Sentences with phrase «film history by»

Few would dispute that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 concluded things on a high note for the biggest series in film history by earnings and concentration.

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Some raw moments of history shown in the film are so shocking or absurd they're almost comical, but in the big - picture context afforded by the 56 - minute movie, they make the hair of your skin stand on - end.

The Cannes film festival on Monday denounced an attempt to thwart the world premiere of one of the most cursed films in history, standing by its director, Monty Python's Terry Gilliam.

Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Cannes cancels anti-Semitic film screening The Cannes film festival screening of «The Anti-Semite,» a film by a French comic with a history of anti-Semitism, was cancelled.

Now get to work on world history by watching a Mel Brooks film.

His legacy as one of the world's greatest race car drivers in history lives on in a film directed by Asif Kapadia.

In the history of film, some of this latter group might include films like The Pawnbroker (1964), which deals with the restoration of feeling in a death camp survivor who had decided that he could survive only by suppressing all feeling.

Buoyed by controversy, the film will become the most watched Passion play in history, and so its strengths and flaws — The Passion has plenty of both — will have a breathtakingly broad audience.

His work is widely anthologized and includes the childhood memoir Unstrung Heroes — which was turned into an eponymous 1995 film, directed by Diane Keaton — the urban history Ghosty Men: The Strange But True Story of the Collyer Brothers and the «crypto - memoir» Fairway To Hell.

Inspired by the Oscar - winning film «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» Kat Sullivan, a former Emma Willard student who was raped by her history teacher at the elite Troy private school, rented out three electronic billboards — one of which is in Albany — to highlight her experience and support the Child Victims Act.

But Persepolis, based on the graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, manages what no other film has managed: to present Western audiences with a must - see tale of growing up in Iran, combined with an entertaining and accurate potted history of the country since the fall of the Shah.

The artifacts are part of an oral history project shown in 1986 that were digitized from black - and - white film, capturing children in the Bronx from 1895 to the early 1980s, all done by Georgeen Comerford.

During its 23 - minute running time, the film seeks to capture the entire history of the universe by focusing on stars.

About Site - The Kentishtowner website is dedicated to cultural affairs — art, food, film, booze, fashion, history, music — in this corner of central north London and beyond, we're not bound by boroughs or geography.

This unashamedly English film where Hugh Grant plays the sweet and bumbling Charles was made on a relatively low - budget by Hollywood standards, but has gone down in history as one of the best rom - coms of all time — and is certainly one of NZ's favourites.

This unashamedly English film where Hugh Grant plays the sweet and bumbling Charles, was made on a relatively low - budget by Hollywood standards, but has gone down in history as one of the best rom - coms of all time.

This unashamedly English film where Hugh Grant plays the sweet and bumbling Charles, was made on a relatively low - budget by Hollywood standards, but has gone down in history as one of the best rom coms of all time.

Exhibits include work by some of the most famous photographers and cinematographers in the history of film and photography.

London About Blog The Kentishtowner website is dedicated to cultural affairs — art, food, film, booze, fashion, history, music — in this corner of central north London and beyond, we're not bound by boroughs or geography.

The Blu - ray includes a booklet containing Blixen's original story and a short but informative essay by frequent Criterion film commentator Mark Le Fanu, discussing the film's choice of language and locale, and contextualizing it among Scandinavian films of the era, and via Axel's personal history.

a great music film this is the words which i can say about Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids great work by Jonathan demme and great performance bt Justin Timberlake is this movie a history is counted they show the people the history not just the concert i love how jonathan direct this and i love the edition i love how justin timberlake is humble and lovely funny smart with everybody i'm more in love with him.this deserves an emmy and a grammy for best music film at grammys 2018 everybody should watch this movie is amazing congrats justin timberlake netflix and jonathan demme great music film truly amazing maybe we have this film in dvd soon i will love if its happen i» ll love some extras yes i will.

I've heard that for South Africans that there are many references in this film by first - time director Neill Blomkamp that blatantly reflect the country's own history.

a great music film this is the words which i can say about Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids great work by Jonathan demme and great performance bt Justin Timberlake is this movie a history is counted they show the people the history not just the concert i love how jonathan direct this

Anyone who is interested in the history of film technology and cinema can certainly take something away from Side by Side, even if it is just learning the opinion of Robert Rodriguez or Danny Boyle.

Of course, those who follow our indieWIRE column know that, not unlike Malick, who seems to have settled on a Cerberian strategy for presenting his film to audiences, we've rewritten our own history by placing The New World at the top of a list where once Kings and Queen rested.

Deadpan, the film allows us to register the difference between T'Challa and Erik as an African and an African American — Erik being burdened by the traumas and injustices of American history in a way T'Challa is not.

