The two Melvilles are essential viewing
for lovers of film noir, or of French cinema in general.
Despite the stylistic and formal misfires, The Slippers» subject does remain compelling
for any lover of film, and one does get a glimpse into a niche group for whom the The Wizard of Oz holds a powerful meaning.
Not exact matches
From March 12 to 21, a huge crowd
of bands,
film nuts, movie execs and music
lovers will converge in Austin, Texas,
for the annual South by Southwest (SXSW)
film and music festival.
Cue the eye - rolling among
film buffs and beer
lovers alike, but this is just the latest example
of how brand involvement in entertainment, from product placement to original properties, has become the new frontier
for marketers.
I am happy,
for example, to recommend MUD, the
film most scandalously left off this year «s list
of Oscar - nominees
for Best Picture, to any movie -
lover.
Starring former Mouseketeer Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, the musical tells the story
of two struggling
lovers in modern day L.A.. From striking visuals to inspiring musical sets, the
film has already won awards at the Capri Hollywood International
Film Festival
for best ensemble cast and best
film score.
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.
If you have not seen the Oscar exhibit it is a must see
for all fashion
lovers and could be combined on the day
of the
film to make it a «Day
of Andre».
For lovers of art and «one of the worst films ever made,» the... bars around the Valley will be having speed dating and meeting events for singl
For lovers of art and «one
of the worst
films ever made,» the... bars around the Valley will be having speed dating and meeting events
for singl
for singles.
Paris is my favorite city, so my short
film was walking hand in hand along the Seine River with my
lover on a sunny morning on our way to the Musee» D'Orsay to view Impressionist paintings, followed by lunch at a sidewalk cafe, and a walk back to the hotel
for a late afternoon
of making love.
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Sure to delight X-fans everywhere and thrill action -
lovers all around, this movie is most likely the best comic - to -
film adaptation produced yet, despite a few changes made
for the sake
of creating an original story.
Though generally praised by
film lovers for its masterful use
of Copenhagen's s
PYONGYANGST - My Review
of THE
LOVERS AND THE DESPOT (3 Stars) Evoking more questions than answers, THE
LOVERS AND THE DESPOT, a documentary by filmmakers Ross Adam and Robert Cannan details the stranger than fiction account
of a prominent South Korean
film director and his actress ex-wife who were kidnapped by North Korea during Kim Jong Il's reign and were forced to make over 17 movies
for him.
I actually appreciate reviews like this, not because I agree with them (or are likely to agree; I haven't seen the movie yet), but because they say exactly what I would expect to read from an articulate
film lover who just isn't really
of the mindset to enjoy the MCU
for what it is.
A gesture
of intimacy haunts the remainder
of the
film: Katja borrows Nuri's glasses, symbolically sharing and assuming her
lover's vision, before unknowingly bidding him farewell
for the last time.
Expect a Cannes debut
for the latest
film (formerly titled The Nightingale) from the director
of Two
Lovers.
In «A Fantastic Woman,» a trans woman fought to be allowed to grieve
for her dead
lover, and Lelio's focus on the cruelty
of the surrounding world pushed the
film into a nightmare - scape.
This fact will be met with appreciation by those who don't enjoy seeing gay sex scenes,
of course, but it does seem silly to make a
film about a gay historical figure, keep referring to his gayness, show him pining
for his gay
lovers, and then never actually let him be gay.
Simultaneously the Spierigs» most elaborate (and surely expensive)
film and their most disappointing, this is still probably worth persevering with
for Mirren
lovers and diehard devotees
of paranormal pics.
We experience the delay
of the fantasy
of the happy old couple in their country home in cinematic time as,
for most
of the
film, the only body these
lovers have is the spellbinding combination
of visual fragments serving as apparitions to their voices.
This must be the age
of bliss
for Harry being he loves absolutly every movie he sees... it's fairly obvious he's being paid off, after the Batman And Robin fiasco (back when the site was pure) studios realized how powerful this kinda site can be so they decided to give knowles a wad
of cash to give their
films a good review... Only reason Star Trek Nemesis didn't get a good review was because Moriarty and others bashed Rick Berman so much he didn't wan na give them Money he was so insulted... everyone do a favor and goto http://www.corona.bc.ca/
films it's a real movie
lovers site withreal reviews and NEWS... no shit about how they got the news or that they think the
film reminds them
of from their youth, just news..
The biggest surprise
for Miike fans and musical
lovers alike is that
for all the black humor
of this deliriously bizarre fantasy «Happiness» is a warmhearted
film about sacrifice, support and four generations
of family togetherness.
If we look
for commonality among the worst
of the worst, we identify a slippage in
film - craft — enough so that the tease that maybe a few more frames
of Tod Browning's London After Midnight have turned up was enough to send shivers down the spine
of every practical - effects
lover in the audience.
However,
for all
lovers of Bruce Lee, kung fu flicks, and revivalists
of Seventies cool, it's a quintessential
film, indispensable in its genre and firmly implanted forever in
film history as the one that set the mold, even if future endeavors would top it in terms
of breathtaking action, daring stunts, and more substantial stories.
It's a rush
for the
film lover, who would know and love dozens and ozens
of the
films here.
For whatever reason, Warner Brothers packaged Jammin'the Blues, one
of the greatest short
films ever made, alongside Michael Curtiz's feature length Passage to Marseille (1944), a thoroughly mediocre military melodrama so desperate to replicate the success
of Curtiz's earlier masterpiece Casablanca (1942) that it reuses most
of the principal cast and some
of the same story beats about
lovers torn apart by war and self - centered anti-heroes who come to learn the importance
of self - sacrifice.
