Sentences with phrase «led film critics»

A devastating election result has led film critics to stress the importance of cinema as a political force but is it an overly optimistic notion?

We'll link to a full list of nominees as and when we have one and follow that up with news stories, a gallery and the thoughts of our lead film critic, Peter Bradshaw.

The National Society of Film Critics counts among its members many of the country's leading film critics.

Kate Taylor is a staff writer at the Globe and Mail where she currently serves as lead film critic as well as writing a weekly column about culture.

Lo and behold, TheWrap's lead film critic Alonso Duralde said (without irony) that Hathaway «steals the show,» The Daily Beast characterized her performance as «stellar» and Vanity Fair called her «the best Catwoman ever.»

The annual Seattle Film Critics Awards was created by Parallax View, which polled a select group of leading film critics from the Seattle area.

My colleagues at the website Hammer to Nail (where I am lead film critic) have watched the narratives Lemon (a meditation on race and gender starring Michael Cera and Nia Long), Person to Person (a dreamy murder mystery, also with Michael Cera) and the aforementioned Sylvio (based on a popular series of short videos from the «Simply Sylvio» Vine account), and praised them, so I am eager to check them out, myself.

Not exact matches

Critics Consensus: While superbly acted and stylishly filmed, Hannibal lacks the character interaction between the two leads which made the first movie so engrossing.

Critics Consensus: Miami Vice is beautifully shot but the lead characters lack the charisma of their TV series counterparts, and the underdeveloped story is well below the standards of Michael Mann's better films.

That's right, Ryan Gosling fans, with this film, Refn first got his Danish derrière (Oh, wait, that's French) over here to America, and you know what, that was the time critics decided to question some of his storytelling methods, either because foreign films are much easier to forgive for their pretentiousness - I mean, «experimental artistic vision», or simply because Refn had so little of an idea on how to bring his visions to America that he decided to get John Turturro, of all people, as his lead.

He went on to play wisecracking leading roles in such «B «s as Night of Terror (1933), The Nut Farm (1935) and The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1935); the critics paid no heed to these minor efforts, though they always showered Ford with praise for his supporting roles in films like John Ford's The Informer (1935) and Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943).

Critic Consensus: While superbly acted and stylishly filmed, Hannibal lacks the character interaction between the two leads which made the first movie so engrossing.

Critic Consensus: Miami Vice is beautifully shot but the lead characters lack the charisma of their TV series counterparts, and the underdeveloped story is well below the standards of Michael Mann's better films.

Her contribution to this project — a deft and humorous lead role as Margie Chizek, a Midwestern immigrant to Hollywood with big - star dreams who undergoes a brutal and hilarious metamorphosis in the face of Tinseltown romance — drew hearty praise from even those critics who responded negatively to the film itself.

Critic Consensus: A provocative and timely film that explores the military / industrial complex and the motivating forces that lead us to war.

Lauren has received good reviews for his lead performance, but the film hasn't won over critics so far.

Critics Consensus: A provocative and timely film that explores the military / industrial complex and the motivating forces that lead us to war.

Adapted from a play called A Vampire Story, Byzantium stars Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan as a mother - daughter vampire duo who pissed off the wrong vampires a few centuries ago, and those leads both earned praise from multiple critics, as did the film's visuals.

«It does, I have to admit, tend to bog down in the seemingly infinite twists and bits of business leading up to the climax, and movie - overfed - critic types are likely to fondly recall the better movies, including «I Walked With a Zombie» and «The Princess Bride,» that this draws inspiration from,» confesses MSN film critic Glenn Kenny, who gives the film more of a pass than I do.

Every year, Toronto ambushes critics with films that failed to factor into the industry chatter in the weeks leading up to the major announcement.

At the Critics» Week — where, in the interest of full disclosure, I served on a competition jury comprised of three other critics and the South Korean director Lee Chang - dong — the highlight of an unusually strong lineup was Take Shelter, the second feature by Shotgun Stories director Jeff Nichols, an acknowledged Malick acolyte whose new film shares a producer with The Tree of Life as well as a leading lady, Jessica Chastain (reportedly at Malick's personal recommendCritics» Week — where, in the interest of full disclosure, I served on a competition jury comprised of three other critics and the South Korean director Lee Chang - dong — the highlight of an unusually strong lineup was Take Shelter, the second feature by Shotgun Stories director Jeff Nichols, an acknowledged Malick acolyte whose new film shares a producer with The Tree of Life as well as a leading lady, Jessica Chastain (reportedly at Malick's personal recommendcritics and the South Korean director Lee Chang - dong — the highlight of an unusually strong lineup was Take Shelter, the second feature by Shotgun Stories director Jeff Nichols, an acknowledged Malick acolyte whose new film shares a producer with The Tree of Life as well as a leading lady, Jessica Chastain (reportedly at Malick's personal recommendation).

ABOUT THE AWFJ and EDA AWARDS The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ), a not - for - profit corporation, is an international association of leading professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting film work by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting the annual AWFJ EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movies.

