Sentences with phrase «of critical favorites»

Clooney is joined in the film by a who's who of critical favorites including Ryan Gosling, Marisa Tomei, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti and Jeffrey Wright.

Winter and spring will see the much - anticipated final season of «Lost,» new cable shows from the creators of «The Wire,» «Boomtown,» and «Battlestar Galactica,» and the return of critical favorites like «Breaking Bad,» «Big Love,» and «Damages» — plus reality show competition favorites like «American Idol,» «Survivor» (in a special all - star edition) and the Winter Olympics.

He's been something of a critical favorite for a while now, but after making the hugely acclaimed «Summer Hours» and the TV miniseries / theatrical marathon «Carlos» within a few years of each other, French filmmaker Olivier Assayas has firmly cemented himself as one of the more exciting directors in world cinema.

Not exact matches

On the personal side, I take photos of wine that I like and store them in a notebook called Favorite Wines and keep copies of all critical identification (like my driver's license, passport, and insurance papers) in a notebook called Wallet.

This stockpile of consumer insights would play a critical role when he became P&G's CEO, revitalizing the company under a «consumer is boss» mantra and introducing several innovative new brands like Swiffer and Febreze — while continuing to focus on consumer favorites like Tide.

The record was a critical favorite and commercial success, and was followed up by 2015's I Love You, Honeybear, a meditation on Tillman's real life as a new husband, discovering the trappings, burdens and benefits of love and domesticated modern life.

The show — which at looks the lives of several individuals and families experiencing a series of emotional plot - lines — was a critical and audience favorite for NBC.

Consuming cholesterol and fat is critical to the health and function of the brain — but for years we've been starving our brain from its favorite food.

One of my favorite fashion writers, Robin Givhan, and her very smart (and satisfyingly critical) review of the latest Ralph Lauren runway show.

Under Waintrop, Directors» Fortnight has unveiled some of the most talked - about of titles in any Cannes section, whether Houda Benyamina's «Divines» in 2016, Sean Baker's «Florida Project» last year, or this year's opener and critical favorite, Ciro Guerra's «Birds of a Passage,» a desert mobster saga which delivers a premonitory take on how the drug trade consolidated in and ended up destroying Colombia.

The other nominees are already critical favorites, although not many predicted that Bacon, who plays the enigmatic title character in «I Love Dick,» would be part of this tough category.

With the commercial — and, to some extent, critical — triumph of GoldenEye, Brosnan established himself as the best Bond since everyone's favorite, Connery.

-- Kenneth R. Morefield, Professor of English, Campbell University «As a materialist, I have issues with a transcendental approach toward style, even while supporting Paul Schrader's critical gifts and his passionate interest in three of my favorite filmmakers.

It's also a list that is notably missing two high - profile, high - pedigree critical favorites: Brett Morgen's «Jane» and Matthew Heineman's «City of Ghosts.»

The second of Marvel's ABC dramas, while a critical favorite, was never a ratings breakthrough.

This episode of the Way Too Indiecast has Bernard and CJ discussing the lack of value in critical consensus and their list of favorite movies about music.

«When I was studying at NYU, I took classes in critical studies, and one of my favorites was on queer cinema,» Franco says, explaining his fascination with queer art.

Just because not every single one of these Zelda games got critical acclaim and are fan favorites doesn't mean that they weren't released annually.

After #OscarsSoWhite, Birth of a Nation was a critical favorite before a fall from grace.

Those were the first words that Luca Guadagnino, the director of Call Me By Your Name, one of this year's biggest critical hits and Oscar favorites, said to me as I sat down to interview him.

In 2005, his sophomore effort L'esquive — a raw, direct exploration of teenage sexual politics in the banlieues (the French suburban hoods) by way of eighteenth century playwright Marivaux - unexpectedly trumped critical favorite Kings and Queen and populist heavyweights A Very Long Engagement and Oscar nominee The Chorus at the César Awards, winning Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay.

They've never been critical favorites, but remember when Adam Sandler movies used to be kind of a big deal?

The second stage of the process is delegated to the critics circle lists, where critics announce individual «10 Best» lists and vote in local and national groups as marketing budgets grow for critical favorites.

Veteran genre director Renny Harlin has definitely had his share of hits and misses during his long career, from the fan - favorite highs of DIE HARD 2, DEEP BLUE SEA, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER, THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, DRIVEN, and CLIFFHANGER to the critical drubbings of CUTTHROAT ISLAND, EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING, THE LEGEND OF HERCULES, and MINDHUNTERof hits and misses during his long career, from the fan - favorite highs of DIE HARD 2, DEEP BLUE SEA, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER, THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, DRIVEN, and CLIFFHANGER to the critical drubbings of CUTTHROAT ISLAND, EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING, THE LEGEND OF HERCULES, and MINDHUNTERof DIE HARD 2, DEEP BLUE SEA, NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER, THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, DRIVEN, and CLIFFHANGER to the critical drubbings of CUTTHROAT ISLAND, EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING, THE LEGEND OF HERCULES, and MINDHUNTERof CUTTHROAT ISLAND, EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING, THE LEGEND OF HERCULES, and MINDHUNTEROF HERCULES, and MINDHUNTERS.

