Sentences with phrase «for film history»

Scorsese has long been a champion of film preservation and with his love letter to the cinema this year, «Hugo», he continues to show his admiration for film history and the many pursuits to keeping those records alive.

Directors have been using Léaud as a walking metaphor for mortality and for film history for several years: they have used him not for novelty casting as such, but to represent an idea of damaged glory or to play a kind of phantom, both of himself and of a certain ideal of cinema.

Although he supposedly retired to Tasmania in the early 2000s, it is very difficult to see a substantial decrease in his level of engagement or activity, though it did give him more time to write for such outlets as Senses of Cinema and communicate his passion for film history, as well as contemporary cinema, in a series of lectures or talks (I'm sure he'd prefer the latter term) held over a ten - year - period at the State Cinema in Hobart.

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Cohen argues that a better title for this film might have been, «the history of Apple computers.»

Tiny yellow «Minions» topped this weekend's box office, pulling in a reported $ 115.2 million in North America alone and earning the second - largest opening for an animated film in history.

Such collectors have spent sums of money normally associated with new car purchases for their piece of film history.

The crowdfunding site Kickstarter might be best known for funding films, games and products — like Pebble, the Palo Alto - based smartwatch whose maker raised more than $ 20.3 million in March, making it the most - backed product in the site's history.

But for serious collectors, nothing less than a tangible piece of the film's history will do.

Carey filmed his segment in April, pitching for what he calls «the largest legitimate ask in reality TV history»: $ 2 million for four per cent of his company, for a $ 50 million valuation.

The film surpassed Frozen's record of $ 67.4 million to earn the biggest debut ever for a non-Pixar Disney animated film, and it also scored the fourth - highest March opening weekend in box office history.

It's a nice history lesson for anyone who's interested in Apple, but the second half of the film is where things really start to get interesting.

It is a commercial center for large farming and ranching but is often called «Little Hollywood» because of its history with the film industry.

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

In 2018, dozens of superheroes from various movies over the last nine years will come together for Avengers: Infinity War, and supposedly connect the plots of all these movies together, making the MCU one of the most ambitious projects in film history.

Michael Fassbender, who portrays the most sadistic of Northup's three masters in the film, has little patience for the oft - heard notion that it is time for America to forget about its horrific history with slavery.

For anyone who cherishes the Scriptures as passionate presentations of God at work in history, this film is dead at its core.

We never learn much about her history, save for a few significant bombshells down the road, yet she feels a good deal more dimensional than about 95 % of characters in film history.

The truly amazing part of the play's history is that it was originally conceived for the husband - wife film - star team of Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester 50 years ago, with the great director James Whale (the original Frankenstein) attached to helm the production.

It is a matter of serious consequence for theologians when a film based on religious subject matter is made, because more people will be likely to view that film than have read the New Testament in all history.

Last night at the Academy Awards, audiences witnessed the most awkward moment in Oscar history: Somehow, the wrong film was announced for Best Picture.

Women and minorities have largely and wrongly been shut out of places of influence for the century or so of film history.

For a few of the resort's food outlets, this includes riffing on the history of the Catskills Mountain region, a popular tourist destination immortalized in the film «Dirty Dancing.»

So he also enlisted Ryan Hegenberger, who has created campaigns for some of the most profitable films in Hollywood history.

Our film will counteract the century - long ad campaign that successfully vanquished the collective intuitive knowledge that women shared for most of history.

Sam's history as a film and TV Director / Producer of quality children's content positions her as the perfect person to guide the «Ruby's Studio» product line toward its goal of becoming a childhood staple for a new generation.

You may want to consider family history (Great Grandpa Zeb), favorite locations (Venice, where you honeymooned), or cherished literary or film characters (Greta, Meg, or Atticus, for example).

His award - winning two - hour special for the History Channel, Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey, airs April 20, and the IMAX film Grand Canyon Adventure, made in collaboration with environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., premiered in March.

Overall, «STEM CELL REVOLUTIONS» is a great film for anyone wanting to learn more about the history of stem cells, hear legendary researchers talk about their ground - breaking work and patients talk about how stem cell therapies have changed their lives, and still get a down - to - earth idea of what is realistically being accomplished with these cells.

Fight for Space is a documentary film that explores the history of the U.S. Space Program, the NASA budget, and the future.

It has a fascinating history of use in glass making, film developing, taxidermy, cooking and chemistry but I am most fond of it for its simple household uses.

