Sentences with phrase «of passion for films»

If you pay attention to social media, you can argue there is plenty of passion for films like «Call Me by Your Name,» «Star Wars: The Last Jedi,» «Get Out,» and about a dozen others.

It's a cracking story and impressively executed by a director clearly going out of his way to show he has lost none of his passion for film - making and for action in particular.

Not exact matches

Last year, just in time for Easter, Mel Gibson released an edited version of his controversial film The Passion of the Christ.

Then, Scorsese's next film, Kundun (a biography of the 14th Dalai Lama), set the stage for the religious tones of what would become a passion project for him: a film adaptation of Silence, the 1966 novel by Shusaku Endo.

Though some critics took issue with Gibson's creative choice, beyond its artistic merits, The Passion remains one of the more important Bible films ever made: Taking in nearly $ 400 million, it is the highest - grossing R - rated film of all time, and it helped usher in a new era of Hollywood creating content for Christian audiences.

This is because her life radiates beauty: through her hospitality to friends and strangers alike, through her joyful laugh, through her care of those in need, through her passion for education, through her love of framing things on film through the lens of a camera, through her ability to be patient with her doofus husband, through her genuine love for God, through her sacrificial generosity to those with less than we have, and even through her stubborn refusal to let me get away with any of my trademark snark.

The Jews, however, class this film with the tradition of the passion play, which spotlights the Jews as the real killers of Christ; and they call for the abolition of all passion plays as such.

They have a passion for the art of film and the signs of faith surrounding its making and within its message.

Eisenberg had such passion for Rollers, a small indie film, that he not only maintained his commitment to the role throughout its two years of fundraising but also helped its producers with casting choices and other key decisions.

Woodward's excitement to head to the South is apparent as LSU has one of the nation's top track and field programs, and she will be able to further pursue her passion for film and screenwriting.

Jurnee's passion for writing and film came from a love of comics, which she still collects and enjoys.

Scott: First, now they have four PR firms working on promoting this film for the next couple of weeks, but the initial marketer is Motive Entertainment, which is the same marketing company that promoted Passion of the Christ and Chronicles of Narnia; and the kind of pioneering approach that they instituted with Passion of the Christ was this viral marketing as they were doing with Expelled.

Angelina Danielle's passion for acting recently landed her the principle role of Hope in the all Michigan based TV sitcom / film «Percipience» which is set to be released in 2016.

You may love films, football and cycling, but what about your passion for cooking, or your favourite genre of books?

The film's portrait of young love may be touching, but its most moving moments celebrate love of a different kind: the passion that movie professionals, both young and old, have for their craft.

A graduate of both the UCLA School of Cinema and the Hofstra School of Law, Matt Cooper combined his passions for business and film in 1994 when he founded the Los Angeles - based production company The Vault, Inc..

I think the film is pretty good but doesn't really stand out because it's too polished - the gangsters have gentlemanly attributes, far from Cagney's more realistic portrayal, and for all their pre-Code banter, the romantic exchanges lack real passion, with the exception of Mae Clarke (in a minor role), whose reaction when she's jilted is quite good.

Franco's film dives into the insane folly of Tommy's passion project, how he buys, not rents, all of his shooting equipment, incurring massive costs for no other reason than to look like a big shot, or how he has a fake alleyway constructed to look exactly like the one outside the shooting stage.

As a life - long fan of entertainment, particularly films, television and music, and an endless passion for writing, Karen Benardello decided to combine the two for a career.

In the Season 4 finale, as Hank awaits sentencing, the lines between his real life and the movie based on his life blur as the film's star hits on his ex-wife and he feels stirrings of passion for the actress hired to play Karen.

A film that stands out for its passion, ambition and clarion - call sincerity, even amid the contemporary onslaught of political documentaries.

This film wreaked of laziness and little passion, but a lot of financial pleasure for whatever studio put it out.

Miyazaki indulges himself in his passion for seaplanes with this very enjoyable project of most personal interest, an always entertaining film that benefits from a beautiful soundtrack, a spot - on sense of humor and, even better, a lot of heart.

In his 1968 novel Myra Breckenridge, Vidal managed to weave both his undying passion for films and his fascination with same - sex relationships within the framework of an outrageous storyline (Vidal had nothing to do with the wretched 1970 film version of Myra Breckenridge).

The film's energy and passion (and no doubt, eye for detail) can't be faulted, but a tighter film could have more pointedly made the connection between the subjects» brief lifespans and the fate of a young culture of refusal that arguably died when the system it questioned was replaced by a differently oppressive social order.

The film began as a passion project for Armenian - American Kirk Kerkorian, a businessman, philanthropist and the once owner of MGM Studios.

