Sentences with phrase «challenging films like»

If you like challenging films like Holy Motors, Enter the Void, and Upstream Color you can't miss this one.

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What he means is, Pixar's ballyhooed Braintrust idea meetings boast a mixture of champion storytellers like John Lasseter, the director of the first two Toy Story films — and a whole bunch of employees unafraid to challenge him, even though he's the John Lasseter.

This film, although I have not watched it, sounds like it depicts a challenge Jesus faced after He fed the five thousand:

Pre-applied zipper film is not without its unique challenges, like all kinds of packaging.

The short film begins with a montage of play highlights, interspersed with title cards like, «THE (insert opposing team here) HAVE ENTERED THE FORTRESS TO CHALLENGE OUR KNIGHTS,» and, «THIS IS OUR CITY, THIS IS OUR HOME.»

For those, like myself, who overwhelmingly sympathise with Palestinians, the effect of the film is deeply challenging.

If there were still serious arguments and reputable scientists that challenge anthropogenic global warming, surely film - makers like Durkin would have found and presented them?

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.

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.

Sloppy writing gives savvy movie - cum - music fans the impression that this demographically challenged film doesn't know the difference between Nashville and Austin, or in other words, the schism which divides contemporary country music into its inimical sides: mainstream and alternative, just like rock, or any number of musical genres.

She became one of the most respected and in - demand young actresses of her generation and she continued to choose challenging projects like the psychological sci - fi film Never Let Me Go, and the Olive Stone directed sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

While all too many films would like to convince you of the essential banality of our society and institutions, Se7en answers what may be the defining challenge of our times: to see the world for what it is, and love it anyway.

We need more films like this: family - friendly efforts that challenge viewers with ideas rather than regurgitating tired tropes in the name of placating toy companies.

Gravity is not a film of ideas, like Kubrick's techno - mystical 2001, but it's an overwhelming physical experience — a challenge to the senses that engages every kind of dread.

While I prefer to avoid spoilers, I try to give decent plot information, but a film like Insurgent makes that a challenge due to its placement in the Divergent series.

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...

Like the previous films, «Blood Dynasty» is slow, hypnotic, immersive and challenging, and is driven by Alexander's own pulsing electronic score.

This may keep her tied up (and away from the Coppola's and Jonathan Glazer's of the film world) till her 40s, which is a damn shame since she (and Dunst) are so much better in challenging movies like Under the Skin than lame ones like Ghost in the Shell.

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.

Baskets settles for being a dingy theater of humiliation, like the very worst scenes in Todd Solondz's films, without the visual flare or bold, challenging characters.

Overused words like rapturous and hypnotic certainly apply to Hou's technique here, even as the film jumps between eras and political realities, yet there's something so much greater and more challenging going on in Three Times than aesthetic control.

Because, the film says, when it comes to what people are really like — what their motives truly are, and how they rise to, or run away from challenges — all of us are truly in the dark.

While it doesn't look like a challenge on the acting front, there will surely be some emotion in a film that dives head first into the human psyche.

Based on this first extended glimpse, The Avengers: Age Of Ultron looks like it could be shaping up to become one of the most exciting and challenging superhero films we've seen so far from Marvel.

Bustin» Down the Door The latest entry in the time - honored surfing documentary genre, joining the likes of «Step Into Liquid» and «Riding Giants,» this film profiles the group of brash Australians and South Africans who challenged Hawaiians at their own sport in the mid-1970s.

Just a few years ago, Cage had action movie credibility (thanks to things like The Rock and Face / Off), family blockbuster appeal (the National Treasure series), and the chops and versatility to make compelling and challenging films for celebrated directors (such as Spike Jonze's Adaptation and Ridley Scott's Matchstick Men).

It was like they knew the challenge would be to create a film that had huge potential to be bad and thus sidestepped most of those seemingly inevitable pitfalls.

I'm not sure that Michelle has done an independent film like this before, so I'm sure it was a challenge for her as well.»

Having him bring his authorship to the states for an English feature seems like it would be his biggest challenge so far; how would a film by Chan - wook Park fit in with a moviegoer's appetite that also made the title The Last Exorcism Part II a real thing?

