Sentences with phrase «films by this master»

The festival will present two classic French films by master director Jean - Pierre Melville, Léon Morin, Priest and The Red Circle, as well as a number of school matinees with Educational Kits organised by the festival in partnership with the Irish Film Institute (IFI), which provide an ideal French cinematic experience to the young audience.
Masterfully crafted and possessed of one of the year's most satisfying denouements, Va Savoir is a brilliant film by a master filmmaker.
The 100th film by master director Takashi Miike.

Not exact matches

After seeing the film «Julia & Julia» with my parents last year, my mother bought «Mastering the Art of French Cooking» by Julia Child and immediately got to work on boeuf bourguignon.
Jordan Spieth's collapse at the Masters has been assessed, dissected, and analyzed as if it were the Zapruder film by pundits who want to know what went wrong, when, and why.
«Crucially, the end of that film and others of its time, spoke of hope and featured the overthrow of the controlling voodoo master by his «zombie» slaves,» Dr Pearce explains.
We hear from Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, several still - awed costars, one of Mifune's sons, Kurosawa's script supervisor, and a film sword master identified as «killed by Mifune more than a hundred times.»
Uncertainty and fear of the unknown are the hallmarks of this classic film noir by master director Lang, which, until the last revelation, is guaranteed to puzzle and chill the viewer.
The Grandmasters stars the director's frequent collaborator Tony Leung as the legendary martial arts master who instructed Bruce Lee, and features action sequences choreographed by Yeun Woo - ping (the man behind The Matrix, Kill Bill, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and countless other films).
By virtue of such economical tension exercises as 99 River Street (1949), Tight Spot (1955), and the superb The Phenix City Story (1955), Karlson was embraced by the cognoscenti as a master purveyor of the «film noir» genrBy virtue of such economical tension exercises as 99 River Street (1949), Tight Spot (1955), and the superb The Phenix City Story (1955), Karlson was embraced by the cognoscenti as a master purveyor of the «film noir» genrby the cognoscenti as a master purveyor of the «film noir» genre.
The kindest context in which to put Over Her Dead Body, which was written and directed by Jeff Lowell, is that of a training film, a public display of people trying to master their craft.
The Post is an expertly - crafted and compelling film brought to tantalizing life by a master director and an all - star ensemble cast.
Directed by horror expert John Carpenter, Masters of Horror: Cigarette Burns concerns a man who makes his living hunting down films that are often thought lost.
One of the most beautiful animated films in years, with each poem given a separate interpretation by a different master animator.
However, in the second half of the film, Amiel and the stately screenplay (by John Collee, «Master and Commander») turn their attention to the saga of Annie, and how her catastrophic illness shattered Charles, his marriage (Charles and Emma were first cousins, a fact that kept the scientist forever paranoid about the health of his children), and the very questions posed in the book.
yowls the unhinged Eleanor (Taylor) to one of the hoary phantasms (by visual effects master Phil Tippet) in the closing moments of De Bont's film.
But only one major - studio film of the modern era, Richard Fleischer's notorious 1975 Mandingo, dared to meet slavery on its own terms — a grind house bacchanal of sadism, incest, and miscegenation, capped by an unforgettable finale in which the eponymous bare - knuckle fighter is boiled alive by his master in a cauldron.
The film was directed by Wes Craven, a master of horror, whose credits include «Last House on the Left,» «Swamp Thing» and the original «A Nightmare on Elm Street.»
There, she learns to master the arts of sexual and psychological manipulation through a humiliating training process, headed by a menacing Charlotte Rampling (who disappears from the film before we get nearly enough of her).
Written and directed by Michele Soavi of Cemetery Man (1994) and The Church (1989) fame, this documentary from 1985 takes an in - depth look at Dario Argento, the master Italian director most well known for his «giallo» horror films.
Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget, by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.
Clip is one of those rare films about young people, directed by a very young filmmaker, but with the gravitas of cinema crafted by very old European masters.
In a recent video interview conducted by CBS evening news correspondent Lee Cowan, horror master John Carpenter insisted that next year's Halloween film will be the final sequel...
Quoting the moment wherein Junge says that to be Hitler's secretary — an automaton, not a confidante — was to live oblivious to his master plan («Every explosion has an area of calm,» Junge expounds), the title Blind Spot thus describes an absolution: The film becomes a platform by which she can purge herself of the guilt she has carried with her since learning of the Holocaust sometime after the war.
