end - times picture demonstrates.

Considering how that film was not exactly a commercial success, this may not sound like a big deal to many of you but as someone who believes that bleak and bruising comedy - drama to be one of the great unsung movies of the decade — the kind of film that the great Billy Wilder might have made once upon a time — I went into the screening with the kind of over-the-top sense of anticipation that many felt as they walked into «Avengers: Infinity War.»

A Single Man Tom Ford's adaptation of the Christopher Isherwood novel, about a gay man grieving over the death of his lover, is a bleak, intelligent film that serves as a showcase for what may be Colin Firth's finest film performance, the ultimate elucidation of the character he has been playing, in one form or another, for years: The man who feels too much to allow himself to show it.

The film takes time to outline and explain Thanos» bleak worldview, as well as giving him moments of emotional depth involving daughters Gamora (Zoe Saldana) and Nebula (Karen Gillan).

In the film Boston is depicted as bleak and grey but populated with colourful characters — Irish gangsters, long - haired gun - runners, over-sexed Mafia henchmen and the like.

As someone who appreciates the art form as it is more commonly employed, I didn't find much to love about this bleak, bloody film, whose story and characterizations felt lacking on the wholAs someone who appreciates the art form as it is more commonly employed, I didn't find much to love about this bleak, bloody film, whose story and characterizations felt lacking on the wholas it is more commonly employed, I didn't find much to love about this bleak, bloody film, whose story and characterizations felt lacking on the whole.

It's his 21st film as a writer / director, and it shows him at his most energetic, creative and vital, even though the subject matter is extremely bleak.

ABOUT SCHMIDT Director Alexander Payne's film about a Midwestern widower on a journey of self - discovery is uncompromisingly bleak as well as cutting in its portrayal of the casual vulgarity of modern life.

David Cronenberg is best known for psychological horror films such as Videodrome and Dead Ringers, and although Maps to the Stars is ostensibly a bleak satire on movie folk, there's an underlying gothic mood that simmers nicely to the boil.

Directed with the usual dark and bleak look of Zack Snyder films like last year's fan disappointment Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the new movie fails to find the fun in all of this and ranks as a setback for the genre after three previous winners this year: Wonder Woman, Spider - Man: Homecoming and the current Thor: Ragnarok.

This isn't the Old Testament prehistory we've seen before — Aronofsky draws from both Christian and Jewish religious texts to fill out the story (which is actually quite short in the Bible) and offers bleak, poisoned world before the flood quite different from the Mediterranean deserts and forests of previous films — and it accomplishes something quite powerful, vivid and unexpected as a result.

For a film that has a premise as bleak and inhuman as a mother and her child being confined in an inescapable room, this trailer certainly leans in a hopeful direction.

The Hollywood Reporter «s John DeFore praised the film as a biting look at motherhood that balances its bleak outlook with moments of sheer humanity:

Describe the plot of My Life as a Courgette to someone who's not been lucky enough to see it and they'll find it hard to understand how a film with such a bleak premise can be so funny and emotionally involving.

When you're filing, the whole world files with you Jonathan Pryce plays Sam Lowry, an unexceptional everyman who dreams big but lives as a tiny cog in a bewildering machine in Terry Gilliam's farcical but biting dystopian nightmare — a film he originally struggled to get to screen when executives bristled at its length and bleak ending.

In the end, that decision, along with cinematography that injects small moments of beauty into an otherwise bleak narrative, as well as strong performances, make for a compelling film.

Said to be a cold war fears revision of the filmmakers» own childhood anxieties, this bleak entry into the doomsday canon is sure to be as uncompromising as his previous film.

However, as The Death Cure effectively concludes the last film franchise that was born of the popularity of The Hunger Games, it doesn't provide any real incentive to revive the narrow genre of dystopian YA - based sci - fi that has a future as bleak as the apocalyptic landscapes they depict.

Bleak, brutal, and ultimately pointless, the film stars Guy Pearce as a man whose car is stolen and who won't rest until he not only gets it back but also punishes, with extreme prejudice, the dirtbags who took it.

Dyson and Nyman have stated there are some personal demons in the film and, as they look back to the late 1970s and their youth, they also cannily transfer a bleak mood of societal and private discontent to the present day.

As subversive a studio movie as has ever emerged from Hollywood, Fincher's stunningly bleak serial - killer film equates the efforts of lawmen with institutionalized chaoAs subversive a studio movie as has ever emerged from Hollywood, Fincher's stunningly bleak serial - killer film equates the efforts of lawmen with institutionalized chaoas has ever emerged from Hollywood, Fincher's stunningly bleak serial - killer film equates the efforts of lawmen with institutionalized chaos.

Some other memorable moments that emerged while compiling this: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep (both Oscar - nominated) and Tom Waits on the downward spiral in Hector Babenco and William Kennedy's bleak «Ironweed»; John Huston's lyrical direction of the posthumously released adaptation of James Joyce's «The Dead»; the joyous Cajun -, zydeco -, R&B and gospel - flavored soundtrack of «The Big Easy,» gumbo for the ears; the consummate character actor John Mahoney breaking out (at least for me) in «Tin Men,» «Suspect» and «Moonstruck» and and Hunter delighting in «Raising Arizona,» «Broadcast News» and just about anything that came after; plus two British indies: Emily Lloyd as a cheeky 16 - year - old in David Leland's delightful comedy - drama «Wish You Were Here»; and one of the great cult films of the decade, Bruce Robinson's savagely witty «Withnail and I» with Richard E. Grant and Paul McCann.

A film from the unpredictable peripheries of independent film - making, Entertainment is a bleak vision of the US as a junkyard paradise of lonely souls, empty motels and everyday madness.

13th (Ava DuVernay, 2016) This rolls out a bleak history of racism, but the impact of DuVernay's film is her capacity to disrupt our reading of 13th as being purely and only that.

Nebraska is just like most states and not as bleak as depicted in the film but the photography is exceptional.

Not surprisingly, the film failed to find an audience at the box office, as the many of the bleaker New Wave efforts failed 15 years earlier.

This Christmas a venerable Seattle tradition continues as the Grand Illusion plays, on 35 millimeter film and for the next three weeks, Frank Capra's greatest film, the grim, bleak, heart - warming holiday classic from 1946.

In order to grind his axes, he has abandoned his history as the director of aggressively bleak films like 21 Grams and Biutiful and made Birdman, a comedy of sorts.

As subversive a studio movie as has ever emerged from Hollywood, David Fincher's stunningly bleak serial - killer film equates the efforts of lawmen with institutionalized chaoAs subversive a studio movie as has ever emerged from Hollywood, David Fincher's stunningly bleak serial - killer film equates the efforts of lawmen with institutionalized chaoas has ever emerged from Hollywood, David Fincher's stunningly bleak serial - killer film equates the efforts of lawmen with institutionalized chaos.

After a string of bleak dystopian films such as Divergent, The Hunger Games and The Giver, Tomorrowland is a refreshing take.

In order to grind his axes, he has abandoned his history as the director of aggressively bleak films like

The Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic was presented to: Eliza Hittman for her film Beach Rats — An aimless teenager on the outer edges of Brooklyn struggles to escape his bleak home life and navigate questions of self - identity, as he balances his time between his delinquent friends, a potential new girlfriend, and older men he meets online.

The film's bleak pallor is achieved in large part by editor Hank Corwin, who began his career as an editor for Oliver Stone, and cinematographer Eduardo Serra.

The first two films were also bleak due to the nature of the subject matter, but they found ways to inject some much - needed levity as well, and that's something «Mockingjay» lacks.