Sentences with phrase «many bravura sequences»

It's a bravura sequence.

In what may be the film's most bravura sequence, Isabelle meets the young and swarthy actor after a performance, after which she manages to painstakingly cajole him back to her place.

Compared to your preceding films, which feature bravura sequences like the nighttime shoot - out in Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink has a much more restrained style.

A bravura sequence in the middle of the film shows Noah traveling to Tubal - Cain's camps in an attempt to find his troubled son Ham (Logan Lerman of The Perks of Being a Wallflower) that pointedly evokes Black Swan but more importantly shows the sort of unbridled fury that has gripped humanity (compare this to the Golden Calf scene from The Ten Commandments).

It's a bravura sequence in a film utterly lacking them elsewhere, and a frustrating glimpse at what might have been had the unnecessary entanglements been pruned to shift focus where it belonged.

It's exactly the kind of bravura sequence Edgar Wright might dream up if he were high on meth.

Innovatively shot by ace cinematographer Dante Spinotti (L.A. Confidential, Mann's The Last of the Mohicans), this contains at least two bravura sequences that still stand out: the fiery fate of a pesky tabloid reporter (Stephen Lang) and the «In - a-Gadda-da-Vida» - driven finale.

The Post Steven Spielberg's «The Post,» about the Washington Post's decision to publish the Pentagon Papers, features a bravura sequence of a newspaper being published.

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Together the two opening tracks constitute one of the most bravura opening sequences of any film score.

Field also has a sequence where she gets to tame Tommy Lee Jones with much softer, but sharper, words; it's the kind of bravura supporting actress work that steals Oscars.

Frances Ha used its quick cuts like punchlines; Mistress America does plenty of that (it's quick, coming in under 90 minutes) but also stages a bravura, extended farce sequence in the Connecticut suburbs that turns its snappy dialogue into a symphony of wit and movement.

The film features a wonderful opening sequence that defines the lead character and his world with effortless grace, and then follows that bravura entr Rating: Hoopla Factor: Continue reading Drive →

Richard Gere delivers a bravura performance in his title role of a Duddy Kravitz - style hustler, especially in a wordless early sequence that speaks volumes about his character.

Combining Hitchcockian camerawork, lush, over-saturated colors, rollercoaster - like thrills, and at times surreal situations, Argento could overcome the sadism and misogyny in his gallery of sliced and diced beauties with the sheer cinematic bravura and beauty of the sequences.

I wanted to talk also about some of the setpieces, in particular the two hand - to - hand combat scenes, one of which is very claustrophobic and choppy, the other of which is a long sequence shot, very bravura in a different way.

The film shows great promise in a bravura opening sequence which starts with quick overhead flashes of New York City.

Testimony has one great dramatic center, some bravura Steadycam sequences, effective newsreel - styled black and white cinematography, and a greater diversity of music to offset a weak script, clumsy montages, and surprisingly banal performances from supporting players (except Ronald Pickup, who also played Nietzsche in Wagner).

«Inside Llewyn Davis» The logline for the Coen Brothers» «Inside Llewyn Davis» may not be especially appealing on paper, but from the completely bravura opening scene, which is an exquisitely shot sequence of Oscar Isaac's titular singer / songwriter performing a song in its entirety, we were completely and totally hooked.

From the self - aware product placement (a Coca - Cola machine comes to a hilariously destructive end) to a bravura split - screen murder sequence, fans will take to this razor - sharp satire like a knife to a pulsing throat.

Containing what may be the single most terrifying sexual assault sequence in TV history, and Stiles» silken bravura performance, «Blue» is also the rare show to get mental illness on the money.

The hallmark sequence of Atomic Blonde is actually just one part of a bravura 10 - minute single - take (well, several shots cleverly disguised to feel like a single take) which also incorporates a brutal apartment - set showdown and a frenetic car chase.

Taut direction, a tight and intelligent (if ultimately derivative) script, excellent acting, bravura action sequences, wonderful locales, and intense photography and editing.

With apologies to Harry Nilsson, everybody's talking» bout the bravura second sequence of Béla Tarr's The Man From London (in which the perpetually scowling port worker Maloi...

From the way that the planes are subtly anthropomorphized to the giant crowd scenes to the subtle heightening of everything, from a bravura earthquake sequence to the wind of the title, all of the skills that Miyazaki and his Ghibli animators have accumulated over the years are on full display here, and few films this year will treat the eyes better.