Sentences with phrase «film in cinema history»

Other films were more offensive and / or more pretentious, but perhaps no other film in cinema history failed to clear a lower bar of expectations.

The film rung up $ 1 billion in box - office receipts in a mere 11 days, the fastest of any film in cinema history; it's the 34th...

Some of the greatest films in cinema history have active, insistent, even constant narration.

The Phantom of Liberty is one of the most audacious and unconventional films in cinema history.

Not exact matches

Robert Kramer will probably go down in film history as the premier director of political dissidence cinema that nobody ever heard of.

Although we joked about «Warrior» above, we actually really enjoyed Gavin O'Connor's MMA film, perhaps even because of (rather than in spite of) its commitment to exploiting every underdog sports movie convention in cinema history.

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.

All that goes a long way to securing the film its status in cinema history but, in addition to how the passage of time is beginning to erode its impact, there are others drawbacks, not least of which is the stilted acting style of both Lockwood and Dullea.

Jaws is not only a great film that deserves the Blu - ray Disc treatment, but it is also a landmark in cinema history, as it is credited as being the first true Summer blockbuster.

Quentin Tarantino is definitely one of those filmmakers really knows his craft and each of his films has a special place in the history of cinema.

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

There are very few filmmakers in the history of cinema who have been able to hit the ground running and make two or three near - perfect films in quick succession.

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.

More disturbingly, the film misrepresents the place of radicalism in the history of avant - garde cinema.

How Do You Know, Brooks» sixth and latest film as writer / director, will go down not as a resounding return to form but as one of the biggest flops in cinema's history.

They are the longest 35 mm Steadicam shots in cinema history — each using nearly an entire film reel.

While I can't endorse the film as a masterpiece, or even excellent there are enough great moments to respect it as a worthy effort, even if I can't join in with those who champion this as one of the greatest masterworks in the history of cinema.

Although he supposedly retired to Tasmania in the early 2000s, it is very difficult to see a substantial decrease in his level of engagement or activity, though it did give him more time to write for such outlets as Senses of Cinema and communicate his passion for film history, as well as contemporary cinema, in a series of lectures or talks (I'm sure he'd prefer the latter term) held over a ten - year - period at the State Cinema in Hobart.

M. Night created one of the best horror films in the history of cinema in 1999 with The Sixth Sense but he also created The Happening.

After a little more than half a month of its release, Disney and Marvel's epic superhero film Avengers: Infinity War has become the fifth highest worldwide earner in the history of cinema.

Asghar Farhadi's 2009 film About Elly — only released in the U.S. four years after the triumph of Farhadi's 2011 Best Foreign Film Oscar - winner A Separation — was praised for, among other things, its canny self - positioning in relation to the history of European art cinema.

With Lionsgate's big screen reboot of Saban's Power Rangers hitting cinemas this Friday, THR is reporting that the film is set to make history by being the first big - budget superhero movie to feature a LGBT protagonist in Becky G's Trini, a.k.a. the Yellow Ranger, with the character revealed to be having «girlfiend problems» in what director -LSB-...]

On a deeper level, though, this brief opening battle establishes the central theme of Lincoln, and it's a theme that lies very much at the heart of Spielberg's cinema: if Lincoln is intended to be a biopic about arguably the most revered commander - in - chief in the history of the Republic, it also positions itself with its opening images as a film about race.

In his eloquent fulmination on «the De Palma Conundrum,» The New Yorker's Richard Brody says, «De Palma's peculiar fealty to the history of cinema — his overt dependence upon the films of Alfred Hitchcock and his plethora of references to other classic filmmakers... results in zombie - like movies.&raquIn his eloquent fulmination on «the De Palma Conundrum,» The New Yorker's Richard Brody says, «De Palma's peculiar fealty to the history of cinema — his overt dependence upon the films of Alfred Hitchcock and his plethora of references to other classic filmmakers... results in zombie - like movies.&raquin zombie - like movies.»

Thank you for the counter-programming, what with all the current talk of lists and the greatest films in the history of cinema.

The dissection of a real life legal case from every possible point of view may be the main subject from Barbet Schroeder's «Reversal of Fortune» but the heart of the film unquestionably resides in one of the most amazing acting performances in the history of cinema: Jeremy Iron's portrayal of Claus Von Bulow

The early 1970s to the late 1980s was a unique moment in Australian cinema history; a time when censorship was reigned in and home - grown production flourished, resulting in a flurry of exploitation films — sex comedies, horror movies and action thrillers — that pushed buttons and boundaries, trampled over taste and decency, but also offered artistry within their escapism, giving audiences sights and sounds unlike anything they had seen in Australia before.

There are two mindsets at battle when considering the success of The Two Towers, the second installment of the filmed adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, which I am now fairly convinced that when seen as a whole will be one of the most important and potent films in the history of cinema.

For most of its history, French cinema has undergone periodic upheavals characterized by massive changes in many areas — personnel, economics, typical film style and content, and so on.

Unlike The Silent Revolution, The Captain's narrative focus is not on the victims (who eventually become victors) of history but the perpetrators — a true rarity in the history of German cinema that is made even more remarkable by the fact that the film does not concern itself with the famous culprits (as does Oliver Hirschbiegel's Der Untergang [Downfall, 2004]-RRB- but, rather, with the «unknown» wrongdoers, that is, the «little guys» who, once afforded the opportunity, displayed the same murderous tendencies than their more famous leaders.

Aaron Gerow lays out a history of film criticism in Japan to the present day, underscoring a narrative about cinema negotiated by professionals who gradually lose the ability to make a substantial impact on either audiences or the industry.

In addition, and unlike much English - language film scholarship even today (and certainly television studies), the book is far from Anglophone - or even Francophone - centric in its account of both cinema and criticism / theory's history, being at pains to emphasise the reality of new - century scholarly discourse as truly global in scopIn addition, and unlike much English - language film scholarship even today (and certainly television studies), the book is far from Anglophone - or even Francophone - centric in its account of both cinema and criticism / theory's history, being at pains to emphasise the reality of new - century scholarly discourse as truly global in scopin its account of both cinema and criticism / theory's history, being at pains to emphasise the reality of new - century scholarly discourse as truly global in scopin scope.

This movie takes everything that was fantastic about the first and expands upon it making one of the best films of 2014, as well as one of the best sequels in cinema history.

(Note: one can't review Skyline without commenting on the film's ending which is, when one thinks about it, one of the biggest bullshit moments in cinema history on oh so many levels.)

«We have a long history of supporting first time filmmakers from around the world, and we felt that this film comes from a director with a fresh voice in cinema, and that it tells a new story in a particularly vibrant way,» commented Michael Rosenberg, president of Film Movement.

Perhaps the most realistic and gritty film on this list, Guy Ritchie's Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was considered to be a huge turning point in the history of British cinema.

In 1979, Schroeter's friend and colleague, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, speculated upon the place Schroeter and his films might some day hold for the history of cinema:

I'm unsure how the film plays for those who know everything about the mythic beginnings of that enigmatic Swedish star, all the gossip surrounding her banishment from Hollywood (and her triumphant return), and who can trace the history of cinema by tracking the star's own move from small national markets to Hollywood to Europe and back again, all the while gracing the stage in Italy, France, the West End and Broadway.

Scorsese has always been great with cinema history, but I hope it plays a bigger role in the actual film than it does in this trailer.

But the film does have its place in cinema history.

Not only will Infinity War feature one of the largest ensembles in the history of cinema, but the movie will also act as payoff for years and years worth of set up that Marvel has spent precious time inserting into all of its past films.

«There's no more meaningful place or audience with which to share our film that is a tribute both to the history of New York City and to cinema,» said Haynes in a press release announcing the selection.

During the New York Film Festival press conference, in discussing a shared favorite film of author / screenwriter Brian Selznick and Todd Haynes - the uber - influential The Wizard Of Oz - Selznick said, «The moment, which I think is maybe the greatest moment in cinema history, is when Dorothy opens the door from her black and white world in Kansas into Oz... Maybe that's what this entire movie is...»

Scorsese has an eye for film like no other and, in his daring nature, creates some of the most memorable films in the history of cinema.

FollowingRome, Open City (1945) and Paisan (1946), director Rossellini turned to the ruined city of Berlin to complete his trilogy of films in this devastating portrait of an obliterated post-war Europe, and one of the most affecting films about childhood in the history of cinema.

Dreyer from the annals of cinema would undoubtedly result in a vast chasm in both the heritage of Danish culture and European film history, his is not a name readily appropriated in film analysis and discussions of visual rhetoric.

For although we have arrived at a moment in cinema history where — at last — there are more remarkable cinematic accounts of homosexual love than ever before (Barry Jenkins's Moonlight, Francis Lee's God's Own Country, John Trengove's The Wound), this film occupies a subtle category of its own.

Ace new movie The Disaster Artist — in limited cinemas on December 1 and nationwide from December 6 — is the true story of how one man's dream to make his cinematic masterpiece led to one of the worst films in history, and one of the biggest cult hits.

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.

If you're a fan of this film, you might wish for more bonus features, but given its place in cinema history, you probably won't get much more than this for a while.