Sentences with phrase «importance of a film like»

It's difficult to measure the importance of a film like this - and it's a relief that, besides being so relevant, this is such a great movie.

Looking back, it's easy to recognize the importance of a film like Dumb and Dumber.

Here's hoping the story and script can do justice to the importance of a film like this one; in the climate of today's entertainment industry, a smart, show - stopping female - led blockbuster could be more valuable than ever.

Perhaps the existence of Warm Bodies deflates the importance of a film like Life After Beth, both romantic comedies which explore the relationship difficulties that emerge when one of the members of the happy couple is a zombie.

Not exact matches

It's a film that often calls attention to its own self - importance and falters when compared to Spielberg's best historical dramas like «Munich» and «Lincoln,» movies that earn their messages instead of just stating them.

The look of the film adds to its feeling almost like a fable, as do the importance of several everyday objects: a torn photograph, an empty water bucket, a child's bright red dress, a pair of scissors, a crutch belonging to Parvana's father (he lost a leg in the fight against the Soviets).

Kubrick fanatics will probably be the most gladdened at the participation of critic and Kubrick: The Definitive Edition author Michel Ciment, who goes full - tilt film studies in his 20 - minute conversation, picking Barry Lyndon apart like a mechanic dismantling an engine to show how it works, and its place of importance within the director's body of work.

The heyday for American film criticism was the»70s because I think the people that got into it at that point were really inspired by the likes of Andrew Sarris and Pauline Kael, both of whom became famous and established the importance of film critics as a cultural force.

In early 2009, the «everything - is - connected» movie finally hit bottom when its chief architect, writer Guillermo Arriaga (21 Grams, Babel), made his directorial debut with The Burning Plain, a film that epitomized the dirge - like self - importance of the worst cinematic puzzles.

In the place of a genuine dialogue on the subject of a vertiginous period in gender politics in the United States is a fruitless discussion of the titular Mona Lisa Smile, placing women, The Hours - like, in some sort of inscrutable ocean of secrets (cribbing Titanic, another film, as it happens, that features a revisionist femme recognizing the importance of Picasso): troubled waters looking for bridges and objets d'art in need of deconstruction.

It feels like a film about the importance of looking not to the present, but to the future for true salvation — which nicely chimes with King's vocal hatred of an American commander in chief, a man who seems violently obsessed with the short game.

It is here that the film feels most like family entertainment; there are deep and resonant themes of the importance of family and the unshakeable resolve of children (none of which should come as a surprise to those who have seen Laika's other works), but these are little more than surface reads that could have benefitted from a more robust screenplay.

At a time when there's so much incertainty in the US political climate, a film like «The Post» arrives to remind us all of the importance of whistle - blowers.

This highly entertaining return of one of the cinema's most enduring giant beasts moves like crazy — the film feels more like 90 minutes than two hours — and achieves an ideal balance between wild action, throwaway humor, genre refreshment and, perhaps most impressively, a nonchalant awareness of its own modest importance in the bigger scheme of things.

During the interview, David Gordon Green talks about why he responded to the story, why he didn't want to make a traditional inspirational story, balancing entertainment with the importance of telling a true story faithfully, deleted scenes, Sean Bobbitt's fantastic cinematography, what it was like filming at a Bruins game, and more.

The importance of a good cast in a film like this can not be underestimated and as an ensemble piece, it worked really well.

It also makes the entirety of the film feel like just a time waster, of no importance than to hold your attention with newer, shinier things to marvel at, like a parent trying to pacify their crying baby with whatever objects or sounds are readily available around the house.

Since the film is not a biopic in any traditional sense, you never feel like you are being lectured about the importance of an artist's output — instead, Matuszyński and screenwriter Robert Bolesto (of «The Lure» fame) pull you into Beksiński's unconventional household and allow you to grow accustomed to its inner rhythms.

But like its predecessor, this film never feels woolly: it's filled with entertaining CGI set - pieces and has an admirable underlying message about the importance of community spirit.

But there are also some important differences: Biff Grimes (Cagney) lacks Jim Corbett's gift for dominating the events of his own life; women have far greater importance here, with the title character (Rita Hayworth) and Amy (Olivia DeHavilland) being the central forces of the film; male friendship is complicated by betrayals and delusions (here the Jack Carson character is the traitor, while the unfortunate Grimes is rather like the Carson character in Gentleman Jim).

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When our Waggl team saw this film, it resonated with us immediately because we share core values like inclusion and the importance of culture and progressive leadership.