So in a year with four of the most - acclaimed Chinese - language films of all - time (the two that appear on Sight & Sound - type lists, the one that is the only Chinese film to ever get any real Oscar consideration and a favorite among the critical intelligentsia), I'm going with a four hour documentary about a leftist revolt in 19th Century France.

After a few misfires («Tamara Drewe,» «Lay The Favorite»), Stephen Frears returns to critical — and likely audiences» — good graces with this take on the true story of Philomena Lee (Judi Dench), a 70 year old woman searching for the son that was taken away from her 50 years prior after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.

There was the cast full of recent Oscar winners and critical favorites.

Why It Could Succeed: Coming off of the cult favorite «Drive» (also a critical darling, if a big Oscar snub come nomination morning), any reuniting of filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn and actor Ryan Gosling was going to draw major notice.

«Wuthering Heights «I was convinced, on walking out of the Venice press screening of Andrea Arnold «s adaptation of the classic, much - filmed «Wuthering Heights,» that I was looking at film that while it had little chance of catching on with the general public, it was sure to be a critical favorite.

Surprisingly missing from the list is the box office and critical favorite from earlier last year, «Lee Daniels The Butler,» which was shut out of every category it was eligible for.

Four years later, he returned with «Birth,» starring Nicole Kidman, a strange, unclassifiable, but deeply wonderful film that didn't find the audience or critical reception it deserved at the time, but which has gone on to be something of a cult favorite.

Expect the film, with its rich performances and almost Coenish blend of tones, to be one of the fall's critical favorites — and maybe a commercial one, too, if winning the Audience Award at Toronto is any indication.

DOPE: A critical hit and audience favorite out of the Sundance Film Festival, in Dope, Malcolm (Shameik Moore) is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT.

No less expected was the awarding of Best Actor to Timothy Spall, whose emphatic grunts as landscape painter J.M.W. Turner made Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner an early critical favorite of the fest.

Made without the financial support of a government still smarting from the director's previous works, this critical favorite — the only nominee with a corresponding nod from BAFTA — once more earned the national selectors» approval while standing its ground.

Elle has been a critical favorite, and its star Isabelle Huppert remains one of the frontrunners for a Best Actress nod.

Kevin Powers» novel about army life in Iraq was a critical favorite, won lots of writing prizes, and was a best - seller.

«Listen Up Philip» His last film, «The Color Wheel,» became a serious favorite in the critical community, but after «Listen Up Philip,» the cult of director Alex Ross Perry is likely to grow much, much further.

The talk of the Cannes Film Festival, where it received as rapturous a critical response as any film is likely to get (no less than Amy Taubin said it was one of her ten favorite films of all - time on Film Comment's festival podcast), Toni Erdmann is finally making its run through the fall festival circuit, and here in Vancouver it capped my first day at the festival.

The flip side — the meme - generating contrarian takedown of a critical or popular favorite, however cleverly executed — is just as reactionary if couched in moral terms that reassure readers that certain types of films are for certain types of people.

Earlier this year as I was preparing for a series of presentations at annual school leaders and administrators events, several of my fellow EdLeader21 members suggested that I compile a list of my favorite 21st century resources — tools and practices that introduce and encourage the 4Cs (critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity) in our schools.

4) National: The Washington Post's Valerie Strauss shines a light on Phil McRae's critical analysis of «blended learning,» a favorite of school privatization advocates and ed tech corporations.

Below is a list of my personal favorite books on becoming a better writer, a critical editor, and a smart publisher.

Readers» Favorite has been fortunate enough to find a wonderful editor / proofreader with 3 decades of experience who is willing to provide these critical services at a fraction of normal rates.

She is not a fan of some of the «big books» of the year, including critical favorite Lauren Groff's Fates and Furies, Jonathan Franzen's literally big 500 - plus page Purity or Garth Risk Hallberg's even bigger City on Fire.

On this 43 minute episode, you'll learn Chris's favorite social media platforms for promoting and selling books, the critical importance of your Facebook author page and her four - step strategy for getting more engagement and book sales from the time you invest on social media.

Released back in 2010 Enslaved: Odyssey to the West remains one of my favorite games, and it is my firm belief that it was hugely overlooked by players everywhere, despite a positive critical reception and managing to impress people who bothered to play it, selling only 460,000 copies by November of 2010.

Not sure about Anarchy Reigns even though it comes from Platinum Games, makers of such critical favorites as Vanquish and Bayonetta?

Soul Calibur V also eschews the Critical Finishes from SCIV — which needed to be executed at a particular time — in favor of Critical Edges, which can be unleashed as long as your Soul Gage is filled; I personally prefer this option, as it hearkens back to the strategy of Soul Edge, still one of my favorite entries in the series.

To this day she is in my top 3 favorite gaming consoles of all time and because of what she did for me in that critical period of my life her position is solidified.