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-LSB-...] by acclaimed writer / director Chan - wook Park which was named best foreign language film by the Boston Society of Film Critics.

Then, compare the play to the movie THE HANDMAIDEN by acclaimed writer / director Chan - wook Park which was named best foreign language film by the Boston Society of Film Critics.

This is the first major English - language film by Chilean director Sebastián Lelio,...

Its like they collectively seek to smother out all foreign language films by not acknowledging their presence.

Not exact matches

R - rated films limit their audiences based on excessive violence, sexual situations, drug use, and language, as determined by the MPAA.

Directed by Berlin - based filmmaker Felix Randau, the $ 4 million film is a fictional account of Ötzi's life, all in an invented language with no subtitles.

Luis Leiva and Vicent Alabau at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, were inspired by the film Blade Runner, in which characters use a street language called «Cityspeak», a mix of languages including Japanese, Spanish and German.

The Blu - ray includes a booklet containing Blixen's original story and a short but informative essay by frequent Criterion film commentator Mark Le Fanu, discussing the film's choice of language and locale, and contextualizing it among Scandinavian films of the era, and via Axel's personal history.

Of course, there is pleasure in talky scenes à la Tarantino, but this Korean film, directed by Kim Ki - Duk, driven by body language and nuance, does so well without them.

In Clare Peploe's English - language film version, which opens today in New York and Los Angeles, Marivaux's trademark banter — what the French call «marivaudage» — is blunted, but his jaunty, slightly decadent spirit is well served by the director and her superb cast.

I think this beautiful adaptation gets no justice, the melodic storytelling and dramatic performances don't seem out of place in this tragic film, it keeps to the Shakespearean roots by maintaining the language which in its form sounds poetic, the story has however been updated to suit

Brought to life by sign language so fluent that Koko could follow the film without subtitles, the friendship between Davis and his primate pal is the closest thing this story has to an emotional core.

I think this beautiful adaptation gets no justice, the melodic storytelling and dramatic performances don't seem out of place in this tragic film, it keeps to the Shakespearean roots by maintaining the language which in its form sounds poetic, the story has however been updated to suit today's audience.

Directed by Peter Chelsom, this film is the English - language remake of Masayuki Suo's 1995 romantic comedy of the same name; the Japanese version earned a record - breaking 9.5 million dollars in United States box offices.

Even with the presence of a rare outright misfire (Third Person, from Crash director Paul Haggis), SPC managed to boost its already - high average Metascore by a few points last year, thanks to widely praised films like Mr. Turner (the year's # 2 drama, behind Boyhood), Leviathan (2014's best - reviewed foreign - language film), and Sundance hit Whiplash.

But it is a powerful film, one of the nine shortlisted for the foreign - language Oscar, and it is elevated, as it would need to be, by Diane Kruger's superb performance in the central role.

After introducing the magical plant of the film's title — a phosphorescent wild berry that blooms just once every seven years — the movie settles into the bucolic lull of its rural surroundings, as Mary (voiced by Ruby Barnhill in the English - language version) unpacks her belongings at her new home, a charming cottage belonging to her Great - Aunt Charlotte (Lynda Baron).

The film too often puts too much trust in dialogue, as Marie and Boris's predicament is sometimes perfectly conveyed by the actors» facial expressions and body language.

The story of a young girl (voiced by The BFG's Ruby Barnhill) who discovers that she has been born into a long traditional of witchcraft, the film — adapted by Yonebayashi and Riko Sakaguchi, with an English - language script by David Freedman and Lynda Freedman — is predicated on a sense of wonder, but so much of its world feels familiar, if comfortably so, like a favorite band playing their old hits.

Prior to that, he produced and starred in Phil Morrison's black comedy ALL IS BRIGHT alongside Paul Rudd and lent his vocal talents to the English - language version of the Oscar - nominated French animated feature, ERNEST & CELESTINE, and the highly anticipated feature - film adaptation of THE LITTLE PRINCE, directed by Mark Osborne.

