Sentences with phrase «fi kinds of roles»

Not exact matches

Never in a million years would I have guessed that the same filmmaker might turn around and make something like Tangerine, his punk - as - fuck portrait of a much seedier L.A.. It's not just a total creative 180, but kind of the opposite of a sell - out move: Trading a formulaic story for an unpredictable one and a slick Indiewood aesthetic for a gorgeous, radical lo - fi approach, Baker trains his iPhone camera on the kind of characters — black and transgender prostitutes, immigrant cabbies — that the movies rarely acknowledge, let alone put into starring roles.

With a performance from Jaeden Lieberher, a Philadelphia - born thirteen - year - old in the role of eight - year - old Alton Meyer, this intellectual addition to the sci - fi genre may be too slow for the «Transformers» crowd but more in line with those who go for pictures like «Close Encounters of the Third Kind» and even «E.T.» Much of Adam Stone's lensing is in the dark because the kid is sensitive to light and David Wingo's happily non-intrusive music, «Midnight Special» will probably get theatergoers to emphasize either its special role or, less happily its midnight downer.