Led by a trio of lackluster performances from Alan Rickman, Rebecca Hall and «Game of Thrones» thesp Richard Madden, this awkward, passionless drama conveys neither the sensuality nor the drawn - out sense of longing required
by its period tale of a young secretary who falls in love with his employer's wife.
Not exact matches
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Periods of big price changes groups together, interspersed
by intervals of more sedate variation - the tell
tale marks of long memory and persistence.
We could argue that their books were written
by several different authors over a
period of several decades, all of whom had competing interests and goals, most of which involve self - advancing propaganda and fictional
tales of the supposed author's life and ideas.
By freeing them from slavery to a book of fairy tales that was cobbled together by a bunch of mentally ill morons over a period of hundreds of year
By freeing them from slavery to a book of fairy
tales that was cobbled together
by a bunch of mentally ill morons over a period of hundreds of year
by a bunch of mentally ill morons over a
period of hundreds of years.
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tale is ready a girl who were dwelling her existence because of the truth a playgirl, however then on account of her sins, she is not in a position to enter the Gate to Heaven, due to this fact she hbecause of the truth to pay out the outcome
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About a year later, Morton would see the release of In America, Jim Sheridan's acclaimed slice - of - life
tale of an Irish family immigrating to New York City's Hell's Kitchen, for which she would receive her second Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Actress.Morton continued to take on challenging assignments such as the futuristic Code 46 opposite Tim Robbins and directed
by British helmer Michael Winterbottom, and appearing opposite Johnny Depp in the little - seen The Libertine, and the
period drama River Queen.
The rock and roll
tale is highlighted
by some rousing musical numbers and nice
period detail.
Critic Consensus: Sharper and wittier than your average
period piece, The Lion in Winter is a
tale of palace intrigue bolstered
by fantastic performances from Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, and Anthony Hopkins in his big - screen debut.
Critics Consensus: Sharper and wittier than your average
period piece, The Lion in Winter is a
tale of palace intrigue bolstered
by fantastic performances from Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, and Anthony Hopkins in his big - screen debut.
A piece of ham - handed kitsch at its most asinine, The Lovers, not in any way to be confused with Louis Malle's film
by the same title, is a shamelessly derivative and preposterous would - be blockbuster that goofily fashions itself as a sweeping romance, time - travel sci - fi
tale, and gallant
period piece all at once.
Directed with
period flair and eye - catching scene transitions
by Paul McGuigan (Victor Frankenstein), the film that charts her final years likewise does more than just combine a tear - inducing
tale of sickness with an unlikely romance.
As Gray described to us in our very recent interview, the inspiration was multi-tiered, a Puccini opera he saw directed
by director William Friedkin («The Exorcist,» «The French Connection»),
tales from his grandparents from the same time
period, and the copious amounts of research he did, but moving out of his moody male comfort zone was part of the desire as well.
By now, any self - respecting cineaste is aware of the campfire
tale about a group of kids who set about recreating Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark over a
period of many years.
Based on Matt Bondurant's
period novel «The Wettest County In the World», the fact - based
tale sees petty criminals, the Bondurant brothers (played
by Shia LaBeouf, Jason Clarke and Tom Hardy), cross paths with ruthless underworld figures and corrupt law enforcers, each wanting their own piece of the prohibition pie.
They are: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, represented
by their»60s folkie pastiche «Inside Llewyn Davis»; James Gray, a steady Cannes presence, directing a
period piece starring Joaquin Phoenix and Marion Cotillard, «The Immigrant»; Jim Jarmusch, bringing to the seaside resort mecca a
tale of vampire love and marriage, «Only Lovers Left Alive»; Alexander Payne, whose latest is «Nebraska»; and Steven Soderbergh, with his Liberace biopic «Behind the Candelabra.»
The epic shoot will last four months, with the project «loosely based on «
Tale of
Tales»
by Giambattista Basile» and centering on the «giant fresco of the baroque
period, told through stories of three sovereigns ruling under different dynasties.»
A trailer has just been released for the film, and it looks like a good
period cops and robbers story, bolstered
by that cast into a level of quality that might let it sit alongside other
period LA crime
tales such as L.A. Confidential.
Released in the middle of that
period, North
by Northwest is a
tale of mistaken identity.
Obviously still hurting from the poor reception of his
period epic, «Alexander,» the veteran director has decided to play it safe
by telling the simple
tale of two men trapped beneath the rubble at Ground Zero.
