Sentences with phrase «for film culture»

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Awwad Alawwad, Saudi's minister of culture and information, attended the Riyadh premiere and told Associated Press films screened in the country need to strike a balance for Saudi audiences.

That is an aspect of all the characters in all my films; and so the loss for Guo Pei was the loss of her culture, of the art of embroidery that she has been working to bring back.

And there were tender moments that resonated, like when producer Darla Anderson thanked her wife, and writer Adrian Molina thanked his husband when they accepted the Best Animated Feature award for Coco, a beautiful film that celebrated Mexican culture.

Steve Burgess writes a film and culture column for The Tyee and is author of a new memoir: Who Killed Mom?

It's a treasure trove for film buffs, culture nerds and history mavens everywhere.

Breeders, a film by the Center for Ethics and Culture, investigates the growing practice of surrogacy: «Surrogacy is fast becoming one of the major issues of the 21st century — celebrities and everyday people are increasingly using surrogates to build their families.

But not just any meal: This one was being filmed as a pilot for a reality TV show based on Tammy Hotsenpiller's book, «Taste of Humanity» — which she described as an attempt to «bring cultures together through cuisine.»

These fundamentalists detect an anti-Christian value system in the media, and counsel a return to religious fundamentals, which often include proscriptions against dancing, movies, plays and rock concerts, attempts at censorship of media — especially films, television and books — and encouraging participation in church social events as a substitute for secular culture offerings.

1989 was the same summer that Spike Lee's race - relations film, DO THE RIGHT THING came out, I had just read Malcolm X's Autobiography for a class, my IVCF chapter was more and more seeking to explore the implications of «multi-ethnicity» for campus ministry, and as a college radio DJ I had been exposed to more of the best rap than most white suburbanites — that is, a number of threads came together for me at that time to allow me to be a right - on - the - sidelines spectator of the rap youth culture phenomenon.

Packaging technologies such as nanocomposite films, intelligent packaging, electrospinning and tunable materials enable greater convenience and product presentation — particularly important for the gift - giving culture in key Asian export markets.

Catch NC Theatre's «Beauty and the Beast,» celebrate a cupcake shop's birthday, learn about Japanese culture and food, and get ready for the solar eclipse with the film «Ladyhawke.»

She is also featured in Free for All: Fixing School Food in America by Janet Poppendieck (California Studies in Food & Culture, 2010) and Lunch Lessons: Changing the Way We Feed Our Children, by Ann Cooper and Lisa Holmes (HarperCollins, 2006), has been a guest on PBS's To The Contrary, and appears in the documentary film Two Angry Moms.

The mission of the not - for - profit Coolidge Corner Theatre is to entertain, inform, and engage — building a vital community through film culture.

The film milks the culture clash for all it's worth, with Anglicised Sajid swearing in full Northern accent all across the Pakistani countryside.

In his remarks, the Chairman, House Committee in Tourism, Arts and Culture, Hon. Desmond Elliot stated that Lagos State was not just in Cannes to sell and market itself as a venue for shooting films but to tell the world that the State has a Government that is a lover of the arts and entertainment industry.

Meanwhile in 2008 when shadow culture secretary, Burnham called for libraries to install coffee shops, book shops and film centres.

ELIZABETHTOWN A local screening is set for a film delving into beauty pageant culture in Venezuela.

Because many of the social cues are subtle — people discussing art films or books with intellectual vigor, for instance — Lamb says finding a way to fit in to a culture that comes with its own set of rules can sometimes be confusing.

This project has been extremely exciting for me and I have learnt a huge amount in many areas: science centres, film production, deaf culture.

The researchers were able to demonstrate, for instance, that factors responsible for hypertrophy — enlargement of cardiac cells for instance in athletes and pregnant women — also led to a growth in volume in the cardiac cells that had been cultured on a film of eADF4 (κ16).

Our favorite Tennessee date venues include: Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art (for some flora and culture), Belcourt Theatre (for newly released as well as indie films), Watts Bar Lake (for canoeing), Great Smoky Mountain National park (for picnicking), the TN Valley Winery (for, well, wine), the Cabana Restaurant (for intimate dining), and the Catbird Seat (for a more interactive eating experience).

«I think this film highlights where our current dating culture stands: how it can be good for some and problematic for others.

88 Wood Street, Liverpool L1 4DQ Best if you're dating: a film lover If your date likes their culture on the modern side, Liverpool has its very own Foundation for Art & Creative Technology, which has exhibitions on new media, film and video.

About Blog Film Junk is a blog, podcast and community website for movie lovers that is updated daily with news and reviews from the world of film and pop culture — all delivered with a fun - loving and sarcastic edge.

Whether your key interest is in films or theatre shows, you will find that the Watford Palace Theatre is the ideal place for a date with a touch of culture on the Watford dating scene.

