Sentences with phrase «classic film style»

A master of classic film style, Gray (The Immigrant, Two Lovers) dedicates almost as much of the movie to the time between Fawcett's expeditions as his adventures in Amazonia, placing them in the context of the era's wars, social mores, and colonial horrors.

A maelstrom of references and influences from vaudeville to film noir to modern dance, Sullivan's appropriation of classic filming styles, period costumes, and contemporary spaces (such as corporate offices) draws the viewer's attention away from traditional narratives and towards an examination of performance itself.

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Break out of the classic pearl strand mold with this «Tin Cup» pearl bracelet, a style made famous by Rene Russo in the feature film of the same name.

Sugar Club is Dublin's most creative nightspot, where the very slick theatre - style venue hosts an array of events from music to comedy to classic film - themed nights and there's even some saucy cabaret and sexy burlesque dancing shows to heat up your evening.

A smart, sharp and outragiously weird crime - thriller that «s loaded with a great sense of classic film noir style, ideas and star - power.

This is the BEST James Bond film ever made as it is full of style, amazing action pieces that really dazzle and entertain, Pierce Brosnan is an excellent Bond (wit, humor, action, style, brutality), Xenia Onatopp is the greatest creation of a villain and Bond girl (because her weapon is Bond» worst nightmare), the villain is truly threatening and played very well by Sean Bean, the title song is awesome and classic Bond, the script for this film is VERY well written and witty, etc..

Got ta love that classic film poster though huh, just like «The Rocketeer» they really capture the essence of the old style crime caper and dare devil hero aspect.

A stop - motion animated film, Frankenweenie will be filmed in black and white and rendered in 3D, which will elevate the classic style to a whole new experience.

Wilson's Heart for Oculus Rift is an absolute amazing VR gaming experience that harkens in tone and style to the old style classic films of Hollywood horror and the old Hammer Horror films.

I can't get enough of the film noir era and its style, so «Dead Men» has enticed me to see many of the classic films that contributed clips here.

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.

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.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, this Jennifer Juniper Stratford film is a «science fiction tale told in the style of classic B - movies and outfitted with practical special effects, laser beams and lunatic ideas which are guaranteed to make it the next big midnight movie hit.»

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.

Filmed in aquatic hues and bathed in nostalgic mid-century style, The Shape of Water is both a love story and a love letter to monster movies, musicals, and classic cinema.

This is Demme's second remake of a classic film in row, however, unlike his overcooked update of Charade in The Truth About Charlie, he directs with just the right amount of style here, always staying true to the events of the story as they unfold.

Made as a 1920s - style silent movie, this hugely enjoyable film is already a classic.

Glass, part of a commercial fur expedition, escapes with others on a boat and sails into an adventure that takes him through a crucible of suffering — including a near - fatal grizzly attack — that evokes by turns classics of American literature and a «Perils of Pauline» - style silent - film serial.

Sure, there are elements of style and structure that harken back to classic films, but this character, Louis Bloom, he's one of a kind.

Farran Smith Nehme writes about classic film on her blog, Self - Styled Siren, and recently published her first novel, Missing Reels.

These films are masterpieces, though their relentlessness and purity of purpose is at odds with the mosaic pluralism of the classic Altman style, and Altman heartily embraces this constriction in Images.

The film noir style makes this a classic detective story that'll certainly stand the test of time.

With quippy dialogue and an classic movie directorial style, Sally Potter's The Party feels like a brilliant short film forced to drag itself along for an extra twenty minutes.

I Wake Up Screaming (Kino Lorber, Blu - ray)(1941), with a swaggering Victor Mature and a demure Betty Grable, is not just one of the great movie titles of classic cinema, it is one of the films that established the distinctive style and attitude of film noir.

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.

It's shot in black and white which adds some style, and it has a haunting score by Abel Korzeniowski (of A Single Man, W.E.), but this is a film that is destined to be loved by a small audience, and be much more of a cult classic than anything.

The play of light, dark and shadows is reminiscent of film noir classics such as Key Largo and Asphalt Jungle that Spielberg examined carefully in order to choose the style he wanted to employ.

The storytelling is classic Soderbergh, lean and laconic, a style that heightens both the bone - dry humor with which the film is suffused and the suspense of the split - second timing required for the heist and the ancillary, ahem, compost, that happens.

Part terse sci - fi chase thriller, part parenthood parable, this story of a former cult member (Michael Shannon) trying to protect his supernaturally gifted son never lets on more than it needs to, expressing itself in subtleties and nuances in a style that brings to mind classic films by Steven Spielberg and John Carpenter.

