Sentences with phrase «film as an ensemble»

Though Let the Sunshine In may be a star vehicle, Denis, in her first collaboration with Binoche, seems to have instructed her lead to think of the film as an ensemble piece, even if that group often consists of its smallest unit, the dyad.

Not exact matches

The film boasts a shockingly good ensemble that allows typically dramatic actors like Chiwetel Ejiofor a chance to be funny and comedians such as Kristen Wiig and Donald Glover a chance to do their thing.

Then there's the flip side, where a select set of Halloween costumes would actually work perfectly for a premiere, award ceremony or film festival, just with a few minor adjustments (think Kelly Osbourne's glamorous Christian Siriano dress from her turn as Christina Hendricks or Iggy Azalea's black and white ensemble from her Cruella De Vil costume, minus the Dalmatian, of course).

Though this is very much an ensemble film, Christian Bale's performance as Dicky Ecklund will likely get the lion's share of attention as we head into awards season.

Featuring a strong ensemble cast and solid camera work, the film starts out as one kind of story before metamorphosing into a bittersweet tale of retribution that never fails to engage.

Just as important to the films» emotional core is the often underutilized but never the less wonderful ensemble cast, all of whom do themselves proud with the moments that they are given.

With shadowy, black - and - white production, a slow - burning jazz soundtrack, and a wide ensemble of characters that runs the gamut of crime movie archetypes, Dick Hopper serves as a love letter to film noir, even as it skewers the genre with no mercy.

The film boasts an impressive vocal ensemble — Kiefer Sutherland (as the respected lion leader, Samson), Greg Cipes (as Samson's son, Ryan), Jim Belushi (as Benny, the street savvy squirrel and Samson's best friend), Janeane Garofalo (as a quick - witted giraffe), Richard Kind (as a dim - witted anaconda), William Shatner (as a wicked wildebeest), and Eddie Izzard (as Nigel, an acerbic koala)-- along with cutting edge animation, and a story filled with hilarious situations.

Jackson was seen as part of the ensemble cast of the critically acclaimed film BOBBY, directed by Emilio Estevez, and starred in the psychological thriller SHUTTER for 20th Century Fox / New Regency, which was shot on location in Tokyo.

The following year, Garofalo appeared in no less than five films, with a supporting part in the ensemble piece 200 Cigarettes, a starring role as an unconventional action heroine called the Bowler in Mystery Men (which also featured Stiller), and prominent turns in Kevin Smith's eagerly awaited Dogma, Hampton Fancher's psychological thriller The Minus Man, and the satirical comedy Can't Stop Dancing, in which she acted alongside fellow comedienne Margaret Cho.In 2001, Garofolo took on the role of Catherine Connolly in The Laramie Project, HBO's docudrama chronicling the aftermath of the death of Matthew Shepard, and filmmaker David Wain's comedy Wet Hot American Summer.

That gentle wryness, coupled with an ensemble heavy on French A-listers, should make this one of her more commercially viable outings following its premiere as the opening film of the Directors» Fortnight at Cannes.

Ensemble films like this don't always work, but in the hands of a master director such as Meirelles, Peter Morgan's script comes to life in a vivid and evocative way.

Along with acting in Broadway and off - Broadway plays in the late»90s, Williams also played the young Sharon Stone in the film version of Sam Shepard's Simpatico (1999), joined the ensemble cast of the romantic comedy Just a Little Harmless Sex (1999), and starred as a contemporary young woman transported to fairytale land in the splashy NBC miniseries The 10th Kingdom (2000).

It's a handsome production, featuring a fine ensemble (that also includes Garrett Hedlund) who remain on - point through what must have been difficult filming circumstances, as well as a potent reminder that the Second World War, for all the glamorizing it endured over the ensuing decades, was as horrifying and devastating as any other conflict in human history.

The film is loosely focused, but its ensemble cast is as affable as anything on television these days.

Praise for the ensemble is unanimous, and Jennifer Lawrence gets the bulk of the kudos in what THR describes as «a film as odd as it is charming.»

An ATF agent in the former and Jennifer Lopez's morally questionable boyfriend in the latter, he turned in solid performances as part of a strong ensemble cast in both critically acclaimed films.

I don't even think they have the concept of the film right, as it appears that even the «Natural History Museum» angle was taken beyond natural history to include actual human history, as characters like Teddy Roosevelt (Williams, Man of the Year), Attila the Hun (Gallagher, Sideways), Egyptian princes, and the mighty Roman Empire itself are part of the overall ensemble.

On a more negative note, the film is designed and crafted in such a way that you take one side, with a certain perspective more prominently presented than the other, while the fact we're dealing with an ensemble feature does mean there's a lack of emotionality attached, as with so many characters to explore, we drift between them without ever feeling as though we've truly got to the bottom of their respective character developments.

Part of that ensemble will be Dawn Weiner, played this time by Greta Gerwig, as the film check in with the awkward 11 - year - old as an awkward, but more of a Greta Gerwig - awkward adult.

More than a sports film, the story is a family drama that served as great material for a magnificent ensemble cast.

«Doubt» pulls down another ensemble win while truly astounding group performances from films such as «Synecdoche, New York,» «Gomorrah» and, indeed, «Slumdog Millionaire» continue to be ignored.

His work also refuses to be pigeonholed; for example, defying his reputation as a period film director, 1957's The Eleventh Hour is an ensemble - cast, social realist melodrama about a rescue at a caved - in mine that equals anything made by Hollywood during the same era.

The other elements of the film come together splendidly as well, from the loving - but - not - trite shots of Manhattan, courtesy of cinematographer Ben Kutchins (the «Veronica Mars» movie), to a first - rate comic ensemble that also includes Jason Mantzoukas, Andrea Savage, Natasha Lyonne, Amanda Peet, and Marc Blucas (plus brief but memorable appearances by Adam Brody, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Billy Eichner and Michael Cyril Creighton).

