Sentences with phrase «noir elements»

The film noir elements are very obvious in both games.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a marriage of old film noir elements with more modern black comedy techniques, and the result is an occasionally funny and entertaining film that ultimately tries too hard and can not maintain the breakneck pace that the first act antes up.

Actor - turned - screenwriter Hampton Fancher came next, as he built out the screen story by adding its noir elements; filmmaker Ridley Scott (Alien) contributed his staggering cinematic vision for a dystopian near - future and ever deeper layers of meaning, aided by late - coming screenwriter David Webb Peoples.

He is involved with some dangerous characters who at first seem like important plot factors; later, we suspect Wenders was just throwing in some film noir elements to keep up the interest before getting to his real story, which comes toward the end of this very long film.

Other Kurosawa films with strong noir elements, both playing in the Mifune series, are the multiple - viewpoint period murder mystery masterpiece «Rashomon» (1950) and his great dark samurai classic «Yojimbo» (1961).

The series» penchant for leaning into its noir elements — hard - boiled narration and all — lends it a tone and spirit completely distinct from the sea of superhero stories currently out there.

The best thing about the film is the way Berke manages to shape genuinely suspenseful film - noir elements around an otherwise simple yarn.

Not exact matches

Critic Consensus: The Expanse blends sci - fi elements and detective noir into a visually compelling whole, though it takes a few episodes for the story to capture viewers» intrigue.

The music throughout the film has the air of a classic noir film, which is one of the elements that works to subtly bring the two genres together without feeling forced.

Shot in glorious black and white, Man brings in many of the familiar elements of the noir genre and adds a goofy, Coen brothers sensibility to the entire affair.

Monahan, having won the Oscar for «The Departed,» is completely in his element with noir scripts, setting up compelling narrative threads and knocking out smart, fast, sometimes - funny lines.

This film proves several things: John Hawkes can elevate a film far beyond where it would be without him, females are usually the more intriguing elements of a noir so don't abuse them, and witty dialogue does not an intelligent film make.

The movie: Channeling the best elements of every buddy cop movie and crafting something wholly unique, Shane Black's action comedy noir is simply one of the funniest flicks of recent years.

Synopsis (via Coming Soon): «How to Catch a Monster» weaves elements of fantasy noir, and suspense into a modern day fairytale.

It's a stylish love poem, really, lifting many of the timeless elements that made noirs so powerful in the 1930s through the 1950s, including the hard - boiled detective, the femme fatale, and the MacGuffin (in this case, a diamond).

Todays update involves the casting of Bruce Willis (hopefully it will be the Pulp Fiction, Fast Food Nation, 12 Monkeys Willis and not the Cop Out, Fifth Element, Mercury Rising Willis) and confirms Joseph Gordon - Levitt (who proved a winning combination with Johnson's sensibility in chic - noir Brick).

The former is a supernatural thriller whereas Giallo, a genre established by Mario Bava in 1967 with the visually sumptuous KILL, BABY... KILL, may invoke the spirit but leans heavily toward the murder - mystery elements of noir.

They could argue that violence and female nudity are essential elements of the cyberpunk noir atmosphere they were trying to recapture.

How to Catch a Monster weaves elements of fantasy noir, and suspense into a modern day fairytale.

It's a stylish, downbeat noir piece, with good cinematography and an interesting electronic soundtrack, but the story elements never elevate it into much more than passably interesting at times.

RYAN GOSLING's directorial début LOST RIVER weaves elements of fantasy, noir and suspense into a modern day fairytale.

Otomo has also woven in elements from Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (the jazz score, film noir, the robot - hunting «Marduks»), from Hayao Miyazaki's Laputa: Castle in the Sky (the gentle «Albert II» robots and the climactic emphasis on collapsing verticals), from James Cameron's The Terminator (androids with damaged, half - metal faces) and even from his own graphic novel / film Akira (especially in the final scenes of an individual's destructive power).

It's too wide a span of films to cover, not to mention that modern film noir is practically incongruous with the more seedy, Hitchcockian elements intrinsic to the nightmarish erotic thrillers that dominated the years just prior to Fatal Instinct's release.

Mixing elements of Gothic horror and Film Noir with a healthy dose of face - melting psychedelics, Conduit will have you questioning your faith in a higher power and your own ability to sleep tonight.

The first few books I wrote had a large comedy element, but when a reviewer brought to my attention that my books also have a dark, macabre undercurrent, I realised, in one of those light bulb moments, that what I really enjoy writing is noir — and it's what I love reading as well.

you pretty much know that the author has made your brain his slave:) It had some interesting noir and western elements that were very light but added an interesting flavor to the book.

There is an element of the classic film noir Breathless at work here but with more characters of varying shades of gray whose fates hinge on numerous moving parts.

Denver Moon: The Minds of Mars, by Warren Hammond and Joshua Viola: The first installment in the saga featuring Martian investigator Denver Moon is a gloriously action - packed, pedal - to - the - metal thrill ride that seamlessly fuses a variety of genre elements (science fiction, mystery, pulp noir, etc.) to create an irresistible read.

Pinot Noir lovers will be in their element at Gibbston Valley.

This lead to the birth of Sand Sailor Studio and Black The Fall — a stealthy, noir - like black and white platformer with puzzle elements set in an overbearing dystopia.

Gunpoint, the sole release by Suspicious Developments, is a modern film - noir platform puzzler with strong stealth elements.

Holger (our lead level designer) has done a fantastic job combining the traditional Noir - like elements with a more modern cyberpunk style.

The game from Russian studio MONO takes place on Oject 6, a huge space metropolis made of dark noir and dieselpunk elements.

By placing the viewer in the position of voyeur, Tracey Snelling calls attention to the ways in which film noir and other elements of popular culture have shaped our shared consciousness.

Architect and artist Erin O'Keefe's photographs show three - dimensional, light - filled still - lifes of colorfully painted elements that simultaneously evoke the angular abstraction of Laszlo Maholy Nagy and the shadow - distorting views of film noir.

Fascinated by cinematography, film stills, edits and camera angles since childhood, Duffin recalls a love for black and white films on his parent's television set and the growing appeal of Film Noir: «It seemed to take all of the elements of image - making and stretch them further.

The film noir nature of the city inspired elements of the illusory and stunning video installation The Berlin Files by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller.