Sentences with phrase «noir feel»

His use of low - key lighting and sculptural smoke further complicate historical periodization, infusing the work with a 1940s film noir feel.

Rockstar took the the series to Brazil without losing that noir feel and keeping the character of Max not only slightly realistic of someone in his position, but also slightly sympathetic.

It gave a film - noir feel that complimented the look of the film but regardless of the cut you prefer, the film is still a masterpiece.

Adding to the noir feel of the film is Roger Deakins» black - and - white cinematography.

«Rounders» sometimes has a noir look but it never has a noir feel, because it's not about losers (or at least it doesn't admit it is).

The graphic novel noir feel is becoming increasingly oppressive, and everyone is just so grim.

This film however, may have had the modern noir feeling, but actually had the old noir story line AKA slow, strange, and confusing.

The evocation of that old film noir feeling is hugely effective here: Dad telling his freshly - bribed son «You can't buy dignity,» the fantastic slow zoom on a love scene reflected in a two - way mirror, even the beguiling torch singer.

The noir feeling and intrigue of each case stays strong in its fourth season, and Detective Bosch is better than ever.

Not exact matches

As titillating as it might be to read Andreessen's text messages to Zuckerberg, however — in which the former quotes from a 1950's film noir with Burt Lancaster, remarking «The cat's in the bag and the bag's in the river» — the whole thing feels like a bit of a sideshow.

For example, Le Chat Noir was developed to tackle the complexity of many French wine brands where often knowledge is assumed, and less knowledgeable consumers can feel anxious about their lack of understanding.

Resist the booze: A couple of glasses of pinot noir may take the edge off, but you know it: Alcohol is a depressant that will leave you feeling down in the morning.

The retro - fit sateen Preen dress chooses for the Giffoni Film Festival in Giffoni Vana Piani, Italy, feels pretty film noir, especially when paired with side - swept bangs.

These babies are dramatic, but they have a lighter feel and thinner band than the original Noir Fairies.

Smells are relative: How would you feel if your cubicle - mate splashed himself in Drakkar Noir every day?

LIPS: Vaseline Lip Therapy Tins, Rosy Lips is my favorite PRIMER: Makeup Forever Smoothing Primer, obsessed with this product FOUNDATION: Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation (it makes your skin feel so smooth) CONCEALER: BareMinerals Powder Concealer POWDER: BareMinerals Matte Foundation Powder BRONZER: Benefit Hoola CHEEKS: NARS Blush in Amour EYE PENCIL: Laura Mercier Longwear Eye Pencil in Noir MASCARA: Maybelline Lash Sensational in Blackest Black

The game has a film noir sort of feel very reminiscent of Grim Fandango.

Somber piano and unexpected saxophone solos feel like this is not science fiction, but a film noir.

A lot funnier than you remember it, Carol Reed's immortal 1949 film noir seems to exist in the space between two worlds: an earlier time when thrillers were mostly serious affairs, and a future one, when such supremely witty entertainments felt passé.

Yes, the «noir» feeling of Max Payne of old is lost, but Max Payne 3 is one of the most enjoyable 3rd person shooters you can find in this generation of hardware.

More than anything, Alias Investigations once again provide a nice noir framework for the show's central mystery this season, one that is interesting to unravel and certainly feels more grounded than anything we've seen in the past with villains like The Hand.

From its opening scene slowly falling down Violet's closet in a continuous panning shot that makes her hat boxes and skin - tight dresses seem more like a modern city than a wardrobe, Bound quickly proves itself as a tightly constructed (and unexpectedly funny) lesbian noir with incredible camerawork, solid acting by the entire cast and tight pacing that'll keep you feeling empathizing with Violet, Corky and Caesar as their high - stakes game take several reversals of fortune.

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.

One is for the people who love rainy film noir, the other is for fans of hardcore platformers, the third one feels like a summer blockbuster.

This film feels kind of like what you'd expect from a collision between George Clooney and the Coen brothers: a comical noir thriller with a hefty dose of social commentary.

While the Miller arc feels like noir, the other half of «The Expanse» is more directly reminiscent of «BSG.»

His recent pictures, including the 1950s psychodrama «The Master» and the»70s noir «Inherent Vice,» feel less like stylized period pieces than weird, indelible relics of their respective eras — impeccably crafted, rich in mystery and deeply attuned to their characters» turbulent inner states.

