Sentences with phrase «diverse films and performances»

Not exact matches

The actor spent the remainder of the decade turning in solid performances in a number of diverse films: he could be seen as an actor with a troubled past in An Awfully Big Adventure (1994), a very sympathetic Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility (1995), Eamon de Valera in Michael Collins (1996), a has - been sci - fi television star in Galaxy Quest (1999), and a grumpy angel in Dogma (1999).

After these notable performances, Mihok continued to create memorable and diverse roles in such films as THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, DARK BLUE, BASIC, CONNIE AND CARLA, director Shane Black's KISS KISS BANG BANG, 10TH & WOLF, HOLLYWOODLAND, SEX AND DEATH 101, THE LONGSHOTS, Marvel's PUNISHER: WAR ZONE, and the unsettling motion - capture performance of the Alpha Male creature that went toe - to - toe with Will Smith in I AM LEGEand diverse roles in such films as THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, DARK BLUE, BASIC, CONNIE AND CARLA, director Shane Black's KISS KISS BANG BANG, 10TH & WOLF, HOLLYWOODLAND, SEX AND DEATH 101, THE LONGSHOTS, Marvel's PUNISHER: WAR ZONE, and the unsettling motion - capture performance of the Alpha Male creature that went toe - to - toe with Will Smith in I AM LEGEAND CARLA, director Shane Black's KISS KISS BANG BANG, 10TH & WOLF, HOLLYWOODLAND, SEX AND DEATH 101, THE LONGSHOTS, Marvel's PUNISHER: WAR ZONE, and the unsettling motion - capture performance of the Alpha Male creature that went toe - to - toe with Will Smith in I AM LEGEAND DEATH 101, THE LONGSHOTS, Marvel's PUNISHER: WAR ZONE, and the unsettling motion - capture performance of the Alpha Male creature that went toe - to - toe with Will Smith in I AM LEGEand the unsettling motion - capture performance of the Alpha Male creature that went toe - to - toe with Will Smith in I AM LEGEND.

In the 20 years since, his career has been defined by a remarkable wealth and variety of interesting characters and intense performances in films as diverse as Lone Star, American Beauty, Seabiscuit and Capote.

Ronan, who's amassing a very impressive resume in diverse and extolled films such as Atonement (2007), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and Brooklyn (2015), here presents what may be her career - best performance as the titular rebellious heroine.

The emphasis on the paternal has been most explicit in films such as The Indian Runner, History of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005), The Road (John Hillcoat, 2009), and Captain Fantastic, and are also clearly present in such diverse performances as Mortensen's roles in The Prophecy (Gregory Widen, 1995), The Reflecting Skin (Philip Ridley, 1990), The Passion of Darkly Noon (Philip Ridley, 1995), The Lord of the Rings trilogy (Peter Jackson, 2001 - 2003), and Jauja (Lisandro Alonso, 2014).

«Throughout her career, Julianne Moore has delivered a wide range of extraordinary performances, from such diverse Oscar - nominated films as Boogie Nights and Far from Heaven to this year's Cannes win for Best Actress in the riveting Maps to the Stars,» said festival chairman Harold Matzner.

An in - demand destination for film lovers, drawn by unmatched locale and a diverse program of mainstream studio features and new visions from independent voices from around the world, MVFF also hosts an exciting array of filmmaker and industry conversations, panels, parties, and live music performances, featuring the most acclaimed emerging and veteran actors, filmmakers, and musicians of our time.

Though I still think the Academy dropped the ball in some areas (Best Actress, in particular, could have been a far richer and more diverse race had the likes of Sally Hawkins and Kristin Scott Thomas been invited), it's true that, while 2008 hasn't been as rewarding for auteur works as some previous years, we've seen a lot of films either wholly constructed around their performances («The Wrestler» being a prime example) or saved by them (for my money, Anne Hathaway and Rosemarie DeWitt are the most focused elements of «Rachel Getting Married»).

She acts with an honesty and clarity that suits her diverse roles, and her performance in this film continues to impress.

While the character falls inside the actor's established wheelhouse, that doesn't mean he still doesn't approach the role with the same sort of tenacity and gusto he brought to previous performances in films as diverse as Nocturnal Animals, 99 Homes, Take Shelter, Premium Rush and Revolutionary Road.

