Sentences with phrase «from psychological drama»

Teller is back in another indie, but it's far from the psychological drama of the former title.

It has everything from psychological drama, romance, suspense and it's wrapped in a very nice little bow of crazy.

Not exact matches

They stay away from unnecessary drama, malicious gossip, and psychological warfare.

His investigation gets a boost when the FBI informs him that they have a picture of the murderer... [/ font][font = Century Gothic] The thing that separates superior psychological dramas like «Keane» and «Red Road» from a mediocrity like «Fear X» is a certain fearlessness, not only from the director but also from the lead actor.

British TV director Michael Pearce makes a commanding feature debut with this psychological drama - thriller that puts an eerily windswept island location to fine use and features an excellent lead performance from Jessie Buckley, whose open, intelligent face transmits thought and feeling with piercing clarity.

From 2010 to 2013, Wilson appeared in the UK psychological police drama LUTHER as recurring character Alice Morgan, a research scientist and highly intelligent sociopath.

From here, the drama becomes psychological as Godell begins to break down before Wells and Adams arrive.

This tendency to entertain new experiences, to explore the limits of cultural conventions, is fully displayed in The Night Porter, Beyond Good and Evil (1977), and The Berlin Affair (1985), as well as in Cavani's most recent theatrical feature, Ripley's Game (2002), a psychological drama adapted from Patricia Highsmith's celebrated Ripley series.

His focus moves from physical horror associated with freakish events to psychological drama associated with the darkness of human mind, and I was not so surprised when he made a fairly conventional period drama «A Dangerous Method» (2011).

And Director David O. Russell shows exactly that with this heartwarming film that alternates from comedy and romance to psychological drama that you will surely enjoy.

From there, the film swiftly spirals into one mystery after another, making for an utterly gripping psychological drama infused with the ever - present Cold War paranoia of the midfifties.

Touched North American Premiere Writer / Director: Karl R. Hearne Starring: Hugh Thompson, Lola Flanery Logline: A ghostly, psychological drama about a young woman who disappears from her building and her solitary landlord who tries to track her down.

«American Sniper» wants to have it both ways — as a war - on - terror fantasy and poignant PTSD drama — but while it doesn't shy away from the physical and psychological horrors of battle, the movie is so heavy on pro-military propaganda that it doesn't realize its dramatic potential until it's too late.

«Central Park» joins a number of scripted originals ordered to series at Apple, including a morning TV drama from Jennifer Anniston and Reese Witherspoon, a reboot of Steven Spielberg's «Amazing Stories,» an untitled drama from «La La Land's» Damien Chazelle, a Kristin Wiig - led comedy inspired by the short story collection «You Think It, I'll Say It,» a psychological thriller from M. Night Shyamalan, «See» from «Peaky Blinders» creator Steven Knight and a space drama from «Battlestar Galactica's» Ronald D. Moore.

Briefly: Stalker — From creator Kevin Williamson, the psychological thriller drama stars Dylan McDermott and Maggie Q as detectives investigating...

Tom and I will run a different entry each day (we'll also reblog the other's post); and I'm delighted to welcome Jordan from Epileptic Moondancer to present his views on Roman Polanski's unnerving psychological drama The Tenant.

In Asghar Farhadi's outstanding psychological drama, a group of old university friends from Tehran embark on a weekend break at an idyllic resort on the Caspian Sea.

Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.

Loeb said that much of the show's psychological drama will stem from the show's villain, Zebediah Killgrave, A.K.A. the Purple Man, played by David Tennant.

In fact, each of his previous films, from Little Odessa to Two Lovers takes a concept that could be summed up in a sentence or two, then masterfully deepens the psychological implications and the external drama, with a fine attention to character detail.

Instead, Wyatt continuously shifts the tone from light to dark, gangster drama to psychological study, to family relationship study.

As the title card for Unforgettable was projected onto the screen at the beginning of our preview of this new psychological drama from debut director Denise Di Nova, I could only imagine the thoughts of irony going through my fellow critics» heads as the film played out before us.

