Sentences with phrase «documentary feels like»

But while «I Am Chris Farley» is an enjoyable tribute that will make you want to spend the next few hours watching old «SNL» skits and film clips on YouTube, the documentary feels like it's just barely scratching the surface at times, especially in regards to Farley's struggle with substance abuse.

Review of She's Beautiful When She's Angry by Associate Editor Brigid K. Presecky Mary Dore's timely documentary feels like a textbook come to life, following the story of the Women's Rights Movement from its conception to today's ongoing battle.

Not exact matches

Did you watch the documentary and as a woman, does it make you feel like you much choose a birth with as little intervention as possible because it's best?

As I was going through nutrition school and with the rise of vegan documentaries like Forks Over Knives and Food Matters, I felt tremendous pressure to ditch eggs and dairy and eat strictly plant - based.

In the wake of breakthrough documentaries like Fed Up, articles in The New York Times propounding the toxicity of sugar, Dr. Robert Lustig's impassioned viral video on the chronic toxicity of fructose, and the growing body of peer - reviewed articles pointing towards sugar's effects on our expanding waistlines and chronic diseases, I have begun to feel even more empowered to kick sugar to the curb.

There's a stark reality to this that almost feels like a documentary.

This occurs outside the piano lesson Samuel has insisted she take (though she has declared her preference for swimming, in effect, present bodyguard over absent dad), which underlines Creasy's dad function, and also, as Scott notes, shows the character's thinking, by way of a stunning visual composition: «It feels like part documentary, part grabbed real footage, and part opera.

Written by an actual therapist following his own experiences, this gripping drama offers an extremely realistic view of prison that makes us feel like watching a documentary, and it is brutal and touching when it needs to be, anchored by superb performances (O'Connell is a revelation).

It's clear immediately that filmmaker Peter Berg is looking to ape the feel and tone of Paul Greengrass» work, as Deepwater Horizon boasts a documentary - like feel that's heightened by its low - key performances and general lack of context - with scripters Matthew Michael Carnahan and Matthew Sand, in terms of the latter, delivering dialogue that tends to emphasize authenticity over exposition (ie much of this stuff sounds as though it was pulled directly from real - life transcripts).

Similarly, the idea of a potential rebirth sees Noxon leave the almost documentary - like reality of the rest of the film behind for a moment, but this major tonal shift would've felt more organic and tethered to Ellen's whole journey if it had been more clearly foreshadowed.

Suffragette feels like a documentary in its visuals, but at the same time drowns in subjectivity (Maud's face in repeated closeup).

These contrasting elements all serve a single purpose, to give a film truthful to JLG and Anne that's almost entirely a lie, a mixup of legends and half - remembered stories that nonetheless feel nearly documentary - like.

The film doesn't feel or look like a documentary.

A docudrama that in its early scenes feels like a documentary — the co-directors have a nonfiction background, and the actors are actual carnival performers — the film plays out like a small - scale fairy tale.

Mike Leigh's biopic is so richly detailed that it feels like a documentary.

The cast is made up of an actual family, including his father Tim Jandreau and his sister Lilly Jandreau, which is perhaps why their performances feel so authentic and why this film seems like an intimate, verité - style documentary at times.

Excellent movie quality casting for what felt like a historical documentary.

Sadly, while the film is undeniably interesting on an anecdotal level, it often feels like an interesting special feature on a Criterion Blu - ray disc (it would have fit perfectly on their upcoming release of «The Graduate») more than it does a documentary feature that stands on its own.

Jon Amiel's film is beautifully constructed and flawlessly integrates other techniques (documentary footage, time lapse photography, CGI effects) into what feels like a traditional period piece.

The result is a documentary that never feels like a puff piece.

The Look of Silence feels more like an extended DVD extra to his genre - defying previous film than a stand - alone documentary.

Doglegs is more challenging than a feel - good documentary like Murderball; the motivations of its protagonists are often difficult to understand — BDSM is frequently invoked as a justification for able - bodied heel «Antithesis» Kitajima's taunting of disabled face «Sambo» Shintaro — and some of the wrestling scenes are uncomfortable to watch.

There are more stylistic riffs, like the opening «documentary» Peter creates, that make an otherwise fairly safe superhero film feel fresh and not overly manicured.

As Farhadi casts his roving, distracted eye over this unhappy community, sharing his story in a choppy, documentary style, it ends up feeling like a curiously detached exercise, more academic than wholly satisfying.

The documentary based on the book, directed by Kent Jones, couples archival photos and audio from the interview and does its best to make us feel like we're sat in the room with Hitch, Truffaut and their translator.

Finally, in one of the most lived - in works at the festival — so authentic it feels almost documentary - like — Sean Baker's «The Florida Project» examines a single mother and her young daughter living hand - to - mouth at a rundown motel with other similar incomplete families.

