Sentences with phrase «direct social commentary»

Four - time Oscar nominee Williams's hundred - dollar per diem as opposed to Wahlberg's million dollar paycheck surfaces in voluptuous lines, combining alarming red tones and soothing blue ones to shroud its direct social commentary behind the mystery of abstraction.

Not exact matches

Set at the intersection of post-Vietnam paranoia and the myopic introspection that became hippiedom's most lasting cultural contribution, the Philip Kaufman - directed Invasion alternates social commentary with impeccably crafted scares.

(Olive, Blu - ray, DVD)(1950), directed by Cy Enfield, is one of the great lynch mob movies ever made and one of the most caustic social commentaries of anxiety and fear, set in the disillusionment of the American Dream in the post-war years and dosed with sociopathic anger.

Hollywood pro William Wellman directed more than 80 films in every genre over the course of four decades, but for my money, he was never more interesting than in the early sound era, where his energy and audacity powered over a dozen short, sharp, street - smart films filled with saucy sexiness and startling violence and mixed with varying measures of social commentary.

«The trick of horror is that you can be telling a story that is commentary, whether a social or personal issue, but you can package it in a way that still feels fun,» says Janiak, who's also directing a reboot of 1996's campy cult hit The Craft, due next year.

The latest Marvel Cinematic Universe entry, directed and co-written by Ryan Coogler, opens up a whole new world for audiences and takes us on an adventure and journey that is both very personal and has many real - life implications, as well as social and political commentary.

However, Peele's feature directing debut, «Get Out,» also brings him into the rarified class of horror directors who edge their scares with cutting social commentary.