Although Kirgo is both a good writer and a good historian, based on this essay I feel like she has a bias against horror that retroactively impacts some of the fine work she's done with noir, since horror and noir are opposite sides of the same nihilistic coin.

Filmed on 35 mm and left in its grittiest state — the colors have a relatively untreated feel, like a»70s Dirty Harry film — Too Late is an L.A. noir shot in five continuous take scenes.

Dahl's direction is superb, melding a classic film noir tone with a variety of dark red colors and hues — giving The Last Seduction an unsettled feeling of urgency not common to the noir genre.

Feel like plopping onto the sofa for a noir double - feature?

If the film feels Old Hollywood in that the stars are pretty, the heroes are tough, and the sex is good but the brutality is better, then excavate the ways that this period in our history dissolves into period noir: shells of men entrusted with the rebuilding of our society, with dangerous women and effete men (abortion rights and gay marriage vs. the evacuation of civil rights and ground wars in the Middle East) embodying the greater peril.

Everything feels studied, a pastiche of old noir tropes and current pop sensibilities.

With its thumping music and chic shots of the city after dark, the film looks and feels the way a modern L.A. noir should.

by Walter Chaw A lean, mean, pleasantly unpleasant little clockwork from first - time director E.L. Katz, Cheap Thrills feels and acts like the best kind of noir — the kind where you don't like anyone very much.

Atmospherically speaking, Calvino Noir nails the look and feel of the genre it so obviously pays tribute.

The film is categorized under Warner's Film Noir Archive Collection, but I really don't feel that this film really lands in that category.

On the minus side, though, «Killer Joe» never feels like much of a noir or much of a comedy.

Film noir: A motion picture with an often grim urban setting, photographed in somber tones and permeated by a feeling of disillusionment, pessimism and despair.

It's exciting, well made, and feels original — even if it takes it cues from iconic genres like the western and film noir.

Everything comes together in this movie — a phenomenal story; great performances (particularly from Perkins, whose take on Norman evokes precisely the right mix of sympathy and horror); the black - and - white cinematography (done, by most accounts, as both a cost - cutting measure and to lessen the impact of the bloody scenes), which contributes to an edgy, noir - ish feel that serves to increase the tension; and a killer soundtrack (horrible pun intended).

The familiar «noir,» (defined as a genre of crime film or fiction characterized by cynicism, fatalism and moral ambiguity) is made to feel new here - and it does - thanks to its anchor lead actor, Krisztián Kolovratnik.

There's neither the overheated lyricism of Raging Bull nor the pulp grittiness of a noir like The Set - Up; everything in Kuosmanen's film feels earthy and grounded, and, unlike Bill Conti's work in Rocky, Kuosmanen forgoes a non-diegetic music score, thereby denying us any easy emotional signposts.

Rotten: Enough of the ingredients for a sultry downscale noir are in place in Coastlines, that once the film turns perversely goody - good, it leaves you feeling vaguely disgruntled.

Crossfire Edward Dmytryk, USA, 1947, 35 mm, 86m This adaptation of writer / director - to - be Richard Brooks's novel The Brick Foxhole, about a group of vets, led by Robert Mitchum's Sergeant Keeley, searching postwar Washington for their amnesiac friend (George Cooper) so they can clear him of a murder charge, embodies the essence of what has come to be known as «film noir» — moody, troubled characters; nocturnal action; chiaroscuro cinematography; low - key acting spiced with bits of bravura eccentricity; and a plot so crazy that it feels like a nightmare.

Although earlier seasons of «Miami Vice» were a bit lighter and more conventional cop fare, the series developed a dark, serious vibe over the last few seasons that gave the show a grittier, noir - sih feel.

After sixteen years of Jones trying to get Mute made, the end result is a packed - to - the - brim science fiction noir that feels like it's been waiting to be unleashed for a long time.

He should know that, in noir world, feeling safe and happy makes you an instant target.

L.A. Noir has never felt scarier or looked more seductive.

That film is a Los Angeles - based, neo-noir homage to pulp - y detective mystery - thrillers, while The Nice Guys feels more like an L.A. - based homage to other acclaimed neo-noir detective films that have come out since the heyday of the film noir era, 1974's Chinatown and 1997's L.A. Confidential (it's surely not a coincidence to see Russell Crowe and Kim Basinger (Grudge Match) reunite here).