Sentences with phrase «filmed history lesson»

Watch it as a film history lesson.

A breezy and watchable but superficial film history lesson anchored by the great Bryan Cranston.

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It's a nice history lesson for anyone who's interested in Apple, but the second half of the film is where things really start to get interesting.

Its a perfect film, romance, action, courage, revenge, tears, its very much an emotional roller coaster, but well worth it, you must see this before you die, its an actual history lesson.

Make no mistake though this film is a history lesson and seeing as it was made about 12 years after WW1 actually ended its amazing people watched!

Kushner also smoothly weaves the wording of the 13th Amendment into the film without making it sound like an obligatory history lesson.

It's an impeccably crafted history lesson that, unusually for a Spielberg film, tells us why its subject matter is important, instead of engaging with it on an emotional level.

The whole film is a lively lesson in music history that should stimulate renewed interest in Native American artists and convince other documentary filmmakers that there is still much more to explore.

What is important about this film is not that it serves as a history lesson (although it does) but that, at a time when the threat of nuclear holocaust hangs ominously in the air, it reminds us that we are, after all, human, and thus capable of the most extraordinary and wonderful achievements, simply through the use of our imagination, our will, and our sense of right.

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.

This hilarious film is part history lesson, part succession drama, and part comedy of errors set in the upper echelons of the Soviet Communist hierarchy in the tumultuous early 1950s.

Peary builds his film as a sort of history lesson on the rise and development of film criticism from the early days prior to the release of The Birth of a Nation, the Sarris / Kael war, to Bowsley Crowther's 27 - year reign as top critic at The New York Times and even touching a little on the New World of the internet where everyone has the potential to be a critic.

This film works because it doesn't merely try to enumerate a history lesson via bland repetitions of Jim Crow injustices.

The Greatest Showman's sentimentality brings to mind Robert Altman and Alan Rudolph's Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976), which is the greatest, least sentimental film ever made about the political origins and secret idiosyncrasy of American show business.

As both a history lesson and a knife - edge thriller, Downfall is one of the most intelligent and compelling films of the year so far.

Part heist flick and part history lesson, Closer to the Moon is best viewed as an entertaining, albeit flawed, entry in the sub-sub-genre of films about the aftermath of WWII.

Spielberg is excellent in his direction as he distills what seems like a complex history lesson into an engaging film as he did in Bridge of Spies (2015) and Lincoln (2012).

The film works hard at this, not only by offering something of a history lesson, but also by strongly establishing how different the comedy of San Francisco stand - ups was when compared to comedy being done around the country.

Between Steven Spielberg's reverential directing and Daniel Day Lewis» amazing performance, the film felt like a loving tribute to Abraham Lincoln, the most exciting history lesson ever and a serious award contender in every year - end category.

Describing the film already seems like it's doing a disservice to those who are not ready to geek out on history lessons and fancy costume dramas.

Though the film begins with a snappy history lesson about the circumstances that led to the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979, this thumbnail history just provides the context for an audacious, stranger - than - fiction CIA mission to extract six American hostages from their tenuous hidey - hole in the Canadian ambassador's home.

Screen Daily was a fan, declaring that «History lessons should be as much fun to follow as Stephen Frears» history - linked films,» but not everyone found it so deliHistory lessons should be as much fun to follow as Stephen Frears» history - linked films,» but not everyone found it so delihistory - linked films,» but not everyone found it so delightful.

The pageantry of British rule in India is something to behold and this film is a history lesson in what not to do.

... «and the old» (in chronological order) Perepoloch (Turmoil, Aleksandr Levšin, 1928)-- archival revelations happen Chlib (Bread, Mykola Špikovskij, 1929) Perekop (Perekop, Ivan Kavaleridze, 1930) * Kvartira nemca (The Apartment of a German, Mojsej Berov & Aleksandr Medvedkin, 1945)-- ecstasy (thanks to the Belye Stolby Festival) Leave Her to Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945) Giorni di gloria (Days of Glory, Luchino Visconti, Giuseppe De Santis, Mario Serandrei, Marcello Pagliero, 1945) Morituri (Eugen York, 1948) Strange Victory (Leo Hurwitz, 1948) * Guān liánzhǎng (Platoon Commander Guan, Shí Hūi, 1951) Tiān xiānpèi (The Heavenly Match, Shí Hūi, 1955)-- some match that is Die Welt horcht auf (The World Pricks up Its Ears, Max Jaap und Karl - Eduard von Schnitzler, 1957) Ósmy dzień tygodnia (The Eighth Day of the Week, Aleksander Ford, 1958) The Lineup (Don Siegel, 1958) * Čovek i zver (Man and Beast, Edwin Zbonek, 1963) Lo scandalo (The Scandal, Anna Gobbi, 1966)-- revelations happen (now give us a film print) Gorke trave (Witness Out Of Hell, Živorad Mitrović, 1967) Nemirni (The Naughty Ones, Vojislav «Kokan» Rakonjac, 1967) I cannibali (The Cannibals, Liliana Cavani, 1969) Sziget a szárazföldön (Island on the Continent, Elek Judit, 1969) * Two Mules for Sister Sara (Don Siegel, 1970) Making of «Nedostaje mi Sonja Henie» (Making of «I Miss Sonia Henie», 1972)-- KarpoGODina * Hans — ein Junge in Deutschland (Hans — A Boy in Germany, Sohrab Shahid Saless, 1985)-- a lesson in (TV) history * Barbara (Nils Malmros, 1997)-- how could I not like it?

All the pieces are there, especially in the film's subject — the steely Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain), a pill - popping master manipulator who is always at the ready with a perfect quip, biblical verse or history lesson for the moment.

