Sentences with phrase «film tells a powerful story»

This foreign language film tells a powerful story with a new take on Germany and World War II.

Not exact matches

In the end, Imperial Dreams doesn't break any new ground when it comes to filmmaking, but the story it's telling is just as powerful as any big budget film being released nowadays, if not more.

Although documentarian Kirby Dick is known for visually imaginative films («This Film Is Not Yet Rated,» «Outrage»), he wisely chooses to depend on the powerful stories told here.

Luckily, Holland's film focusses on a rather unusual true story from Poland during the atrocities of the Second World War rather than the well - told tales of the concentration camps (as obviously important and powerful as they are).

Some films simply tell a story, whilst others paint a powerful portrait of a world the audience may not have otherwise seen.

This is not a slavery film told through the eyes of a white audience surrogate, this is Solomon Northup's story through and through, and Ejiofor brings the character to life in devastatingly powerful fashion.

The powerful film tells the story of four Navy SEALs on an ill - fated covert mission who try to neutralize a high - level Taliban operative, but...

This powerful but surprisingly humorous film tells the true story of Jeff Bauman, who lost...

In her review of the film for the BFI, my good friend and collaborator Sophie Mayer astutely links Stories We Tell to the feminist classic Daughter Rite (1978) by Michelle Citron, and what I love about this connection is the fact that it perfectly crystallizes how experimental and powerful Polley's examination of female identity — both hers and that of her elusive mother — is.

A powerful and essential story beautifully told by debut director James Kent, Testament of Youth is old - fashioned but proper film - making with a huge truth at its core.

What I can promise is a powerful, towering, yet intimately - told epic with excellent performances, a unique structure, and a story that's told with as much passion and angst as the myriad of sons in the film, all of whom become the fathers of their own legacy, whether they want to or not.

Giving a human story to acts of genocide is a powerful tool that cinema has to communicate stories that must be told and in this way Balibo is comparable to films of recent years such as Schindler's List and Hotel Rwanda although it is closer in tone to the very underrated 1997 film Welcome to Sarajevo.

The film mirrors contemporary society in the most powerful, poignant way, and yet doesn't ever lose its edge in telling the story of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's endeavor to organize a protest march in Alabama in 1965.