Although the
film is designed primarily
for a young audience, adult themes
of love and loss abound in its story
of mourning
lovers attempting to reach out across the dimensions.
An approachable musical about two
lovers out
of sync, The Last 5 Years is yet another stage
for Anna Kendrick to stand on and blow us away, and that in itself makes the
film notable.
This kind
of biographical
film always faces the danger
of having scene after scene
of famous people meeting other famous people, but Kaufman deploys it all smoothly and effortlessly, bringing this heady world
of revolution - minded artists and intellectuals to life as vividly as he did
for the space - race pioneers
of The Right Stuff and the Prague Spring
lovers of The Unbearable Lightness
of Being.
The
film also includes some real harm to horses, which does put a dampener on things, but the UK version has those shots cut out
for any
of you horse
lovers.
After nearly four years and an investment
of $ 41 million, the Film Society
of Lincoln Center's new theater complex, the group's most significant undertaking in years and one that could prove a boon
for lovers and distributors
of art house
films, now has an opening date.
Sharing honors from the Society Dramatic Authors and Composers, given annually to a French
film in Fortnight, were two very different tales
of romantic possibility in Paris: Philippe Garrel's black - and - white «
Lover for a Day» («L'Amant d'un Jour»), about a 23 - year - old woman who learns that her father is dating a girl her age, and Claire Denis» «Let the Sunshine In» («Un Beau Soleil Intérieur»), starring Juliette Binoche as a divorced artist looking
for love in many
of the wrong places.
What is fascinating, however, is that Eternal Sunshine's happy ending sits rather uncomfortably at the conclusion
of a
film that demolishes the thematic core
of the genre itself: the idea that these two
lovers are made
for each other and that they will, as a result, live happily ever after.
The personal drama between her
lover (Andrea Riseborough) and her own husband Larry King (Austin Stowell) takes center stage
for most
of the
film, without directly impacting the other events on screen.
And perhaps it's that lack
of a clearly defined protagonist that has kept Alice Sweet Alice at an arms distance to many a
film lover: there's nobody to really root
for in this movie, just a joyless bunch
of terrified, damaged, working class hypocrites who offer up their children to the alter
of Christ without conscience... and suffer gravely
for it.
In its 20th year as an organization, the Las Vegas
Film Critics Society has solidified itself as a noted and trustworthy source
for film criticism by all
lovers of film and cinema.
The story
for the
film revolves around what would appear to be a couple
of star crossed
lovers.
«Kicks is an accomplished first feature and will resonate with Canadian
film lovers,» said Michael Robson, senior vice-president
of acquisitions and business development
for D Films.
The Secret Life
of Pets may not be the smartest or most inventive animated
film in recent memory, but it's harmless, suitable -
for - all - ages summer fun that delivers genuine laughs and plenty
for pet
lovers to enjoy.
However as a whole, this is a satisfying, and truly unique viewing experience, and we get to see a director who is at ease with such grand ideas
of storytelling, and in the end, we get an experience like no other, and
for true
film lovers, we couldn't ask
for any more.
Lovers collide on an alluring island in the Strait
of Sicily, and
for 124 minutes
of heaven, rockers and youngins romp, as if to sate themselves
for fear
of drowning in hell at any moment in Luca Guadagnino's rapturous
film of pools and partying.
A Single Man Tom Ford's adaptation
of the Christopher Isherwood novel, about a gay man grieving over the death
of his
lover, is a bleak, intelligent
film that serves as a showcase
for what may be Colin Firth's finest
film performance, the ultimate elucidation
of the character he has been playing, in one form or another,
for years: The man who feels too much to allow himself to show it.
Most
of the features that make Lewis» directorial work such a remarkable exception to the dominance
of a realist aesthetic in Hollywood filmmaking are brilliantly apparent in The Errand Boy, including the foregrounding
of sound manipulation (most blatant in the sequence involving the post-synchronisation
of the song «
Lover»
for a musical
film, and in the tape manipulation
of Kathleen Freeman's reaction to having been left by her driver in the back seat
of a convertible receiving a car wash) and the placement
of actors in a shot so as to highlight the presence
of the camera (as when Morty, an undirected and oblivious extra in a
film - within - the -
film cocktail - party scene, keeps looking at the camera from the background
of a shot in which other extras, in their roles as party guests, intermittently block him from the camera).
For while the
film lover in me thrilled at this a cross-section
of challenging global cinema, much
of it already garlanded with festival gold, it was also hard to suppress the mordant gallows mentality
of my inner Oscar - watcher.
Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight) was recently turned down
for a role in a
film because she was told she was too old to play the
lover of a 55 year old man.
A real movie
lover's movie, The Aviator sees Martin Scorsese bring a touch
of panache to this Howard Hughes biopic, which features probably Leonardo DiCaprio's best performance to date (though he does look rather too young
for most
of the
film) and a host
of other fine performances, none finer than Cate Blanchett, who is mesmerising as Katherine Hepburn (though never quite so mesmerising as Hepburn herself was).
The
film also captures the darker side
of a mercurial man who rarely made it easy
for those who dared to get close to him, especially his
lover Angie (Elisabeth Moss).
The soulful main theme, «Trouble Man», wields the idiosyncrasies
of the legendary Motown artist while echoing the emotional journey
of Robert Hooks» lead character Mr T. Advancing Gaye's outline
of soundtracking
for a new generation
of film and music
lovers, Lamar evidently foregrounds his own musical identity while adding nuance to Black Panther's characters via the lead single «All The Stars».
Each
of his
films takes place in its own strange sovereignty, whether the Texas prep school
of «Rushmore,» the train running through India in «The Darjeeling Limited» or the island hideaway
for a pair
of adolescent
lovers in «Moonrise Kingdom.»