Sentences with phrase «drama bullhead»

Michael Roskam burst onto the scene three years ago with his Belgian bovine crime drama Bullhead.

An ambitious debut by director Michael R. Roskam, the Belgian crime drama Bullhead is sometimes clumsy, often brutal, and always gripping.

Not exact matches

(1) The Intouchables, an $ 11.5 million dramedy, based on a true story, that was co-written and co-directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano and has become the second highest - grossing French film of all - time in France and grossed more than $ 355 million internationally (more than any other French film and, for that matter, any non-English-language film, save for The Passion of the Christ); and (2) Rust and Bone, a fictional drama that was co-written and directed by Jacques Audiard, a best foreign language film Oscar nominee three years ago for France's Un Prophet, and features tour - de-force performances from Marion Cotillard, the best actress Oscar winner five years ago, and Matthias Schonaerts, the star of last year's Belgian nominee Bullhead.

This emotional drama tells of a melancholic love story between two lost souls, played by Matthias Schoenaerts (most recently seen in the Oscar nominated film Bullhead) and French actress Marion Cotillard (last in Inception, Midnight in Paris and Contagion).

«Argo» proved to be an awards juggernaut overseas, as well, winning best foreign film over such entires as Denmark's «A Royal Affair» and the Belgian drama «Bullhead.»

But yeah, most everyone else is focused on the Oscars, and just in time for some last minute cramming for your Oscar pools comes two more nominated films: Chico and Rita, a hand - drawn musical from Spain nominated for Best Animated Feature, opens at the Seven Gables (John Hartl reviews it for The Seattle Times), and Bullhead, the Belgian drama nominated for Best Foreign Language Feature, opens at The Uptown.

But there has always been a soulful, hippyish side to the actor (in real life, too) and «Captain Fantastic», an unusual anti-domestic drama, captures something brainy and bullheaded about him that feels true.

That this moody drama is the last film of James Gandolfini should not overshadow coverage of what looks like a terrific crime thriller, written by Dennis Lehane and directed by Michaël R Roskam, whose Bullhead was a very sturdy Belgian Oscar nominee a few years back.

An ultra low - key Brooklyn crime drama from the director of Bullhead and the writer of Mystic River, the film casts Tom Hardy as an almost comically gentle bartender who gets into some serious trouble when his place of employment — a neighborhood dive operated by his cousin (Gandolfini, in his final role), who got muscled into allowing Chechen mobsters to use it as a dirty - money bank — gets robbed.

Tags: Brooklyn, Bullhead, crime, Dennis Lehane, drama, James Gandolfini, John Ortiz, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Roskam, Noomi Rapace, Tom Hardy

European actors do an uneven job bringing a «hey - yous - guys» Brooklyn crime drama to life in the English - language debut of Belgium's Michaël R. Roskam (Bullhead).

The gritty crime drama, which opens Sept. 12, is based on a Dennis Lehane short story and directed by Michaël R. Roskam (Bullhead).

A unique, character - driven crime drama with one of the most memorable protagonists in recent years, «Bullhead» is worth seeing just for the amazing transformative performance by star Matthias Schoenaerts, who's virtually unrecognizable under the facial prosthetics and 60 pounds of weight that he reportedly gained for the role.

THE DROP is a new crime drama from Michaël R. Roskam, the Academy Award - nominated director of BULLHEAD.