Sentences with phrase «film touches on»

This ambitious film touches on so many lives and controversies that it gradually becomes a minihistory of 20th - century art.

The film touches on the evil of the Jim Crow era, the oft - ignored post-traumatic stress suffered by servicemen returning from World War II, and the stifling sexism of the time.

The film touches on all these possibilities, and when it's at its most powerful it suggests that they all exist side by side.

Not just another baroquely orchestrated big - screen freak - out in the vein of «Black Swan» (though it is very much that), the film touches on themes that — if too hazily figurative to be in any way autobiographical — at least tread on factors in the director's own life...

Tully was scripted by the Oscar - winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (who collaborated with Reitman on Juno and Young Adult); she's said the film touches on her own experience with postpartum depression after the birth of her third child.

The film touches on the bullying he received at school, and even in the Army during World War II, but the resolution is quick to reassure us that the Milnes resolved all their problems.

The film touches on many subjects — family, mental illness, masculinity, vulnerability — but never alights on any issue with enough significance to rise above what is, essentially, schlock.

Time and time again the film touches on intriguing stories, such as why Americans are in this area in the first place, or the main character's anti-war sentiments.

It does nt just cruise through the film with violence, it brings up some good points which people need to know about our world like trafficing girls, its bloody disgusting and at least this film touches on this subject.

Starring Ayame Misaki as a young woman working in the audio description of films for the visually impaired and Masatoshi Nagase as a photographer who's losing his sight, the film touches on the essence of communication and the subjective nature of art I find captivating.

Centering mostly around a struggling artist (Wes Bentley) and his mysterious new benefactor (Frank Langella), the film touches on themes of loneliness, family and social need, but doesn't sketch out its characters in interesting or dynamic enough fashion to ever blossom into anything more than a meditative curio.

«This film touches on race, guns, banks, oil, dispossession,» Pine told me.

There's a very funny scene in which Pete and Debbie resolve to relinquish their reliance on modern technology, and elsewhere the film touches on our collective anxieties about no longer recognizing the people our parents have become, and the sinking economy that threatens to consume us all.

«Black Panther» the film touches on these themes but never frames any of its problems as two - dimensional conflicts with a right or wrong answer.

Thematically the film touches on the cycle of abuse, gender identity, and the expectations of femininity.

I did enjoy an anecdote wherein Robinson amazes James Cameron with the story of how they made the alien arm deflate at the end of the picture — not because it makes Cameron seem naïve, but because it confirms that the film touches on some very fond childhood memories.

Coming at the end of 1974, the film touches on themes popularized by Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique published a decade before but still very much a part of the ongoing women's movement at the time.

Reflecting on the film's release as the Me Too and Time's Up movements dominate debate in Hollywood and the wider world, she said: «It's a strange thing, the themes this film touch on, the themes that we wanted to focus on and discuss and let an audience discuss during the process of seeing the film have to do with class - ism and abuse towards women and if they are believed when they come forward.

A number of films touching on controversial subjects during the past year also made the cut including The Hunting Ground, about campus rape; 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets, about the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white man in Florida; Going Clear: Scientology And The Prison Of Belief, an in - depth look at the Church of Scientology; Winter On Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom, which chronicles the unrest in the Eastern European country; and He Named Me Malala, about the young girl who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban for being outspoken about her country's education system.

Not exact matches

As Disney was wrapping up production on A Wrinkle in Time, the latest film from lauded director Ava DuVernay and an adaptation of the beloved children's book, out Friday, the production team reached out to Rodeo FX to add finishing touches on a selected scene.

Chandrasekhar also touched on comedy's embattled relationship with critical reception, how the rise of President Trump affected the film's production, and the creative advantages of being in a comedy troupe.

Though the original film starring Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes was a mainstream sports comedy, it also occasionally touched on some heavier themes including race, friendship and morality.

And in terms of the more literary sort of cinematic achievement, no film on the list can touch it.

The film is a technical marvel with painstaking attention to detail and authenticity, and it also touches on deep spiritual themes.

An intriguing touch in a film ready to skewer everything — there may be something sacred after all, it's just the thing that's hardest to put on screen.

Put the nori on it, cover with qunioa (still leaving an inch gap at the top) and then gently flip over so the quinoa is touching the cling film (saran wrap).

Cover both the bowls with plastic wrap with the wrap touching the surface to prevent any film from forming on top and chill the custard for 2 hours.

As for leftovers, I saved the sauce separately from the pasta and veg, put it in the smallest container it could fit in, put cling film on it so that it touched the whole top of the sauce, and placed in the fridge.

