Sentences with phrase «low key film»

I thought it was a pretty low key film.

On the second day, I watched more independent and low key films which is what I expected to see at SXSW in the first place.

Not exact matches

And yet, «Goldfinger» still manages to be a low key Bond film.

Close to 140 million people have made «decisions for Christ» after seeing the film, which ends with a low - key «altar call» segment.

With its stripped wooden floors, wooden furniture, candles, framed vintage film posters and artful boho - ish clutter, it's low key romantic without being so overtly hearts and flowers it'd make you feel uncomfortable if the spark wasn't there.

Despite Sonny's previous loyalty, the Vances fear trouble and contact a hitman... [/ font][font = Century Gothic][/ font][font = Century Gothic] «Coastlines» is a disappointing movie from Victor Nunez whose two previous films, «Ruby in Paradise» and «Ulee's Gold,» were well - acted, low - key and emotionally resonant depictions of small town Florida.

The Forger is a moderately entertaining, low - key combination heist film, crime picture and family drama.

The Brooklyn - based Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck («Half Nelson» / «Sugar» / «It's Kind of A Funny Story») are co-writers and co-directors of this well - conceived, low - key, moody, bittersweet, buddy gambling film.

Gosling and Dunst's low - key chemistry in these early scenes hint at the film that All Good Things might have been had it bothered to ground itself in the specifics of the Marks» romance.

Yates» films each have their own personality while still upholding a broadly low - key, expressive visual approach that reached its apex with Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince.

Lewensohn, a famous Israeli theatrical director, makes his film acting debut, while the veteran Ashkenazi («Late Wedding») handles his low - key role with bearlike grace.

Despite the film's flaws and missteps, there's a low - key charm and sincerity at play in Cronies, as well as a sly recognition of fragile male egos and the way bravado can mask sexual anxiety.

While the film touches upon its various political and cultural issues (In addition to the give - and - take relationships between reporters and politicians, there's a lot about the overt and subtle sexism that Kat receives as the first and, at the time, only woman serving a newspaper publisher), the film plays mostly and best as a race - against - the - clock thriller of sorts, in which the obstacles are as imposing as the might of the U.S. government and as low - key as deadlines or being beaten to a story by a rival paper.

Peaking early, Swift never quite matched his earlier accomplishments in later years, although glimmers of his low - key social commentary could be seen in such films as Candleshoe (1977) and the short - lived TV series Grindl (1963).

There is a darkness in all these «average» characters, underlined by low - key acting and the film's sinisterly calm, measured pace.

Director of photography Larkin Seiple (Swiss Army Man) uses a lot of contre - jour and low - sun shots that give the frequently unsavory proceedings a majestic, deceivingly peaceful glow, while the film's versatile score is key in helping to calibrate all of the story's tricky transitions in mood and atmosphere.

In 1944 he directed his first film, the low - key combat drama Destination Tokyo.

While some critics felt the film was an inferior take on Charlie Kaufman - style inventiveness, nearly everyone praised Ferrell's atypically low - key performance.

From Chinatown to The French Connection, Saturday Night Fever to The Last Picture Show, many of the era - defining American films of the 1970s spawned unusual, low - key sequels, each concerned with the notions of legacy and transience.

Alas, my heart sank when I realized that the film I was about to see was not a remake of the 1995 forgotten Cindy Crawford - William Baldwin classic but a in fact change of pace low - key political drama from the go to high concept action film - maker of the past decade, Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Mr & Mrs Smith) focusing on the Plame Affair, one of the key scandals in recent American political history.

Instead, Dench could bask in a low - key night at the Ritz - Carlton Bacara Santa Barbara resort, with speeches from actors Armie Hammer, Ali Fazal, Jeff Bridges and SBIFF Executive Director Roger Durling, along with lots of film clips.

The second feature film from Charlie McDowell, director of the cult favorite low - key sci - fi film The One I Love from Sundance 2014.

Even his music in lower - key films, like the Keira Knightley romance «Last Night,» turned out to be among the composer's highlights.

The film defaults to a low - key soundscape in which composer Jon Ekstrand's airy score and the low hums and drones of the space - station environment provide a sound bed for the crew's conversations.

