Sentences with phrase «classic film genres»

While earlier Kaurismäki films like Shadows In Paradise and The Man Without A Past were deadpan, blue - collar subversions of melodramatic plot points and classic film genres, this is pure self - commentary, best appreciated by fans.

Not exact matches

His films span decades and genres, from sci - fi classics to historical dramas.

The last Sunday night of each month, Cabaret at The MERC features the most memorable songs and catchy tunes are performed live; themed evenings include the best of Broadway, classic films, beloved songwriters, specific eras and genres.

[A] descendant of film noir, the film resorts to classic motifs of the genre to suggest an inescapable and destructive presence, destiny, which comes hand in hand with errors in the political and social system.

And while the film definitely has a silly side to it (McConaughey's character even has a nasty run of bad luck with animals biting him), it's hardly comparable to a genre classic like «There's Something About Mary.»

David Gelb's new film is so dependent on the classic standbys of the genre, and so slight in every other regard, that it immediately draws attention to just how creaky they've gotten over the years

The film does a fine job at presenting the facts, and with that being said, it's a genre classic that is a must watch for war or history enthusiasts,.

Either because they were being compared to some of the classics in the horror / comedy genre or, as the consensus on here states, there's not a good enough of either comedy or horror in the film.

Rope is a classic picture, one that definitely needs to be seen by genre fans, and it's a film that steadily builds up the tension, in order for the viewer to really get into the story and not turn away.

Although not as great or refined as The Big Lebowski, this film is still a classic of the stoner genre.

Her film falls squarely within the «rape / revenge» genre, represented in the past by Abel Ferrara's Ms. 45, Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left, Gaspar Noé's Irréversible, and the grotty grindhouse «classic» I Spit on Your Grave, but also aligns itself with the «new French extremity» movement defined by Martyrs and Frontier (s).

From A Trip to the Moon (1902) to Arrival (2016), science fiction cinema has produced a body of classics with a broader range of styles, stories, and subject matter than perhaps any other film genre.

The Sting is one of director's George Roy Hill's best films and it remains a classic of the genre due to the fact that it's simple, yet has a very well written script and is supported by a great cast.

A film that has influenced so many genres, as anyone who remembers the classic Amiga computer game «Speedball» will know.

It's not that it revitalizes a dead genre, but it does give a bit of new life and twist to the zombie genre, while also paying tribute to the classic cult films like Dawn of the Dead, Evil Dead, Mad Max, among others.

This film feels like the musical genre's missing link, bridging the gap between the classic MGM musicals of the Freed Unit, and the more modern, less sanitised genre it eventually became.

At the same time, DreamWorks still has yet to make a film to put them on a par with Pixar in terms of being able to make animated family films that will last the test of time as classics in their genre, rather than populist features that work primarily in the here and now.

Utilizing both a documentary - style news format and a classic, cinematic narrative, the film is said to explore genre themes with a new twist on structure.

Genre classics like Ocean's 11, The Italian Job, and The Great Train Robbery ensured that heist films were a viable box office endeavor, and they've been part of the zeitgeist ever since.

Though the film follows a pretty standard cops - and - robbers formula, it does so with such razor - sharp proficiency and well - drawn characters that it succeeds not just as a terrific genre film but a modern American classic in the same vein as «No Country for Old Men.»

Language: English Genre: Biography / Drama MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: Nora Ephron Actors: Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci Plot: The film follows Powell, a government employee who decides to cook her way through legendary cook Julia Child's classic cookbook, «Mastering the Art of French Cooking» in one year's time out of her small Queens kitchen.

The two genres have a history of interchange, be it the influence of classic Westerns on the films of John Carpenter (who even penned two obscure Westerns, El Diablo and Blood River) and George A. Romero or the parallel development of the giallo and the spaghetti Western in Italy.

Nearly every genre of classic film works better during the golden era but marriage plots are particularly unique.

The music throughout the film has the air of a classic noir film, which is one of the elements that works to subtly bring the two genres together without feeling forced.

Perhaps the greatest film in a career full of great films, arguably the finest achievement in a rich and magnificent genre, and undoubtedly the best version of one of America's most enduring myths, the film is an undeniable and genuine classic.

They're often formulaic and follow a well - worn path originally etched out by classic capers such as John Huston's THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950), Jules Dassin's RIFIFI (1955), Alexander Mackendrick's THE LADYKILLERS (1955), Jean - Pierre Melville's BOB LE FLAMBEUR (1955) and Stanley Kubrick's THE KILLING (1956) but the best heist films take unexpected turns and leave their own special mark on a genre that seems to find new ways to define itself every decade.

