Sentences with phrase «definitive film»

10:15 pm — TCM — Double Indemnity Quite probably the most definitive film noir film in existence (vying only with The Big Sleep in my head, anyway) has insurance salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) being seduced by bored housewife Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) and convinced by her to help murder her husband for the insurance money.

Dunne was finally permitted to show off her singing talents in Sweet Adeline (1935), and in 1936 Universal Pictures cast her in her stage role as Magnolia in the studio's definitive film version of Show Boat (1936).

Great Directors on TCM: Billy Wilder Billy Wilder had an incredible ability to make definitive films in most genres — screwball comedy, film noir, socially conscious drama, bittersweet comedy - drama.

9:00 am — TCM — Double Indemnity Quite probably the most definitive film noir film in existence (vying only with The Big Sleep in my head, anyway) has insurance salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) being seduced by bored housewife Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) and convinced by her to help murder her husband for the insurance money.

The definitive film on this is of course Dr. Strangelove.

The disk includes a new documentary on how Reinert transformed miles of NASA footage and 80 hours of interviews into his definitive film.

While Web Junkie isn't the definitive film about web addiction, or game addictions, it is a clear view of the way that China sees the problem, as in this country it's common to hear about teenagers leaving school or wearing diapers only to keep playing without having to go to the bathroom (in a way «Make Love, Not Warcraft» episode of South Park is a more telling material of the scourge of videogame addiction).

Made with the full support and cooperation of the Royal Air Force, Battle for the Skies is the definitive film history of the RAF from the early days of the Air Battalion and the Royal Flying Corps right up to its role in the Afghanistan and Iraqi wars.

It was made before Philadelphia, focuses on characters that are almost entirely gay men, it covers the entirety of the 1980s, offers a very honest portrait of the AIDS crisis, is a better movie, but Philadelphia is heralded as the definitive film about this subject.

Despite the lack of awards from the Academy (it only received one for Sound Editing), Zero Dark Thirty will go down as one of the definitive films of the 2010s (and missing out on Best Picture is almost a confirmation...

Based on his autobiography, this film is clearly designed to be the definitive film about Nelson Mandela.

Arabian Nights is inspired by the structure of the eponymous Middle Eastern folk tales but re-imagined as a modern story about the Portuguese's struggle with a crumbling economy, and it may come to be considered the definitive film about the global financial crisis.

With 1948's Red River, Hawks fashioned a Western masterpiece that remains a definitive film of the genre, and one that will continue to influence filmmakers for years to come.

«Tangerine» One of the definitive films of life in Los Angeles this century, Sean Baker's touching drama (shot completely on iPhone) pulsates with an energy and verve that grabs ahold of you and simply won't let go.

The influence of this definitive film noir (with its typical conventions of «Venetian blind» lighting and voice - over narration) can be found in other countless imitations ever since - such as The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) and (1981), Body Heat (1981)(with Richard Crenna as the murdered husband and Kathleen Turner as the murderess accomplice), and The Last Seduction (1994)(with Linda Fiorentino), but it has never been surpassed.

Though the Vietnam War portion does have its moments (like the introduction of Adam Baldwin's Animal Mother), it's what ultimately stands in the way of «Full Metal Jacket» being the definitive film on the subject, even if some people might tell you otherwise.

The truly sad thing is that Dalton Trumbo led a fascinating life, and the response to this film means it will be the definitive film version of that life.

One of Kubrick's greatest masterpieces and a definitive film of its age.

Yet another terrific early 70s movie year, especially for foreign films, with some of the definitive films of world cinema in the decade released this year.

Get Out will probably stand both as the definitive film of 2017 and as the one with the longest cultural shelf life, in part because of moments like the hypnosis scene.

The pieces are in place for the definitive film on Steve Jobs, as is much of the effort, but it's crippled by a disastrous first act and a general lack of tact.

This documentary is the definitive film about puppy mills.

This documentary will be the definitive film about puppy mills and will make a difference.

David Hockney will feature in a new documentary directed by Randall Wright, the filmmaker who made the definitive film Lucian Freud: A Painted Life.