Sentences with phrase «moving film about a woman»
In her corner: Reese does her best dramatic work in a very fine moving film about a woman who has let her life slip away But... enthusiasm does nt seem to be there for the film
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A protest took place outside of a Northern Ireland university on Tuesday, which rejected screening a new film about «men and women moving out of homosexual practices and feelings».
Little Women» is a moving film about the making of a sensitive writer and the maturation of a small - town girl who transcends her milieu and at the same time retains its heritage.
Though the data tells us that women are interested in genres favored by Hollywood, female filmmakers encounter significant obstacles as they attempt to move from independent to more commercial filmmaking, and face deep - rooted presumptions from the film industry about their creative qualifications, sensibilities, tendencies, and ambitions.
While there are artificial elements to the story, there is a genuineness to the characterizations that allows the film to take hold and emerge as a winning comedic drama about women finding the strength to cope with tragedy and move on with their lives, even well into adulthood.
Selected by Chile to represent the country in the Best Foreign Language category at the Oscars, this moving, funny, very human film about a middle - aged woman and the obstacles that prevent a full and rich love life has a terrific shot at making the final five nominees.
Set around the holidays, it stars Anna Kendrick as a young woman who, after breaking up with her boyfriend, moves in with her brother (Swanberg), his wife (Melanie Lynskey, who starred in 2012's «Hello I Must Be Going,» another Sundance film about a girl who gets dumped, goes home and grows up) and their two - year - old son.
The snub of this moving film about a group of Chinese women and their American - raised daughters shocked Roger Ebert.
The Orchard has unveiled an official US trailer for Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier's new film Thelma, about a young woman who moves to Oslo and begins to fall in love with another woman, discovering that she also has fantastic, terrifying «super» powers.
Bunny Lake Is Missing — A twisted little puzzle film from director Otto Preminger about a woman (Carol Lynley) who loses her daughter on her first day of preschool after moving to London.
Beneath the credits for I, Tonya, a grainy video of Tonya plays, nailing the difficult triple axel move at the 1991 U.S. Figure Skating Championship (making her the first American woman to do so in a competition), which the film dramatizes about 40 minutes into its run time.
Similarly, the film also grows from its beginning, a straightforward story about a young woman in the big city, moving to a more propulsive, if familiar, jungle adventure movie.
Highlights include an amusing anecdote about two elderly women's unexpected response to the nude wrestling scene, and a moving comparison between the manner of Oliver Reed's death in Malta while filming Gladiator and Gerald Crich's lonely death in the Alpine snow.
His new film is «Crimson Peak,» a Gothic romance about a young American woman (Mia Wasikowska) who marries a mysterious Brit (Tom Hiddleston) and moves to his imposing mansion in the English countryside.
Highlights include Neshat's moving film, Rapture, 1999, a two - screen, black - and - white video projection in which an allegorical narrative about the stark divide between Muslim men and women plays out on opposing walls.
The TV set plays Thomas's moving film about her mother, «Happy Birthday to a Beautiful Woman,» offering a back story that gives the initially silly pair of shining Crocs a new emotional heft.
FILM REVIEW: My Art Written, directed by and starring Laurie Simmons Opens in LA January 19 Laemmle Ahyra Fine Arts Theatre, Beverly Hills By Shana Nys Dambrot Laurie Simmons basically plays herself in this wry, pensive narrative about a woman artist in her 60s who is moved to confront metrics of success, agencies of authorship,...
Experimental filmmaker and video artist Peggy Ahwesh (2000 Moving Image) was part of Creative Capital's first class of awardees with her work The Star Eaters, a short film about gambling, risk - taking and failure in one woman's trip through Atlantic City.