And even as a low - key indie project this film works as a beautifully intense study of extremes.

The film is a low - key thriller with a surrealistic air, particularly in regard to real historic events that are presented in an exaggerated, almost other - worldly fashion.

But this quirky film does the unexpected: It pours on the restraint, emphasizing the grit and making the romance as low key as possible.

Most would put money on «Another Year,» given its Cannes blue - ribbon status and Mike Leigh's wad of previous nominations, but I find myself questioning whether the film might prove too low - key and melancholy for the general votership.

This low - key, diverting mystery film showcases a fantastic lead performance and supporting cast.

Damon has his low - key charisma and Van Sant captures the enraged anomie of the community, but, except for one big plot twist, everything in this film is telegraphed from the first frame.

Vincent's calm, almost strenuously low - key film never gathers enough emotional momentum to become a fully dimensional romance — which might be its poignant intention.

Chadha and co-screenwriter Paul Mayeda Berges offer a wry, low - key feature - length commentary with some fairly interesting / entertaining recollections, including the thinking behind the somewhat ballsy use of a corporeal David Beckham in the epilogue, the unblinking national reaction to the Sikh rituals depicted in the film, and Chadha's desire to exploit her male cast members by getting their shirts off as often as possible.

Mike White — «Year of the Dog» Maybe one of the purest expressions of «screenwriter - turned - director» (though he's also an actor given to appearing in character roles in some of his films) Mike White had, in years leading to 2007, carved out quite a distinctive place for himself as an indie screenwriter dealing more in low - key human dramedy than some of the more bombastic Shane Black - types, or more mainstream Steve Zaillian - types on our list.

Indeed, for a film that's being hailed as a momentous comeback for celluloid — a motion picture event in the truest sense — The Hateful Eight is an inauspiciously low - key affair.

At its core, the film is a low - key thriller and detective story, stripped down and singularly unique, the film follows a brother and sister as they try to piece together the disappearance of the brother's ex-girlfriend.

«Low - key for a film about famous figures with larger than life personalities, but quite moving thanks to its use of restraint» — Andrew Parker, The Gate

Both films have a low key aesthetic with impressive casts.

It's a low - key relationship dramedy / road movie starring the ripe - for - a-late-career-renaissance Bruce Dern (who'd be the most obvious likely beneficiary from the film's award season release date), and «SNL «alum Will Forte, that promises at least a modicum of the kind of off - kilter wry observations about masculinity and aging that have marked out Payne's best previous work.

For all its visual wizardry and the soothing burr of Cliff Martinez's low - key electronica score, there's almost zero humor here, and it's hard to bear the film's ponderous interactions between models.

His 2006 debut film Once is a low - key romantic odyssey set on the streets of Dublin starring...

It's a film that's true to the spirit, local colour and low - key origins of the original but that knows when to play it big and brash

Filmed and played in a low - key, naturalistic style, the movie draws us in through its sheer ordinariness.

It loosely expands on a short film she made, centering on three bored women in a remote desert outpost, in a low - key, smart and authentic manner.

The film's simple plot of these four individuals bonding over this new Neighbourhood Watch team mixed in with an alien invasion keeps things low - key enough that the intensely amazing aforementioned riffing nature work so well.

Half low - key, yet intense, theatrical melodrama, half outdoor adventure film, Wellman shot the whole thing in pseudo black and white: it's in color, but only a few key items are not black or white.

The early reviews of director Craig Zobel's Z for Zachariah have been largely positive, describing the film as a low - key movie about the fragile bonds of trust and how they can be tangled by jealousy and contempt.

There's plot and there's character, but tone defines Alexander Payne's films — often they have a very particular low - key mood, and «Nebraska» is full of little, quiet moments, both emotional and funny.

It could have been crass and forgettable, but ends up being a very sweet and funny low - key film that will grow on and win over audiences in the end.

The out - of - this - world launch gives Guardians the biggest opening for a film released in the traditionally low - key month of August, a record previously held by the 69.2 (# 41.1 million) million dollar debut of 2007's The Bourne Ultimatum.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jen gives an «eye - opening starring turn» and the film, a suburban family drama, «could click as a low - key alternative to glossier awards - season fare».