Sentences with phrase «movies about this time period»

There's also the fact that the masses may have had their fill of historical movies about this time period — from HBO's excellent Elizabeth I (which is in essence the same story) to even Showtime's The Tudors.

Not exact matches

I'd filmed a total of 207 short 55 second movies of the planet over a period of about 3 and half hours and had processed them to create a time - lapse animation.

No surprise, perhaps, as Denis's film is the sort of thing usually discussed as a «minor,» the appellation usually applied to movies about love and intimacy, topics of almost universal relevance, as opposed to «major» works that indulge in the overblown oversimplification of barely understood historical periods, interminable «sculpting with time,» or the espousal of revolutionary creeds to well - heeled film festival audiences who know in their secret hearts that they will never in their lives participate in a violent uprising of any kind.

One burning question saw Yates asked about the reference to Dumbledore in the movie, as the fan - favorite character would have been alive during this time period.

Paul and I had talked about making a movie specifically in this process for a long period of time, so the first idea that came in my mind was having him as this Alvin character and then thinking about who would be an interesting counterpart with him.

Church spires jut from the Boston neighborhoods in Spotlight, one of the great movies about journalism, and one of the great movies of our time, period.

When I wrote him a letter about why he should do this movie, I did talk about how we've come a long way from that time and I think [Redford] playing another journalist in this period of time carries extra added baggage for the film.

What: This movie just screams Oscars: Directed by three - time Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg, starring three - time Academy Award winner Streep and two - time winner Hanks, it's a based - on - a-true-story period piece about one newspaper's role in exposing the Pentagon Papers cover - up.

In this period, he tackled an Oscar - winning drama about alcoholism (The Lost Weekend), two well - regarded film noirs (Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard), a war drama (Stalag 17), two light - hearted rom - coms (Sabrina, Seven Year Itch) a gripping murder - mystery (Witness for the Prosecution) and perhaps the funniest American movie of all time (Some Like It Hot).

As U.S. President Barack Obama's time in the White House is beginning to wind down, it seems as though movies about the man and certain periods in his life are becoming easier to come by.

A movie about gold prospecting in Indonesia, it was very loosely based on real events, but the names, circumstances and time period were changed, so Matthew McConaughey wasn't actually playing someone specific when he chose to gain weight for the role, make himself bald and smoke in virtually every scene.

Haynes doesn't seem to have anything to say about Highsmith or movies adapted from Highsmith's novels, or the time period.

The movie milks its formula of nudging the period for all it is worth in the first act (There's a running joke about the lack of smiling subjects in photographs, and the racism of the time is acknowledged with a shooting gallery with targets that are despicable racial caricatures — acknowledged but not addressed in any worthwhile way until a cameo that concludes the movie).