Sentences with phrase «films about life»

Tonight are the free screenings of two films about the life and work of Corita Kent: «Sister Corita: Mary's Day» (1964) & «We Have No Art» (1967) by Baylis Glascock and on Thursday October 27, 7 pm Become a Microscope: 90 Statements on Sister Corita (2009), a documentary by Aaron Rose Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery 555 Nelson Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6B6R5 Canada 7 - 9 pm

Jenny Slate might be the most difficult actress to endure on screen, right behind Greta Gerwig, whose films about life in NYC are identical.

Jean - Pierre Melville's reputation rests predominantly on his amazing string of crime dramas but the director (who during World War II was active in the Resistance) also made three films about the life during the Nazi occupation.

There has been no shortage of films about the life of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black, democratically elected president.

There have been hundreds of films about life after war.

Interestingly, for such a popular historical figure, there is a dearth of biographical films about her life (the only notable film is the Norma Shearer / Tyrone Power classic from way back in 1938), except through incidental events depicting her as a supporting figure, such as tales of the French Revolution or other stories taking place in the late 18th Century.

Since Apple founder Steve Jobs died in 2011, there have been two films about his life.

The line isn't exactly «Call me Ishmael» or «Happy families are all alike», but this first line of what was published in 1937 as a children's book began what has proved to be a literary phenomenon, an alternative religion, an endless invitation to exegesis and a major industry that has led to an immensely successful trilogy of books and films about life in Middle - earth.

Reaction to the new film about his life, not so much.

When he went to Hollywood in 1942 to star in Smith of Minnesota, a film about his life, it seemed his fame had somehow carried all Minnesotans — me, too — to a higher, nobler plane of existence.

A film about his life «Thomas J. Foley: Legacy of a Young Hero,» was produced by Anthony Fiore and featured in a premiere at the Lafayette Theatre last August.

Such a strong reaction persuaded Pixar to avoid making uncannily realistic human characters — it has since focused its efforts on films about living toys, curious robots and talking cars to win Academy Awards and moviegoers» hearts.

Guests include Joel Greenberg, author of «A Feathered River Across the Sky» and documentary producer David Mrazek, who directed the film about the life and extinction of the passenger pigeon, «From Billions to None.»

«The Intern» stars both of them respectively and say what you will about sappy plots like this, «The Intern» is a very, very good film about life in general.

It's a life — and now a film about a life — built from disparate strands of experience, but one that makes sense exactly because she is Grace Jones, and being Grace Jones means synthesizing Grace Jones from all available material.

Cute film about life as an illegal immigrant working in a restaurant in New York.

Jeremy also recently wrapped Gerardo Naranjo's English debut VIENA AND THE FANTOMES, a film about life on the road with an»80s punk band, where he stars opposite Dakota Fanning.

This is a sweet 100 minute film about life and accepting certain things throughout it.

Air is a film about living in a society that spurns public welfare to instead fetishize individualism and pop culture — and about coming to terms with the fact that no revolution is coming to shake that up.

-- Focus Features has acquired the Italian rights to «Loro,» Paolo Sorrentino's upcoming film about the life of Silvio Berlusconi, Deadline reports.

Like the film about his life, Turner's textured paintings combine realistic figures with hints of abstraction.

Sarah Paulson, left, and Nicholas Hoult star in Rebel in the Rye, a biographical film about the life of author J.D. Salinger.

Thank You for Your Service is a harrowing, honest and beautifully acted film about lives blown to bits and then put back together; not entirely, not immediately, but piece by tiny piece.

Flush with Hollywood success, Tinseltown gossip and a goony matinee idol American husband (Elwes channelling some sort of Andy Kaufman creation), she is to star in a big - budget film about the life of Queen Isabella.

Elizabeth Olsen has joined the cast of RatPac Entertainment and Bron Studios» I Saw The Light, the film about the life of country western singer Hank Williams.

