Sentences with phrase «films class act»

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Following the lead of 2012's underrated «At Any Price» in matching the socially conscious topicality of Bahrani's early films to the demands of broader - brush melodrama, this dynamically acted, unapologetically contrived pic reps the filmmaker's best chance to date of connecting with a wider audience — one likely to share the helmer's bristling anger over corruptly maintained class divides in modern - day America.

The film's first act embarrassingly reduces the book's study of class, race, masculinity, and American gun worship down to a series of sketches in which bad actors and misplaced celebrities utter amateurishly presentational dialogue.

Synopsis: When aspiring film actor Greg Sestero meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.

A native of Trinidad (with East Indian ancestry), Bednob originally attended the University of Toronto as a sociology major — a field far removed from acting, though Bednob had naturally played the role of class clown in school for years, which seemed to predestine him for stage and film.

Given that the film stars Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, one could accurately say that it's a master class in acting, as well.

Well - intentioned, competently shot and put together, solidly acted, especially by tomorrow's superstar Jacob Lofland (who we'd call a revelation if he hadn't already impressed us so much as Neckbone in Jeff Nichols» «Mud»), and unafraid to swim in the traditionally shark - infested thematic waters of the American class system, the film nonetheless can't quite slip the «seen it before» noose.

The film is worth watching alone for Manville «Äôs master class in acting.

When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.

The film is the true story of Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero who become friends after meeting in an acting class in San Francisco.

It's a theme reflected in the film as well when Hannah takes acting classes, not just to relieve boredom but to allow her the chance to release hidden feelings through performance.

The pair met at acting classes in San Francisco in 1998, which gives the film a great opening: Sestero is stricken and sweating on stage, hopelessly self - conscious, and then sits back in awe of this bizarre ogre of a person, who writhes around screaming «Stellaaa!»

In the hands of director Raymond De Felitta, whose «City Island» is a delightfully funny tale of a dad whose poker nights are really spent going to an acting class, the tale reaches proportions that can be compared to the classic film «Bonnie and Clyde» with some aspects that could remind some of «American Hustle.»

Entertaining a rich conversation with the history of literature, the history of the world (Europe between WWI and WWII) with its assorted canon of bigotry, persecution and class divide (providing some of the film's most powerful scenes), architecture, fine arts and good acting (the cast is a joy to behold), Anderson has crafted a finely tuned masterpiece.

In 1998 in San Francisco, the film starts off in an acting class (headed by Melanie Griffiths of all people) and we see Greg Sestero (Dave Franco) an aspiring actor who's having stage fright.

Here, everything appears subordinate to the mission of stamping Blanchett's acting supremacy on the film: even her husband's name, Harge, despite originating in the Patricia Highsmith novel The Price of Salt on which Carol is based, seems specifically designed to accentuate her character's archly north - eastern upper - class enunciation.

After collecting some celebrity testimonials on The Room from the likes of Kristen Bell, J.J. Abrams, Lizzy Caplan, and Adam Scott, the film opens in 1998 at a San Francisco acting class where Sestero (Dave Franco, the director's younger brother) meets Wiseau (James Franco), a bizarrely - fashioned, curiously - accented loner who disarms the class by writhing around on stage and shouting «Stella» in a performance inspired by Tennessee Williams» A Streetcar Named Desire.

Naomi Watts, Lindsay Duncan, Amy Ryan and Andrea Riseborough also all turn in supreme performances, elevating the film into one cinematic master class in acting.

Ten years after moving from Israel to the United States and starting her career with modeling work and acting classes, her latest role as Jenna in Greta Gerwig's celebrated new film Lady Bird has put her on the map, and, with a number of upcoming movies, the young actress is one to watch.

With fairly cursory critical discussions, perpetual plot synopses, and adjective - driven lauding («an acidulous commentary on class» or «a masterclass in film acting,» to name a couple) in place of detail - driven social criticism, Forshaw has placed himself between a Brighton Rock (1947) and a Kill List (2011), casting his historical net too wide for anything more than introductory textual assessment.

As with that Scorsese film, «The Humbling» also ends as it begins, with Pacino delivering an acting master class.

Franco's film begins at the start of the duo's awkward friendship, in 1998, when Greg is just an Abercrombie - pretty 19 - year - old living with his parents in San Francisco who takes a liking to the fearlessly theatrical Tommy in an acting class.

I know if I don't work for five or six years, maybe it will be harder for me to get a film, but if I'm not booking films, I will bust my ass at acting class because if I'm still passionate about acting, why wouldn't I want to improve my craft.»

It gets the film off to a rocky start, with Collette and Ribisi both channeling a bad Method acting class exercise.

On most levels this is among Ms Bigelow's finest films with its narrative skills, breadth of vision, top - class cinematography — all backed by some terrific acting from an accomplished cast.

If you can adjust to the film's uneven rhythms and often illusory vibe, there's a treasure trove of off - kilter humor, affecting pathos and first - class acting to be savored.

As we see in the film, Greg Sestero and Tommy Wiseau really did meet in an acting class taught by Jean Shelton in 1998.

Some truly terrifying moments lurk throughout the film and while the acting is pretty poor at times, the scares are first class with some incredibly well - conceived and imaginative monsters.

Apart from being a master class in acting, the film is also one of the most haunting and provocative portrayals of abuse in recent memory.

At Studio 4, he taught a class titled «Sex Scenes,» and students allege that he pressured them to perform scenes partially nude or acted inappropriately while filming sexual encounters.

«This idea that like he's shooting one film while acting in a studio film while taking a cooking class while composing a sonnet, that wasn't our experience at all,» Weber says.

One could argue the tonal disconnect between an act of terrorism and comedy, and yet the injection of some quips and the odd running joke about a producer obsessed with balls turns out to be one of the film's greatest weapons, moreso than the overly familiar stench of disdain and dissidence as a poorly planned hostage stunt yields a much more complex discussion about class structure and the corruption of the American financial system.

The debate as to whether portraying horrific acts, specifically torture, is classed as endorsing it has somehow taken wind and become the lead talking point (especially odd since surely nobody would suggest Argo endorses military coups, or that Django Unchained endorses violent revenge, no matter how racist the person may be), and it has distracted many from discussing the film on any other level.

The «Making of» feature which is one of the extras on this Second Run release gives a sense of how, through acting classes and improvisations, Neon Bull's cast prepared for and created the film's remarkable ensemble easiness.

He was living what he calls the upper - middle class «post-college dream» in a loft in Brooklyn, N.Y., taking acting classes, making films — a life he loved.

Imagine trying to leave the house at seven in the morning, participate in extracurricular activities, complete homework, study, spend time with your family all while trying to fit in time for auditions, filming or acting classes.

Despite the fact that David declares that he has been in love with wife Alice ever since he first spotted her in a film class, he is continually imagining her death via everything from carjackings to «convenient acts of God.»

It doesn't have the acting master - class of The Godfather films (De Niro, Pacino, Brando) or the special effects of Avatar but it's one of the funniest films ever made (in my opinion of course).

The glittering lights, the movie stars, the red carpet galas... For artists who have always harbored a secret desire to break into the film industry, enrolling in potentially humiliating acting classes or buying a camera you might never use are far from being your best options.