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Netflix has been stocking up its portfolio of original content with an eye toward challenging major film and television studios as well as bringing home award show hardware.

President Donald Trump's re-election campaign spent more than $ 1 out of every $ 5 on attorney fees this year as the president contended with the ongoing special counsel investigation and a new legal challenge from an adult - film star.

As a social justice - minded person, I try to especially keep track of films that challenge me and my way of life.

The film introduces viewers to kids from impoverished neighborhoods, some facing nearly unimaginable challenges, as they come together under Courtney's leadership.

The film challenges the conceit of Wakanda as an affluent city on a hill, and when you see it surrounded by a world in preventable peril, it feels uncomfortable.

Stonyfield also overcame the difficult challenge of applying a good lidding seal to a PLA cup, as the lidding film needs to withstand heat during application.

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.

Yet there have been serious challenges to releasing the film and the book in the U.K.. That's because Britain does not have the same free speech protections as the United States.

Muhoho, who has a dual career in Management Consultancy and TV / Film Production also cited lack of training centres as another major challenge facing the growth of the film industry in the region.

This particular experiment touches on one of the most challenging puzzles of neuroscience: How do brain cells recognize items as complicated as a toaster oven, the number nine, a zebra, Bill Clinton, or the film character Rocky?

«To put that challenge in perspective, an atom - thick thin film that is 5 centimeters wide is equivalent to a piece of paper that is as wide as a large city,» Cao said.

This award - winning film follows naturalist and author Joel Greenberg, A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction, (Bloomsbury USA, 2014), as well as scientists, artists and teachers that are drawn to this literal teachable moment and its striking relevance to conservation challenges today.

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.

Having a challenge to create a specific film look was great, as I knew that it would force me to actually come up with something.

But when you have a film crew following you as you frantically run around San Francisco in heels, trying to abide by Rachel's styling criteria AND worry if you have lipstick on your teeth — the challenge was anything but simple!

Just as Jackson Pollock stretched the definition of painting and broke away from previous conventions, Malick is challenging the mainstream notion which defines film and more importantly, he offers a comfort to our suffering.

Holland - born filmmaker Anton Corbijn («Control») directs this gripping and challenging character study that's filmed as a Euro - thriller.

His films have always challenged the attention span of the modern moviegoer, but for those who can get on his wavelength, they offer plenty of rewards as well.

Narrated by famed musician Melissa Etheridge, the film highlights the victories and defeats, challenges and uncertainties faced by the movement as the economic, political, and social tides fade and flow.

In addition, he directed (and occasionally wrote) such films as Balaclava (1928), Dreyfus (1931), Channel Crossing (1932), Emil and the Detectives (1935), The Guv «nor (1936), and The Challenge (1938).

Nuri Bilge Ceylan's latest film, a thriller as challenging as Antonioni's Blow - Up, is his finest work to date, writes Philip French

Refusing to trade on his freshly scrubbed, all - American good looks, Modinemade a point of treating each film role as a challenge and a chance to grow.

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.

If the trend continues, too, Garland should be embraced with open arms, as his directed films avoid many of the studio genre traps and confront challenging topics head on — whether by droids or cancerous, world - eating prisms.

Annihilation is to genetics as Ex Machina is to robotics although the films are related only in their lack of conventionality and willingness to challenge audiences.

For the niche audience that welcomes the challenge of a visually inventive, emotionally affecting, and intellectually stimulating movie, Garland's film will be celebrated as an instant classic.

The book's non-linear, interview - based structure meant that World War Z was going to be a challenging project from the start, but the need last year to both re-write and re-shoot the film's third act (with the budget swelling to as much as $ 200 million in the process) suggests that it is a puzzle that hasn't quite been solved by the filmmakers.

So the assumption is that Jon Amiel's film, starring the wonderful Paul Bettany as Darwin, will set out to meet the daunting challenge of bringing such static pursuits as thinking and writing to some kind of animated life.

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.

To note, the films title is again ridiculous as the monster in question isn't actually a monster, its a mollusk as pointed out in the film, and it didn't challenge the world.

Based on the novel by David Nicholls, Starter for 10 follows small - town teenager Brian Jackson (James McAvoy) as he begins his stint at a well - respected college and eventually signs up for a televised trivia challenge - with the film primarily detailing Brian's relationships with two very different women (Alice Eve's Alice and Rebecca Hall's Rebecca).

He noted that Dee, who appeared in many pre-Code films, was conflicted by the film's moral aspects — including pre-marital sex and unwed pregnancy — but «she saw pre-Code films as a challenge to show her acting chops.»

Butterfield is joined in the film by Eva Green (as Miss Peregrine herself), Samuel L. Jackson (as a baddie we meet in the latest trailer) and Ella Purnell as Jake's apparently air - challenged love interest.

Eddie Radmayne and Felicity Jones are breathtaking in the film, fantastic performances, a huge challenge for Eddie, as he portrays the failing body perfectly while his eyes shine with the desire to live.

A Separation offers its viewers an experience that is both challenging and heartbreaking and, as with all truly great cinema, you come away from this film feeling just that little bit changed for having seen it.

Each film puts Harry and his friends up against new challenges and life - threatening situations, making us rethink whether wizarding is really as much fun as it sounds.

Tom Hardy has made a name for himself with films like «Inception», «The Dark Knight Rises», «Warrior» and «Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy», but nothing quite prepared him for the full - on challenge of taking over as...

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.

Instead of what could have been a fantastic film we are given something that has unique stylisation but is simply entertaining and nowhere near as challenging as District 9.

But I'd challenge anyone to come up with many more ebullient, honest moments of uplift than the conclusion of that film (set to «Free Bird» of all things), as Zombie's miscreant clan makes a bid to let their freak flag fly in the middle of the American desert.

Matt Brown offered an in - depth look on how the film tackles the dangers of conformism and socialization in his essay «The Normalized Atrocities of Julia Ducournau's Raw», and earlier today we published an interview with the writer - director herself, in which she discusses her process as a writer, the fine - tuning of her cinematic language, and underscores how Raw addresses the subject of human identity in a manner that both challenges and transcends stereotypical conceptions of gender roles.

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

The indie market has become increasingly challenging as small films without recognizable names are having a tougher time luring the public away from their Netflix queues.

Quiet strength resonates in the journey at the film's centre, as resilience shines amidst challenging circumstances; warmth radiates from the moving marriage of the mis - matched, and from a frosty scenario enlivened by handsome cinematography.

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 film really gets started when the boys, now mature men with some age and life experience under their belts, return to Mississippi as psychologically damaged war veterans and slog their way through the challenges of civilian life in a postwar Deep South ruled by bigotry and ignorance.

However, if this sounds as if the most important film festival in the self - proclaimed cultural capital of the world is basically just a bunch of leftovers, we challenge anyone not to be tempted by the delectable, if familiar, offerings.

Lister - Jones said the film was at least partially inspired by her relationship with Wein and the challenges they've faced as a couple who blurs the line between romantic and professional.

This posed some challenges for the film adaptation, which needed to serve as a gateway to the later installments» more serious storytelling.