Although Lassie may seem like a unusual film for Morton to appear in, she has a history of working in family friendly fare having provided the voice for Ruby in the Max and Ruby animated television series based on the popular children's books by Rosemary Wells.In 2007 she appeared as Mary Stuart in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, and appeared in the Ian Curtis biopic Control.

In the first, the former Scientologists describe how they got into Scientology; the second act recounts the history of Scientology and the author of Dianetics, and in the final act, the film airs allegations of the abuse of church members and misconduct by its leadership, particularly David Miscavige, who is accused of intimidating, beating, imprisoning, and exploiting subordinates.

Based on the exciting true story of one of the greatest moments in modern history, the film captures a time and place where differences could be settled by games and a cold war could be put on ice.

Already respected as one of the best actresses in film, Blanchett raises the bar even higher by playing 13 different roles in Manifesto, embodying some of the most influential and emotional artist manifestos in history.

And, aside from a conclusion I won't spoil except to say that it plays exactly like the meta - film twist at the end of Altman's THE PLAYER, Spielberg can't resist to inject a Gumpian «brush with history» as then Assistant Attorney General Rehnquist, a future Justice of the Supreme Court, calls to advise Bradlee the publication of the papers is prohibited by the Espionage Act of 1917 — just a beat too late to stop the story going to print.

That tally made it the ninth most successful film of 2009, and by far the highest grossing R - rated comedy in US cinema history.

You can call that naive optimism on Donnersmarck's part, or historical revisionism of the sort duly lambasted by the current film version of Alan Bennett's «The History Boys.»

The score by Alan Silvestri elevates the sense of fun to a greater level, the main theme is one of the most memorable themes ever in the history of film, or so I think anyway.

Lincoln often appears in the film as the irresistible monument to folksy decency that we know from the simplified myths of our school history books, and Spielberg exploits these scenes for all their iconic worth, often visualizing the president as a ghostly totem burdened by the secret knowledge of his pivotal destiny in the story of American reform.

The most royal of the cycle of»60s films dealing with the history and castle intrigues of medieval England, Anthony Harvey's The Lion in Winter returns in a new 4K restoration by Studiocanal.

«History is written by the winners» is a recurring theme in the «Thor» films, and this time around, they expose the ugly truths behind Asgard's long reign of success, not unlike our country's relatively recent re-evaluation of one Christopher Columbus.

With Independence Day: Resurgence and the 2016 presidential election on the horizon, we have ranked, by Metascore, those film with the funniest, bravest and most inspirational fake POTUSes in recent cinema history.

He did not simply depart from the facts of history, inventing, in the title characters, a squad of mostly Jewish - American killers led by a United States Army lieutenant from Tennessee; he rewrote the past in the vivid, visceral language of film fantasy.

The digging party, with its suggestions of film - noir plot twists and resonances, fulfills its violent implications with the arrival of a rough - hewn neighbor (played by the majestically stolid character actor Tom Bower), who tries to dissuade Tim from the excavation with allusions to uneasy spirits, evil history, and «the Chicago Hall of Fame.»

This is a film not about an icon of history, but about a president who was scorned by some of his political opponents as just a hayseed from the backwoods.

While viewers searching for something more modern and exciting might find the more esoteric parts of the film to be plodding, most will leave Lincoln satisfied by the film, and inspired by its lessons: that one man's determination can change the course of history, that politics is not just a space for the power hungry, and that this country may have its problems, but it is men like Lincoln that established America as a home for freedom and change.

HORROR REDISCOVERED By Maitland McDonagh Film preservation has taken tremendous steps to protect the masterpieces of film history.

Curiously missing, or maybe not so when you consider the group's history, are three high - profile year - end films; Live by Night, Patriots Day and Silence.

He is currently filming Hatfields & McCoys, a History Channel miniseries led by Kevin Costner.

Amazon Studios, the film and TV production arm of Jeff Bezos» e-commerce giant, made history Tuesday by becoming the first video streaming company to score a best picture nomination.

The sci - fi noir that is Blade Runner has since become one of the most iconic sci - fi films in recent history thanks to the direction of Ridley Scott and an enthralling performance by Harrison Ford.

Formerly known as Loomis Fargo, the film is based on the true story of four dim - witted Southerners who pulled off one of the biggest heists in American history by robbing a Loomis Fargo truck and making away with nearly $ 20 million.

Last year's Jackie was a psychologically devastating look at the widowed Jackie Kennedy boasting one of the absolute best performances of the year by Natalie Portman, whereas in comparison LBJ is a film that will be thrown on in American History classes only for teenagers to fall asleep.

Sande Alessi Casting is casting children and teen extras, as well as adult stand - ins and photo doubles, for «Clear History,» an upcoming semi-improvised HBO comedy film co-written by and starring Larry David («Curb Your Enthusiasm»).