Sentences with phrase «challenging film about»

What follows is a confronting and challenging film about loneliness and belonging.

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Until then, Earth Angel faces a big challenge in convincing more of the $ 40 billion film industry to care about its environmental impact, especially when the potential savings aren't huge.

Watch a film created by Challenge Success and student David Lopez where he interviewed Challenge Success student team members about their experiences as school change agents.

In the interview, she talks about the challenges and joys of making music for a very modern, epic film.

Elsewhere in the city, incumbents largely were returned to office, though Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., running unopposed, faced a surprisingly strong, last minute write - in challenge from Marc Fliedner, an out gay ex-prosecutor prompted to jump in when revelations surfaced about the incumbent's failure to pursue fraud charges against Ivanka and Donald Trump, Jr., in their marketing of the Trump Soho and sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein brought by an Italian model who captured a partial admission from the former film mogul on tape.

Other films challenged audiences to confront the role of humans in wildlife extinction, invited viewers to think twice about our seemingly insatiable appetites for food and fuel, and encouraged the adoption of more sustainable ways of life.

Note: James Cameron's National Geographic film «Deepsea Challenge 3D» documenting his trip to Challenger Deep at the bottom of the Mariana Trench has been released at last — to about 300 «select theaters» on August 8.

In order to send a message of hope to as many vets as possible, as well as educate the public about the challenges vets face upon their return home, he partnered with Spike TV's Veterans Operation Wellness initiative to film his world record attempt.

You film yourself doing 22 push - ups — or however many you can — and post a video to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or Youtube with the tags # 22Kill (the group that started the challenge) and # 22Pushups (or whatever your number was), to help spread awareness about mental health issues, like PTSD, that can lead to suicide.

We talked about — Titanic, work, the challenge, the blog, blind dates, Would - Have - Been 14, family, friends, travel, favourite films, university

Early in my challenge I had heard about the Summer Screen series at Somerset House, and keen to include one of the evenings in my 30 Dates by 30 Challenge, I posted on Facebook to ask if anyone had a friend who might like to go and watch an outdoor filmchallenge I had heard about the Summer Screen series at Somerset House, and keen to include one of the evenings in my 30 Dates by 30 Challenge, I posted on Facebook to ask if anyone had a friend who might like to go and watch an outdoor filmChallenge, I posted on Facebook to ask if anyone had a friend who might like to go and watch an outdoor film with me.

For this Jonathon Demme - directed, Denzel Washington, Meryl Street and Liev Schreiber - starring remake of the 1960s film of the same name, is that rare of beasts — a film that not only manages to entertain but which also manages to challenge and provoke its audience into thinking a little deeper about the state of the world and how it is run.

In my previous Harry Potter review, I talked about the challenges the film franchise faced when the books began to grow in size.

I recommend this film if you are into biopics, love films that are about people that challenged the law, and above all else, want to see a powerful performance from Pacino.

All in all, the film is plenty conventional, even in a portrayal of Ancient Rome that is about as thin as a lot of the characterization, and as contrived as the melodramatics which slow down the impact of momentum almost as much as dull and draggy spells, thus making for a script whose shortcomings are challenged well enough by a powerful score, immersively beautiful visual style, solid direction, and strong lead acting for Henry Koster's «The Robe» to stand as an adequately rewarding and very intriguing study on the impact Christ had even on those who brought about his demise.

Teenage comedies of this kind don't always have to go down the Porky's route of just being gross or sexist; in fact, the film's ideas about the education system could have been a starting point to challenge such conventions.

Or takes anything too seriously, as it bumps amiably along while Po predictably meets the challenge, learns something about himself and ends the film with a big group hug.

The film is based on the true story of Pearson who after a life - changing experience challenges the faith of his congregation by preaching about universal salvation.

Talking to Flickering Myth's Freda Cooper, Fargeat and Matilda Lutz, who plays the lead, talk about the challenges that went with shooting the film in the Moroccan desert.

THE CONJURING The director James Wan («Saw,» «Insidious») continues to scramble up the genre ladder with a classically paced horror film about a husband - and - wife team of paranormal investigators (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga) who meet a particular challenge at a Connecticut farmhouse.

Shacknews recently had a chance to talk to director Vince Bracken about the challenges of bringing this Play Set to life, including dancing around spoilers, the film's darker tone, and whether players can expect to see more figures and more Toy Box content in the future.

During this 1 - on - 1 phone interview with Collider, actress and filmmaker Heather Graham talked about wanting to make a movie celebrating women and friendship, the biggest challenges in getting this film going, having her voice heard, as a female filmmaker, what she most enjoyed about playing Honey, putting together this cast, funny moments on set, what she enjoyed about the experience of directing, her hope to do it again, juggling three different writing projects, and doing the British TV series Bliss, from David Cross.

At the film's press day, Collider spoke to actress Katee Sackhoff (who plays the mother of the siblings in flashbacks) for this exclusive interview about what attracted her to Oculus, being a fan of director Mike Flanagan's work, how she approached this character, her concerns about having to be intensely physical with the younger actors, and the technical challenges of the show.