Housed in an art deco building almost as interesting as the exhibits within, here you can find 100 years of Australia's film history and sound recordings preserved for posterity.

together the bizarre true history of a collection of some 500 films dating from 1910s - 1920s, which were lost for.

history took place near the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada and we still know Wigs Up North is a Manchester based business providing creative services and products for film, TV & theatre.

a great music film this is the words which i can say about Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids great work by Jonathan demme and great performance bt Justin Timberlake is this movie a history is counted they show the people the history not just the concert i love how jonathan direct this and i love the edition i love how justin timberlake is humble and lovely funny smart with everybody i'm more in love with him.this deserves an emmy and a grammy for best music film at grammys 2018 everybody should watch this movie is amazing congrats justin timberlake netflix and jonathan demme great music film truly amazing maybe we have this film in dvd soon i will love if its happen i» ll love some extras yes i will.

The film doesn't hold your hand, and while Cave may drop a first name here or there, or make mention of a band or hit single, there's nothing on screen spelling out for you a traditional Behind the Music - friendly history of Nick Cave.

I've heard that for South Africans that there are many references in this film by first - time director Neill Blomkamp that blatantly reflect the country's own history.

Other previous projects include NBC's medical drama TRAUMA, Millennium Films» PRIVATE VALENTINE, opposite Jessica Simpson, FAMILY GUY, and GARY UNMARRIED with Jay Mohr, Adam Sandler's SPANGLISH, Sony's LIES & ALIBIS, starring John Leguizamo, DIRTY, opposite Cuba Gooding Jr., DRAGON WARS, the highest - grossing film in South Korea's history, and the Lionsgate feature, GO FOR IT!

This film isn't designed as a multiplex - buster, but anyone with a taste for motorsport history will find it irresistible.

The filmmakers went into this project insisting that all the actors do their own singing, and while «crooners» like Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth (let alone Stellan Skarsgård, who is very, very brave to have done his own singing) are not going to go down in history as much more than barely competent, star Meryl Streep, who has already proven her musical chops theatrically and previously in such films as Postcards from the Edge, is marvelous, if a bit too country - yodelish for this patently pop score.

While the film's reach exceeds its grasp when it comes to deconstructing the western genre and the real life history that it reflects, Hostiles nevertheless makes for a respectable mood piece, as well as an acting showcase for its main leads.

I was not one of A Beautiful Mind's historical accuracy Nazis, who used the film's marginalization of the real John Nash as a way to bash the film (for my money, it was the horrid screenplay and direction that made it such a painful film to watch, not its artistic rewriting of history), though the erasing of Turing in Enigma is rather distressing.

While I'm a Born Liar assumes too much knowledge of Fellini's oeuvre and place in film history to be of much use as an general introduction... the legendary director's enthusiastic participation makes it a must - see for buffs.

Of course, those who follow our indieWIRE column know that, not unlike Malick, who seems to have settled on a Cerberian strategy for presenting his film to audiences, we've rewritten our own history by placing The New World at the top of a list where once Kings and Queen rested.

Even more than most of the Winnipeg auteur's efforts, «The Forbidden Room» is a toy box for fans of film history, its illusion of a Russian - doll structure (though there's really no innermost sanctum here, title notwithstanding) furthering a sense that every reference here leads to an even more esoteric one.

Although Lassie may seem like a unusual film for Morton to appear in, she has a history of working in family friendly fare having provided the voice for Ruby in the Max and Ruby animated television series based on the popular children's books by Rosemary Wells.In 2007 she appeared as Mary Stuart in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, and appeared in the Ian Curtis biopic Control.

If the title character, Machuca, was given more of a reason for his name to be the title than the film could have been better, or have reached a different direction, but it is still a well made film, and I learned about some Chilean history that I was not aware of before hand.

The film could have easily played out as a conventional redemption story for Joe, but it avoids going that route and recognizes that its protagonist's history of violence - both against others and himself - is complicated and can not be simply reconciled.

Although not known for enjoying interviews, Clifford was keenly interested in film history and made appearances in two documentaries on the subject: the 1984 Ulster Television program A Seat in the Stars: The Cinema and Ireland and historian Anthony Slide's ground - breaking The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors.

The discourse is cut together with clips from early Merchant Ivory films like Bombay Talkie and The Guru, providing an interesting platform for the way film history invariably impacts each generation differently.

Few would dispute that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 concluded things on a high note for the biggest series in film history by earnings and concentration.