Sentences with phrase «intimate character study»

At its heart, Blue Ruin is a powerfully intimate character study of a man haunted by his past.

Films such as The Insider, Ali, and Public Enemies are intimate character studies even if the subject matter of each is expansive.

It's as intimate a character study as you'll find, with Zhao reclaiming tried - and - true Western iconography in the name of her indigenous characters and Jandreau recreating scenes lifted partially from his own experiences.

The sprawling flavors of Iñárritu's ensemble work would ultimately shift towards intimate character studies, the first of which was 2010's Biutiful.

«And then you put down the phone and go, «Oh fuck, I'm playing Hamlet...»» While his performance is certainly revelatory, Oldman found himself in good company in Wright's handsomely mounted yet surprisingly intimate character study, with excellent supporting performances from the likes of Kristin Scott Thomas as Churchill's wife Clementine and the usually rather oikish Mendelsohn scrubbing up nicely as the UK's elegant monarch.

Not his most flashy picture, Davies structures the film as more or less a wordy, profoundly intimate character study that plays on subtlety in ways few directors truly can.

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).

It is a movie which is a skin - peelingly intimate character study and a brilliantly nihilist, feminist parable: what happens when smart progressive career women give birth to boys: the smirking, back - talking, weapon - loving competitive little beasts that they have feared and despised since their own schooldays?

«First Reformed» is at once an intimate character study and an expansive and profound look at some of the most universal questions of our time, all told through one man's riveting and unforgettable personal journey.

With a gargantuan 5 + hour runtime, «Happy Hour» is the kind of intimate character study that's unheard of.

The Last Samurai At once a sprawling epic, an intimate character study, and a critique on American imperialism, Edward Zwick's The Last Samurai is the director's crowning achievement.

The hyper reality is perfectly matched with this intimate character study.

Recreating Ching dynasty China with astonishing detail and unparalleled craftsmanship by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti, The Last Emperor is also an intimate character study of one man reconciling personal responsibility and political legacy.

Jim Jarmusch «s «Paterson,» and its star Adam Driver, deserve awards attention as well, though Jarmusch's intimate character study is so quiet and subtle that it may well get lost in the shuffle.

All try to cope with the bad hand dealt the best they can, but tensions still form in this appealing and intimate character study.

Canadian - Korean filmmaker Albert Shin's In Her Place is first and foremost an intimate character study, revolving around three female characters locked into an arrangement beset by compassion.

Canadian - Korean filmmaker Albert Shin's In Her Place is first and foremost an intimate character study, revolving around three female characters...

No matter, this is another jewel in New Line's digital crown — a glowing example of how to present even an intimate character study so that it qualitatively competes with high - profile blockbusters, which generally receive the better DVD transfers.

On its surface, Esil Vogt's Blind is an intimate character study of a woman who having lost her sight is only left with her imagination to keep her invested in a world on which she is slowly losing her grip.