Sentences with phrase «how current the film»

Boutella, who didn't know the book before signing on to play Clarisse, was struck by how current the film feels, with the way we interact with our telephones and social media.

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She has a keen understanding of her place in Hollywood, right now — as one of the breakout stars of a beloved sitcom; as the most fascinating character on Legion, one of current TV's most fascinating shows; as a high - profile woman in an industry currently under an enormous amount of scrutiny for how it treats women; and as an actress building a singularly astonishing resume of excellent, low - flying indie oddball films like Ingrid Goes West and Safety Not Guaranteed.

Imaginative and exciting education, with specific courses targeted to children, youth and adults, dealing with Christian values and how they relate to current TV, film and video, is tailor - made for videocassette distribution to churches, schools and families.

The Nature Video team filmed three discussions on issues that matter to the current generation of chemists, including the world's pressing problems and how chemistry can help us to solve them.

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

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.

And you understand how Lincoln is at once remembering the expansion of that power by this singular man and also admiring what can achieve (it's hard not to read in the film allusions to the current US government stalemates).

The genocide is a sloppy cover up, those who perpetrated the genocide are still in power, and young students are taught that communists are horrible adulterers.This film fleshes out the story of just one of the families affected and begs the question, how many tens of millions of family have similar stories but remain silent in fear of what the current regime would do if they spoke out.

Obviously, the film leans in the direction of peace, but it's as subjective as a documentary could possibly be on this subject, and it definitely makes one think of the true consequences of war, the nature of American imperialism, and how it all relates to our current situation in Iraq and the rest of the world.

During an interview with Collider, Incredibles 2 director Brad Bird shared some juicy tidbits about the film's script, the release date, and how it will stand out from the current crop of superhero movies.

There's much discussion about how the film is supposedly a game changer, how it's more in tune with the current zeitgeist as opposed to the traditional narrative strengths and linearity of a period piece like The King's Speech.

How do you feel about the current health of the Korean film industry?

Random Thoughts: Once again, a film is able to show me how awful war is, especially the current state of it.

The film has also jumped into the current of black political thought and action, prompting challenging think pieces about how T'Challa and Killmonger's rift is representative of familiar ideological debates in the black community, and what the film's politics represent about the state of black America.

Topics will range from thematic undercurrents and visual styles (I hope to show how the films develop a serious, even challenging visual language that both reflects and informs current traits of the modern blockbuster) and will also touch on more subtle or obscure details that deserve heightened focus.

When you start thinking about the film's themes of fighting for gender equality and standing up to a man like Riggs, you realize how it mirrors the current fight in a post-Trump election.

One senses the conspiracy maniac champing at the bit in the stray shot across the bow at how we're going to avenge this blow against our country (by taking down a Middle Eastern nation because its despot once tried to kill our current leader's daddy, apparently), or in recycled footage of Bush Jr. jetting across the country, pausing long enough at the stray landing strip to deliver robot platitudes and promises of vengeance — yet Stone resists politicizing the events of 9/11 by presenting what can most delicately be described as an entirely unexceptional film about completely familiar events.

Willems dives into the current state of online film criticism — what people expect from it, how people are consuming it, and what its true potential really is.

Edgar Wright is already one of my favorite directors, and his collaborations with co-writer and star Simon Pegg are already among my favorite films, but what amazed me is how relevant the «Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy» — Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World's End — are to the current state of the world.

Edgar Wright is already one of my favorite directors, and these collaborations with co-writer and star Simon Pegg are already among my favorite films, but what amazed me is how relevant these films are to the current state of the world.

But given how wild Black Friday is at the box office, and the current buzz for the film, Coco could conceivably go much higher.

Viewers will be struck by how eerily familiar and current the tactics depicted in this film are.

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It's a brilliant framing device that shows how the film sees Internet communication not as a current events issue, but an issue of human relationships when faced with endless nothingness.

The film takes an eye - opening look at America's addiction to oil, from its corporate conspiracy beginnings to its current monopoly today, and explains clearly and simply how we can end it.

The film initiates an important dialogue about the current techniques used in modern war, and in the same vein as THE HURT LOCKER and FULL METAL JACKET, illustrates how war is constantly being redefined according to the technologies and methods in play.

