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The schedule is rounded out by such celebrated and essential films as Robert Bresson's «Pickpocket,» Jean - Luc Godard's «Alphaville,» and Leos Carax's «Lovers on the Bridge.»

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The essential plot elements of Inherit the Wind — the lonely stand of the brave individualist against the small - minded bigotry of the townspeople, Cates» fear and trembling as he waits in his prison cell, the threat of ruin hanging over his head («The Scopes character and his fiancee play each scene as if he were on the way to the electric chair,» wrote one film reviewer)-- are pure fabrication.

«It was heartbreaking to see working - class people lose essential things,» said McPartlan, a Wantagh High School art teacher, who teared up as she watched the film.

Well, there's a lot more to the plot, but I don't want to spoil the great surprises... I will say that... Emily Blunt and a wonderful young actor, Pierce Gagnon, who plays Blunt's very special son, as well as Jeff Daniels, who's an extremely interesting, bad ass gangsta, all play essential roles in this exciting, orginal film.

Its interesting ideas and the moments in which it does come together ultimately redeem it, as least as a passing diversion, but it is the least essential Harry Potter film since Chamber of Secrets.

Kiki is an update of sorts on Jennie Livingston's Paris Is Burning, a canonical portrait of New York ball culture in the 1980s that endures, though not without complications, as an essential investigation of queerness, race, class, and stardom — and a work that noticeably goes unmentioned in Jordenö's film.

Becoming Chaz is undoubtedly one of the most thought - provoking films you will see on any screen this year, a frankly chronicled tale of Chaz's life as a transgender man that opens a more than occasionally mind - blowing conversation about the essentials of gender, and subsequently, sexuality.

It seems that lost in all the talk about computers, and space travel, and the harshness of space, etc., we have somehow lost the essential drama that is the centre of the film: Dave Bowman's existential condition as he stumbles into old age and is later transfigured once again into a child.

Some of the titles, like parts one and two of Olympia, Leni Riefenstahl's 1938 ode to German athletic excellence, are as essential to film history as they are to charting the history of the competition itself.

That's one of the questions at the center of this film, which I'd go so far as to consider essential viewing.

This idea of familiarity with extra-textual elements or training in a specific method of watching as essential in the evaluation process is a perennial issue in film criticism for me.

This key moment in Not Quite Hollywood goes beyond the iconography and influence of the «hood ornament» sequence as Tarantino's film fan thesis also suggests the essential appeal of exploitation cinema in general.

Schindler's List Year: 1993 Directed by: Steven Spielberg Starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley Why it's essential: Spielberg finally broke through the weird «populist we love but can't quite hand a trophy to» bubble that the Academy had imposed on him for almost two decades with this essentially bulletproof Oscar movie: an impeccably filmed, gorgeous - looking, harrowing - as - hell Holocaust movie with a message that was easy to get behind.

YAMATO: It says that having the continued conversation around inclusion in Hollywood and the films it honors on its most esteemed night of nights is as essential as ever.

Previously released but even more essential are Corman's notorious biker classic The Wild Angels (1966) and the quintessential 1960s head film The Trip (1967), written by Jack Nicholson and starring Fonda as a burned - out TV director who drops acid under the protective watch of Dern and Dennis Hopper.

Christopher Speeth explains how he came to direct (and went broke making) Malatesta's Carnival of Blood, as well as producer Richard Grosser's essential role in gaining the film distribution.

The script makes her just as essential to the jokes as Rogen and while at times, I felt she was a little shaky when it came to delivery, all doubt for the actress is thrown away in one scene at the midway point of the film, when she instantly becomes the latest crush of every teenage boy in the audience.

Quinn at least emerges as both a talented singer and charismatic protagonist, although neither is as essential to the film's success as the title would suggest.

Perhaps it's best to say that the union of all three are essential to making this film as good as it is, as it's hard to imagine this fluffy material working without any one of them.

Evans makes more sense than Downey in that it's Captain America's film, he's not as essential an actor as Downey is to the MCU, and he has a ready - made, canonical replacement in Sebastian Stan's Bucky.

Feeney's book is an essential study of one of the most iconic and influential American filmmakers, director of such films as Citizen Kane and Chimes at Midnight.

I proceeded to compile a list of essential films, attempting, as best I could, to separate personal favorites from those movies that artistically defined film history.

It's amazing how the Duplass brothers think that pratfalls are appropriate in a comedy as «realistic» and occasionally dark as Table 19, but they're seemingly as essential element to the film's laughs.

In fact, the mystery of it is essential for the film to work, as it explores life, death, the existence of God, what it is to be human, and even further, what is the meaning of life.

The film manages to almost wordlessly lay the groundwork for a strong, tender family dynamic, which is essential because when time flashes forward to over a year later, and the mom is now pregnant, no matter how tempting it is to fault the parents for their carelessness, our protective feelings take over — as does great dramatic tension: survival was already tricky, but how can they possibly stand a chance with a screeching newborn in the mix?