But once you are in the zone the characters cease to feel like stereotypes of British culture, and for all its painterly cinematography the film has enough pace to sustain itself beyond its beautiful landscapes.

As we've come to expect from these type films, the dialogue is loaded with numerous goofy puns and timely pop - culture references that always provide entertainment for the grown - ups, but I don't think we've ever had them thrown at us at such a machine - gun like pace.

As in many Nair films, her characters are displaced, caught between two cultures, searching for a new personal niche.

Given the way Black Panther embraces diversity, and given how heavily the Wakandan culture itself plays a role, it would be almost negligent for the film to not address current issues of race and economic disparity in some fashion.

On some level, Black Panther is a pushback against a Hollywood culture that shies away from «black films» made for mainstream audiences.

One of the film's key scenes shows the village assembly in Hirut's area carefully debating her case, and when Meaza attempts to leave a meeting with Hirut's parents without staying for a meal, she is brought up short by a mother who insists, «you must not forget our culture.»

The film makes use of some kick - ass cinematography (colorful imagery of the summer, and a picture that reflects childhood innocence), while the story sheds light on poverty, and the bad things that come along with it, and how it affects childhood, and for me, that is what pop culture nowadays would describe as «woke», because not a lot of films these days shed light on those important issues.

After the family moved to California, Von Teese became even more immersed in film culture, and eventually studied costume design in college, preparing for a career in styling period films.Von Teese began working at a local strip club when she was 18, but was disappointed by the lack of style and creativity shown by most of the dancers.

The film is very much of its time, trying desperately for «cult» credibility as it is by casting Lemmy, Iggy Pop and that bloke from Fields Of The Nephilim in cameo roles; it also sports a soundtrack by Goth - punk rockers The Ministry and contains the inevitable fractal imagery and pretentions towards artiness that were peculiar to post 80s popular culture.

The film stars Keanu Reeves as a former hitman that has left his profession for a happier, mainstream, life, but an unfortunate turn of events force him to return to the seedy underbelly of New York City's hitman culture.

It is in the brief last act, set in the hippie culture of 1975 and then the present day, when everyone is gray - haired and wearing wrinkle makeup, that the film leaves its element for a quick gulp of easy sentimentality.

It doesn't rank up their with the all - time Pixar greats for me personally, but there's still no denying it offers not only many eye - popping sights to behold, but a refreshing examination of Mexican culture that is certainly unique, not only for Pixar but for a major animated film in general.

But it also proves that the respect for the different cultures within the film is genuine, not just a device for boosting Costner's artistic standing.

You get a sense of what differentiates Romans from the citizens of Pompeii, the geography and culture of the place, and the production values seem solid enough for what was probably a mid-to-lower end of high - budget film.

«Crooked Arrows» gets points for its glimpses of Native American culture and history - the film's backers include the Onondaga Nation - but too many of these scenes are disappointingly static.

Its absurdist scenarios serve as little more than a ramshackle frame for bizarre non sequiturs, stoned pop - culture riffing, and some of the weirdest gags ever to make it into a studio - released film.

Critics have seemingly cooled on Tarantino's pop culture patchwork technique over the years, mistaking cleverness for ironic detachment and his singularly innovative mode of theory - to - practice film geekery for plagiaristic slapdash kitsch just as Tarantino is reaching personal heights as an auteur, and it begs the question: did Shakespeare have to deal with cooler - than - thou backlash from his detractors?

Since much of modern life — including most films — are forbidden in Hasidic culture, and because the film was shot semi-surreptitiously, it's unclear whether there could be repercussions in this strict, tightly - knit community for those involved in this secular undertaking.

For fans of the genial, garrulous Gold, of Los Angeles culture or of films about food, City of Gold will easily merit four stars and its 90 - minute length.

There's still enough of Doyle's hilariously foul dialogue and outrageous, culture - shocked Irish characters for the film to be a good bit of fun.

The film's energy and passion (and no doubt, eye for detail) can't be faulted, but a tighter film could have more pointedly made the connection between the subjects» brief lifespans and the fate of a young culture of refusal that arguably died when the system it questioned was replaced by a differently oppressive social order.

Originally a music event, its film component is now a launchpad for movies big and small and a gathering place for anyone involved in pop culture.

Gorgeously shot and totally moving, the film highlights a unique, centuries old - culture from a region known to outsiders for its wine and not a whole lot else.

Taking Lives is a socio - political horror film trapped in the body of a game show hostess; smart in spite of itself, it's a statement on a bedazzled culture forever reaching for enlightenment with one hand and distractedly fondling the contents of its corpulent crawlspaces with another.

Refreshing, in these times, to find a spoof on a genre of films that isn't just a rattling off of pop culture references and obvious sight gags, though Shaun of the Dead is still a favorite for many audiences.