Sentences with phrase «for costume drama»

Scorsese was given the book by critic - turned - screenwriter Jay Cocks, who knew of the director's fondness for costume drama.

And for all his comments about specific actions, line readings, and so on made by the actors, he sheds no light on how he arrived at such offbeat casting choices; after all, the likes of Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Anthony LaPaglia, and Eric Stoltz aren't exactly the names that immediately come to mind for a costume drama.

Leigh may sound like a peculiar casting choice for a costume drama, but her trademark mannerisms and mumbly elocution are a perfect fit for the insecure, awkward Catherine.

In recent years, her works have been hot property for costume dramas.

Not exact matches

I thought, «why not ask her to make the costumes for our children's Easter drama?»

Julie Walters thanks her costume designer during her BAFTA acceptance speech for her role as Mo Mowlam in aChannel 4 drama.

If the makers of Downton Abbey want to capitalize on the popularity of costume dramas, they might look for their next Lady Mary in Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein.

From costume dramas to beloved sitcoms, from murder mysteries to musical comedies, there's something here for everyone.

From costume dramas to beloved sitcoms, from murder mysteries to musical comedies, there's something here for everyone who loves watching TV's best couples.

She appeared in a number of series, including the popular crime drama Cracker and such costume extravaganzas as Jane Eyre and Emma.Morton became known to an international film audience in 1997, when she won wide acclaim for her wrenching, fearless portrayal of a young woman driven to promiscuous behavior by the death of her mother in Carine Adler's Under the Skin.

Danish director Nikolaj Arcel brings us a sumptuous costume drama relating a remarkably engrossing piece of Denmark's history for his fourth feature, A Royal Affair.

Starz, though, knows the formula for these costume - heavy action dramas from experience with shows like «Spartacus» and «Camelot.»

The line between truth and illusion is blurred so persuasively that for a moment or two, you may even believe that a romantic costume drama could stand up to all those special - effects blockbusters in the dog days of summer.

He played future British Prime Minister Charles Grey and Keira Knightley's lover in the costume - drama The Dutchess (2008), followed by a supporting role in the Oscar - nominated An Education (2009), for which he shared a Screen Actor's Guild nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

It doesn't take an important life and reduce it to domestic crisis and costume drama («A Man for All Seasons») or pop simplification («The Agony and the Ecstasy»), but deals with it on the planes that made it important.

The Age of Innocence (1993) is not the only costume drama or historical picture that Martin Scorsese made but it is his only classical literary adaptation from the filmmaker that, all these years later, we still remember for edgy violence and cinematic energy.

I hope I don't sound illiberal in admonishing Mankiewicz for attempting, like so many of his peers had, a costume drama, but it's only in artists» minds that we demand range and versatility from them.

Resembling a children's movie for grown - ups while reining in Del Toro's worst tendencies, its hybrid form holds clear appeal for another year when the highest - grossing films replace humans with costumed superheroes and animated creatures, our postmodern costume dramas.

Known for long elaborate takes, lush imagery, and eye for lighting, his work in Karenina shows that he's the real deal when it comes to photographing costume dramas.

The Irish costume designer received her third Oscar nomination this year for her work on period drama Victoria & Abdul starring Dame Judi Dench.

Throw in a jealous wife (Antje Thiele) and an ambitious father - in - law (David Thewlis) with designs on the throne, and you've got all the fixins for a convoluted, costume drama of, dare I say it, Shakespearean proportions.

Matthias Schoenaerts has not been unduly stretched since his previous detached lead role in Alan Rickman's recent costume drama, A Little Chaos, and again appears reluctant to navigate his character beyond specific emotional boundaries, but does inject just enough pathos into Gabriel Oak to consider him a plausible suitor for the headstrong but fragile Bathsheba.

You do see some overlap between the NBR awards and the Oscars, of course — the awards in 1980 and 1982, to name but two years, were pretty close to those of the Academy, and the Board gave their award for Best Picture of 1989, the year of «Do the Right Thing,» to «Driving Miss Daisy,» for crying out loud; like the Oscars, they have a weakness for White Elephant - type biopics and costume dramas — but there are more years when the winners (not the nominees!)

Paul Thomas Anderson's 1950s London chamber drama was expected to receive at least three of those six, for Jonny Greenwood's score, Mark Bridges» costumes and Daniel Day - Lewis» lead performance as a petulantly exacting couturier named Reynolds Woodcock.

The second episode airs tomorrow night, but we have an exclusive clip, courtesy of Starz, from the episode for you now, because... c'm on, lady - centric history, Queens, costume drama.