While audiences remain divided on the quality of his later film work, he touched us deeply — and made us laugh hysterically — in films as diverse as The World According to Garp, Moscow on the Hudson, Good Morning Vietnam, Dead Poets Society (his portrayal of Mr. Keating had an enormous influence on my own early teaching), The Fisher King, Mrs. Doubtfire and Good Will Hunting (for which he won an Oscar after 3 previous nominations), not to mention his multitude of stand - up comedy performances.

Eleanor Antin is one of the preeminent female artists of our time, using her remarkably diverse practice of performance, film, installation, drawing, writing and photography to explore the nuances of gender, race and identity.

Their artistic practice spans diverse media including film, photography, painting, performance, and site - specific projects.Vătămanu and Tudor's broad - reaching practice has positioned them among the most compelling and literate interpreters of our contemporary post-communist condition, which extends far beyond their native Romania.

Artists of diverse disciplines, including painting, sculpture, photography, dance, film, sound, and performance work alongside each other in a novel campus environment which fosters experimentation, collaboration, and mutual inspiration.

Kusama's oeuvre is extraordinarily diverse - traversing the mediums of fashion, painting, sculpture, printmaking, installation, film and performance — but it is marked by focus, and an obsessive desire to immerse the viewer in her psychological experiences, and to explore the idea of the infinite.

Summoning a diverse group of artists and musicians who have been both directly and indirectly influenced by Tovey, the series will take place from March 1st through to April 8th, 2012 featuring a group exhibition, live music performances, and a film screening.

Yet the artist never addressed this diverse range of interests directly, instead they are filtered and reflected back and froth through the wide - ranging media she employs, not least performance, drawing, film, video, sculpture and sound, often together in a single cacophonous installation.

Through programming that engages the university's broad array of academic disciplines, SCAD FASH offers diverse exhibitions, films, installations, performances and events to enliven and inspire the greater community year - round.

One of the most revered artists of her generation, Kusama is known for a rich and diverse artistic oeuvre, which includes painting, sculpture, printmaking, installation, film and performance.

A diverse programme of public and family events accompanies the exhibition, including free exhibition tours, regular and February Half Term children's workshops, a Friday night film programme selected by the artist (to enrich the references to these works in the catalogue), and Daria Martin In Conversation with Catherine Wood, Curator, Contemporary Art / Performance Tate Modern, on Thursday 23 February at 6.30 pm.

Focusing on «the Unknown» as a central theme, Liminality 2 includes artists and performers working across diverse practises, from film, installation, sculpture, live performance, drawing and printmaking.

Combining knowledge of history and philosophy with reflections on current affairs and society, Chan makes works in diverse media, ranging from installation to performance, film and animation.

Working across painting, sculpture, performance and film, the shortlist is incredibly diverse, however, there was something about the work of Poppy Bisdee that caught our eye.

S1's Studio artists have a diverse and distinctive approach to contemporary art practice and this exhibition therefore embraces a wide range of media including film, video and photography to installation, sculpture and performance.

To complement the exhibition — which takes place 22 January - 15 February 2015 — Somerset House and A (by) P are planning a diverse series of events, including film and music evenings, artist talks, performances and interactive workshops, all to inspire visitors to re-evaluate their own relationship to the cities in which they live.

Jacir's approach opens up a dialogue between diverse cultures, questions borders and truths, through a diverse range of media including film, photography, public interventions, installation, performance and video.

Her subjects are extraordinarily varied and her diverse body of work has incorporated video, film, animation, photography, music, writing and performance.

Taking a comprehensive view of Arcangel's diverse practice, the exhibition includes videos, video game consoles, film, photographic prints, sculpture, drawings, web - based work, sound, and performance.

Questioning the every - day and observing society, they highlight anomalies through elements as diverse as exaggeration, the supernatural, détournement, the absurd... Their practice integrates mediums such as performance and installation, resembling a kind of film, as they become ever more persistent in their obsessive commitment to incorporating elements of reality in their work.

Sir Nicholas Serota, overall director of Tate, said Mr Dercon was helping to open Tate Modern «to a wider world and more diverse audiences» by staging a more international programme with photography, live performance and film.

As such, his diverse practice includes sculpture, installation, film, and performance works that utilize found objects, assemblage, and improvisation to address subjects such as survival economics, labor, and hybridity.

