Sentences with phrase «only costume drama»

The Age of Innocence (1993) is not the only costume drama or historical picture that Martin Scorsese made but it is his only classical literary adaptation from the filmmaker that, all these years later, we still remember for edgy violence and cinematic energy.

Not exact matches

I hope I don't sound illiberal in admonishing Mankiewicz for attempting, like so many of his peers had, a costume drama, but it's only in artists» minds that we demand range and versatility from them.

It might not sound like your typical costume drama, but Thomas Hardy's tale is a surprisingly contemporary tale, following Miss Everdene (her surname inspiring The Hunger Games» heroine), as she inherits her father's estate, only to find herself the target of three suitors.

Nonetheless this is Disney fun not a drama documentary, so authenticity is not the only message these costumes have to convey.

According to Indiewire,» «The West Wing» by way of a costume drama, it tracks the abolition of slavery as a series of negotiations with major ramifications only transparently stated in the final scenes.

A classic British memoir gets the full costume drama treatment with this beautifully crafted World War I drama, although it never quite transcends the «beloved book» tone, remaining so worthy that it only rarely springs to life.

Even if I did not particularly learn anything from it, I was completely engrossed by Elizabeth, which not only makes the traditionally stuffy and aloof British costume drama accessible, but entertaining and exciting as well.

It sometimes feels that the British film industry only makes about three or four different kinds of movies: dreadful gangster films that rarely get a release abroad, gritty social realism pictures, period costume dramas, and semi-quirky comedies with a tearjerking side, exemplified by something like «Billy Elliot» or «The Full Monty,» but more often turning out like «Calendar Girls» or «Song For Marion.»