Sentences with phrase «more challenging film»

Manhunter is a much more challenging film, deeper artistically, with far better characterizations, and is a breath of fresh air when contrasting it to the masterful, but darkly gothic Silence of the Lambs.

Not exact matches

Until then, Earth Angel faces a big challenge in convincing more of the $ 40 billion film industry to care about its environmental impact, especially when the potential savings aren't huge.

President Donald Trump's re-election campaign spent more than $ 1 out of every $ 5 on attorney fees this year as the president contended with the ongoing special counsel investigation and a new legal challenge from an adult - film star.

When there is nothing more challenging than choosing which bagel topping to have for lunch or what film to watch on Netflix, it is easy to be calm.

Other films challenged audiences to confront the role of humans in wildlife extinction, invited viewers to think twice about our seemingly insatiable appetites for food and fuel, and encouraged the adoption of more sustainable ways of life.

Even though he has more than a dozen films to his credit, including work on the 2003 film version of The Hulk that garnered him nominations for two awards from the Visual Effects Society, Benza says it was a challenge to create highly athletic performances from bulky, animated characters that appeared to be the size of small buildings and weigh several tons.

Just as Jackson Pollock stretched the definition of painting and broke away from previous conventions, Malick is challenging the mainstream notion which defines film and more importantly, he offers a comfort to our suffering.

We need more films like this: family - friendly efforts that challenge viewers with ideas rather than regurgitating tired tropes in the name of placating toy companies.

What matters to the player is that the game offers NONE TO LITTLE CHALLENGE and looks to film history more than it does to game history.

On the other hand, the film can attempt to tell a new story, with the characters undergoing a new challenge and more characteristics of their universe being revealed.

Lopez's character is the more challenging one in some senses, for the film's tonal consistency largely depends on Eve's temptress role.

Leather Bar, a film that challenges the workings and apparent realism of pornography in a more cinematically sophisticated manner.

The film's playful and plentiful bonus offerings include «Piper,» the theatrical short film starring an irresistible sandpiper hatchling; an all - new mini short featuring interviews with Dory's pals from the Marine Life Institute; a behind - the - scenes look at the most challenging character Pixar has ever created; never - before - seen deleted scenes, including a digital exclusive featuring the Tank Gang from «Finding Nemo» who make it their mission to get Marlin and Nemo to the Marine Life Institute; and much, much more.

Providing more tug - of - war moments than you might expect, the film champions doing what is best for the child — but shows some of the challenges involved in determining exactly what that course of action maybe.

Shacknews recently had a chance to talk to director Vince Bracken about the challenges of bringing this Play Set to life, including dancing around spoilers, the film's darker tone, and whether players can expect to see more figures and more Toy Box content in the future.

There's always more to his films than meets the eye; the challenges are present, they just lie hidden beneath candy - colored umbrellas and donkey skin.

But I'd challenge anyone to come up with many more ebullient, honest moments of uplift than the conclusion of that film (set to «Free Bird» of all things), as Zombie's miscreant clan makes a bid to let their freak flag fly in the middle of the American desert.

Darker films such as «Take Shelter,» «We Need to Talk about Kevin,» and «Melancholia» had limited circulation — standard for more «challenging» fare.

The film looks great so far, and with winning efforts with traditional tales and more contemporary offerings, perhaps Disney can truly challenge Pixar who seem to have settled on sequels for far too long.

This posed some challenges for the film adaptation, which needed to serve as a gateway to the later installments» more serious storytelling.

Overused words like rapturous and hypnotic certainly apply to Hou's technique here, even as the film jumps between eras and political realities, yet there's something so much greater and more challenging going on in Three Times than aesthetic control.

Now in her seventies, Denis is perhaps at the height of her powers, her film projects never more diverse, challenging, or intriguing.

Topics will range from thematic undercurrents and visual styles (I hope to show how the films develop a serious, even challenging visual language that both reflects and informs current traits of the modern blockbuster) and will also touch on more subtle or obscure details that deserve heightened focus.

During their conversation, they talk about how the film came about, Daniel Day - Lewis» process and preparing to play a dressmaker, the challenges of filming in London when you need dailies, how the crew reacts when you cross the line (the invisible 180 - degree mark of a shot / reverse - shot), and much more.

He has six Academy Award nominations and more than 150 composing credits in film and TV, but Alexandre Desplat is still keen for a new challenge.

