Sentences with phrase «drama critics who»

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Though it lost the foreign - language Oscar to In a Better World 65, this drama about two grown twins who piece together their mother's past after her death landed on several critic top ten lists at the end of last year.

In addition to experimental documentary The Arbor, critics especially loved Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 87, a meditative Thai drama that was the big winner at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

None has a more corroded soul than The New York Times drama critic (Lindsay Duncan, mean as a snake), who informs Thomson at a bar one evening that, come opening night, she will be destroying his efforts.

Mel Gibson's bloody World War II drama «Hacksaw Ridge» scored with critics and audiences in Venice, who praised Andrew Garfield's performance as a Pacifist medic trying to save his fellow soldiers on the battlefield; he landed Critics Choice, Golden Globe SAG, and BAFTA nomincritics and audiences in Venice, who praised Andrew Garfield's performance as a Pacifist medic trying to save his fellow soldiers on the battlefield; he landed Critics Choice, Golden Globe SAG, and BAFTA nominCritics Choice, Golden Globe SAG, and BAFTA nominations.

Audiard, who is best known in America for his electrifying, Oscar - nominated 2009 prison drama A Prophet, is the sort of director who never puts himself out in front of his material, and as such may be taken for granted by some critics as «just» an accomplished craftsman capable of working in a wide range of styles and genres.

The 2017 International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) Awards were held yesterday, and the big winners were Phantom Thread, which won both Score of the Year and Best Original Score for a Drama Film, and Alexandre Desplat, who won Composer of the Year.

An unashamed crowd - pleaser, Masquerade should at least appeal as a costume drama and a showcase for a cast led by Byung - hun Lee, who, this critic hopes, will make a dramatic debut in American cinema someday soon.

With just a few weeks until Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk starts hitting theaters, one final trailer has arrived, and it's full of quotes from critics who are primarily talking about the high frame rate that director Ang Lee used to shoot the war drama.

The 2017 International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) Awards were held yesterday, and the big winners were Phantom Thread, which won both Score of the Year and Best Original Score for a Drama Film, and Alexandre Desplat, who won...

«A Ghost Story,» a surreal drama about death and grief, is the best movie of 2017 — so say the members of the Utah Film Critics Association, who voted Sunday on the group's major awards.

Call Me by Your Name's Timothée Chalamet, who has already nabbed best actor wins from the L.A. Film Critics Association and New York Film Critics Circle, leads the Best Actor — Drama race, going up against Daniel Day - Lewis (Phantom Thread), Tom Hanks (The Post), Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour), and Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq.).

Scorsese was given the book by critic - turned - screenwriter Jay Cocks, who knew of the director's fondness for costume drama.

Casting Willem Dafoe as the moral center and largely only established star in the film (he's collected a slew of award - season recognition alone including from the Golden Globes, SAG and Critics» Choice), Baker went for fresh faces in order to give a grounded, sincere sense of drama, specifically Bria Vinaite and Prince, who play a mother and young daughter, respectively, dancing at the end of a string to make ends meet.

A candid and human drama, The 400 Blows not only launched the feature career of Truffaut, a 27 - year - old who had gained notice as a film critic, but also the French New Wave, an era of cinema that is revered by many and often channeled by Wes Anderson, one of today's most acclaimed filmmakers and the active one by far most recognized by Criterion.

Manchester by the Sea's Casey Affleck, who won the best actor Critics» Choice Award on Sunday, could continue his streak after scoring a mention in the movie drama category but he will face off against British actor Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge), Denzel Washington (Fences), Joel Edgerton (Loving) and Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic).

For playing the charming, jet - set conman, who wooed women out of their clothes when not shedding his own, Tveit, now 29, garnered nominations from the Outer Critics Circle and the Drama League, and was also up for a Fred Astaire trophy for Best Male Dancer on Broadway.

It was Clint Eastwood's riveting war drama American Sniper, which was embraced by many critics, audiences across the country and even Oscar voters, who gave the Clint Eastwood biopic six Oscar nominations.

A person who writes of this and that stands in the same relation to his world as a drama critic to the theater.