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«The filmmaker is preparing a film about the life of the famous physicist, Stephen Hawking called The Theory of Everything.

Far from a conventional biopic, Davies's marvelous film about the life and death of Emily Dickinson (Cynthia Nixon) takes great care never to overplay the brilliance of its subject, taking her genius as a given.

Nicole Holofcener's Please Give is a heart - warming, subtle film about the lives of two very different New York families.

«Life Itself,» Steve James's film about the life and work of iconic film critic Roger Ebert, joins «Finding Vivian Maier,» co-director Charlie Siskel (nephew of Gene Siskel, Ebert's co-host on «Siskel & Ebert») and executive producer Jeff Garlin's portrait of the Windy City nanny who was secretly a genius photographer, and «Red Army,» Gabe Polsky's exploration of the hockey team's rise and fall and how it mirrored that of the Soviet Union, as three of the top contenders eligible for the Best Documentary Oscar shortlist.

This British - Italian epic biographical film about the life of Pu Yi, the last Emperor of China, conquered everybody and every award.

With «Brad's Status» and «Beatriz at Dinner,» Mike White has written two of the best films about living in 2017.

Recommendation: A likely underwhelming box office draw due to its title, The Diary of a Teenage Girl is an authentic, emotional film about a life in transition.

When Mike Tyson was approached by the director James Toback about doing a documentary on his life and times, the former heavyweight champion of the world joked, «I was expecting that with any film about my life would only ever end up being sold on street corners.»

Before writing the song, which needed to fit the stirring themes of Marshall — a film about the life of Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice — Warren told Common she listened to Sam Cooke's «A Change Is Gon na Come» and Curtis Mayfield's «People Get Ready» back to back.

Julia Stiles stars as the title character in «Blue,» a new web series produced by the YouTube channel Wigs, which is described as «a digital channel producing high - end, original, scripted dramatic series and short films about the lives of women.»

This film about the life of George W. Bush frequently portrays its central character in states of extreme drunkenness resulting in aggressive behavior and reckless driving.

Added to the mix are speculations on landscape, character and context — it's a film about the life of a person, but also on the minefield of responsibilities that any storyteller worth their salt needs to consider.

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American rights to «The Silent Man,» a film about the life of Mark Felt, the secret high - ranking FBI informant during the Watergate scandal, famously known as «Deep Throat.»

A talk about creating «Loving Vincent,» the hand - painted animated film about the life and mysterious death of artist Vincent Van Gogh has been added to the lineup for the 2017 edition of the VIEW Conference in Turin, Italy.

This Sundance - debuted film about the life and career of the Supreme Court Justice notched an even better PTA in somewhat fewer theaters («I am Not Your Negro» scored $ 15,962 in 43).

As a reward for making what might be the greatest fiction film about the lives of Chinese citizenry during the Cultural Revolution, The Blue Kite director Tian Zhuangzhuang would be exiled from his country's movie business for nearly a decade due to the supposedly subversive nature of his work.

Here is one of the most noir of all Bergman's films (along with «Hour of the Wolf» and «The Serpent's Egg»): a German Expressionist - style nightmare of a film about life at a circus, in three rings of adultery, jealousy and torment.

Alejandro Inarritu's film about life in the Pacific Northwest in the 1820s is every bit as hostile and unforgiving as the landscape in which it is based.

The show will be a spinoff of Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi's mockumentary film about the lives and loves of New Zealand vampires.

«A Quiet Passion» is an exquisite film about the life of Emily Dickinson.

«Anchored by Michael Caine «s emotionally riveting performance and buoyed by an exceptional supporting cast, «Youth» is, simply put, a film about life and living told in the most cinematic of terms.»

Rarely has a film about life seemed less life - like.

The most famous film about the life of a sports agent is 1996's Oscar - winning football dramedy, «Jerry Maguire».

«It's not a felony if you're doing it for the good guys,» blares the tagline on the poster for American Made, Tom Cruise's freewheeling new caper of a film about the life of Barry Seal.