It's more of a film essay / personal visual statement than strict documentary, collecting Johnson's various footage shot over several years and arranging it in a challenging, nonlinear fashion.

And these essential ideas have challenged more experienced filmmakers, and some films made with them have also been very good.

Was this perfection that is seen in the final product more challenging than in past productions you have worked on, given that this film was coming to Blu - ray?

The film tasks them with the challenge of having to convey warmth and terror at the same time, and they more than rise to the occasion.

It isn't perfect, but when it works, it's brilliant, and a definite recommendation for viewers looking for something a little more challenging than your typical adventure film.

Perhaps that is unfair, because the young actress has amassed an impressive resume since her graduation from standard Disney fare to more challenging roles in films like «Panic Room» (she replaced Hayden Panettiere and in doing so garnering much comparison to that film's lead, Jodie Foster).

Their Blu - rays of titles from the silent - film era continue to challenge perceptions of what the era's films actually looked like and no release of theirs from 2016 was more jaw - dropping than L'Inhumaine, which features a scorching transfer of Marcel L'Herbier's 1924 avant - garde epic.

Therefore, rather than problematize or challenge prevalent paradigms within contemporary Japanese film studies, the first part of the volume, despite its bold promise, ultimately affirms a more orthodox direction not just as the right one, but also as productive and insightful.

With an approach that emphasises internal feelings and character journeys, over more obvious things like narrative structure and story arcs, this Brazilian - German film challenges audiences to explore a series of important issues in ways movies...

It earned more than fifty million dollars, which says people are willing to embrace films that are unique and sometimes challenging.

The challenge might as handily have been provoked by numerous interpersonal events of a more explicitly private nature (but these lack the cachet of apparent social comment); for the most compelling relationships in the film and the narrative turns they generate are satisfyingly free of 1:1, paint - by - the - numbers cause and effect.

After more than 40 films, most of them for the budget - challenged AIP, he was hired by 20th Century Fox and given the resources of their studio, casting department, and backlot for his recreation of 1929 Chicago and the most famous gangland slaying in American history.

More from Richard T. Jameson for Movietone News «The film has the precision and intricacy of a Mission: Impossible assignment and director Joseph Sargent meets the challenge with a style that connects multiple locations through phone calls, radio signals, and subway communications lines with an impressive clarity.

During our wide - ranging conversation he talked about making his feature debut (he previously helmed the miniseries Top of the Lake), the challenge of casting a child actor, balancing fact and fiction, how he collaborates with his cinematographer, what he learned from test screenings, filming in India, and more.

The Saskatchewan team behind the horror - comedy Wolf Cop take part in CineCoup's weekly challenges as they attempt to gain attention and fan votes on their film's two - minute trailer using social media platforms — to find out more about this wicked little flick just click here.

Deathstorm's arrival could be fatal for a «Flash» cast member; Don Cheadle speaks to the challenges of making Marvel films and more.

Chalamet's work in Call Me by Your Name, a film I think is a more potent Best Picture contender than Darkest Hour, may well challenge the conventional wisdom.

While more mainstream and commercial films do provide challenging and confrontational examinations of explicit material they are unable, due to financial and social contracts, to fully utilise the confection of sex and violence in truly extreme ways.

But, narratively speaking, Armipour's film delves far deeper, more specifically challenging the place of women in Middle Eastern society, where a woman walking home alone is the very definition of immorality.

The real - life story that Come Sunday explores is intriguing, but it seems better suited to a documentary film or series that could delve more deeply into the intense theological debates going on, and into the history of Christian thought being challenged.

But more than its «Oscar story,» it's really the only film in the lineup that can challenge Lincoln, numbers-wise.

The purpose of Breakdown episodes is to to ponder, discuss and challenge the films that we feel often need more than just a simple review.

For its president, the challenges of putting together the Venice lineup are made more pronounced by the presence close by in the calendar of two competitors: Telluride, the Colorado - based event that begins on 1 September, and the Toronto international film festival, which follows a week later.

Pursuing multiple and consecutive careers in film, water and craft beer can be quite challenging to juggle more often than not, so I'm extremely appreciative for the patience, understanding and support that Slackerwood founder Jette Kernion has given me over the last six years.

Shooting on film inevitably came with its associated challenges, one of which was the reality that Lachman was only able to view film dailies once a week, something that would make all but the most expert craftsman more than a little nervous.