The payoff the film needs to resonate as more than a well - produced history lesson never materializes, and it leaves shrugging its shoulders at the elusive nature of peace.

Inspired by true events, the stylish and heartfelt film — although it tends to meander through a bloated running time — is both an incisive history lesson and a potent glimpse into the power of protest that carries contemporary resonance.

Lee Daniels» The Butler is one such film and it is both a history lesson and one heck of a story.

It's a powerful film and represents cinema as both high - end art, and sober history lesson.

The film uses recycled footage from the show, but either as a substitute for the longer version or a recap for those of us who can't get enough of the political analyst trio of Mark Halperin, John Heilemann, and Mark McKinnon, it's a phenomenal and often funny triumph of election coverage repurposed as history lesson.

And what a film it is: a comedy, romance and action - infused period piece, equal parts history lesson and pure, giddy fiction.

A new effort seems to fall somewhere between these genres, with well - known Western film actors such as Kiefer Sutherland, Tom Selleck, James Caan, Danny Glover and Ed Harris teaching history lessons.

On the one hand, the historical stuff is fascinating (and is good enough to wish that Egoyan had been able to secure funding to film an entire movie like that), but the sequences featuring Raffi explaining the conflict to Plummer's character feels more like a history lesson than anything else.

As well, there is a history lesson on CinemaScope, an audio interview with screenwriter Philip Dunne (recorded in 1969), press materials from the movie's début, a comparison of the widescreen and standard versions of the film and a picture - in - picture mode.

This exciting film will give younger people a modern history lesson cloaked in the guise of a thriller.

Acting as a trip down memory lane for some and a history lesson of sorts for others, Straight Outta Compton is a film that has themes relatable to anyone willing to give it a chance.

My Journey through French Cinema — Bertrand Tavernier's amiable history lesson loses focus in its final third, but is nonetheless a fun and insightful idiosyncratic look at mid-Century French film.

And while the film isn't without a couple good jokes (upon entering an amusement park ride called The Time Masheen, the riders are given a history lesson about how Charlie Chaplin commanded the Nazis), it's one giant mess that should be seen by as few people as possible.

Bereznak: The brief Wakanda history lesson at the beginning of the movie added essential meaning and depth to the film for obvious reasons.

This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 26 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 44 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (6 sheets) * Copies of 17 full DVD packages (of various genres) to offer pupils choice for their controlled assessment Unit's lessons include: * Huge introductory quiz - history of film; the film industry; film terminology; camera shots; film genres * Mapping film gratifications * Mapping generic and genre - specific DVD package features * AfL activity - improving a controlled assessment response * Step - by - step analysis of DVD packages (CA practice) * Designing a DVD package based on a film trailer (CA practice) * Writing a critical commentary (CA practice) * Formal controlled assessment

This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 15 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 93 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (21 sheets) Unit's lessons include: * Introduction to the AQA GCSE Media Studies course requirements * Introduction to the four key concepts * Activity focused on pupils» own consumption of media texts * Detailed research into the history of the media - creating a timeline of people, technology and institutions * Applying Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to film media * Introduction of camera shots, angles and movement * Film terminology «speed - dating» to introuce key media language * Analysing a mise - en - scene * Analysing a film trailer: genre conventions and audience appeal * Creating genre - specific typography and writing a commentary * Analysing logos and slogans * Exploring stereotypes in the media * Music industry terminology and genre features * Analysing a CD album sleeve: genre conventions and audience appeal * The history ofvideo gaming * Video gaming genres and gratifications * Analysing a video game cover: genre conventions and audience appeal

Here, teachers can deliver chunks of History with film — ideal for lesson openers and for introducing, supporting and recapping topics in the classroom.

In this lesson, students will analyze a reading from Lesson 6 of Facing History and Ourselves» My Part of the Story and watch a short clip from the film American Creed in order to explore the relationship between individual identity and the national identity of the United Slesson, students will analyze a reading from Lesson 6 of Facing History and Ourselves» My Part of the Story and watch a short clip from the film American Creed in order to explore the relationship between individual identity and the national identity of the United SLesson 6 of Facing History and Ourselves» My Part of the Story and watch a short clip from the film American Creed in order to explore the relationship between individual identity and the national identity of the United States.

The following global affairs lesson plan for English teachers, history teachers and humanities teachers outlines reflection and processing exercises connected Alexandria Bombach's film «Afghanistan...

As a Facing History program associate and former history teacher, I try to work in activities and lessons that build critical reading skills, which got me thinking: What if an educator were to do something similar using film clips and text - dependent queHistory program associate and former history teacher, I try to work in activities and lessons that build critical reading skills, which got me thinking: What if an educator were to do something similar using film clips and text - dependent quehistory teacher, I try to work in activities and lessons that build critical reading skills, which got me thinking: What if an educator were to do something similar using film clips and text - dependent questions?

Designed to inspire, the notes are easy to follow and deliver a short sequence of lessons based around the 60 second histories films.

Building on lessons learned throughout my professional and academic history, from a focus in world literature (I was named the 2009 Outstanding Graduate in English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University), to high - level Technical support for global teams at Apple in Cupertino, to my experiences filming, writing about, and sharing our world as a travel blogger with «The Radical Dreamer», I'm currently studying to build transformative game experiences at one of the United Kingdom's top universities for digital humanities with the MA Independent Games and Playable Experience Design program at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Somewhere between the avant garde and the amateur, between theatre and cartoon, history lesson and literature class, their films are equally curious in their subject matter.

The veteran curator, organizer of the exhibition, and close friend of both artists can provide a history lesson of such vivid intimacy that no book or documentary film could compare.