Darker films such as «Take Shelter,» «We Need to Talk about Kevin,» and «Melancholia» had limited circulation — standard for more «challenging» fare.

Blu - ray Highlight: Instead of the typical audio commentary, director Marc Forster sits down for a somewhat brief discussion about the movie, including the challenges of maintaining the story's authenticity, filming in South Africa, and casting the lead roles.

He also talks about Bales performance and the challenge of shooting the film in Spain.

French actress and film director Julie Delpy who received the European Achievement in World Cinema award talks about her career, the struggles and challenges as a woman in a male - dominated industry, and about #MeToo - in our exclusive video interview

It's not a physical climax like the previous films, but entirely verbal as Gary, Andy, and Steven challenge The Network (Bill Nighy) to an epic debate about human nature and free will.

The standard wisdom about Orson Welles's 1946 thriller The Stranger — broadly, that it's Welles's weakest film, the runt in his otherwise superlative litter — needs challenging, even if Welles himself seemed mostly disinclined to do so.

A commentary by director Kimberly Pierce and her co-writer Mark Richard delivers an energetic discussion about the film's inspirations and production challenges.

Director Renny Harlin gets candid about his rollercoaster career trajectory and the surprising challenge of filming CLIFFHANGER with Sylvester Stallone.

I enjoyed Krantz's effort to inform his audience about locations (the film was shot in Spokane, Washington) and production challenges, chatting up the trials of his low budget and the complexity of the script.

The film has also jumped into the current of black political thought and action, prompting challenging think pieces about how T'Challa and Killmonger's rift is representative of familiar ideological debates in the black community, and what the film's politics represent about the state of black America.

The challenges in adapting a novel about the romance between two people where one of them is dead from the outset is obvious, but the film never skirts this fact, instead embracing it and using flashbacks and Justin's memories as a recurring them to show the evolving love affair between him and Tessa.

But most action films do have something of a right wing perspective (especially the super hero genre) in that they are about re-inforcing rather than challenging the status quo.

At the film's press day, appropriately held at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, actress Olivia Cooke spoke to Collider for this exclusive interview about why she wanted to be a part of this project, how she related to her character, just how much the story changed and evolved, re-shooting 50 % of the film, who she'd want to contact with a Ouija board, the most challenging aspect of the shoot, having so much fun with this cast, and why she doesn't think she'd return for a sequel.

During their conversation, they talk about how the film came about, Daniel Day - Lewis» process and preparing to play a dressmaker, the challenges of filming in London when you need dailies, how the crew reacts when you cross the line (the invisible 180 - degree mark of a shot / reverse - shot), and much more.

All ideas are challenged, and the nature of belief is explored in a way that no one but Scorsese — the Catholic filmmaker who helped forge the hedonistic excesses of New Hollywood, and who once made the most controversial but fundamentally reverential film about Jesus Christ — ever could.

Nothing came along to really challenge Boyhood, a beautifully made film about the tender upbringing of a young man coming of age in a complicated country.

Based on the biographical book authored by sci - fi writer David Gerrold about his own experience adopting his son Sean, this sentimental film makes a strong statement about giving challenged children a loving environment in which to grow.

The artists talk about using sound design and music to sculpt the three different battle sequences which comprise the film's second half, the challenges of using period accurate weaponry, and how the sound of breathing can take you inside the main character's experience.

Our friend and coworker Sarah Finklea, of Janus Films, was one of a handful of industry experts asked by Moviemaker magazine to participate in an online roundtable about the importance and challenges of film restoration.

Hear the teams behind Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, and Sicario talk about the creation of the sound design for the films, their collaboration with the music department and re-recording mixers, and the challenges of managing the logistics and aesthetics of their films.

Initially it looked like «Anchorman 2» was going to have life as a Broadway musical (though quite how anyone thought they were going to make a glitzy stage show about the cutthroat rough - and - tumble of television news and the sobering questions of journalistic ethics the original film raised is beyond us), but thankfully sanity prevailed and we get to revisit the Channel Four News team nearly one decade on, as they face the challenges of a new era with hope, integrity and, probably, scotch.

The Emmy award - winning filmmaker talks about why she filmed the documentary, challenges with the film and what she wants people to take away from it.

Although this film is by far Seidl's least daring and challenging film of the series (and his career for that matter), there is still a lot to admire about it.

Based on the nonfiction book compiled by Long Beach high school teacher Erin Gruwell from the writings of her economically - challenged and scholastically - underserved students taken from their diaries, Freedom Writers is a formula feel - good film about one teacher's near - quixotic quest to get her students to learn something about themselves, and about others, in order to not be swallowed up by the negativity surrounding them.

With both actors matching his enthusiasm for complex characters and the taut, challenging story about a brain - damaged ex-jock (Gordon - Levitt) being played by a seductive sociopath (Goode), the conversation turned from defying audience expectations, to what constitutes normal, to the wonders of location filming during winter in Winnipeg.

It's the challenge of making a film about a historical event where you know the outcome.

During our wide - ranging conversation he talked about making his feature debut (he previously helmed the miniseries Top of the Lake), the challenge of casting a child actor, balancing fact and fiction, how he collaborates with his cinematographer, what he learned from test screenings, filming in India, and more.