At the film festival: Bruce LaBruce's subversive masterpiece, Gerontophilia, a lovely rom - com in which everybody fucks one another across all age and gender borders — desire shall bind us together; Juno Mak's Rigor Mortis, a touching albeit grim look at loss and damnation in the form of a Chinese hopping - vampire movie, with many a nod to the subgenre's clichés and conventions; Jealousy, Philippe Garrel's latest tale of love ground down by the mill of daily life, raw and naked even by his ascetic standards; Hayao Miyazaki's troublesome The Wind Rises, which frames the story of a fighter - plane designer as a grand romance of struggle and failure, with animation's supreme living master contemplating the price mankind can sometimes pay in the name of one dreamer's self - fulfillment, and the willful blindness and egocentricity it takes to realize one's vision; and finally to Yorgos Lanthimos's Necktie and Athina Rachel Tsangari's 24 Frames Per Century, their contributions to the Venice 70: Future Reloaded omnibus, not to mention the untitled pieces by Jean - Marie Straub, Monte Hellman, Amit Dutta, and Haile Gerima.
Titled Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich, the new film will be directed by Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund, with the script coming via Bone Tomahawk «s S. Craig Zahler.
Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master GEORGE A. ROMERO, is one of the great stories of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.
As someone currently pursuing a master's in film producing, I'm immensely impressed by film school students...
Also as a super cool bonus, only available with this book, there is a special fold - out replica of the portrait of the Master of Lake - town, played by Stephen Fry in the film.
There are minor quibbles — particularly with the use of music in certain parts of the film (though you'll never guess that one of the most touching moments is soundtracked to Katy Perry, go figure)-- but by the picture's twisty finale, in which Audiard navigates a late - stage twist with ease and emotion, you know you are in the hands of a master who is directing with the confidence and command that few possess.
As someone currently pursuing a master's in film producing, I'm immensely impressed by film school students who go on to make their first features a reality, and so is the case with Andy Viner and his movie, «Dick Night.»
Wan is an absolute master of the spooky longshot, the creeping camera, but in this film's predecessor those unendurably tense spans were punctuated by some of the best spook house scares in recent memory.
The film makes its home video debut on a beautifully - mastered Blu - ray and DVD combo edition mastered from the restored elements at a corrected 20 frames per second and accompanied by an original score composed and performed by Neil Brand, Gunther Buchwald, and Frank Bockius.
Part of what makes German director Christian Petzold's pulp psychological thriller so special is the way it wrings complex shades of suspense and disquiet out of very basic techniques, and its finale — the most sublime gasp moment of the year in film — is a master class in simplicity of form, cut almost entirely from just two angles and carried by stars Nina Hoss and Ronald Zehrfeld, whose performances have been building to this one exchange of subtleties.
Written and directed by master filmmaker Jia Zhangke (The World, Still Life), «one of the best and most important directors in the world» (Richard Brody, The New Yorker), this daring, poetic and grand - scale film focuses on four characters, each living in different provinces, who are driven to violent ends.
The DTS - HD Master Audio 5.1 mix complements the film's realistic depiction of NYC with good directional effects, though those sensitive to variations in volume may be a bit annoyed by the pumped - up, percussive music and full - throttle fight sequences.
Set during the reign of France's King Louis XIV (Sands), this film portrays the events of a three - day feast prepared and conducted by Vatel (Depardieu), the king's master of entertainment.
Cemetery Man is a fine comedy horror film that is effectively directed by horror master Michele Soavi, who has made his mark in Italian horror by directing La Chiesa (The Church).
Afterwards, the festival will continue with diverse entries from across the globe, including the latest work from acknowledged masters such as Eric Rohmer, Jacques Rivette, Claude Chabrol, and Dario Argento, as well as films directed by festival veterans such as Barbet Schroeder, Volker Schlöndorff, Peter Greenaway, and Ermanno Olmi.
There were few surprises in the big film categories, though Richard Gere has snagged a nomination for Arbitrage and The Master is in the race here after being mysteriously ignored by SAG.