Josh is, of course, very like Woody Allen's Cliff Stern, the documentary film - maker in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) who, at the nadir of professional failure, is forced to film a tribute to his hated brother - in - law, a highly successful man at home in the same world of tuxedo dinners and speeches from which Ben Stiller's Josh feels excluded.

Borrowing its title from Disney World's planning - stage moniker and not the focal motel which resembles a kitschy housing project on the outskirts of the Magic Kingdom, Sean Baker's The Florida Project is aptly named for another reason: with its largely non-pro, local, and grade school — age cast, it invariably feels like a documentary on its own making.

I feel like the documentary Amy deserves to be on our «best of» list partly because of what it isn't: a bunch of talking heads going on about the short, tragic life of Amy Winehouse.

For a film which features the word «irony» so prominently, it's suitably ironic that Reality Bites features a documentary given the commercial television treatment, as the movie as a whole has an underlying compelling story that feels like it has been drained of all uniqueness by the corporate interests handling the film.

That's the surface message of «A Lego Brickumentary,» a new film that feels more like a promotional piece for the celebrated building blocks than a documentary.

Heineman directs the movie so that it almost doesn't feel like a documentary, largely thanks its beautiful cinematography.

One of the most sobering and depressing documentaries in recent memories, this film feels like a conspiracy theorist gone mad even though we understand the much larger point.

It feels more like a movie and less like a documentary.

With Fruitvale Station, we wanted it to feel very much like a documentary.

And it feels especially weird when when a movie like that, in this case a film called Unlocked, is directed by an acclaimed documentary filmmaker like Michael Apted (the Up series).

Like a companion piece to the feel - good drama Pride, his documentary was designed to explore the untold story of the 1984 British miners» strike, so even if it feels rather one - sided it's a strikingly personal...

It's also close in feel to Brett Morgen's 30 for 30 documentary on OJ Simpson's famous Bronco chase, and, like that film, Berg slowly pieces together the action of the day — a minute's silence for the Newtown massacre's victims, the Red Sox's home game — to give a sense of a calm before the chaos.

Dusan Makavejev's Love Affair, or The Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator, combined boundary - pushing (for the time) nudity and sexuality with a collage - like style mixing documentary and drama, politics and romance, tragedy and playfulness in a way that still feels innovative.

Based on the novel of the same name by author Miriam Horn, Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman directed by Susan Froemke and John Hoffman and co-directed by Beth Aala, explores the environmental impact of the ranching, farming, and fishing communities in a way that feels more like an educational piece than an impactful, theatrical documentary.

directed by Susan Froemke and John Hoffman and co-directed by Beth Aala, explores the environmental impact of the ranching, farming, and fishing communities in a way that feels more like an educational piece than an impactful, theatrical documentary.

The opening night film was a documentary that felt like a reunion with an old friend.

Grand Jury Award: Carlos Puga, All That I Am Best Feature: Denis Henry Hennely, Goodbye World Best Documentary: Lucy Walker, The Crash Reel Best Animation: Eoin Duffy, The Missing Scarf Best Short Comedy: Michael Neithard, Alive feeling like a buck seventy five Best Short Drama: Michael Tyburski, Palimpsest Audience Choice — Documentary: Sean and Andrea Fine, Life According to Sam Audience Choice — Feature: Brant Sersen, SANATORIUM NH Feature of the Year: David Gordon Greene, Prince Avalanche NH Short Film of the Year: Sophia Savage, Empyrean Best NH Documentary: Todd Kwait, Tom Rush: No Regrets Best NH Performance: Morganna Ekkens for Only Daughter New Hampshire Film of the Year: Aaron Wiederspahn, Only Daughter Van McLeod Award: Lisa Muskat

Found - footage works best when you feel like you're an active witness in the events unfolding on - screen, but playing up the «documentary» aspect removes audience involvement because it naturally creates a disconnect (Europa Report handled this effectively by having talking - head interviews in the first act, only to end up using them as sparingly as possible throughout the rest of the movie).

For successfully employing multiple aspect ratios, cast comprised mostly of non-actors, documentary feel and extended takes, a film like Krisha would deserve acclaim for its technical aspects alone.

Alongside our documentary portrait of this bustling venue, Costa has been programming an ongoing selection of films that capture «what it feels like to live in Alaska.»

Magnolia Pictures» documentary A Final Year recalls what feels like an era long ago.

I've started several articles none of which got past a few lines and worked on a few oscar chart updates or revisions none of which ever felt like I'd finished (visual, documentary and music / sound charts).

This is a documentary that plays like a personal essay, a wholly original and deeply felt take on the form.»

The majority of shots were taken using hand held cameras, coupled with the real prison setting this feels more like a documentary.