Sentences with phrase «for dramatic films»

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award for Dramatic films at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, Alfonso - Gomez Rejon's Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is endearing, touching, and surprisingly hilarious.

So while I do know of his science fiction work, I almost like to praise him more for his dramatic films, i.e..

All summer I have seen trailers for this dramatic film and thought the premise was interesting, despite it looking like just another chick...

«The Social Network,» the acclaimed drama about how Harvard computer nerds created the social networking site Facebook, had been the front - runner during the awards season, winning countless critics honors, including the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn., New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics awards as well as the Golden Globe for dramatic film.

All summer I have seen trailers for this dramatic film and thought the premise was interesting, despite it looking like just another chick flick.

Not exact matches

The curse in the film creates a striking visual for the shackles that our character flaws or attitudes can lock us into and the dramatic effects and harm that this can cause to those around us.

As a kid, the Exodus story was a feel - good story of liberation that provided the backdrop for a riveting dramatic film and for my pastor's equally captivating sermons.

He continues: «If, for example, it requires 50m of film to wrap an individual pallet — then the price difference between a role of film that stretches to only 5000m instead of 6000m in a busy warehouse that it is wrapping and shipping 500 pallets a day can be dramatic.»

An established actress in film and television, she performed in dramatic and comedic roles for more than ten years.

«The Sundance Film Festival brings the most original storytellers together with the most adventurous audiences for its annual program of dramatic and documentary films, shorts, New Frontier films, installations, performances, panel discussions, and dynamic music events.

Whether you have realized it or not, you have just paved the way for a dramatic change in the horror film.

Titanic is an entertaining and dramatic made - for - television film that's quite comprehensive.

For all the little moments which successfully bring the Greek Myths to life, the film doesn't have enough dramatic energy to sustain itself, and its poor effects work against the power of its set - pieces.

He also starred in and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for HBO's dramatic film about the Lindberg baby kidnapping, «Crime of the Century» directed by Mark Rydell.

The Movie: The idea of George Clooney playing a (mostly) silent assassin holed up in the Italian countryside with gorgeous European women sounds like recipe for a solid dramatic experience, so why Focus Features is marketing «The American» as some sort of action thriller when in fact it's an arty European film, will throw some moviegoers off and just outright anger others.

No points for timeliness here; made - for - TV docudramas and the independent film «Longtime Companion» have already explored the subject, and «Philadelphia» breaks no new dramatic ground.

The film's strength is dramatic stakes for its complicated, easy - to - love characters, which renders the downbeat ending genuinely audacious.

The most humanly dramatic moment of the film, is when Hal pleads for his life as the astronaut disconnects him.

If nothing else, the film is pretty entertaining, and when dramatic highlights come into play, glimpses into what could have been sparks brightly enough to help endear, maybe not thoroughly enough for the final product to reward, but decidedly enough to hold a fair deal of your attention in this improvable character study.

But he never gets overenthusiastic for big events; even with 2001's always magnificent sometimes dramatic choice of music, the visual pacing of the film never changes.

Denmark takes the stage back in a most dramatic fashion with A Royal Affair, recently named one of the five Oscar nominees for best foreign language film.

Perry has been prone to pretension in his earlier films like Listen Up Philip and Queen of Earth, and he hasn't shown much instinct for dramatic tension.

In addition to his studio films, Monaghan garnered excellent reviews and a lot of buzz at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival for his performance in JAMIE MARKS IS DEAD, which was a Sundance 2014 Official Selection in the dramatic competition.

Despite Wiseau's hard - hitting dramatic intentions, The Room is a film that provides shared happiness and joy Wiseau has been touring The Room for some time and it's always been complicated deciphering to what extent we're laughing with vs. at the filmmaker.

The threatening invasion of the mighty Spanish Armada is the dramatic centerpiece of the film, which provides plenty of outlets for Kapur's blood - and - thunder penchant, as does all the conniving intrigue going on in Elizabeth's court, replete with gory moments of torture presided over by Geoffrey Rush, happily reprising his role of Sir Francis Walsingham, ruthless advisor to the Queen.