It's a small but prestigious citation for the film, voted as it is by a panel of leading British critics, including Standard stalwart Derek Malcolm and the Telegraph's excellent Tim Robey.

Each title gets a full - length audio commentary from Travis Crawford, a dogged film critic and programmer with the instincts of a historian, who goes into detail on the background of just about every lead and significant supporting player who appears on screen, in addition to the producers and financiers behind the scenes who allowed (or more likely didn't allow) Romero to realize his vision on screen.

Perhaps it was this idea that led to the creation of Basterds as a revisionist narrative in which the Nazis meet the fate they deserve — and perhaps it is the image of Shoshanna winning her battle in the cinema that has kept the film's pre-autumn release fresh in every critic's mind as we approach the 2010 Academy Awards.

AWFJ is a professional association of 90 leading women film critics and commentators based in the US, Canada, and the UK.

From Amy Adams» leading actress snub to Mel Gibson's resurgence, L.A. Times film critics Kenneth Turan and Justin Chang discuss the Oscar nominations.

L.A. Times film critics Justin Chang and Kenneth Turan discuss the 2017 Oscar nominations, including Amy Adams» leading actress snub and Mel Gibson's resurgence.

Though he'd built up a strong reputation among critics and cineastes in the 1960s with darker character work in films like Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) and the daring masterpiece Victim (1961), he was best known to the public as Simon Sparrow, the heartthrob comic lead in Doctor in the House (1954) and four subsequent sequels.

leads all films in the Vancouver Film Critics Circle's international section with five nominations.

Washington, D.C. — When the dust settled and the votes were counted, two very different films led the way as the Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) announced their honorees for 2015 this morning.

The film critic David Ehrlich has tweeted that the film feels like it wasn't even made by humans, and I'd go further, to say that the movie dehumanizes its leading woman and attempts, disconcertingly, to dehumanize its audience.

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ), a membership organization of leading women film journalists and critics from across the U.S., Canada and the U.K., has announced the winners of its 7th Annual EDA Awards.

Commenting on the dearth of women directors and lead characters in films released during the summer of 2008, New York Times critic Manohla Dargis opined, «Welcome to the new, post-female American cinema» («Is There a Real Woman in this Multiplex?»

This years» Fashion Police team lead by Jessica Aymond, also for the seventh year, a film critic, staff member of Sarah's Backstage Pass and member of the Chicago Film Critics Association, Dr. Alicia McCareins, Lindsey Fleischhauer and Emily Danielson; mixed up the categories depending upon the audiences» attire.

«Top 10 Films of 2015»: Critic Rory Jobst selects his favorite films of the year, led by Guy Maddin's «The Forbidden Room.»

Here, we turn to six of the most qualified Oscar pundits, film writers and critics to tell us which movies will lead this year's Oscar race.

With the Russo brothers» Captain America: Civil War just over a week away, this critic has decided to look back on the films that led us to this point.

Her film reviews also appear in a variety of alternative - weekly newspapers across the U.S. Johanson is one of only a few film critics who is a member of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (the Webby organization), an invitation - only, 500 - member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities.

Critics ranged from dubbing it a «straight - up masterpiece» / it «f — ing rules,» to a «Cannes rarity - a film I wish would go on for longer,» to a «gorgeously shot battle of [the] sexes led by formidable trio of Kidman, Dunst and [Colin] Farrell.»

His newest film, Caché (also known as Hidden), received the San Francisco Film Critics Circle award for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as several other American awards, leading to the assumption that a wide variety of reviewers not only liked the film, but also bothered to see it at all.

Now the race is wide open, and is expected to go at a dizzying pace, with announcements to come from the Golden Globes, the Directors Guild, the Producers Guild, SAG - AFTRA, the Independent Spirit Awards and many film critics» associations from across the nation, leading up to the actual announcement of the Academy Award nominations.

An love adventure of film critic David Stratton with his adopted country, Australia, which led him to understand himself.

Described as action - packed and splendid - looking, the film is a CGI feast according to critics, who say (Rowling's) magic is as potent as ever, and welcome Katherine Waterston, who introduces something that had been missing in the Rowling universe: a really strong young female lead.

The one - time film critic burst onto the scene with the Joan Allen - led political thriller «The Contender.»

12 YEARS A SLAVE may have led the San Diego Film Critics» nominations, but Steve McQueen's film came away empty - handed.

The Critics Choice Awards released their annual nominations earlier today (The Shape of Water continued its ascendance, leading all films with 14 nominations), the Golden Globe noms will be announced on December 11, and the Screen Actors Guild follows soon after, on December 13.

Critics have the ability to share their thoughts with the world immediately after seeing a film - and coupled with the presence of trailers on the Internet, it leads to certain Oscar - buzzed works being in high demand within a short period of time.

As one of the early film awards events of the season — and a venue where attendees already know they've won — the New York Film Critics Circle awards is a fine opportunity to see leading Oscar contenders try out their speech material.

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