Amazon Prime gets the new costume drama The Collection which already premiered in the UK and another series Patriot premiering at the Berlin Film Festival, but Netflix has the new original series Santa Clarita Diet, three premiere movies and a major Valentine's Day special for streamers this month.

One of the joys of Asante's filmmaking is how she subverts audience expectations to make observations on politics, race and gender: As Sophie Mayer observes in her review for Sight & Sound, «in a clever twist on the Bechdel test, Asante shows that it is through talking about marriage and men that the female protagonists of costume drama are able to articulate a political philosophy.»

Though it might have been imagined as a murder - mystery for movie buffs, what the picture succeeds in being is a flat and slightly off - putting costume drama for director Bogdanovich.

Filmmaking legend Roberto Rossellini brings his passion for realism and unerring eye for the everyday to this portrait of the early years of the reign of France's «Sun King,» and in the process reinvents the costume drama.

Rylance added a second for his TV role on the costume drama «Wolf Hall.»

Initially, Anonymous appears to be a departure for the helmer, in his first costume drama.

A period drama, or «PD» (Press Darling), on this occasion set primarily in the 1930s, remains the most popular genre for costume coverage in mainstream media.

* James Ivory, who has competed three times in the directing category for his literary costume dramas «A Room With a View,» «Howards End» and «The Remains of the Day,» is officially the oldest Oscar winner ever at age 89 after winning Best Adapted Screenplay for the love story «Call Me by Your Name.»

It's that fervor — along with the restraint inherent in costume dramas — that makes him a picture - perfect fit for the ornate medley of blood and lust that is «Crimson Peak.»

The Sundance film festival has sold itself for 40 years as the champion of cutting - edge, radical independent cinema; not a natural habitat for the stiffly costumed and perfectly spoken habits of the literary - inflected costume drama.

Instead of settling for being a pleasant, diversionary costume drama, the series uses the personal life of its historical queen to explore more modern - day issues of gender and politics.

An unashamed crowd - pleaser, Masquerade should at least appeal as a costume drama and a showcase for a cast led by Byung - hun Lee, who, this critic hopes, will make a dramatic debut in American cinema someday soon.

with long delayed costume drama Tulip Fever in which she dumps Christoph Waltz for Dane DeHaan because who wouldn't.

The son of the great Timothy Spall, Rafe's been working consistently for a decade, across an impressive range of genres, tackling TV costume drama in «Wide Sargasso Sea» and «A Room With A View,» and giving impressive dramatic turns in Playlist favorite «The Scouting Book For Boys» and «He Kills Coppers.&raqfor a decade, across an impressive range of genres, tackling TV costume drama in «Wide Sargasso Sea» and «A Room With A View,» and giving impressive dramatic turns in Playlist favorite «The Scouting Book For Boys» and «He Kills Coppers.&raqFor Boys» and «He Kills Coppers.»

It's his fourth nomination in a rich career that extends way back to the late 1950s though he's best know for the popular costume dramas he made in the 1980s and 1990s with his producer and life partner, the late Ismail Merchant (1936 - 2005).

Bright Star (PG for mature themes, sensuality, smoking and mild epithets) Oscar - winner Jane Campion (for The Piano) wrote and directed this 19th Century costume drama about the three - year romance of poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and his neighbor Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) which ended prematurely when he contracted tuberculosis and died at the age of 25.

Wright proved last time out that he's more than just a costume drama expert, so we're even more excited about his return to the pre-modern era for this one, and he always seems to bring out the best in Knightley, who's a good fit for the lead role.

The bit parts for seventies television actors amuses a little (I mean, Bob Newhart «s Peter Bonerz in a costume drama is something else).

The story flags when it falls back on the incidental cliches of the costume drama, or when it unwisely taps the Duc D'Anjou for allegedly frisky comic relief.

Audiences looking for a French historical costume drama should look elsewhere, but those who enjoy...

As a Golden Age Hollywood costume drama with the Czech Republic posing for North Carolina, «Serena» is a hauntingly photographed but emotionally aloof love story.

Star of the titular role, Rupert Friend's previous performances have included charming gentlemen in costume dramas like The Young Victoria (2009) and Pride and Prejudice (2005), though he is probably best - known for his role as Quinn, a professional assassin in Showtime series Homeland (2011 --RRB-.

This could be a case study for when we talk about how there's nothing on at the cinema, it's all the same kind of middle - brow costume drama or whatever.

Nikolaj Arcel's career really seems to be taking off after getting nominated for an Academy Award for the Danish costume drama, A ROYAL AFFAIR...

It may be a film that some find slow, but for those who enjoy intelligent films or costume dramas, you'll be hard pressed to find anything to dislike in the entire production.