And to do that you've got to make a film that stands up next to
any other cinematic film that exists out there.
Not exact matches
As early as the spring of 1980, the ministry began dubbing the
film's sound track into
other languages to take the
cinematic Jesus abroad.
In short, says Brooks, they wanted to make sure they didn't get another Days of Thunder, the much - reviled (at least in racing circles) 1990 Tom Cruise
film, which featured, among
other cinematic inventions, scenes of Robert Duvall as a good - ol» - boy team owner who assembles stock cars in a barn.
The use of video (and
other technologies) is common in such courses; indeed, the
cinematic experience of Moctezuma's nonmajor students isn't limited to James Bond
films.
The founders, Stephanie Danan and Justin Kern both hail from the world of
film (one a producer and the
other a screenwriter, respectively), which makes sense given that there is a
cinematic quality to their collections — the individual pieces tend to move beautifully.
Unlike
other cinematic adaptations, «Death and the Maiden's» director doesn't hide the fact that the
film is based on a play.
They were also better than those of any
other major studio, leaving Disney the only one of the seven majors to receive a grade higher than a C. Interestingly, Disney's three Marvel - related
films (including Big Hero 6, which is not part of the Marvel
Cinematic Universe) were not just the studio's highest - grossing releases, but were also the highest - scoring Disney
films with critics.
Invidious, at times startlingly beautiful, and at
others startlingly ugly, it encapsulates Schrader's
cinematic philosophies, the testament of a man who worships
film.
Throughout the
film there are several
cinematic camera tricks, which hit the mark about half the time (and are annoying the
other half), and overall the performances of the cast are good, though I thought that the cheerleader's portrayal was a bit uneven, perhaps due to the script that had her alternatevely playing hot and cold.
The
film, yes, is a part of the Marvel
Cinematic Universe, but it's self - contained and, aside from a few specific jokes, you don't need to see any
other Marvel
film to keep up with the movie.
The Playlist finds it «both fascinatingly theatrical and thrillingly
cinematic» and Time labels the
film «intelligently ecstatic,» but
others had a more measured response.
For some reason, a
cinematic trend exists where there are multiple
films based on true stories about people confined to beds or
other limiting situations, and their inspiring stories of overcoming their predicaments.
Though Boys scarcely represented Cooper's
cinematic debut (he appeared in Neil Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto a couple of years prior, among
other films), it did prove a watershed, spurring the young actor on to additional
film work.
The interwoven
cinematic creature universe is supposed to kick - off with The Mummy reboot but could we see Evans as Dracula (centuries later) teaming up or fighting
other classic monsters in a future
film?
During our discussion, we talked about how long she has to sit in the make - up chair to apply Okoye's tattoos, how she got inducted into the Marvel
Cinematic Universe, her relationship with the
other women in the
film, comic book research, and what Wakanda thinks about the Winter Soldier.
Meanwhile, at the
other end of the
film food chain, I failed to see Ned Benson's The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her, described in the catalog as an «unprecedented
cinematic event» — but I did see Raya Martin and Cinema Scope editor and Locarno
Film Festival programmer Mark Peranson's La última película.
Sort of quietly and without nearly the fanfare of some
other properties, Marvel has seen their Captain America series of
films become some of the most popular in their
cinematic universe.
More than any
other film in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe, Black Panther addresses the world today in ways that, while not distracting from the action and adventure, fills the movie with deeper meaning and moral weight.
It also means possessing an informed knowledge of the
film's complex and dense «language,» its conventions, codes, symbols,
cinematic attributes, and
other factors.
Is there anything new to add to a
cinematic world that's been redone in countless
other films?
Any two serious considerations of the
film as anything
other than cheeky revisionism or
cinematic passion play would thus cancel each
other out; not that Tarantino doesn't take history seriously — he just defines it differently.
In
other words, implicated in the
film's questioning of social and domestic order is the
cinematic order by which Hollywood had institutionalised itself as the nation's predominant storytelling and image - making apparatus.
In Aardman's
cinematic absence,
others have kept the art of stop - motion alive; among this year's Animated Feature Oscar nominees are two
films — Henry Selick's Coraline and Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox — made in the painstaking frame - by - frame format.
As the
cinematic awards season amps up,
other female - led
films also are leading the way, with the like of «The Shape of Water,» «The Post,» «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» «Lady Bird» and «I, Tonya» considered strong contenders to bring home various statuettes.
Mix that in with a
film that includes aliens, a god and an android (among
other oddities) and it is difficult to believe that such a movie could be called the «most human»
film in a massive franchise, but that's exactly how Anthony Mackie, who portrays the hero Falcon (aka Sam Wilson) in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe, feels about Avengers: Infinity War.
The Hollywood Reporter writes that Robert Downey Jr. has completed a round of negotiations with Marvel that will see him appear in Spider - Man: Homecoming, and possibly
other installments in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe as well (in addition to his preexisting standalone deals for the Avengers: Infinity Wars
films).
Otherwise, the only
other name slated to appear in the
film is Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther, one of Marvel's new superheroes for Phase Three of their
cinematic universe.
It is in no way a bad
film and it is, moreover, one of the better action
films of recent
cinematic efforts, far outstripping anything such as the Jason Statham release, Safe, for example; that
film was just a rehash of multiple
other action pictures but delivered with one tenth of the quality.
The next four months offer an embarrassment of
cinematic riches, with new
films from Martin Scorsese, Damien Chazelle, Tim Burton, Gareth Edwards, Paul Verhoeven, Mel Gibson, Robert Zemeckis, Park Chan - Wook, Terrence Malick, J.A. Bayona, Jeff Nichols, Ang Lee, Denis Villeneuve, Kenneth Lonergan, and
other filmmakers of note waiting in the wings.
