Critic Consensus: Impeccably scripted, beautifully directed, and filled with fine performances, The Social Network is a riveting, ambitious example of
modern filmmaking at its finest.
Not exact matches
It is also pleasing to see that in an age in which the romantic comedy is such an unfashionable genre in the cinema that filmmakers are,
at least, attempting to go back to basics and call to mind a style of
filmmaking in the screwball comedy that is all too rarely visible in the
modern era.
Nonetheless, it's an elegant look
at modern Thailand, and a wonderfully ambitious piece of
filmmaking.
But Fury Road shows that there's a light
at the end of the tunnel; that it's possible to treat action as form of visual poetry; that you can combine
modern filmmaking technology and techniques with classic Hollywood pacing in the year 2016, and that doing so can be both a critical and commercial success.
«The concept of an African story, with actors of African descent
at the forefront, combined with the scale of
modern franchise
filmmaking, is something that hasn't really been seen before,» Mr. Coogler, the director, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Freed from the origin story box, this second installment of the Wade Wilson franchise has its cake and eats it took, taking any number of shots
at the superhero sub-genre (and
modern blockbuster
filmmaking in general) while still crafting a story that makes sense on its own terms and works as a character piece.
Screening: «An Evening with Raha Raissnia»
at the Museum of
Modern Art The Iranian - born artist and filmmaker presents an evening of her multidisciplinary practice, which combines painting, drawing,
filmmaking and performance.
Highlights of the program include the conversation with Taryn Simon, the Queen guitarist and author Dr. Brian May who will talk about his passion for Stereoscopy and the running of London Stereoscopic Company, the renowned director Ken Loach and stills photographer Joss Barratt who will discuss Loach's
filmmaking process, the photographer Adam Fuss and sculptor Antony Gormley discuss their respective artistic practices, Bruce Davidson in conversation with Shoair Mavlian, curator
at Tate
Modern, the artist Mat Collishaw and a gallerist James Hyman discussing restaging Fox Talbot's pioneering 1839 photo exhibition using Virtual Reality, the photographer Juergen Teller discussing his Photo London exhibition with Adrian Searle, Chief Art Critic
at The Guardian, the talks with Isaac Julien, and a talk with one of the UK's most celebrated contemporary photographers, Paul Graham.