Sentences with phrase «of faith in the film»

While we haven't heard a whole lot about Promised Land so far, the fact that the studios are going out of their way to ensure it has a shot at the big awards suggests they have a lot of faith in this film.

People trust the brand, that builds early buzz and a lot of faith in the film, then the excellent marketing does the rest, and the quality of the film itself ends up paying off big time.

With a cultural quietness combined with the strength of an agile tiger, we are witness to contemplation, mindful journeying, and decisions of faith in this film.

Not exact matches

So, imagine my surprise to find that this holiday movie season has offered up not one but two Oscar - worthy, thoughtful films that deal with matters of faith in an intelligent and exciting way: Gran Torino and Doubt.

Well known due to its early days being chronicled in the book and film The Cross and the Switchblade, Teen Challenge is where Nicky Cruz first found faith and broke out of his gangland lifestyle.

Terence Malick's latest film features an American (Ben Affleck) who falls in love with a French woman and a priest (Javier Bardem) who undergoes a crisis of faith.

In his book and film series Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith, Bishop Robert Barron tells how this unity of «rich and the poor, both the educated and the uneducated, both the housekeeper and the grande dame... kneeling side by side» impressed Dorothy Day when she was considering her conversion.

A decade after «The Passion of the Christ» surprised Hollywood, rankled liberals and raked in $ 600 million worldwide, big studios are backing a flotilla of faith - based films.

«The earlier emphasis of faith - based films was to sacrifice quality for the message,» Jakes said in a recent interview.

«When Hollywood does that incredible rare thing and portrays people of faith in a positive light, it's such a rare thing, we have to be grateful,» he said and not push to have the film removed from stores.

Martin Scorese's film adaptation of the acclaimed book tells the story of persecution, martyrdom and faith involving two Jesuit priests who serve as missionaries to Japan in the 1600s.

Themes of faith and fatherhood animate this film, in which we observe the maturation of Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, and of the superhero genre.

CNN's Fredricka Whitfield speaks with the film's screenwriter and a pastor in this week's installment of Faces of Faith.

But even though Hamilton and her family's faith plays a key role in the film, many audiences would be surprised to learn that the question of how to show their religion in the film caused huge debate on set.

I want my children to make decisions for themselves about faith and some of what was presented in that film made me question if I was really allowing that.

Utilising interviews with a number of prominent Christians in high - level science, the film addresses in a three - part (totalling 90 - minutes) presentation the «big questions» which lie at the science - faith interface.

Although there's plenty of room for differing opinions in the Christian faith, this film is one more piece of evidence that wherever you land, believers can no longer sit on the sidelines when it comes to issues of race, civil rights and how we interpret our past.

While Pedraza focuses on his own faith and that of those closest to him, Tandan, whose film is about a mosque in India, urges believers to learn about other religions.

While this pitch may ring as a bit too Protestant - sounding in Catholic ears and weakens the clear message of the film to some extent, it is nevertheless admirable to see someone on the street inviting passers - by to faith in Jesus Christ.

The Broadcasting and Film Commission of the N.C.C. may make awards annually to films of outstanding merit that, within the perspective of the Christian faith, also (1) portray with honesty and compassion the human condition — including human society in its cultural environment — depicting man in the tension between his attempt to realize the full potential of his of.

But if you look, for example, at my most recent film, The War, you will see that issues of faith and spirituality abound in it, in very poignant moments and in humorous ones.

I was approached a number of years ago to see if I was interested in doing a film on Freud and C. S. Lewis, having as its main theme the question of faith.

They'd wanted a film which would play well to audiences of all faiths and none; in the test screenings they got a lot of angry report cards from Christians who felt they'd been mis - sold a «faith film».

Bestselling author of books including Faults in Our Stars and Paper Towns (both of which have been adapted into films), John Green, recently tweeted his support for helping refugees, citing his own faith and the teachings of Jesus.

Amidst all the hype and debate surrounding this year's flood of faith - related films — Noah, God is Not Dead, and Heaven is For Real — a quiet Oscar winner from 2013, recently released to DVD, provides the most compelling story of faith I've seen on the big screen in years.

It is a film about the importance of family and having faith in each other, and how each can play a pivotal role in the journeys of the others, in both sickness and in health.

In fact, for a film derided in the popular press as a «jihadist comedy», Four Lions treads far more carefully when it comes to firing pot - shots at the politics of suicidebombers, or the Muslim faith, than one might expecIn fact, for a film derided in the popular press as a «jihadist comedy», Four Lions treads far more carefully when it comes to firing pot - shots at the politics of suicidebombers, or the Muslim faith, than one might expecin the popular press as a «jihadist comedy», Four Lions treads far more carefully when it comes to firing pot - shots at the politics of suicidebombers, or the Muslim faith, than one might expect.