Blind (Unrated) Psychological drama, set in Oslo, about a recently - blinded woman (Ellen Dorrit Petersen) who withdraws from the world to the security of her apartment to find herself facing both her deepest fears and her wildest, repressed fantasies.

His track record shows that a director with a distinctive style who's given leeway by the studio to deviate from the norm can make a crowd - pleaser that brings in the big bucks at the box office and also lands critical accolades — whether it's by reimagining comic book movies as political commentary (in the Dark Knight trilogy), sci - fi as quasi-post-apocalyptic family drama (Interstellar), or detective noir as psychological drama (Insomnia, Memento).

Nichols has made a career out of penning and directing intelligent, effective human dramas, from his 2007 debut Shotgun Stories through 2011's psychological masterpiece Take Shelter (also starring Shannon) and 2012's Mud, which featured a stunning turn from Matthew McConaughey.

Not perfect, but still worthwhile (especially since it's better than «Aquatic») is Wes Anderson «s India - set brothers travelogue, «The Darjeeling Limited,» Danny Boyle «s lovely and compelling, psychological sci - fi drama, «Sunshine» (another fantastically over-the-top John Murphy score with ambient help from Underworld) and Judd Apatow «s charming, enjoyable and deceptively melancholy, «Knocked Up.»

Notions of monogamy and ownership hover on the troubling periphery of Matthew Ross» debut Frank & Lola, a toxic psychological drama depicted exclusively from a masculine perspective.

«Jeff Nichols takes an unexpected detour from the psychological horrors of Take Shelter with his latest film entitled Mud: a thoughtful coming - of - age drama driven by the limitless power of love — and the great lengths many of us go to find it, obtain it, and keep it.

Psychological thriller «Split» is, as revealed in its final moments, a spin - off from the writer - director's well - received 2000 superhero drama «Unbreakable.»

In the Society's most prestigious category, the Buried Treasure, the nominees are: DAVE MADE A MAZE, a unique adventure film about a frustrated artist and his creation; the compelling documentary THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON, about an icon of the queer and trans movements; Dee Rees» MUDBOUND, a story of 2 families working the same land in 40s Mississippi; PATTI CAKE$, whose eponymous white lead dreams of being a rapper; the latest from the Dardennes brothers, psychological drama THE UNKNOWN GIRL; and WINDOW HORSES, an animiated film based on a graphic novel written by its Asian - Canadian director.

From filmmaker Antonio Campos (Afterschool), the indie drama Simon Killer is an unsettling psychological portrait of a well - educated, handsome young man named Simon (Brady Corbet) who travels to Paris to get over a recent break - up.

Grade: B + — Jeff Nichols takes an unexpected detour from the psychological horrors of Take Shelter with his latest film entitled Mud: a thoughtful coming - of - age drama driven by the limitless power of love — and the great lengths many of us go to find it, obtain it, and keep it.

In an intelligent psychological drama, director / co-writer Susanne Bier shows us some sure - footedness in developing a complex story and engaging us with characters that make the traumatic stress disorder resulting from war revealing.

The latest suspense novel from Julia Heaberlin blends «CSI» with psychological drama, as a serial killer's sole survivor finds herself doubting her own past — and her own role in a man's sentencing.

Layering the girls» voices in interspersed, lyrical poems that slowly build the psychological drama, Hemphill requires patience from her readers.

Steena is an Award winning author from Calgary, Alberta who writes psychological suspense, family drama, women's fiction and sweet romance.

Our ebooks cover everything from action thrillers to sagas, crime to zombie horror to intense psychological drama.

And that's a long way from the strangest thing you'll be doing over the next few hours, in this bizarre blend of detective drama, surreal comedy and psychological thriller.

From his earliest days at Human Entertainment, he worked depressing finales into wrestling games and turned the company's Syndrome series into a mind - warping psychological drama.

His visceral renderings of people from all walks of life have a painterly and psychological drama that is unparalleled in contemporary art.