At its worst, the film dangerously repackages the queer experience using language invented by those originally deployed to break it apart.

He did not simply depart from the facts of history, inventing, in the title characters, a squad of mostly Jewish - American killers led by a United States Army lieutenant from Tennessee; he rewrote the past in the vivid, visceral language of film fantasy.

Incidentally, the liner notes state that THE TOUCH «was largely driven by Hong Kong action star Michelle Yeoh, who was eager to make a big English language film after starring in Ang Lee's CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON — 2000».

The French - language film from Marie Noelle was co-written by Marie Noelle and Andrea Stoll.

Otherwise she's still Noomi Rapace, an attractive and altogether talented actor whose English language film presence is, by now, natural.

Granted by France's Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers, the SACD Award for best French - language film went to Pierre Salvadori's screwball crime romcom «The Trouble with You.»

WHITE LIES (TUAKIRI HUNA), the New Zealand Film Commission funded Maori language feature film written and directed by Dana Rotberg, has been submitted as the official New Zealand...

(1) The Intouchables, an $ 11.5 million dramedy, based on a true story, that was co-written and co-directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano and has become the second highest - grossing French film of all - time in France and grossed more than $ 355 million internationally (more than any other French film and, for that matter, any non-English-language film, save for The Passion of the Christ); and (2) Rust and Bone, a fictional drama that was co-written and directed by Jacques Audiard, a best foreign language film Oscar nominee three years ago for France's Un Prophet, and features tour - de-force performances from Marion Cotillard, the best actress Oscar winner five years ago, and Matthias Schonaerts, the star of last year's Belgian nominee Bullhead.

The drama about the last chapter of a long marriage, which stars two veteran French actors (Jean - Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva) and premiered at May's Cannes Film Festival (where it won the Palme d'Or), was claimed by Austria because the Academy's rules dictate that a film's nationality is dependent not on the language that is primarily spoken in the film or the origins of the stars, but rather on the origins of the majority of the film's principal behind - the - scenes talent — the writer, director, and producer.

The film, by director Andrey Zvyagintsev, won the Golden Globe for foreign language film on Sunday, making it the first Russian movie to win a Globe since 1969's «War and Peace.»

This film is rated R by the MPAA for pervasive language, sexual content including nudity, and some drug material.

Directed by Luca Guadagnino, it's here because Guadagnino's decision to shoot on film made this delicate, almost fairy tale story of first love perhaps the year's most breathtakingly beautiful English language film.

«Breaking In,» a Universal Pictures film, is rated PG - 13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for «violence, menace, bloody images, sexual references, and brief strong language.»

This is the first English language film from director Alexandros Avranas (MISS VIOLENCE, 2013) and his cast is led by Jim Carrey as police inspector Tadek, a disgraced cop who takes care of his elderly mother while also obsessing over the now coldcase that ruined his career.

The very future of cinema sometimes seemed to hang in the balance, as Netflix was banned from bringing one of its streaming titles to competition and responded by pulling all its films, worsening an already weak year for English - language cinema on the Croisette.

Despite both studios having two inclusive films each — «Power Rangers» and the Spanish - language «Hazlo Como Hombre» and comedies «CHiPS» and «Fist Fight,» respectively — the depictions of LGBTQ were termed problematic or offensive by GLAAD.

