Sentences with word «docudrama»

He scored an artistic and critical success in 2005 playing William Paley in George Clooney's historical docudrama about Edward R. Murrow Good Night, and Good Luck.

It isn't surprising, then, to hear Mann discuss that film in docudrama terms with lots of talking and exposition.

He went on to delve into David Cameron and Nick Clegg's horse trading in Coalition, the Westminster village's favourite TV docudrama of 2015.

Grittily and realistically photographed by Rachel Morrison with a fly - on - the - wall docudrama approach, «Fruitvale Station» is vivid and compelling alone as a slice - of - life leading up to the fateful moment.

American chess phenomenon Bobby Fischer (Maguire) squares off against his Russian rival Boris Spassky (Schreiber) in the 1972 «Match of the Century» in Reykjavik, in this gripping docudrama from director Edward Zwick (Glory, The Last Samurai, Blood Diamond, Defiance, Love & Other Drugs) and screenwriter Steven Knight (Eastern Promises).

In 1994, Jeremy Paul Kagan entered the realm of docudrama with his made - for - cable Roswell.

The 33 (PG - 13 for profanity and a disaster sequence) Fact - based docudrama recounting the 2010 collapse of a Chilean mine which left 33 men trapped underground for 69 days.

The Lady in the Van (PG - 13 for a disturbing image) Fact - based docudrama recounting the unlikely friendship forged between a celebrated playwright (Alex Jennings) and a homeless woman (Maggie Smith) living in a car parked in his driveway.

Chappaquiddick (PG - 13 for smoking, profanity, mature themes and disturbing images) Historical docudrama recounting Ted Kennedy's (Jason Clarke) summer of ’69 car accident that claimed the life of 28 year - old, campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne (Kate Mara).

Those are some big shoes to fill, but «End of Watch» certainly has the right ingredients to make it happen, including a talented cast led by Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena, and an interesting docudrama style that will most likely divide audiences.

We don't think the LaLa - land location is any accident, so we're expecting that the event will include some real Hollywood star power, perhaps in support of original video content that might be free to Amazon Prime customers for viewing on the Kindle Fire and other devices — say, an original docudrama series based loosely on the agency model pricing conspiracy, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Meryl Streep, and John Lithgow?

This whole horrifying ordeal is recounted in A Mighty Heart, a surprisingly - riveting docudrama featuring Angelina Jolie as Mariane.

In fact, the title and compressed story reminds of a Lifetime Original television docudrama rather than an investigative powerhouse that wishes to build upon its predecessors.

This visually polished, Oscar - baiting docudrama chronicles her final two years, and even in death she's a subject of invasive speculation.

Sterritt *** Crisply made docudrama about a deadly 1972 clash between British soldiers and civil - rights protesters in a Northern Irish city.

Captain Phillips is a very good movie which reminds us of Paul Greengrass» gift for docudrama and that Tom Hanks can still act in a big, serious production.

It's a story that's been done many times, and it's a bit predictable, but American Violet is a gripping docudrama about the Texas justice system that features powerful and award - worthy performances from the whole cast but I expect nothing but greatness and stardom for Nicole Behairie.

Beach Rats has an experiential, almost docudrama aesthetic whose lived - in authenticity is in keeping with that of the film as a whole.

This geographic intimacy is captured vividly by cinematographer Hélène Louvart, who also shot «The Wonders» and documentaries «Pina» and «The Beaches of Agnès,» (among others; whether capturing a boardwalk fireworks show or the thick clouds of a vape bar, «Beach Rats» has an experiential, almost docudrama aesthetic whose lived - in authenticity is in keeping with that of the film as a whole.

Recouping after 2010's annoyingly unfunny «Dinner for Schmucks» and returning to his political interests after his recent HBO docudrama «Game Change» about Sarah Palin, director Jay Roach and screenwriters Chris Henchy («The Other Guys») and Shawn Harwell (HBO's «Eastbound and Down») have no pretense of making a smart, spiky political satire with teeth.

The State of Illusion, a new docudrama from Samuel Goldwyn Films, is a mixture of fiction and brain science that, despite these awkward bedfellows, was compelling enough to keep me up late on a Friday night.

Nonetheless, it's a film worth mentioning more than once: Clio Barnard's remarkable debut, which paved the way for the equally excellent The Selfish Giant, is an ambitious, experimental docudrama about playwright Andrea Dunbar.

Critic Consensus: Kate Plays Christine blurs genres — and the line between fact and reality — with a cleverly provocative docudrama look at newscaster Christine Chubbuck's life and death.

Director Paul Greengrass has a knack for dramatizing real - life events (as evidenced in «Bloody Sunday» and the excellent «United 93»), and that success continues here, throwing the audience right into the middle of the action docudrama - style in order to fully capture the intensity of the situation.

The 10 - hour / five - part docudrama is created and executive produced by Mark Burnett (The Voice, Survivor) and Roma Downey (Touched by an Angel) and will cover the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, including stories from Noah's Ark and the Exodus to Daniel in the Lion's Den to the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.

Frears and Morgan are no strangers to collaborating on works surrounding the British government, having worked together previously on the made - for - BBC docudrama miniseries, The Deal, based on the rise of Tony Blair into a leadership position.

It is a sort of docudrama following the Moss family through their daily life of commutes and gymnastic classes and shopping at the power center, with commentary by the always articulate planner Ken Greenberg, new urbanist Andreas Duany, philosopher Mark Kingwell and, of course, Jim Kunstler at his best.

American actress Trieste Dunn's first major role was that of Santa Clara University student Deora Frances Bodley, one of the victims of the September 11th terrorist hijacking, in Paul Greengrass» critically worshipped docudrama United 93 (2006).

Movies also notching wins: Christine, the devastating docudrama starring Rebecca Hall as ill - fated «70s newswoman Christine Chubbuck; the lesbian - tinged spectacle The Handmaiden; and the Kate Winslet romp The Dressmaker (Campy Flick of the Year).

But with John Michael Warren behind the camera, the man who helmed the Jay Z documentary Fade to Black and Netflix docudrama series Fearless, it seems nearly impossible.

«TOWIE — the only way is Ed,» said one gleeful official to me on election night, paying appropriate homage to that gritty fly - on - the - wall docudrama The Only Way Is Essex.

Finding Forrester star Rob Brown steps into the cleats of Heisman Trophy - winning gridiron giant Ernie Davis in director Gary Fleder's inspirational sports docudrama.

Critic Consensus: Though its politics are as obvious as its outcome, American Violet is an earnest docudrama about the justice system with a powerful performance from Nicole Behairie.

It's a heady, jam - packed docudrama that, with confidence and great filmmaking verve (though not what you'd call an excess of nuance), tells a vital American story of history, journalism, politics, and the way those things came together over a couple of fateful weeks -LSB-...]

Fruitvale showed a director skilled at docudrama, but his own origin story involves an attraction to pop - culture myth, as he informs us in Panther, via the words of one of his characters, who admits to being «a kid from Oakland, running around believing in fairy tales.»

For HBO's stirring docudrama All the Way, Cranston goes beyond a spot - on impersonation, aided by astonishing makeup effects, to channel President Lyndon B. Johnson's outsize personality and authority.

Critics Consensus: Kate Plays Christine blurs genres — and the line between fact and reality — with a cleverly provocative docudrama look at newscaster Christine Chubbuck's life and death.

Hacksaw Ridge (R for graphic violence, gruesome images and ethnic slurs) World War II docudrama recounting the battlefield heroics of Army Medic Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield) who saved 75 fellow G.I.'s lives during the fight for Okinawa.

Critics Consensus: In Cold Blood is a classic docudrama with a fictional thriller's grip — and a pair of terrific lead performances from Robert Blake and Scott Wilson.

Zero Dark Thirty - Riveting docudrama proves that The Hurt Locker was no fluke for director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal.

Billy Crystal directed this winning docudrama about the race by New York Yankees superstars Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris to beat Babe Ruth's single season record of 60 home runs.

Rebecca Hall turned in the year's most unsettling performance in this tough - to - watch docudrama about madness and media.

Two gritty docudramas make their way to Blu - ray and DVD, but each take a different approach to worthwhile bonus content.

Cast: Gad Elmaleh, Gabriel Byrne, Natacha Regnier Program: Special Presentations Headline: It Fails Us Now Scott's Take: Once upon a time, Costa - Gavras was rightly considered one of the great political filmmakers, turning his rage over real - life abuses of power into docudramas like Z, State Of Siege, and Missing.

Directed by Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane), Suffragette is a moving docudrama set in London during the critical period leading up to Parliament's passage of the Representation of the People Act of 1918.

Rather than tell her story in the dull fashion of a Hallmark docudrama, Writer - Director David O....

by Bill Chambers Three very different #TIFF16 films — a postapocalyptic cannibal western (The Bad Batch), a modestly - scaled kaiju eiga (Colossal), and a period docudrama (Jackie)-- form a trilogy in my mind thematically linked by crestfallen female protagonists who discover reserves of strength in dire situations.