Sentences with phrase «make films about family»

What's clear is that Gibson has made a film about family, faith, love and forgiveness all put to the test in an arena of violent conflict - a movie you don't want to miss.

It's always tricky when you're trying to make a film about family history.

Not exact matches

They love one another, they both work, and they make a lovely family, so the film is obviously about love and work and family.

At a press event for Perry's newest film Madea's Big Happy Family, which came out on Friday, Perry addressed Spike Lee's criticisms in a most unexpected fashion — by railing at me for a question I was making about a completely different kind of potential backlash.

That makes the film a pretty straightforward morality tale about a man, who actually does have a soul, weighing the price of taking advantage of people, who are just like him, against the need to provide for his family, who are living in a hotel with a group of other people who have been evicted from their own homes.

Perhaps Jarecki could have completely discarded the facts of the Durst story and made a stronger film about family drama and possible insanity but the fact is that his subject matter ended his true story in such an unusual way that it doesn't necessarily support a dramatic retelling.

The writer - director, Babak Shokrian, has made an erratic autobiographical film about juggling artistic ambitions and family expectations in L.A.'s close - knit Iranian Jewish community.

Not much happens in The Midwife, but its depth and texture make this a moving film about families, time passing and shared history — and the handful of scenes in the maternity unit where Claire works, five or six little miracles of birth, somehow add to its sense of a life as mysterious and precious.

Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf are terrific in this funny, charming and grounded film about growing up a girl from a modest family discovering herself and aspiring to more than what is expected of her, and parents making hard sacrifices and letting go.

About a third of the film is made up of intermittent flashbacks to war - time when Maria was a child living in her well - heeled family's house in Vienna that the Nazis eventually pillage.

Other films from Cannes making their US debut at Telluride include the Russian «Loveless,» directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, about an unhappy couple searching for their son, and winner of Cannes» Jury Prize; «A Man of Integrity,» by Mohammad Rasoulof, set in corrupt Iranian society, which won the Grand Prize of the Un Certain Regard section; «The Rider,» by Chloe Zhao, about a badly injured young South Dakotan rodeo rider, which won the top prize, the Art Cinema Award, of the Director's Fortnight; «Tesnota (Closeness),» about a Jewish family forced to try to ransom their son and his new bride, also in Un Certain Regard, by Kantemir Balagov; and Barbet Schroeder's documentary about a Buddhist monk, «Le venerable W.»

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 7, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS Atonement (R for profanity, sexuality and disturbing war images) Decades - spanning romance drama, opening in England in 1935, about the budding relationship between a rich girl (Keira Knightley) and the son (James McAvoy) of her family's maid aborted when he is falsely accused of a crime by her jealous younger sister (Saoirse Ronan).

There's a lot about this film that makes me think Richard Curtis is a misogynist hiding in plain sight, and it's not just that the women in Tim's family randomly don't share the gift of time travel the men have.

Director Sean McNamara, the cast, and Bethany Hamilton talk about the film's journey to be made on location in Hawaii with the Hamilton family's participation.

Instead, the sequel is about Wade Wilson wanting to have a kid even though he can't, which Reynolds says makes it «kind of a family film masquerading as a comic book film.»

The film includes a passionate romance of a couple that can make you believe the scene involving sex in a tiny phone booth, a rehash of the 1991 arrest of mafia chieftain John Gotti, and a family drama about a young man who makes too few visits to his mother and kid brother to impress them even though he offers them an envelope filled with more cash than they could make in five years.

A film about the depression and ennui that creeps into a family during the years after a matriarch's suicide may be a tough sell for a fun night out at the movies, but this looks like one of those films you'll be glad you made the effort to catch.

Just this evening at the San Diego Comic - Con I caught up with Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (review) helmer Troy Nixey, who made his feature - length directing debut with the film, a remake of the 1973 made - for - TV movie of the same name about a family that discovers murderous tiny creatures living in the basement of their new home.