Best motion picture of the year «Amour» «Argo» «Beasts of the Southern Wild» «Django Unchained» «Les Misérables» «Life of Pi» «Lincoln» «Silver Linings Playbook» «Zero Dark Thirty» Performance by an actor in a leading role Bradley Cooper in «Silver Linings Playbook» Daniel Day - Lewis in «Lincoln» Hugh Jackman in «Les Misérables» Joaquin Phoenix in «The Master» Denzel Washington in «Flight» Performance by an actress in a leading role Jessica Chastain in «Zero Dark Thirty» Jennifer Lawrence in «Silver Linings Playbook» Emmanuelle Riva in «Amour» Quvenzhané Wallis in «Beasts of the Southern Wild» Naomi Watts in «The Impossible» Performance by an actor in a supporting role Alan Arkin in «Argo» Robert De Niro in «Silver Linings Playbook» Philip Seymour Hoffman in «The Master» Tommy Lee Jones in «Lincoln» Christoph Waltz in «Django Unchained» Performance by an actress in a supporting role Amy Adams in «The Master» Sally Field in «Lincoln» Anne Hathaway in «Les Misérables» Helen Hunt in «The Sessions» Jacki Weaver in «Silver Linings Playbook» Achievement in directing «Amour,» Michael Haneke «Beasts of the Southern Wild,» Benh Zeitlin «Life of Pi,» Ang Lee «Lincoln,» Steven Spielberg «Silver Linings Playbook,» David O. Russell Best foreign language film of the year «Amour,» Austria «Kon - Tiki,» Norway «No,» Chile «A Royal Affair,» Denmark «War Witch,» Canada Best animated feature film of the year «Brave,» Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman «Frankenweenie,» Tim Burton «ParaNorman,» Sam Fell and Chris Butler «The Pirates!

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening April 10, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Dragonball Evolution (PG for intense action and brief adult language) Sci - fi martial arts adventure, based on the Akira Toriyama novel about a young warrior (Justin Chatwin) who, with a handful of friends, sets out on a quest to save the planet from an evil king (James Marsters) bent on world domination.

Its feature film business has been fueled by such recent successes as the blockbuster first installment of The Hunger Games franchise, The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn — Part 2, Now You See Me, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, Warm Bodies, Snitch, Texas Chainsaw 3D, The Expendables 2, The Possession, Sinister, Arbitrage and Pantelion Films» breakout hit Instructions Not Included, the highest - grossing Spanish - language film ever in the U.S.

The black comedy anthology «Wild Tales,» written and directed by Argentine Damian Szifron, won for non-English language film.

However, the latter situation is looking to be challenged by Zhang Yimou's The Great Wall: a historical China fantasy blockbuster filmed in the English language with a Hollywood blockbuster budget and an international superstar cast led by Matt Damon.

The Polish - language audio, presented in LPCM 2.0 stereo, was supervised by the original sound mixer (Michal Zarnecki) and is impressive given the film's vintage.

Even with the mountain of Indian cinema and pop culture (music and cinema are everywhere by intent) information adding resonances I can not see, the film can easily travel anywhere, as organized crime is a universal cinematic language.

The nomination tally is led by two Cannes winners (Stranger By the Lake in 2013, Mommy in 2014) and both French - language filmby two Cannes winners (Stranger By the Lake in 2013, Mommy in 2014) and both French - language filmBy the Lake in 2013, Mommy in 2014) and both French - language films.

-- Advisory: This film contains comic violence, mildly profane language and a cameo by CNN's Christiane Amanpour, which makes it official: There isn't a single cable news journalist left in the world who hasn't completely sold out.

BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM Force Majure Ida Leviathan Mommy Stranger by the Lake Two Days, One Night

Because it was decided that more extreme violence fit with this film's darker, more serious themes, «Logan» has become the first X-Men movie to be rated R for, among other things, «strong brutal violence and language throughout,» some of the most brutal of the violence unnervingly caused by a preteen girl.

Undoubtedly acclaimed filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg has had a somewhat fractured relationship with directing films in the English language, his previous two attempts, It's All About Love (2003) and Dear Wendy (2005), mercilessly panned by critics and audiences.

Obviously wounded by both experiences, it has taken ten years for Vinterberg to venture near English - language films, instead carving a celebrated career in his native tongue.

B The Royal Tenenbaums: Criterion Edition Rated R for some language, sexuality / nudity and drug content Available on DVD and Blu - ray In 2001, after having been blown away by his previous two films Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, I had the joy of seeing Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums.