Sentences with phrase «intimate character drama»

The film's desaturated, grubby poster made it look exactly like the torture - porn movies that were already out of vogue at that point, but the film itself is something different — an intimate character drama about two friends stuck in a backwoods cabin, where something unearthly is stalking them, and gradually making itself known.

Not much is known about the plot, other then it is an «intimate character drama».

Queen of Earth (IFC, DVD), Alex Ross Perry's follow - up to his breakout feature Listen Up Philip, is much more intimate a character drama.

It was inevitable that after building his name on these very low - key, intimate character dramas, Ponsoldt would eventually want to attempt an elevation into new territory, and that's where he found himself with the prescient tech thriller The Circle, based on Dave Eggers» acclaimed novel, for which Eggers and Ponsoldt collaborated on the screenplay.

Not exact matches

David Wenham is a versatile, red - haired actor whose chameleon - like ability to disappear into his characters has found him successful in everything from large - scale epics to intimate domestic dramas.

Fated: The Silent Oath is exactly the kind of game that VR was made for, and it's nice to finally see the technology put to work on small, intimate, emotive character drama.

The director is primarily known for intimate dramas and character studies, like last fall's Stronger.

Whether tackling a big studio comedy like Pineapple Express, an intimate drama like Snow Angels, or outrageous characters like Kenny Powers on HBO's Eastbound & Down, Green has repeatedly shown...

Whether tackling a big studio comedy like Pineapple Express, an intimate drama like Snow Angels, or outrageous characters like Kenny Powers on...

Ingmar Bergman's intense, character - based chamber drama Through a Glass Darkly has always seemed like it would make for a great, intimate theater piece.

Sarah Ward speaks to Weekend «s writer and director Andrew Haigh about the importance of character - driven drama, the impact of authenticity in approach, and the intricacies of telling an intimate love story.

Shot over the course of 18 days at the Savernam Estate's cavernous Tottenhouse House in the English countryside — a location that effectively doubles as an extra character in the otherwise spare, intimate psychological drama — the movie unfolds in mostly long - take wide shots, though Rumley also isn't afraid to stage a canted angle for art's sake.

The brilliance of Lawrence of Arabia is that it looks like an epic with all the big sets and sweeping music and widescreen vistas, but at its center is an enigmatic character study of a man who lives bigger - than - life, but is as personally conflicted as any intimate drama has ever portrayed.

The actress and human rights activist, 39, has written the «intimate, character - driven drama» that she will also star in.

Patrick Ness adapts his 2011 children's novel in A Monster Calls, a drama that walks a tightrope between intimate indie character study and effects - laden fantasy film.

Sarah Ward spoke to assistant editor turned writer and director Haigh about the importance of character - driven drama, the impact of authenticity in approach, and the intricacies of telling an intimate love story.

Life 2.0 Director: Jason Spingarn - Koff More than an examination of new technology, the film is foremost an intimate, character - based drama about people whose lives are dramatically transformed by the virtual world called Second Life.

Knight is responsible for having scripted such well - received drama / thriller fare as Dirty Pretty Things and Eastern Promises, in addition to biographical dramas (Amazing Grace, Pawn Sacrifice) and intimate character studies alike (Locke).

Sweeping and sultry literary fiction, featuring a memorable young heroine and engaging characters whose intimate dramas interconnect with hers.

Queen of the Underworld is sweeping and sultry literary fiction, featuring a memorable young heroine and engaging characters whose intimate dramas interconnect with hers.

Hope Gangloff paints her figures as characters, intimate friends, and acquaintances, narrating a drama from their canvases.