(1) The Intouchables, an $ 11.5 million dramedy, based on a true story, that was co-written and co-directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano and has become the second highest - grossing French film of all - time in France and grossed more than $ 355 million internationally (more than any other French film and, for that matter, any non-English-language film, save for The Passion of the Christ); and (2) Rust and Bone, a fictional drama that was co-written and directed by Jacques Audiard, a best foreign language film Oscar nominee three years ago for France's Un Prophet, and features tour - de-force performances from Marion Cotillard, the best actress Oscar winner five years ago, and Matthias Schonaerts, the star of last year's Belgian nominee Bullhead.

Ellen Page (Freeheld) has seven of ten votes but there is also a chance she'll be pushed to lead and Julianne Moore in supporting as the film has been a passion project of hers for years.

Although he supposedly retired to Tasmania in the early 2000s, it is very difficult to see a substantial decrease in his level of engagement or activity, though it did give him more time to write for such outlets as Senses of Cinema and communicate his passion for film history, as well as contemporary cinema, in a series of lectures or talks (I'm sure he'd prefer the latter term) held over a ten - year - period at the State Cinema in Hobart.

It's the ideal climax for a film that sees L.A. as one big stage, its people an ensemble of big personalities with big passions and desires.

In 2007, Marina and a group of fellow film writers launched Row Three, a website for film fans with a passion for films beyond what's playing at local theaters.

With a passion for increasing the profiles of women and people of color in film, Domino has worked with the New Orleans Film Society to launch Emerging Voices, a mentoring initiative for people of color.

You can not help to adore Newt Scamander which his kindness, awkward charm, love and passion for his work and «beasts,» the real charm of this film would be Jacob Kowalski.

«Midnight in Paris» McAdams teamed up with Owen Wilson (again) and Woody Allen for the 2011 Oscar winner «Midnight in Paris,» kicking off a stretch of prestige films in which she worked with auteur director such as Terrence Malick on «To the Wonder,» Brian de Palma on «Passion» and Wim Wenders on «Every Thing Will Be Fine.»

Film has always been her first love, but she found her passion for Asian film at the very first year of AFFD.

It doesn't take long for Hughes, with his passion for airplanes, to jump from producer to director of his first major film project, a World War I air epic called Hell's Angels, which took three years to complete thanks to the shift from silent to sound filming and Hughes» relentless perfectionism.

Giménez, who has already received over 30 awards worldwide for his work on the film, breathes much - needed new life into a genre plagued by convention and shows us that passion can be found in the most unlikely of places.

From the washed - out greys and blues of its visual palette in the very opening moments, and with nary a colour traditionally linked to passion present during its entire runtime, United States of Love might seem like a deliberately ironic English title for Polish director Tomas Wasilewski's latest film.

When Variety reviewed Not Quite Hollywood they concluded that the film was «Energetic almost to the brink of excess» (2), which could also serve as an apt description of the «Ozploitation» films it chronicles, the era in which those films were produced, as well as this memorable segment with Tarantino, which shows his uninhibited passion for — and witty observations of — those unforgettable moments of exploitation cinema.

There's a lot of passion for the big films of the year, so anything could happen.

Hervé is played by Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage and Fullerton describes the film «as very much a passion project» for Dinklage.

Shot in color, but being theatrically distributed in black and white, the film was also something of a slow - burn passion project for Payne, as he originally shelved it back in 2003 to take a break from the road movie genre after «Sideways.»

A pair of 2004 movies, Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ and Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, experienced commercial success unprecedented for an independent film and a documentary, respectively, that reflected bigger and largely opposite sentiments in the divided country.

On a very small budget, but with tons of passion for filmmaking, an unknown director would make one of the most classic cult films of all time that not only was a head of its time, but would become the number one movie responsible for a genre.

Their screening as the Closing Night film of Directors» Fortnight at Cannes this year brought a shot of adrenaline and a whole lot of passion to the Croisette; we can't wait for the rest of the world to experience the Jersey magic when the film hits theatres this August.

In his adaptation of Brian Selznick's novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Scorsese weaves together his many passions and concerns: for art, for film, and for fathers and father - figures.

Keane thanked Bryant, saying the short film has «a message for all of us — whatever form your dream may take, it's through passion and perseverance, that the impossible is possible.»

Regarded as a masterpiece of the silent film era, this new home release for The Passion of Joan of Arc is sure to be an excellent choice for any film fan's collection.

Far more creative and enjoyable than the standard retrospective route, this reunion, seemingly born out of DeVito's surprising and abundant passion for the film, sees the cast revisit and re-enact their favorite moments, share props and costume design drawings, and bask in each other's company.

Whether «Noah» turns out to be a «Passion of the Christ» - sized hit or another flop for Aronofsky remains to be seen, but films don't get much more epic than this.