But where recent films like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and A Most Wanted Man are absorbing, smartly crafted espionage dramas, Red Sparrow only manages to bring the same amount of intrigue in short bursts and does so without making any significant statements about the current political landscape, despite how deeply ingrained the Russian narrative is in today's 24 - hour news cycle.

Of the three current films about women («Moonlight and Valentino» and «How to Make an American Quilt» are the others), this is the least introspective but the most fun.

Among the topics addressed are alterations made (Michael Gambon was deleted from the film), the script contributions of the uncredited David Rabe, casting, the cast's chemistry, struggling to earn an R rating, the real Westies gang being dramatized, the difficulties such a «slow burn» film would face being made today (he repeatedly laments the current state of cinema), his influences, the crime genre, how U2 nearly scored the film, how Ennio Morricone actually did score the film, and Joanou's disheartening personal career trajectory.

I forgot how clearly this film was designed to be a new «Nightmare on Elm Street,» complete with its own Freddy Krueger, a serial killer (played by Mitch Pileggi) who can possess people and travel through electrical currents.

The main positive that comes out of awards season (beyond that underlying current of a vainglorious industry enthusiastically patting itself on the back for just how awesome it is) is exposure for films that might not have been seen by as wide an audience without the awards show bump.

Unfortunately, this also calls to mind just how bad these kinds of films have become when looking at Van Wilder as the current state of sophomoric college comedies.

«Evil Comes in Small Packages» is a 25 - minute retrospective making - of complete with an option to watch its three sections separately: «The Birth of Chucky» expounds on Mancini's original vision of the story (a golem in service to Andy's id, brought to life by a blood - brother ritual) and how it evolved into its current form; «Creating the Horror» discusses casting and the shoot itself — including brief snippets of rehearsal footage of Dourif acting out Chucky's every move; and «Unleashed» describes the film's release and Chucky's ascent to cult stardom.

Once these premises appear, Loach spends the majority of each film illustrating how the current economic system makes achieving these goals hugely difficult.

Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the movie is how current it manages to be, including references to «The Dark Knight» (well, to Batman, anyway) and just about every film to make back its budget in the last year — and then it kicks «Speed Racer» and «Love Guru» while they're down, for good measure.

The efforts of The Washington Post to publish the Pentagon Papers despite legal challenges from the president should make an inspiring film... or maybe a depressing reminder of how much the current relationship between the White House and the fourth estate harkens back to the Nixon age.

What's constantly frustrating about The Current War is that it has an interesting period of history and three historically important figures, but the film has no idea how to use them.

How do you make a film that speaks to the current political climate when the climate changes by the hour?

As many column inches have been spilled on such films» individual merits as on what they mean: how they reflect current society, and what the public's response reflects back at them.

Here's a current ranking of all 19 MCU films and how much money they made via Box Office Mojo — some of the results might surprise you.

He has gone on to film four movies including The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and Jet Trash, which is how he met his current girlfriend, French actress Sofia Boutella.

The documentary film describes how the current U.S. educational system, which was developed a century ago, leaves many graduates unprepared for the 21st century.

Providing insight into a frustrating inconsistency in the performance of electronics made with organic materials, Stanford researchers have shown that the way boundaries between individual crystals in a film are aligned can make a 70-fold difference in how easily current, or electrical charges, can move through transistors.

The plot follows the adventures of high school Peter and sounds like it's probably pretty compatible with how things are portrayed in the current films and cartoons.

Marvel's current dominance over the worldwide box office is not only down to the insane popularity of its series of iconic superheroes, but also in how successfully each film executes a unique and tonally diverse perspective on the same interconnected universe.

Building on this process, how do you describe your current interactions with cinema / film / video, the stuff animals, and the audio manipulations in relationship to your earlier exploitations of pristine (virgin) objects and materials?

We spoke to the Canadian - born artist about his current show at David Zwirner Gallery, how he approaches his burgeoning film career, and what draws him to the father of the readymade.

Although scientists dismissed how the filmmakers employed climate science (in the film the world enters an implausible new Ice Age), a slowdown in the current is certainly a theoretical possibility in the future.