My only complaint is that there are a few too many moments where it is a little too dramatic for the type of film that it is meant to be, but all - in - all, this is one of my favourite teen films!

Raw, intriguing and energetic despite its flaws, the film fades in dramatic power over its final stretch and doesn't always do justice to the the potential richness of its subject, but until then, it makes for an authentic, distinctive and watchable blend of the tough and the tender.

The war between faith and knowledge, science and reason, love of family over love for profession — all themes in this dramatic film — are always worthy of exploration.

I found this film to be one of the better reconstructions of the trials, one that felt more subtle than other films, which for me anyway, felt less over dramatic, which is necessary in order to make a great film.

Mission: Impossible III was a powerful film, and a lot of intrigue, where» Tomsito» for the third time playing all in a very dangerous mission, and for me the most dramatic.

A very impressive dramatic debut for comedian Stiller, and a well - crafted and directed film by Veloz.

Cinematographer Niels Thastum leans in on a docu - style approach to filming, allowing for subtle dramatic scenes and loving recreations.

Fourth: the first half (idiotic toilet humour, animals masturbating etc.) is suddenly pushed out of the way to make way for a very emotive and dramatic second half which makes the film feel incredibly awkward... and do you know what?

It is unlikely for you ever to be able to say the words «Les Misérables» and have people know that you are talking about the 1998 dramatic film.

Johnson and Heyman have a script here that deserves Best Original Screenplay consideration, almost simply for how well they've created a quartet of characters (Burrell and Wilson's supporting players don't behave as these sorts of characters would in other films), though the balance of both comedic and dramatic emotion is tremendously done as well.

Best Picture: Three of the past five years have seen the festival's Grand Jury Prize for best U.S. dramatic film get a nomination for best picture («Precious» in 2009, «Winter's Bone» in 2010, and «Beasts» in 2012 — «Like Crazy» and last year's «Fruitvale Station» did not).

This is perfectly in keeping with the style of the Broadway production, which features much more of this style than the film does, with Condon beefing up the dramatic dialogue for purposes of an easier narrative and deeper characterizations.

The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic was presented to: Christina Choe, for her film Nancy (Director & Screenwriter: Christina Choe, Producers: Amy Lo, Michelle Cameron, Andrea Riseborough)-- Blurring lines between fact and fiction, Nancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child.

The film does have a striking, period piece look and feel, though many shots are held for an overly - dramatic effect.

For the purposes of dramatic licence, those films tend to accelerate the level of technology while decreasing the temporal gap between the present and future as a way to make these stories connect.

While the film noted that it was based on a true story, it also did disclose that aspects were added for dramatic effect.

Granted by France's Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers, the SACD Award for best French - language film went to Pierre Salvadori's screwball crime romcom «The Trouble with You.»

Sundance describes it as a «delightful dramatic comedy, a buddy picture, and, for good measure, a heist film.»

It's the kind of small dramatic moment that this calm, quiet film is built on, and it allows for tender, restrained performances from Edgerton and Negga.

At the same time, most of the actors in the film are comedic actors, except for Dane [DeHaan] who is a generally dramatic actor.

Yan caught Warner Bros. / DC's attention with her first feature film, Dead Pigs, which won the World Cinema Dramatic Award For Ensemble Acting at Sundance.

She was a 2016 Sundance Feature Film Creative Producing Fellow with the film Monsters and Men, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Outstanding First Feature.

Don Cheadle realizes he's best known for dramatic roles in such films as Crash, Hotel Rwanda and Tra...

Making a convincing case for the humanistic potential of fictional re-staging, Berg's film throws into question the idea that dramatic reconstitutions are inevitably insensitive.

The Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic was presented to: Sara Colangelo, for her film The Kindergarten Teacher (Director & Screenwriter: Sara Colangelo, Producers: Talia Kleinhendler, Osnat Handelsman - Keren, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler)-- When a Staten Island kindergarten teacher discovers what may be a gifted five year - old student in her class, she becomes fascinated and obsessed with the child — spiraling downward on a dangerous and desperate path in order to nurture his talent.