Bernsen appears at the beginning of the screening copy explaining that he's made several faith - based films and wanted to do something a little different this time, something along the lines of Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally.

What's clear is that Gibson has made a film about family, faith, love and forgiveness all put to the test in an arena of violent conflict - a movie you don't want to miss.

Obviously, THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT isn't an easy film to watch, in that it's certainly not the kind of thing that's going to reaffirm your faith in humanity.

There really isn't much room for ambiguity in the multiplexes, and, tellingly, there's not much room for Annihilation in them, either — Paramount, the studio that produced the film, lost faith in the resulting weirdness of the finished project and sold off most of the international rights to Netflix (which has been making itself a home for sci - fi studio discards recently).

Haigh is nothing if not a sensitive, compassionate director, and he puts a lot of faith in Plummer in the film's many quiet scenes, especially those where it's just Charley and his horse.

Gibson has made a big, bold, nightmarishly beautiful film not just about the dawn of the Christian faith, but about the awful tendency of human communities (wherever and whenever in the world they may exist) toward self - preservation, intolerance and mob rule.

Not only is this faith - in - crisis drama one of the legendary writer - director's most incendiary films ever, it's one of the year's very best — a cinematic whirlwind that leaves you both exhilarated and spent.

In fact, the film presents, almost in remarkable equity, the possibility of having one's personal faith strengthened, rather than challengeIn fact, the film presents, almost in remarkable equity, the possibility of having one's personal faith strengthened, rather than challengein remarkable equity, the possibility of having one's personal faith strengthened, rather than challenged.

Therefore, the film «Creation» (which should have been called «Evolution,» given its proper nomenclature) only confirms what I already knew to be true: that in the end, everyone must make their own «leap of faith» toward some belief, be it based in science, religion, perceived facts, or the scriptures themselves.

The film is evocative, intelligent, poignant, and delivers a good deal of clarity both in the development of «On the Origins of Species» and on the complexities of Charles Darwin the man, who shook the world with scientific theory, yet appeared more comforted by his faith in family.

The war between faith and knowledge, science and reason, love of family over love for profession — all themes in this dramatic film — are always worthy of exploration.

As the film shows, the death of Annie destroyed Darwin's remaining belief in the Christian faith.

At once subtle and visceral, the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful, offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future.

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It is, above all else, a deeply edifying horror film: It intends to teach us that, despite our faith in the redemptive power of education and refinement, all we have to look forward to is filth and degradation.

Exploring loss of faith in authority both earthly and divine, the film deals with some similar themes to those of Mr. Robot, but in an even more enigmatic manner.

By using the film medium to explore the ever - shifting internal landscapes of faith and identity, Wendigo succeeds and satisfies in a way that few films even think to attempt.

In lieu of the earlier film's dreamlike expressive effects, Disobedience puts an uncommon faith in concisions of acting and editing (including a wordless, believable montage of grief), and in loaded moments and changes in point of view that would probably play differently on a second viewinIn lieu of the earlier film's dreamlike expressive effects, Disobedience puts an uncommon faith in concisions of acting and editing (including a wordless, believable montage of grief), and in loaded moments and changes in point of view that would probably play differently on a second viewinin concisions of acting and editing (including a wordless, believable montage of grief), and in loaded moments and changes in point of view that would probably play differently on a second viewinin loaded moments and changes in point of view that would probably play differently on a second viewinin point of view that would probably play differently on a second viewing.

Planned as part of a trilogy, the film also stars Katherine Waterston («Inherent Vice») as Tina; Alison Sudol («Dig,» «Transparent») as Tina's sister Queenie; Tony Award winner Dan Fogler («The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee») as Jacob; Ezra Miller («Trainwreck») as Credence; two - time Oscar nominee Samantha Morton («In America,» «Sweet and Lowdown») as Mary Lou; Jenn Murray («Brooklyn») as Chastity; newcomer Faith Wood - Blagrove as Modesty; and Colin Farrell («True Detective») as Graves.

(In Spanish with subtitles) The Monastery (Unrated) Faith - based documentary, filmed over six - years, chronicles the efforts of octogenarian Jorgen Lauersen Vig, a spiritually - oriented virgin, to convert his Danish castle into a monastery for an order of Russian nuns led by the headstrong Sister Ambrosija.

First Reformed marks a considerable turning point, a film à thèse about the struggle for grace and faith in our modern world of hyperreality and despair, especially when the various stopgaps offered by society — organized religion, political institutions, ecological activism — seem variously counterfeit.

The film, set in the early 1960s, tells the story of a young woman, Sister Cathleen (Qualley), who starts to question her Catholic faith as she trains to become a nun.

The film, directed by Matthew Heinemen, focuses on the leaders of both vigilante groups, including a Mexican doctor who has lost faith in his government's ability to fight the drug lords.