Frankie's relationship with Simone (Weinstein) throughout
the film comes in waves.
Not exact matches
The
film, which hits theaters February 16, is a modern twist on a romantic comedy (boy and girl meet, fall
in love, but then break up, and are suddenly reunited, ending up
in that awkward stage where they have to debate whether to
wave hello while taking out the trash), but it's also a particularly female spin on the
coming of age story, the likes of which we're only beginning to see onscreen as more women carve out a place for themselves
in writer's rooms and director's chairs.
This is a
film in which the laughs just keep
coming, floating like
waves on the Lego sea (yes, water is made of Legos, everything is made of Legos).
Meanwhile, the two race relations
films end on entirely optimistic notes, with «Guess Who's
Coming to Dinner» presenting an interracial couple as the wave of the future, and «In the Heat of the Night» showing a formerly racist white police chief (Rod Steiger) and a black detective (Poitier) coming to a place of mutual respect and accep
Coming to Dinner» presenting an interracial couple as the
wave of the future, and «
In the Heat of the Night» showing a formerly racist white police chief (Rod Steiger) and a black detective (Poitier)
coming to a place of mutual respect and accep
coming to a place of mutual respect and acceptance.
Mu «min's debut arrives as part of a recent
wave of
films coming from creators
in the Bay Area, as Boots Riley's «Sorry To Bother You» and Carlos Lopez Estrada's «Blindspotting» both captured attention at this year's Sundance Film Festival, and Ryan Coogler's «Black Panther» features scenes explicitly set
in Oakland.
Like a lot of
films that have
come to viewed as classics, Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy didn't make a lot of
waves when it was released
in July of 2004.
Such is the display of fair - weathered faith
in Joshua Marston's fourth feature
film,
Come Sunday, which relates the true trials and travails of evangelical Bishop Carlton Pearson, who
in the late 1990s caused
waves amongst his religious community
in Tulsa, Oklahoma when he announced God spoke to him and confirmed all souls are eligible to be received
in heaven, whether they accept Jesus Christ as their lord and savior or not (which also negates the threat of hell, a punishment which has kept communities frozen
in antiquated fear - based decision making for centuries).
The smaller titles of world cinema, genre
films, and more experimental stuff will
come in future
waves, but take a close gander down below and see just how deep the line - up is already: