Mamoulian had also made the classic 1932
film musical Love Me Tonight, but he didn't get along with Goldwyn and was replaced by Otto Preminger.
Not exact matches
Rihanna's «We Found
Love» is the grandest of the
musical juxtaposition this
film has to offer, but other tracks like Sam Hunt's «Take Your Time», The Raveonettes» «Recharge and Revolt», and E-40's «Choices» help build the world and characters in which filmmaker Andrea Arnold is creating here.
But upon further reflection, I'm not sure how much of that reaction was due to the fact that I could still recite almost all of the
film in my head (much of the dialogue is the same), that I will always
love its songs (except for the new ones, which added nothing), and that Condon knows his way around a lavish
musical.
The director of Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise and School of Rock tells Jason Solomons what drew him to the story of new
film Me and Orson Welles, why his movies keep returning to the themes of youth and the future, and how he would
love to do a
musical
She
loves watching
musicals on her tiny TV, and she adores her closeted gay neighbor, an illustrator named Giles (Richard Jenkins, also the
film's narrator).
In Bran Nue Dae, Perkins went west to Perth and north to the remote Kimberleys to work closely with a large ensemble cast on the much - anticipated
film of a much -
loved stage
musical — seen by 200,000 people when it toured the country in 1990 and 1993.
Filmed in aquatic hues and bathed in nostalgic mid-century style, The Shape of Water is both a
love story and a
love letter to monster movies,
musicals, and classic cinema.
Since this
musical, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John as two teenagers in
love, relies more on its iconic nostalgia for its success rather than its art; this new and stunning - looking
film might throw you off quite a bit.
Anyone who has seen the lavish stage
musical and also
loved it (and that two - part distinction is essential) will find much to be thankful for in director Tom Hooper's lavish
film adaptation.
This Land Is La La Land A throwback to the
musical traditions of old, a showcase for charismatic screen idols, a shameless
love letter to the
film industry — La La Land has long been considered the year's Oscar slam dunk, and the nominations confirmed that it's going to be the behemoth to beat.
Fully aware that most critics
loved seeing the old Hollywood
musical reinvented, I found it hard to believe that this
film could be as great as the first impressions made it seem.
Whit Stillman «s «The Last Days of Disco» attempted to be that
film for the early»80s and the waning days of the»70s
musical fad of choice; Michael Winterbottom «s «24 Hour Party People» captured the Factory records heyday of the late»80s; and now, behold, Mia Hansen -
Love is bringing us «Eden,» a chronicle of the electronic music boom of the»90s.
It's a mix of
loving homage to rhythm and blues, scattershot comedy, on - the - spot
musical, and the most outrageous car chase
film ever put to celluloid.
The movie set - pieces are stunning - the Gene Kelly-esque
musical number «No Dames» (with Channing Tatum tap - dancing away admirably) in particular is a total delight and easily as good as anything from the best 50s
musicals - but the rest of the
film feels like an excuse to
film these short
love - letters to classic Hollywood.
European titles include La Grande Bouffe, Marco Ferrerri's most notorious
film which unsurprisingly never received a theatrical run in Ireland in 1973 (given that it's about four friends who gather together one weekend to eat themselves to death), and Catherine Deneuve in Les Desmoiselles de Rochefort, Jacques Demy's exuberant
love letter to American
musicals.
Lily James (pictured) has been cast in the
film musical All You Need Is
Love, written by Richard Curtis and directed by Danny Boyle
The actress, who appeared alongside Gary Oldman in his Oscar - winning turn as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, has been cast in the
film musical All You Need Is
Love, written by Richard Curtis and directed by Danny Boyle.
She
loves watching
musicals on her tiny TV, and she adores her closeted gay neighbour, an illustrator named Giles (Richard Jenkins, also the
film's narrator).
«Family Guy» viewers knew already that MacFarlane
loves movie
musicals, especially the 1965
film «The Sound of Music.»
The concept of the
musical willdelight anyone who
loves European art house
films, but requires no specialknowledge to follow the story.
Director Adam Shankman's
film (a remake of the ’88 original and based on the ’02 Tony - Winning Broadway
musical) shows that people of any age, size, race or gender matter — when it comes to pursuing your dreams, falling in
love, and making a difference in society.
My next screening looms, so very quickly: Takashi Miike's For
Love's Sake, playing here as a midnight movie, may or may not be his first
musical since 2001's The Happiness of the Katakuris — I can't be sure because the dude makes three
films a year on average and I can only keep up with about half of his output.
Chazelle's passion for the movie
musical was evident in Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench his no - budget, 16 mm, black - and - white, Harvard -
film - student ode to the French New Wave and its
love for postwar song»n' dance flicks.