Marvel's newest
film, Thor: Ragnarok (directed by Taika Waititi and written by Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost), is filled to the brim with references to Marvel Comics and, as it builds upon the history of the Marvel
Cinematic Universe, it is also filled with references to
other Marvel
films.
But unlike
other dark comedies to make the jump («Mean Girls» director Mark Waters» «The House of Yes» comes to mind), Finley displays a natural
cinematic instinct, treating the baroque, marble - lined mansion where the
film principally unfolds not as a closed - in set, but a kind of tiger sanctuary, prowling the location in long, restless takes — whether it's stalking an SUV up the gravel driveway or lurking behind a door jam, carving knife in hand, while two characters stare each
other down in the adjacent room.
Fresh out of the gate, Marvel Studio's latest franchise
film, Doctor Strange, has already carved out an enviable place for itself amidst the rank and file of
other Marvel
Cinematic Universe tentpoles like Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Guardians of the Galaxy.
Avengers: Infinity War, like
other crossover
films in the Marvel
Cinematic Universe, is going to change the futures of the various characters involved.
Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new
film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly
cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village,
filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.
But whereas
other cinematic studies like Gomorrah (about modern Sicily) and the documentary Dancing with the Devil only wallowed in such viciousness, this
film plunged deeper, gripped harder, and yet always allowed glints of humanity into such darkness.
Though a part of the Marvel
Cinematic Universe, «Guardians of the Galaxy» largely stands apart from the
other films.
One of the key scenes of the
film, John Travolta and Uma Thurman winning a dance competition in Jack Rabbit Slim's, has gone down in
cinematic history, thanks to superb choreography and a Chuck Berry song that no
other director of a 90s movie would go near.
Ricky Church with his top ten moments of the Marvel
Cinematic Universe... 10 years ago, the Marvel
Cinematic Universe made its introduction to audiences with the release of Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr. in the title role that served as a launchpad for several
other films.
Branagh is a talented, Oscar - nominated actor and director perhaps best known for his five
cinematic Shakespeare adaptations (Hamlet, etc.), as well as
other theatrically influenced
films.
Voiceover is a tricky technique, at its worst a bludgeon against the viewer's intelligence, but at its best (cf. the
films of Terrence Malick, the documentaries of Werner Herzog, etc.) it can be as evocative and essential as any
other cinematic element.
But while many people may think that the action scene has moved on to
other parts (mostly Thailand and South Korea, plus a mini-boom of excellent American direct - to - video
films like «Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning» and its ilk), there's still a lot to offer from the once reigning king of
cinematic punches and gunshots.
Overall, Valiant is for the most part charming enough, while never approaching
cinematic excellence that the ambitious design (the country's first CGI
film, a World War II setting, and a low budget) might have suggested and
other studios (like Pixar) might have achieved with the same elements in place.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of transcendent filmmaking in the The Lost City of Z and A Ghost Story, it was the age of foolish Spider - Man remakes / reboots / regurgitations, it was the epoch of a magnificent enquiry into belief by the evergreen Martin Scorsese, it was the epoch of the incredulous return of Mel Gibson in a box office hit, it was the season of Michael Haneke shining a light on our uncaring societal malaise, it was the season of manifold more people watching Baywatch, it was the spring of Aki Kaurismäki's warm - hearted but politically pressing The
Other Side of Hope, it was the winter of despair at the box office results of masterpieces like Certain Women, Aquarius and The Death of Louis XIV, we had Yorgos Lanthimos» Kubrickian masterpiece before us, we had a new Kingsman film before us, we were all going direct to cinematic Heaven, we were all going direct the other
Other Side of Hope, it was the winter of despair at the box office results of masterpieces like Certain Women, Aquarius and The Death of Louis XIV, we had Yorgos Lanthimos» Kubrickian masterpiece before us, we had a new Kingsman
film before us, we were all going direct to
cinematic Heaven, we were all going direct the
otherother way.
This is in no way even a partial view of the scope of the
film (which plays like a miniseries but is
cinematic in nearly every
other way), which encompasses historical fiction, religion, migration, infidelity, camp, drama, comedy, Prospect Park, and Antartica in its vastness.
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cinematic image with suitable dynamic range, period - appropriate colour rendition, and a dusting of 35 mm
film grain.
The new instalment of the Thor franchise will not be linked to
other films in the Marvel
cinematic universe, director Taika Waititi has said.
However, while Lachman had referenced classics of European cinema for
other films, including Haynes» singular Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There, he didn't reference any specific
cinematic world for Carol.
At the
film's recent press day, Shyamalan and Blum discussed their creative partnership and the most surprising aspect of working with each
other, why the scares in this
film are deceptively simple yet terrifying and original, how the mock documentary style format gave Shyamalan new
cinematic tools for keeping the audience guessing, his directing style, what he was looking for in his young actors, why he cast experienced stage actors for the grandparents» roles, his collaboration with award - winning DP Maryse Alberti, how he recruited Oxenbould to shoot the chase sequence underneath the house, why he likes treating B genre movies like they're A dramas, and more.
With the transgender movement heavily in the media with figures like Caitlyn Jenner, and countless
others heading the conversation, a
film like Tom Hooper «s «The Danish Girl» feels vibrantly relevant in today's
cinematic climate.
That is not to say that the director compromised his style in any way; many will still find his glacial pacing, aversion to traditional narrative and the
film's almost total lack of action an agonising ordeal, but for those willing to open themselves up to Hou's
cinematic majesty, the results are intoxicating and mesmerising in a way no
other film could accomplish in 2015.