A living, breathing celluloid invasion flick led by a breathless ensemble of off - the - grid, in - over-their-head rockers who sell the shit hitting the fan with every quaking splinter of their being, Jeremy Saulnier's grimy, nasty, punk exploitation film is a 12 - gauge blast of ultraviolence that doesn't stop to ask about your feelings as its slashing you up the middle.

It's the ideal climax for a film that sees L.A. as one big stage, its people an ensemble of big personalities with big passions and desires.

Returning to the «Machete» fold are Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez, but there's an entirely new ensemble joining in as well, including Lady Gaga (making her acting debut), Amber Heard, Vanessa Hudgens, Sofia Vergara, Demián Bichir, Cuba Gooding Jr., Antonio Banderas, Alexa Vega, Charlie Sheen and Mel Gibson as the film's main villain.

In many ways Punch - Drunk Love could have been part of Anderson's ensemble drama Magnolia, as the characters here come together and pull away with that film's quirky rhythm.

The film stars an ensemble cast that includes Joseph Gordon - Levitt as the title character, Edward Snowden, with Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Scott Eastwood, Logan Marshall - Green, Timothy Olyphant, Ben Schnetzer, LaKeith Lee Stanfield, Rhys Ifans and Nicolas Cage also starring.

Which isn't to say that the film doesn't boast plenty of powerful and often disturbing sequences (it does), nor that its mostly - female cast don't deliver a forceful ensemble performance, with Natalie Portman exceptional as the traumatised but driven central character, biologist Lena.

The appeal of the film is manifold - its serenity as The American meticulously goes about his craft; the paucity of dialogue that heightens its few action sequences when they do occur; a superb ensemble of actors led by Clooney that also includes Violante Placido (Clara), Thekla Reuten (assassin), Johan Leysen (controller), and Paolo Bonacelli (as a local town priest); the artistic framing of the film by director Anton Corbijn both in its interiors and the long shots of the Italian settings; and simply the story's uncertainty that grips one from its very beginning.

WAFCA also honored the cast of «Barbershop» as the best acting ensemble, while selecting «Lilo and Stitch» as Best Animated Feature and dishonoring the George Clooney / Steven Soderbergh film «Solaris» as the year's biggest disappointment.

An ensemble piece co-starring Sam Worthington and Terrence Howard, the film casts Schwarzenegger as the head of a corrupt DEA task force whose members are gradually falling to foul play.

The black and white, fast - paced (71 minutes) ensemble film stars Kristin Scott Thomas as the newly elected minister of health.

An excellent ensemble makes the most of a multi-strand female - centred film that drifts very close to melodrama as it explores various aspects of motherhood.

Thoughtful and generous, it's that rare ensemble film that gives its side characters enough room to breathe and grow: Two romantic interests — played by Manchester by the Sea's Lucas Hedges and Call Me by Your Name's Timothée Chalamet, both superb — as well as an upbeat nun (the legendary Lois Smith) stand out in this loving ode to mothers, daughters and the girlhood towns we never fully leave behind.

The (mostly male) ensemble is full of amazing character actors from Alan Arkin as a feisty film producer to Bryan Cranston as a CIA agent.

As Avengers: Infinity War hurtles toward its April debut, plenty of questions still loom over the Marvel Studios ensemble film.

Fortunately, Chandor has a stellar ensemble cast of actors at his disposal, most of whom are at the top of their game here — particularly Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons as the steely head of the firm, and Paul Bettany in a dynamic performance that makes you wonder why he's been wasting his time making genre films for the past few years.

A perfectly cast ensemble makes the film a worthy spiritual companion to A Separation and Zodiac, in a way, as they all explore the frustration that comes along with endless, inefficient bureaucratic processes.

Instead, the film lingers on the war period and the Bletchley years, where it's most comfortable as an ensemble, getting - the - team together drama.

It's just as busy and grave as Inarritu's earlier films — the hand - held camerawork continually draws attention to itself — but it does have the benefit of a single lead character rather than an ensemble.

As Avengers: Infinity War looms ever closer, fans have become increasingly worried by the absence of Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye from the marketing for Marvel's ensemble film, leading to speculation how much of a role he'll actually play.

As with The Source, this ensemble film captures the energy and humour of a serious situation in a small village in the Arabic - speaking world as the women sort out their narrow - minded meAs with The Source, this ensemble film captures the energy and humour of a serious situation in a small village in the Arabic - speaking world as the women sort out their narrow - minded meas the women sort out their narrow - minded men.

Writer - director James Gunn, along with his ensemble cast, unveil details about the forthcoming «Guardians of the Galaxy» and its characters as the Marvel film enters its first days of production.

Labeled by the late Film Critic Roger Ebert as «The best in the world at accompanying silent films,» Alloy Orchestra is a three - man musical ensemble that writes new music and performs live accompaniment to classic silent films.

As a longtime character actor who has shined among ensemble casts (think: Juno's deadpan dad or Bob, a laid off white collar worker, in two of director Jason Reitman's Oscar - bait films), Whiplash co-star J.K. Simmons appreciated receiving the Spotlight Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Since Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai and Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men, ensemble features have emerged as a collegial alternative to star vehicles, or simply provided opportunities to boost a film's cast.

The fifth feature from About Elly writer / director Asghar Farhadi, and the first Iranian film to win the Golden Bear for best film at the Berlin Film Festival (as well as earning best actor and actress awards for the excellent ensemble cast at the same event), A Separation tells a personal tale rampant with politics.

They both have an ensemble cast whose characters initially don't seem to have anything to do with each other, but as the film progresses, their lives intertwine to form the backbone of the story.