Following the modern cult classic In Bruges, Martin McDonagh fully delivered on that film's vast promise with Seven Psychopaths — a fiery genre cocktail of crime & dark comedy.

He was in The Shimmer, of course, and it's here that sci - fi fans may start to recognize the phantom impression of Andrei Tarkovsky's deep - think genre classics, films like Solaris or Stalker, the latter similarly concerned with the traversing of a mysterious realm.

Although not nearly the classic in the Western genre as Leone's other films, as an entity unto itself, especially when considering the works of a master director, its complexities make it more than worthwhile.

The fact that «Scary Movie 4,» like its predecessor, is directed by David Zucker is rather depressing, given that Zucker helmed classics in the parody genre, including «Top Secret,» two of the three «Naked Gun» films, and the granddaddy of them all, «Airplane!»

In their previous screenplays, Wright and Pegg have very shrewdly thrown genre conventions on their collective ear; they clearly love horror movies and action flicks and buddy comedies, and they understand the structure of those films with such clarity that they can rewrite the rules, scramble up our expectations and wind up with a creation that's both an homage to and a subversion of past classics.

While the film quality isn't the greatest due to the use of digital film, the lack of stars and its classic throwback to the early zombie movies creates a great genre film for both horror fans and those looking for something different.

«Get Out» injects social satire into the slasher - flick genre; Peter Travers on why Jordan Peele's race - relations horror film is an instant classic.

With at least a dozen classics spanning just as many genres, Tsui stands among the most accomplished directors in film history, Hong Kong or otherwise.

I didn't mean that I hope there's a wave of remakes, just that there might be an interest in classic American genres like film noir and the western once again.

Yuen has made entertaining films without good scripts, and considering Besson has written such modern classics in the action genre as La Femme Nikita, Leon (The Professional), and The Fifth Element one would have thought this film couldn't miss.

Dahl's direction is superb, melding a classic film noir tone with a variety of dark red colors and hues — giving The Last Seduction an unsettled feeling of urgency not common to the noir genre.

Arrow Video continues to prove that horror films are as complex, resonant and worthy of respect and contemplation as classics of any other genre.

From the classic to the obscure, the Arrow Video collection encompasses all styles and genres: horror films and Westerns, science fiction and sex comedies, yakuza epics and neo-noirs, the subversive, the transgressive and the unclassifiable.

On a very small budget, but with tons of passion for filmmaking, an unknown director would make one of the most classic cult films of all time that not only was a head of its time, but would become the number one movie responsible for a genre.

It's a classic film, not a masterpiece by any means, but the elements of mystery, romance, and humor are so strong in all departments, there's few in its class as far as this genre goes.

Of course, he's never been very far out of the limelight, having completely dominated the Horror genre over the past 40 years as the «go - to» storyteller for genuine scares; leaving a multitude of classic books and subsequent film adaptations in his literary wake.

I do realize that in horror circles, Hellraiser is something akin to a classic, but as is always the case, I don't really grade films based on popular opinion among fanboys of the genre.

Yet this can't save the film from being a strange hodgepodge of genres and tones, right down to a particularly off - putting mid-section montage that serves as a classic move - the - story - along device.

Factory's «Roger Corman's Cult Classics» line of drive - in classics and exploitation items presents a pair of standouts that are both superb examples of their respective genres and early works by major American film Classics» line of drive - in classics and exploitation items presents a pair of standouts that are both superb examples of their respective genres and early works by major American film classics and exploitation items presents a pair of standouts that are both superb examples of their respective genres and early works by major American film artists.

That novel is a literary classic and — along with its film adaptation, The Haunting — a landmark of the genre.

The film is a direct sequel to Tobe Hooper's malevolent and masterful 1974 flick, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, picking up hours after the genre classic before a modern setting takes us on a journey of more mayhem with the chainsaw - wielding maniac, Leatherface (Read our review HERE).

Whether it's modern noir («L.A. Confidential»), an old classic («Chinatown»), a genre - bending head trip («Mulholland Dr.») or even a cartoon («Who Framed Roger Rabbit»), film loves to pull back the curtain of Hollywood's seedy underbelly and expose the world of crime.

Silent Running is a classic film in the sci - fi genre, although it's one of those films that has little appeal to anyone that typically avoids such fare.

The lack of any nominations for his films which are absolute classics and an integral part of cinemas genre history is much more shocking when other filmmakers have simply missed out at the final ballot stage whereas Leone didn't even get to hear the starting pistol fire.