Sentences with phrase «other urban drama»
On the surface it looks like any other urban drama, but Tipping's use of whimsical fairy tale and sci - fi elements combines with heartbreaking social commentary for a totally unique experience.
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The crew — Spock, Bones (Karl Urban, «Dredd»), Sulu, Uhura (Zoe Saldana, «Colombiana»), Chekov (Anton Yelchin, «Fright Night»), Scotty (Simon Pegg, «Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol»), among others — encounters debris fields, technical malfunctions, betrayal and bona fide drama as they pursue their crafty adversary, but who will be double - crossed and fooled as tensions build?
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.
The film plays Daniel cleverly, pitching him initially as a solitary figure in his cold - seeming apartment; but a single artfully placed glimpse of a dinner party shows that he isn't the archetypal lonely man of urban drama, but someone who chooses for himself when he gets to spend time apart from others.
At times the spectacle seems distracting from the human story, at other times his determination to ground the action in human terms (with all the mortal dangers involved) becomes alarmingly intense, less a superhero action movie than a grim urban tragedy (Berg's on - the - job directorial training on the medical drama Chicago Hope comes in handy here).
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Gorgeous period dramas, urban thrillers and charming foreign films all provide a glimpse into how other people live — and can inspire ideas for how you want to live.
At the other end of the spectrum there's Urban Glamour — these luxurious and elegant spaces pump up the wow - factor with oversized art, statement textures, rich colour and oodles of drama.