Sentences with phrase «by nonprofessional»

A.A. Dowd of the A.V. Club finds the movie «aggressively maudlin,» but admits that if there's «any power to this manipulative movie, it lies in quiet dignity of its lead performance, delivered by a nonprofessional actor from an actual leper colony.»

Others, by nonprofessionals — everyday dads, are often whimsical, anecdotal, clever, or funny.

The movie follows one such group, populated mostly by nonprofessionals Arnold found on her scouting trips, and it works best as a rowdy ensemble piece — sort of a co-ed, mobile, present - day version of Richard Linklater's Everybody Wants Some, examining the frayed bonds created among newly formed adults with few responsibilities and a dynamic torn between loyalty and rivalry.

Very much a kitchen - sink drama — the family kitchen is the dramatic hub for much of the film — shot in a more or less documentary style and featuring terrific performances by nonprofessionals, the film takes a no - frills dramatic approach that could be roughly located on a Cassavetes - Dardennes spectrum, and uses it to intensely revealing and moving effect.

Both are examples of a current vogue for book - length studies of masterpieces (Tarkovsky's Stalker and Ozu's Late Spring, respectively) and both are examples of film criticism practiced by nonprofessionals who, in this case, happen to be prestigious literary Brits.

If the performances by the nonprofessionals who appear on camera seem unforced and naturalistic, that's one more reason to admire Zhao's achievement.

Not exact matches

As injured veterans recover and reintegrate into civilian life, many are aided by the support and assistance of nonprofessional or informal caregivers, individuals who provide a broad range of care and assistance with activities of daily living.

ART AND CRAFT Filmmaking according to the makers Casting nonprofessionals: interviews with Sompot Chidgasornpongse, Eliza Hittman, Ellen Lewis, Kathleen Crawford, and Ronald Bronstein by Chris Shields

Both are helped by an excellent ensemble, many of them nonprofessional actors.

With Prince of Broadway, I feel like I did Prince Adu a disservice by calling him a nonprofessional.

But by the same token, the actual men in front of the camera, nonprofessionals picked up on the spur of the moment, don't realize that they're in a movie — and that they're being chatted up by none other than Scarlett Johansson.

Written and directed by the godfather of «mumblecore» cinema - a genre known for nonprofessional actors and naturalistic dialogue - Andrew Bujalski's latest film is practically a Hollywood blockbuster compared with his no - budget early films.

Director Amat Escalante uses artful long takes, nonprofessional actors, and moments of abject miserableness — in one terrible - to - watch scene, a character has his genitals lit on fire — to sketch the story of a decent Mexican family churned up by their country's corrupt police force.

With its propulsive energy and terrific performances by a mostly nonprofessional cast, «The Florida Project» continues brilliantly in that vein.

«A grainy little movie acted by what appear to be nonprofessional actors, who are besieged in a farm house by some other nonprofessional actors who stagger around, stiff - legged, pretending to be flesh - eating ghouls.

Adapting a then - unpublished novel by Tom Perrotta, Payne grounds the absurdity of his central dynamic in the recognizable — the setting is his hometown of Omaha, and the accomplished cast is rounded out with nonprofessionals — and distills his closely observed take on deeply flawed humanity to its bitter but stealthily sympathetic essence.

For this analysis, a new variable was created by separating the 29 occupational categories into two classifications: nonprofessional and managerial / professional / business owner.

Custom essays writer obtains the best results by making a detailed outline before they write, some nonprofessional may assert, that they can write more quickly and spontaneously if they do not.

The Cyclone Center technique standardizes the classification procedure by condensing the Dvorak Technique to a few simple questions that can be answered by global, nonprofessional users.

By using a wide - angle lens, a tripod and making sure that the rooms have the best possible lighting, even nonprofessionals can get decent - looking pictures, Balduf says.