Sentences with phrase «classic film stills»

His monochromatic works explore the traditional portrait format on a range of scales, using source material from vintage postcards, magazines, found photos, and classic film stills.

Gokita continues his monochromatic series that explores the traditional portrait format on a range of scales, using source material from vintage postcards, magazines, found photos, and classic film stills.

Not exact matches

But problematic though it may be, Rita Moreno's classic 1961 film performance is still worth your time and provides clearer context.

Although White is absolutely right about the tendency of today's animated films (Tangled included) to pander to the most annoying and depressing aspects of popular culture even as they ignore or deny the richer, deeper culture from which most classic fairy tales emerged, the animated features that Disney brought to the screen when Uncle Walt himself still oversaw the studio made a point of drawing considerable aesthetic, emotional, and narrative power from specifically Christian aspects of the culture that, even today, America shares with Europe.

The remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still closely parallels Robert Wise's 1951 science fiction film classic that was a Cold War warning shrouded in a Christ allegory.

Still, that's the magic of it — this film is the quintessential American classic, and that's the way it should and will stay forever.

Classics like Blade Runner (1982), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and Alien (1979) appealed to audiences» imaginations like no other films before them, arguably, they still do today.

somewhat melodramatic but still the best film adaptation of dumas» classic, a childhood fave of mine.

The film skews young, to be sure, and it isn't as memorable as the new Disney classics of the early 1990s, but there's still plenty here to hold the interest of viewers of all ages: delightful performances (particularly by Dench, plowing Angela Lansbury terrain), zinging comic dialogue and a soundtrack that's a wealth of sonorous riches.

James Thurber's classic short story was previously adapted into a 1947 feature film starring Danny Kaye; Stiller's version features Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn, Adam Scott, Patton Oswalt, Kathryn Hahn, and Shirley MacLaine.

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

In Turner Classic Movies: Must - See Sci - Fi, fifty unforgettable films are profiled, including beloved favorites like The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and Fantastic Voyage (1966), groundbreaking shockers like Planet of the Apes (1968) and Alien (1979), and lesser - known landmarks like Things to Come (1936) and Solaris (1972).

Their latest adventure into the classics is «I Know Where I'm Going», a simply plotted film that still manages Read more...

To watch Downey making the classic films within the main film you would actually think Chaplin was still alive today starring in his own bio, amazing work to get it right.

Your evening kicks off with The Day the Earth Stood Still, an enduring classic and easily one of the most influential science fiction films of all time.

A&E's Bates Motel is inching closer toward resembling Alfred Hitchcock's 1960's classic Psycho, the film that serves as inspiration for this modern - day prequel of sorts that examines the motel in its early days when Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) was still in high... Read More

Using a hyper - artificial filmmaking style that harkens back decades (you ain't never seen rear - projection like this before), Mandico creates a throwback to classic boys - own adventure films that still constantly surprises.

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.

I've been highly pleased with the few other classic Fox Blu - rays I've encountered, but it's still a treat to encounter such a sterling presentation of a nearly 70 - year - old film.

With «The Kids Are All Right,» Lisa Cholodenko interestingly courted mainstream audiences, playing gender roulette with classic rom and bedroom - farce formats; the result was arguably her most well - rounded film, but still not as sensual or electric a study of lesbianism as her 1998 breakthrough «High Art.»

So basically we are over due for a new Wright film and Baby Driver is departure from the Cornetto Trilogy but still has classic Wright elements.

Still, «Leave Her to Heaven» does boast a classic film noir plot and one of the supreme movie femme fatales who's not the person you want standing behind you on a high staircase, with no witnesses.

To be honest, I also look at films that I grew up with like Dark Crystal and Labyrinth and for Jim Henson at the time they were flops in terms of their theatrical release, but they went on to become classics that people still buy to this day.

Sure, Showgirls is a cult classic, but some critics find it obscure why NC - 17 films can't even make it to a major wide release unless it's still an R - rated raunchfest.

Sure, Showgirls is a cult classic, but some critics find it obscure why NC - 17 films can't even make it to a major wide release unless it's still

A&E's Bates Motel is inching closer toward resembling Alfred Hitchcock's 1960's classic Psycho, the film that serves as inspiration for this modern - day prequel of sorts that examines the motel in its early days when Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) was still in high school and his mother, Norma (Vera Farmiga), was still breathing.