Most festivals try to program
films that bring celebrities to town, others try to program every last
film they can think of, but Fantastic Fest is all about the people - the movie lovers with real grit, who
love to find great
films even if they're horror flicks from Spain or hip hop
musicals from Japan.
8:00 pm — TCM — The Gay Divorcee Most
film buffs will put Top Hat and / or Swing Time at the top of the list of Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers
musicals, but I somehow have a huge
love for The Gay Divorcee.
Reed's previous
films (Down With
Love and Bring It On) show a similar willingness to explore and twist genre conventions, whether sports movie or
musical and romantic comedy.
That latter point shows how the infusion of Hollywood cash admirably didn't dilute the Indian popular
film conventions, which are in full force here: in addition to the common device of a dual role for one of the principals, the very broad comedy, and
musical interludes, there is also the constant referencing of other Hindi
films (including, of course, Advani's own Kal Ho Naa Ho and Salaam - e-Ishq (
Love's Sweet Salute)-RRB-, copious use of flashbacks, and the more serious tonal shift at the intermission mark (which, unlike most Indian
films, is not noted by an on - screen card).
All three bring a new passion and timeliness to A Star Is Born one of the screen's classic
love stories (previously
filmed in 1937 and 1954) and winner of five Golden Globe Awards including Best Picture Actress and Actor (
Musical / Comedy).
For die - hard fans of the
musical, that's great, but for others who just
love the story, or even those that
love films, this adaptation of Les Miserables disappoints.
The camera revels so much in their various
musical, cinematic and comic - book
loves that it's easy to think the
films celebrate a total immersion into pop culture.
The
film's tongue - in - cheek poster (see below) salutes the Whitney Houston / Kevin Costner action - drama -
musical, and Houston's «I will Always
Love You» provides a comic accompaniment to this trailer.
Before the release of his new
film Sunset Song, the beloved filmmaker stopped by the Criterion kitchen for lunch and became especially animated when our discussion drifted toward two of his great
loves: the plays of Anton Chekhov and
musicals from th
It's almost a
love letter to the
films he had made before, like a great musician incorporating familiar
musical themes into the last recording of his career.
Oh, yeah, and naturally his songs kick ass too... particularly the haunting «I
Love You All» (written by Fassbender and Azur along with the
film's
musical composer, Stephen Rennicks.)
I
love Gold Diggers of 1933 to bits, and the
musical numbers are some of the best Warren and Dubin ever wrote, or Busby Berkeley ever
filmed.
They included Rent's «Seasons of
Love» and music from Stephen Sondheim
musicals Sunday in the Park With George and Merrily We Roll Along (which is performed in the
film).
-- she plays shopgirl Minnie Fay — and she has a moving supporting turn as a
musical theater -
loving geek in Greta Gerwig's critically acclaimed
film «Lady Bird.»
Okay, I don't know what to make of this show, which is apparently an American adaptation of an Israeli series called «Danny Hollywood,» but they had me at the phrase «romantic time - travel
musical,» and they kept me when they revealed that it was about a documentary filmmaker who somehow time - travels to the»90s, falls in
love with the rock star she's been making a
film about, and, upon being thrust back to the present, struggles to find a way to get back to the past and save the rock star's life.
That's not to say I don't think he could play someone other than himself in The Golden Circle — I'd
love to see him as a butt - kicking spy — just that I'm curious if his involvement in the
film implies the Kingsman sequel will have a
musical component as well.
It's in a pair of Christophe Honoré
films that he really announced himself: in «
Love Songs» (which showed off his
musical chops, too) and «La Belle Personne,» he played two different but equally moving riffs of teenage heartache; it'll be interesting to see how he matures.
«The Raid 2»: Does for action and martial arts movies what «Singin» in the Rain» did for
musicals, reminding you of everything you
love about the genre while (literally) kicking things up a notch and raising the bar for other
films to follow.
In 2007 she turned Johnny Depp into the infamous Butcher Barber of Fleet Street for the
film musical «Sweeney Todd» and transformed Mike Myers into the «The
Love Guru».
Budding art aficionados will
love the Museé Magritte, which is in the former Altenloh Hotel, and has more than 200 of Magritte's works, including paintings, drawings, and sculptures, as well as
musical scores, photos, and
films.
Ever since I was little girl, I
loved watching
musicals so it comes to no surprise that «On the Town» with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra would be one of my favorite
films.
Finally, the exhibition features Marie Losier's documentary
film The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2011), the result of a seven - year - long delicate immersion into the personal and
musical universe of the couple and an absolute ode to one of the most troubling
love stories of the past decades.