The
period set, action - adventure romance tells the
tale of two spies (played
by Brad Pitt and Cotillard), who fall in love behind enemy lines and find themselves in a predicament when one is suspected of being a double agent.
The seminal film about teen angst and high school carnage has to be Brian De Palma's 1976 landmark adaptation of King's first full length novel, the
tale of an unpopular teenager who marks the arrival of her
period by suddenly embracing her psychic powers.
1932 Tatra Type 57 — Zoe Harrison tells the intriguing story of the car that came here from Austria in the 1970s / 1911 Albion 16hp — The
tale of this Scottish expatriate now enjoying an active life in Australia is told
by Dennis Harrison / Ice and Snow Rally 1991 — Malcolm Elder explains what it is like to take part in the Rallye Neige et Glace in the French Alps / Early 20s Fox light car — The story of this Anglo - German enterprise is uncovered
by Michael Worthington - Williams / Another Golden Age of Motoring — Brian A Meulbrouck argues that the
period following WW2 should be considered worthy of this accolade / 1928 Alvis 12/50 — The Editor enjoys his excursion this month in this sporting open tourer / Epps Bros. coachbuilders — The history of the London - based family firm is recalled for us
by James Taylor / 1924 Turcat - Mery SG limousine — In the second part of his article Finbarr Corry writes about his impressions of driving a 1924 limousine / 1930s «graveyard» — Ray Cattle pictures a sad collection of thirties cars left in the open to rot.
A3 at Brooklands — Paul Chudecki enjoys a rare opportunity to drive the oldest surviving Aston Martin at Brooklands, where it competed in the 1920s / Auto - biography: Shelagh Montague Browne — Matthew Bell visits Shelagh Montague Browne to learn about her remarkable life, which included marriage to Lance Macklin / Colombo, part one: Enzo's dynamic duo — Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges examines the successful partnership of Gioachino Colombo and Angelo Nasi / Ariel in the»20s — With the aid of rare
period photographs, Michael Worthington - Williams tells the story of the 1920s Ariel light cars and their competition successes / The Gavois Panhard — David Burgess-Wise tells the
tale of the famous Antoinette, an 1891 Panhard et Levassor owned
by a priest named Jules Gavois
The Water Diviner's
Tale was created with Rachel Portman and performed at the BBC Proms in 2007, while A Violence of Gifts, inspired
by a
period of research at CERN, was created with Mark Bowden and premiered at St David's Hall in April 2015.
When you look at what is available for children to read, most of it is badly translated and repurposed Chinese school propaganda from a
period most would want to forget, or unedited mom and pop
tales that their kids loved and so have written down and had illustrated
by the nice lady down the street.
This was tied up in a great overall vibe, the cell - shaded aesthetic combining with the light - hearted nature of the story, a
tale told
by a grizzled veteran who claimed to have fought many of the most of the most notorious bandits in that
period of time, like Butch Cassidy and Billy the Kid.
The critically acclaimed action RPG is set in a beautiful, yet tormented world inspired
by various historical
periods of Japan, and tells the
tale of humanity's last stand for survival against powerful demons (Oni).
Ronsard's «
tale of loss followed
by Arcadian redemption» (Ibid., p. 97) could aptly serve as a metaphor for the career trials that Mitchell experienced during this
period of her life, and certainly masterpieces, like the present lot, testify to such redemption with ineluctable force.
Todd Murphy's works are reminiscent of fairy
tale stories and the Caravagesques / tenebroso movement inspired
by (my favorite master from the Baroque
period) the Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
The film is inspired
by distinct
periods in Simmons» work: vintage hand puppets, ventriloquist dummies and walking objects that enact
tales of ambition, disappointment, love, loss and regret.
Elliptical
tales of sunshine noir and classic Greek mythology are inhabited
by comic book super heroes and characters from Portuguese foto romans who wander through midcentury modernist Los Angeles architectural photographs and landscapes from
period magazines.
Later works include exuberantly satirical works of the 1960s, many featuring the vaguely autobiographical figure described
by critic and artist Anne Doran as a «nattily dressed and deeply ridiculous Everyman in mad pursuit of liberty, poetry, and sex»; the pornography - inspired «X-Rated Paintings» of the early 1970s; the «Noun» paintings of the same
period (each depicting a single everyday object against a bright, patterned background); the schematic, figurative canvases made in homage to Copley's Surrealist idol Francis Picabia; and the story cycles and morality
tales from the 1980s and 90s, including a painting from the installation project The Tomb of the Unknown Whore.