Sinister (Solid Rock Fist Up)-- Ethan Hawke makes his horror film debut in this twisted tale about a true crime writer so desperate for another hit he moves his family into the home of a grisly murder.

The Special Edition DVD of Fargo comes loaded with many added extras including «Minnesota Nice» - a new documentary featuring interviews with the cast and crew about the behind the scenes making of the film; Interview with the Coen Brothers; and «The Coen Brothers» Family Tree» - an interactive guide, plus much much more.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening October 17, 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS Max Payne (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality, intense violence and drug use) Mark Wahlberg stars in the title role of this revenge thriller about a DEA agent and an assassin (Mila Kunis) who join forces to find the killers responsible for the murder of his family and her sister.

Kudos again to Vanderbilt for sticking to the story, and not making it a film about a woman trying to have a career and a family.

He hasn't made a film since finally winning an Oscar for Best Actor in The Revenant, but he's on board Quentin Tarantino's developing movie about the Manson Family murders, which is supposed to be his next project.

When making a family friendly film about the passing of a loved one and what waits beyond in the afterlife, you run the risk of not only upsetting children, but also their parents for how you've delivered your content.

Despite it's many tries, the film fails to establish any kind of family chemistry and thus fails to make the audience care about it's characters.

Tsai Ming - Liang made a Miyazaki - like announcement at the premiere of his new film Stray Dogs in Venice that the stunning film about an impoverished family would be his last, to the sadness of many arthouse aficionados.

Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins break down their favorite films about the British royal family (1:00) before Sean sits down with acclaimed director Stephen Frears to discuss his new film Victoria and Abdul, making films about the royals, and his longevity in the industry (10:00).

In the Society's most prestigious category, the Buried Treasure, the nominees are: DAVE MADE A MAZE, a unique adventure film about a frustrated artist and his creation; the compelling documentary THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON, about an icon of the queer and trans movements; Dee Rees» MUDBOUND, a story of 2 families working the same land in 40s Mississippi; PATTI CAKE$, whose eponymous white lead dreams of being a rapper; the latest from the Dardennes brothers, psychological drama THE UNKNOWN GIRL; and WINDOW HORSES, an animiated film based on a graphic novel written by its Asian - Canadian director.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening June 12, 2009 BIG BUDGET FILMS Imagine That (PG for mild epithets and rebellious behavior) Family comedy about a financial executive (Eddie Murphy) who starts taking investment advice from his seemingly - clairvoyant, seven year - old daughter (Yara Shahidi) when his career suddenly starts to hits the skids.

Here's what Cooper shared with me about making his second film with both director John Wells (The Company Men) and Meryl Streep (Adaptation), shooting the twenty minute scene at the center of the film, and playing a member of a troubled family in August: Osage County.

How did you gain his trust when discussing making a documentary about him, especially now that he seems to appear slightly reclusive, and for the film some of his family members were going to have be discussing the really painful part of his life?

And in a film series largely about friendship (if Guardians had a sub-title, it should be «Friendship is Magic») and about family, Drax's daughter makes a certain amount of sense.

Director Stephen Frears (The Queen; Philomena) has produced a career making successful films of this nature, about opposites finding comfort that they couldn't find from the family that surrounded them.

Directors Viewfinder: Creating a Fictional Family (5 minutes) allows Levy to talk about the making of the film and shows how he worked with the kids during filming.

Good Morning If we could all be as fortunate at Matt Damon — successful actor, fabulously wealthy and so concerned about education that he makes a film about denying school choice to poor families.

(Seriously, our family once spent a summer learning about submarines, reading books and watching every submarine film ever made.)

A multimedia installation of film projections and audio explores notions of family and love by queer - identified individuals, while a related film, made in collaboration with artist Jennifer Moon, employs footage from home movies to tell a story about memory and the meaning of home.

What makes the case worse is that although Warner Bros. obtained the rights to the story from the Perron family — the family featured in the film — Sutcliffe did not even know about the film's existence until a friend mentioned it was in production.