H was particularly amusing (and embarrassing) when she was being filmed giving her first reaction to the Touch Magic Rockin» Guitar and dropped it on the floor declaring «I don't like it».

The film is subtle in its appreciation of Mandela's abiding greatness: his popular and personal touch, showing how he insisted on having white protection officers among suspicious black ones and in keeping on the white civil servants who had served his white predecessor and who feared the sack from their new black president.

Touching on the legal rights and protection for members in the industry, she explained that a film bill has been gazetted to Parliament, adding that soon Ghana will have a film act to enable the country benefit from all the years of good movies and other creative arts we produce.

This particular experiment touches on one of the most challenging puzzles of neuroscience: How do brain cells recognize items as complicated as a toaster oven, the number nine, a zebra, Bill Clinton, or the film character Rocky?

There was a little touch of film of the white on the outside but I took care to make sure he did not have the white part in his bites.

«Everyone touched by heart disease should watch this film,» tweeted Harper following the film's screening to a packed house on Monday.

Personal or Handmade Touches - Handmade invitations (made by ourselves)- Handmade place settings (made by ourselves)- Handmade Guest Book (drop frame — guests signed a wooden heart, and dropped them into a frame)(made by ourselves)- Framed pictures for table names (made by ourselves, and named after cars from Harry's favourite film)- Personalised cake topper and cupcake decoration (cake topper from Ebay, and cake made by my Aunt)- Handmade bridesmaid's posies (made by my mum)- Personalised and hand painted wedding shoes (for Bride)(done by Beautiful Moments)- Personalised champagne glasses for Bride and Groom to use for toast (bought as a present by my sister and her family)- Ushers were bought cufflinks to wear that reflected their personal interests - Bridesmaids were given personalised flat shoes to wear in the evening (personalised by me)- Handmade bridesmaids dresses - Flowers and buttonholes, and bouquet all made unique, with my bouquet including charms with pictures of my grandfathers on them.

Whether your key interest is in films or theatre shows, you will find that the Watford Palace Theatre is the ideal place for a date with a touch of culture on the Watford dating scene.

On a week where the recent Marvel superhero film is also being released, Hacksaw Ridge is the real superhero film; one about a deeply religious, family man, pacifist that saved numerous lives without ever touching his rifle

An imposing and highly memorable presence on the Broadway stage, actor Frank Langella has won only a fraction of the acclaim he's received in the theater for his film career; still, his brooding good looks and his ability to play both villains and comic foils with a touch of menace has made him a welcome (and increasingly familiar) fare to film buffs.

Its all hands on makeup and effects which looks better than cgi anyday but this film cries out for just a touch more skill.

Not surprisingly, The Walk touches many of the same moments as Man on Wire, the excellent 2008 film that won the best documentary Oscar for that year.

If you don't confuse this with history — or with the French film «Marguerite,» a fictional piece loosely based on FFJ — you'll come away touched.

There are definitely some hints at some interesting themes that the film doesn't really touch on as thoroughly as it probably should have.

Centered on a proud protagonist struggling with the revolting indifference of a state that doesn't care about those in need, this bleak and depressing film is also quite touching when showing the generosity of people even under horrible circumstances of poverty and despair.

«Shrek the Third» is sorely missing the touch of Andrew Adamson (who left to work on the wonderful «Chronicles of Narnia» films).

Maybe that's what it takes for a female director to find success making a war film: relying on more common denominators rather than personal touches.

Throughout the film, Sorrentino packs in numerous surrealistic touches, from the sight of a nun buried up to her neck in sand (accompanied by an aural assault on the soundtrack) to a grotesque glimpse of Rizzo with a potato poultice around his head to the jarring sight of Geremia's village, built by Mussolini on an Italian swampland.

There are two main stories really, one which sees Kronk back with «Yzma» again and the other revolving around his job as a camp counselor for the Junior Chipmunks, something that was touched on at the end of the first film.

an absorbing, frequently powerful, and at times insightful film that smartly deploys its sci - fi trappings to keep us engaged while leaving us with just the right touch of ambiguity to chew on afterwards

Sudeikis, in particular, shines in this unusually dramatic role and exhibits a depth he touched on in films like «Sleeping with Other People» and «Colossal» but that he really gets to live in here.

Lean on Pete is directed by Andrew Haigh, who, as shown by his previous two films, the excellent Weekend (2011) and the flawed but Oscar - nominated 45 Years (2015), has a sure touch for characters in realistic environments.