Nichol, who also deftly shot and edited the film, never fetishizes or aggrandizes the typewriter, but instead smartly contextualizes its place as a classic symbol of American ingenuity, practicality and style.

There is also a neat alternate opening for the film with the feature «Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz: Classic Style», which gives the film a fun sepia tone opening.

Directed by Jeff Wadlow, whose previous movies include Never Back Down, Kick - Ass 2 and the lacklustre horror Cry Wolf, the film reinvents the classic children's game of Truth or Dare into an It Follows - style menace.

Billy Wilder, for example, was originally dismissed by Sarris as a director without a personal style, and, indeed, Wilder tackled an astonishing range of material, from romantic comedies to film noir («Double Indemnity»), Hollywood tragedy («Sunset Boulevard»), journalistic expose («Ace in the Hole») and classic farce («Some Like It Hot»).

Woven among the family interviews are famous faces who new or had indelible impressions of the brothers, as well as comments on the WB style, and why the films continue to enjoy classic status.

Steeped in Australia's brutal colonialist past and evoking other contemporary classics such as The Proposition and The Tracker, Sweet Country continually defies and undermines genre expectations with its masterful command of film style and its confronting tale of racism and injustice.

So here we go again, another classic Asian film falling victim to the Hollywood remake system, where style and tone is generally lost in translation like the many that came before it, Dark Water, The Ring, The Grudge and The Eye, but with Oscar nominated director Spike Lee at the helm, surely we have nothing to worry about?

Not only does Gangster Squad pay cartoonish tribute to these films in style and content, but it also tips its fedora at classic films from the era, such as Billy Wilder's non-B-grade masterpiece Sunset Blvd. (1950), with direct visual references.

I've got a brief preview of some of the films we're looking forward to over this first week, including Paul Schrader's First Reformed, documentaries on Freaks & Geeks, MIA, and John McEnroe (that's three separate films, though now I'm imagining a Fast, Cheap & Out of Control - style doc about the three of them all together and that would be really cool), and archival presentations of classics by Derek Jarman (Edward II) and Kenji Mizoguchi (Sansho the Bailiff).

But despite the source material and Winterbottom's attempts to ape the look of classic film noir, the final results are closer to a Rob Zombie - style horror film that seeks to shove the audience's face in scenes of abhorrent violence.

«I am proud of the breadth, intelligence and style of the choices the London critics have made, honouring the richness of world cinema and the fresh, cool takes on classic movie genres seen in films such as TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, DRIVE and THE ARTIST.

Director Peter Strickland turned heads amongst cult film circles with his Berberian Sound Studio, a lushly realized tip of the hat to the classic giallo styles of the 1970s that honored the past while also working in Strickland's own unique...

Ritualistic duels are neatly shot in the style of classic kung - fu films — mid-shots and long takes — so that viewers can follow the action.

With its stunning visual style, sly subversion science - fiction and horror genre conventions and one of the most terrifying and memorable monsters in screen history, «Alien» became an instant film classic from the moment it burst forth — literally — in the summer of 1979.

* This release is limited to 1000 copies only * Road to Perdition, B - Movie Style: An extensive interview with «Hellgate» director William A. Levey (HD, 35 mins) * Alien Invasion, Blaxploitation and Ghost - Busting Mayhem: Scholar, Filmmaker and fan Howard S. Berger reflects on the intriguing film career of William A. Levey (HD, 12 mins) * Video Nasty: Kenneth Hall, writer of the Puppet Master series, speaks about the direct - to - video horror boom that allowed «Hellgate» to become a classic of the cassette rental era (HD, 8 mins) * Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys * Collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by Lee Gambin, illustrated with original artwork and stills * A DVD of the film is also included alongside the Blu - ray disc

Instead, what they basically did was to make a good western film in the classic style, have aliens invade it, and then carry on in the same vein.

A classic Cannon film gets a great treatment from Scream Factory, bringing their unique filmmaking process and style to a new generation.

The three films in Criterion's magnificent box set Three Silent Classics by Josef Von Sternberg may be all the evidence we have of this era but they are more than enough to show his mastery of the medium and the rapid evolution of his style, both a visual sculptor and as a cinematic storyteller.

The final third of the film escalates, in classic screwball style, through a masterful series of set - pieces, as hilarious as they are devastating.

David Leitch, co-director of stupendous shoot - em - up John Wick, continues the command of vicious stunts and visual style that made his and Chad Stahelski's 2014 film a violent, classy classic.

The Grand Illusion kicks off Halloween movie season in style with a 35 mm print of John Carpenter's 1994 classic, the director's last indisputably great film.