Best motion picture of the year «Amour» «Argo» «Beasts of the Southern Wild» «Django Unchained» «Les Misérables» «Life of Pi» «Lincoln» «Silver Linings Playbook» «Zero Dark Thirty» Performance by an actor in a leading role Bradley Cooper in «Silver Linings Playbook» Daniel Day - Lewis in «Lincoln» Hugh Jackman in «Les Misérables» Joaquin Phoenix in «The Master» Denzel Washington in «Flight» Performance by an actress in a leading role Jessica Chastain in «Zero Dark Thirty» Jennifer Lawrence in «Silver Linings Playbook» Emmanuelle Riva in «Amour» Quvenzhané Wallis in «Beasts of the Southern Wild» Naomi Watts in «The Impossible» Performance by an actor in a supporting role Alan Arkin in «Argo» Robert De Niro in «Silver Linings Playbook» Philip Seymour Hoffman in «The Master» Tommy Lee Jones in «Lincoln» Christoph Waltz in «Django Unchained» Performance by an actress in a supporting role Amy Adams in «The Master» Sally Field in «Lincoln» Anne Hathaway in «Les Misérables» Helen Hunt in «The Sessions» Jacki Weaver in «Silver Linings Playbook» Achievement in directing «Amour,» Michael Haneke «Beasts of the Southern Wild,» Benh Zeitlin «Life of Pi,» Ang Lee «Lincoln,» Steven Spielberg «Silver Linings Playbook,» David O. Russell Best foreign language film of the year «Amour,» Austria «Kon - Tiki,» Norway «No,» Chile «A Royal Affair,» Denmark «War Witch,» Canada Best animated feature film of the year «Brave,» Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman «Frankenweenie,» Tim Burton «ParaNorman,» Sam Fell and Chris Butler «The Pirates!
Designed with sublime attention to detail by regular David Lynch and Terrence Malick collaborator Jack Fisk; scored with nervy yet sweeping themes by Jonny Greenwood; and photographed with exquisite tenderness by Mihai Malaimare Jr., The Master is the rare modern film that feels like the product of old studio craftsmanship.
New, restored 2K digital film transfer, supervised by director of photography Dick Pope, with 2.0 surround DTS - HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu - ray edition
The film stars Joaquin Phoenix in a widely praised performance as an ex-Navy man who falls under the spell of the «master» of the title, played by Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
This trailer is solid, and it marks the first trailer created by Annapurna Pictures as the production company behind films like The Master, Foxcatcher, and Spring Breakers is using Detroit to debut its brand new marketing and distribution arm.
Otis at Monterey, with uncompressed stereo soundtracks Alternate soundtracks for all three films featuring 5.1 surround mixes by recording engineer Eddie Kramer, presented in DTS - HD Master Audio Two hours of performances not included in Monterey Pop, from the Association, Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Blues Project, Buffalo Springfield, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, the Byrds, Country Joe and the Fish, the Electric Flag, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Al Kooper, the Mamas and the Papas, the Steve Miller Blues Band, Moby Grape, Laura Nyro, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Simon and Garfunkel, Tiny Tim, and the Who Audio commentaries from 2002 featuring Pennebaker, festival producer Lou Adler, and music critics Charles Shaar Murray and Peter Guralnick New interviews with Adler and Pennebaker Chiefs (1968), a short film by Richard Leacock, which played alongside Monterey Pop in theaters Interviews from 2002 with Adler and Pennebaker and with Phil Walden, Otis Redding's manager 1987 interview with Pete Townshend on Monterey and Jimi Hendrix Audio interviews with festival producer John Phillips, festival publicist Derek Taylor, and performers Cass Elliot and David Crosby Photo - essay by Elaine Mayes Festival scrapbook Trailers and radio spots PLUS: A book featuring essays by critics Michael Chaiken, Armond White, David Fricke, Barney Hoskyns, and Michael Lydon
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya: Isao Takahata's film, likely the last production by Studio Ghibli's two masters (Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises lost to Frozen last year), probably has no shot at Best Animated Feature (How to Train Your Dragon 2 is the heavy favorite), but if it did somehow get the prize, no win on Oscar night would make us happier.
After the Australian master broke out to the global film community with 1975's atmospheric «Picnic at Hanging Rock,» followed by 1977's «The Last Wave,» he expanded his horizons with war epic «Gallipoli» and Indonesia - set «The Year of Living Dangerously,» starring an emerging Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver.
A master of argot, Lenny has added authentic flavor to Noir gems like Rififi, Touchez Pas Au Grisbi, Quai des Orfèvres, Pépé le Moko, and Bob le Flambeur, along with films by Alain Resnais, Robert Bresson, Marcel Carné, Claude Sautet, Georges Franju, and Luis Buñuel.
For all of its superb, shock - and - awe - generating visuals — aided by oft - nominated master cinematographer Roger Deakin's (Sicario, Prisoners, Skyfall, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) singular eye for composition — Blade Runner 2049 often feels like Villeneuve, lured by the promise of revisiting a world created by a visionary filmmaker, not only wanted to put his own, auteurist stamp on said world, creating a continuation of a standalone, sequel - adverse film that «fits» on a narrative, thematic, and visual level, but found himself seduced like so many fans over the decades by the pure power of Scott's world - building and simply couldn't leave.
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