11:00 pm — TCM — New York, New York Not generally considered one of Martin Scorsese's better films, but still an intriguing attempt on his part to revive the classic Hollywood musical with a story of on - the - rise musicians and their rocky relationship.

Long - in - development comedy remake The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty is adding some classic and classy acting talent to its line - up, with Shirley MacLaine in talks to play Ben Stiller's mother in the film.

In the late 1920s, Fritz Lang was the star director of Germany's Ufa Studios, the biggest film studio outside of Hollywood, and one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the world for such ambitious epic visions as Destiny (1921), the Die Nibelungen (1924) films and especially Metropolis (1927), his allegorical science fiction classic that is still considered one of the great films of the silent era.

Still, Rebecca is clearly a superior classic film, one that is immensely engrossing, leaving you forever haunted by its memory, much the way Rebecca does to those she left behind in this terrific story from Daphne du Maurier's novel.

Wahlberg recently spoke to MTV about the film, which is still in development, and continues to suggest that it's going to be pretty serious in tone, comparing it to a Scorsese classic.

Plot details for MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT are still under wraps but the Sony Classic Pictures film, thought to be a romantic comedy (so no change there) spanning 20 years during the 1920 / 30s, has a super cast that is led by Emma Stone and Colin Firth.

This family friendly film still holds up, with a classic hero's story and some pretty great -LSB-...]

Still, Francis Ford Coppola's belated third installment earned seven Oscar nominations, and remains part of the classic film canon.

Recommendation: In the vein of a sci fi thriller classic (still too early to say for sure but I already feel pretty comfortable saying it), 10 Cloverfield Lane is a film for adrenaline junkies.

We got our first official still from Guy Ritchie's big screen take on the classic spy series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. earlier this week [see here], and now we have another image from the film featuring the two leads Henry Cavill (Man of Steel) and Armie Hammer (The Lone Ranger)... Set against the backdrop of -LSB-...]

A classic holiday movie that is still relevant today always makes for a great film.

The 1962 film, still chilling today, had all the ingredients for success: accomplished director J. Lee Thompson (who also made Peck's 1962 adventure classic, «The Guns of Navarone»), a near - perfect cast, top - notch material (James R. Webb's screenplay is based on John D. MacDonald's novel «The Executioners»), a Bernard Herrmann score, cinematography by Sam Leavitt, art direction by Robert Boyle and editing by George Tomasini.

We still have Suicide Squad in August (the classic untested film adaption to anchor the summer) and November's Doctor Strange, but the big blockbusters came shockingly early this year.

The resulting book, published in 1966 complete with extensive stills from those films, became a classic, still in print, and still prized by filmmakers and film buffs who now have instant access to those films.

The comparison is apt and obvious, though I doubt people will be talking about this film 8o years from now the way we still revere that 1939 Judy Garland classic.

4:00 am (5th)-- TCM — La Jetee Very few short films become classics (outside of silent films and arguably Looney Tunes), but Chris Marker's La Jetee, told entirely in sequences of still photographs, is one of them.

With The Martian and Prometheus 2 on his upcoming slate, it seems that Ridley Scott has decided against taking on the director's chair on Blade Runner 2, although the sequel to the sci - fi classic is still going ahead and will begin filming within the next year, with Harrison Ford confirmed to appear.

In that decade, he headlined three Vacation films (the outer two, still considered classics) among other well - regarded works.

Director Bryan Singer still seems to be chasing the greatness that's eluded him since 1995's The Usual Suspects, his second film and modern cinematic classic.

12:00 N — IFC — La Jetee Very few short films become classics (outside of silent films and arguably Looney Tunes), but Chris Marker's La Jetee, told entirely in sequences of still photographs, is one of them.

12:00 N — IFC — La Jetée Very few short films become classics (outside of silent films and arguably Looney Tunes), but Chris Marker's La Jetee, told entirely in sequences of still photographs, is one of them.

Anyway, Psycho's one of the first great classic films I ever saw, and it's still one of my favorite, probably in my top 40 or 50 films of all - time.

«The Slammin» Salmon» is still very much a Broken Lizard film, and though it's unlikely to become a cult classic any time soon, it's a solid addition to their résumé that is sure to please fans.

2:00 pm — IFC — La Jetée Very few short films become classics (outside of silent films and arguably Looney Tunes), but Chris Marker's La Jetee, told entirely in sequences of still photographs, is one of them.