In a statement he said: «Chris Dercon is helping to open Tate Modern to a wider world and more diverse audiences through his support for a more international program, photography, live performance and film.

His artistic practice is diverse and he works in painting, sculpture, photography, film and performance.

Exploiting genres as diverse as sculpture, performance, film, and photography, McCarthy has invented an entirely new category of art making — a mash - up of mass media and cultural fantasia that is at once universal and shockingly personal.

Serota said: «Chris Dercon is helping to open Tate Modern to a wider world and more diverse audiences through his support for a more international programme, photography, live performance and film.

Employing diverse disciplines and mediums including clay, ink, film and performance, Anna Maria Maiolino's work retains a fundamental concern with creative and destructive processes and with identity; from the subjective to the universal.

Presenting a diverse group of artists and activists who lived and worked at the intersections of avant - garde art worlds, radical political movements, and profound social change, the exhibition features a wide array of work, including conceptual, performance, film, and video art, as well as photography, painting, sculpture, and printmaking.

Graham defies categorization by employing multiple styles and by working in diverse media including photography, film, performance, music and text.

The diverse range of EVENTS that include music, film, artist talks, seminars for artists and performance is a central aspect of our programme and is centred within Bermondsey Square.

But it also showcased a range of technical skills and diverse mediums — from digital film, pencil etchings and performance art — and was critically acclaimed.

Also, this year 96 diverse and boundary pushing projects funded by the Graham Foundation were realized in the form of exhibitions, publications, films, performances, research, and site - specific installations.

The Bemis Center's exhibition and residency programs are contextualized, in part, by a series of diverse, thought - provoking public programs, such as knowledge - sharing workshops, panel discussions, artist lectures, film screenings, and performances, among others.

Yet, while Made in L.A. appeared as diverse and sprawling as the city whose art it presented, it might also be argued that the bulk of the work on view extended four familiar (and familial) lineages of Los Angeles art that were well represented in «PST»: hard - edge abstraction (represented here in paintings by Brian Sharp and Alex Olson and painterly objects by Lisa Williamson and Brenna Youngblood), found - object assemblage (in the work of Liz Glynn, Ry Rocklen, Henry Taylor, and Erika Vogt, among others), eclectic performance practices (including live pieces by Math Bass, Kenyatta A. C. Hinkle, and Ashley Hunt, as well as the collective Slanguage's array of community - based works at LAXART), and film and video projects that pointed, more or less, to the looming shadow of Hollywood (e.g., Miljohn Ruperto's Seven and Five, 2012, which includes multiple remakes of a 1961 episode of the TV show Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and Dan Finsel's The Space Between You and Me, 2012, for which the artist restaged Farrah Fawcett and Keith Edmier's decade - old roll in the clay).

Her diverse oeuvre — comprising drawing, collage, engraving, textiles, and photography, as well as experimental film, video, and performance — mines themes of identity, gender, and dematerialization, often drawing from the stories of literary figures and addressing the symbiotic relationship between art making and working environments.

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center is a non-profit organization in Buffalo, New York, that shows the work of artists of diverse backgrounds in film, video, literature, music, performance, media and visual arts.

Program Exhibitions / film screenings / manga library / performances / talk events / workshops / guided tours etc. — Brings together a total of approximately 120 works selected from 4,347 entries from 84 countries and regions — Presents a cross-section of contemporary artworks from diverse genres — Offers new perspectives on emerging styles of filmic expression through an extensive film program — Holds a program of approximately 40 talk events, workshops, performances etc. throughout the entire duration of the festival — Presents an experience of new cultural forms and ideas made possible by evolving technology

The Art & Culture series reaches out to a diverse arts audience by providing multidisciplinary programming that includes lectures and discussions with artists, curators, and museum directors as well as poetry readings, film, chamber music, and dance performances.

Born in 1971 and currently based in Alexandria, Egypt, Wael Shawky works across diverse media, making everything from drawings, photographs and mixed - media installations to directing films and performances.

Emily Jacir's work spans a diverse range of media and strategies including film, photography, social interventions, installation, performance, video, writing and sound.

Ono's artistic practice includes film, text, music, sculpture and performance art; her diverse arsenal of media reflects her deep - seated drive to communicate a message of peace to the world at large.