Their loyalty to Malcolm is essential in a film that becomes a series of unlucky events strung together like shoddy beads on a string — you wait for everything to fall apart as they desperately pedal their bikes through the neighborhood trying to keep it all together.

This has nothing to do with Crudo's discipline — fellow cinematographer John Bailey came prepared as a historian and film buff and delivered a super commentary track for Sunrise — but Fox erred in not trimming Crudo's sterile comments down to its essentials, and inter-cutting info from other, if not more broad - minded film historians.

Via year - round programming and discussions; its annual New York Film Festival; and its publications, including Film Comment, the U.S.'s premier magazine about films and film culture, the Film Society endeavors to make the discussion and appreciation of cinema accessible to a broader audience, as well as to ensure that it will remain an essential art form for years to come.

In his essential book Planet Hong Kong, David Bordwell examines a sequence in the 1986 film Peking Opera Blues where director Tsui Hark deftly coordinates the movements of his actors as they try to remain hidden from an inquisitive father (three of them, two men and a woman, are in his daughter's bed and at least two of them shouldn't be).

Voiceover is a tricky technique, at its worst a bludgeon against the viewer's intelligence, but at its best (cf. the films of Terrence Malick, the documentaries of Werner Herzog, etc.) it can be as evocative and essential as any other cinematic element.

As the most socially relevant genre film of the year, The Dirties should be (but won't) essential viewing for every teacher, school administrator and high school student in the country.

Kill List marked Wheatley as a director to pay attention to, and his Black - As - Satan's - Soul Comedy proved he may be the most essential director working in genre films todaas a director to pay attention to, and his Black - As - Satan's - Soul Comedy proved he may be the most essential director working in genre films todaAs - Satan's - Soul Comedy proved he may be the most essential director working in genre films today.

Scruffier, as befits its subject, but covering the same three - decade period, Film Hawk shines a light on an unsung behind - the - scenes force, the indefatigable Bob Hawk, whose eye for film and support of fledgling directors has been essential to the no - budget strand of Amerindie moviemaking.

Ghost is very much a film of its time, just as the also - Rubin - scripted Jacob's Ladder, from the same year, pinged off the cultural climate in another real, essential way by predicting not the death of the Eighties, but the transformation of the aggressive Eisenhower delusions of Reagan's voodoo cowboy foreign policy into the «history will teach us nothing» nihilism of the fast - digitizing, Luddite, Born - Again Nineties.

Making its way around certain parts of the internet — because today is Andrei Tarkovsky's birthday — is the 1988 documentary Directed By Andrei Tarkovsky (made by Michal Leszczylowski, the co-editor of Tarkovsky's final film The Sacrifice), which is about as essential for fans of the legendary filmmaker (and interested persons alike) as the Russian master's movies themselves.

Dramatic film has long been fascinated with issues of identity, but they've rarely been explored with the degree of eloquence and heartbreaking beauty as in Barry Jenkins» masterful «Moonlight,» one of the essential American films of 2016.

It's rarely a film that people point to first as a sign of Welles» mastery, but it's no less essential to understanding his place in cinema history, and Criterion continues to prove their commitment to his filmography by LOADING this release with the kind of special features that make it desirable to cinephiles.

Your film serves as an essential continuation of the conversation spurred a decade ago by Davis Guggenheim's «An Inconvenient Truth.»

Whale's «30s films are as essential as Jacques Tourneur's in the following decade, and The Invisible Man remains the best cinematic telling of H.G. Wells» book.

In 2010 it was designated the most influential film of all time in the Toronto International Film Festival's «Essential 100» list, where Jonathan Rosenbaum described it as «the pinnacle of silent cinema — and perhaps of the cinema itself.»

«Jurassic Park» remains an essential piece of my childhood, serving as a reminder that film criticism doesn't always have to be cynical or sardonic.

The physicality she brings to her performance as Toni is both remarkable for someone so young and essential to the film's narrative progression.

It doesn't just capture the essential qualities of the character, it expands on the concept itself, standing as a film that matters for what it says as much as what it is.

As the film reaches its midpoint, all of the essential elements of the original are in place.

Blackfish: This heartbreaking, essential documentary is difficult to watch at times, yes, but it's also an important film that works as both a piece of cinema and a call to action.

«What's problematic here is that THE FACE OF LOVE treats these close calls as though they're disposable, rather than essential beats for sustaining the film's central conflict.»

And as an exploration of how money and privilege corrupt the soul, this film is essential viewing, no matter how uncomfortable it is to watch.

In his Variety review, the critic Guy Lodge described it as «a parallel - universe Nancy Meyers movie,» an unimprovable formulation that captures both the film's droll wit and the essential seriousness with which it handles an often - derided «women's picture» sub-genre.

This film, which is Israel's candidate for awards consideration as best foreign movie, is essential viewing for cinephiles, though once - a-month filmgoers and «tired businessmen» might be too baffled to enjoy the artistry on display.

January 19 The Other Side It is naturally dangerous to say that one film or the other is necessarily «important» or «essential», but I'd have relatively few qualms considering The Other Side as befitting both of these adjectives.