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.

Perhaps that is unfair, because the young actress has amassed an impressive resume since her graduation from standard Disney fare to more challenging roles in films like «Panic Room» (she replaced Hayden Panettiere and in doing so garnering much comparison to that film's lead, Jodie Foster).

Their Blu - rays of titles from the silent - film era continue to challenge perceptions of what the era's films actually looked like and no release of theirs from 2016 was more jaw - dropping than L'Inhumaine, which features a scorching transfer of Marcel L'Herbier's 1924 avant - garde epic.

With an approach that emphasises internal feelings and character journeys, over more obvious things like narrative structure and story arcs, this Brazilian - German film challenges audiences to explore a series of important issues in ways movies...

Like Frances Ha, The Squid And The Whale, and many of Baumbauch's other works, the film takes a sharp look at adulthood and the challenges that come with maturity.

The film was a great challenge for him as a cinematographer, considering the groundbreaking practical FX as well as all the ways Carpenter likes to set the moodiness and tone with lighting and painting with light (there are many hints throughout the film as to who is human and who is infected through the lighting on their face).

Reviewing a film like Fruitvale Station is unbelievably challenging.

The film has its share of classic lines: One immediate favorite is Begley's «I stay away from terms like «micro-penis» — I'm phallically challenged.»

Helming a massive action picture with a cast featuring Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Jackie Earle Haley, Melissa Leo and Robert Forster probably sounded like an attractive challenge, but I can't help but wonder what he thought of the film's ideology.

It feels like a 100 - minute challenge to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to continue denying Anderson's films the Production Design and Cinematography Oscar nominations many would argue they deserve.

The team, nickname: Comebacks, is rounded out by the odd cinematic allusion: iPod (Jermaine Williams), a leg - humping mentally - challenged assistant, blatantly spoofs Cuba Gooding, Jr.'s Radio persona, while an Indian girl kicker (Noureen DeWulf) pays homage to Bend It Like Beckham, a film that most viewers probably haven't seen.

The film began production in New York in November, 2016, right after the presidential election, and the screenplay (by «Sex and the City» writer Jenny Bicks and «Dreamgirls» director Bill Condon) contains many images and situations that feel like direct challenges to Trump - style politics of resentment.

It's a moment of heavy emotional fallout, that resonates throughout the film like Buddhist singing bowls, casting a shadow over the remainder of A Quiet Place «s meditation on the challenges of parenting in troubling times.

It is also recommended for those who like films with challenging meanings and artistic merit.

Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with director Peter Sohn to discuss the challenges the film faced and what it's like to be vulnerable when millions of people are watching.

In this film, Juliette Lewis stars as Carla Tate, a mentally challenged young woman who wants to be treated like an independent adult once she returns home after years at a special school.

Creatively I like to challenge myself, so I maybe I'm going to make this narrative film.

Now, she told me Wednesday, she just wants people to start judging the film on its own merits — even though various marketing decisions, like only lifting the review embargo at 1 P.M. the day of release, have made that a challenge.

To say that you like something like August Rush is to say that you hate to be challenged by a film — that escapism is the first and last reason you go to the movies.

At the film's recent press day in Los Angeles, Waugh and stunt coordinator Lance Gilbert talked about their longtime friendship and professional relationship, what it was like growing up together on the sets of «Smokey and the Bandit,» «Vanishing Point,» «The Blues Brothers» and «Bullitt,» why Waugh considers Gilbert one of the best stunt coordinators in the world, the challenges they faced pulling off practical stunts and capturing amazing action sequences realistically in - camera without CGI enhancement, and the entertaining Easter eggs they included as a homage to the classic car - culture movies of another era.

At this early stage it's tough to suss out exactly what the chances of a film like Sicario making a big splash in the Oscar race are, but Supporting Actor (for Del Toro), Cinematography, and Sound seem like its safest bets, with nods for Actress, Director, Picture, and Score potentially in the cards — assuming the Academy doesn't brush this off as «too challenging», that is.