Sentences with phrase «powerful film since»

On the strength of Staunton's performance alone, it is Leigh's most powerful film since Naked in which David Thewlis ranted and raged as the passionate misanthrope Johnny, adrift in an urban landscape blighted by Thatcherism.

Not exact matches

That «The Equalizer» was going to dominate the weekend was a given, since the only other wide opener was the animated family film «Boxtrolls,» but not many people anticipated this powerful of a debut.

In The Director and the Jedi, by filmmaker Anthony Wonke, he places the spotlight on director Rian Johnson, and his process as a director new to the franchise, as Johnson has been a fan of the film since childhood, and sets out to make the most powerful Star Wars movie he can.

It's been five years since writer - director Sally Potter's last film — the poignant and powerful teenage girl's coming - of - age tale Ginger & Rosa — and she is back with a wicked vengeance.

Sundance, since its inception more than 20 years ago, has served to showcase films from an ethnically diverse pool of film - makers who have gone on to become powerful forces in the industry.

As such, the effects workload wouldn't have been any higher than the average blockbuster — of course there would be heavy CGI elements, but probably far less than something like, say, Disney's other forthcoming tentpoles «John Carter» and «Oz: The Great and Powerful» — and the fantastical elements, at least in Elliot and Rossio's draft (Justin Haythe has since come on board to rewrite) aren't massively prominent, the film being more of a straight action Western.

The hotly anticipated film is the culmination of a thread that's run through much of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since the end of 2012's The Avengers, with Thanos and his minions the Black Order arriving on Earth in a quest for the remaining Infinity Stones, powerful cosmic artifacts that, when assembled as part of the Infinity Gauntlet, will give him dominion over the universe.

Munich is easily the best film Spielberg has made since Schindler's List, and probably just as powerful.

The episode, which is plenty movie - like, could arguably stand alone as Scorsese's most satisfying film since «The Departed,» filled with a panoramic sense of mania, a powerful use of music and a fiery lead performance from Bobby Cannavale.

We always knew this film would be a powerful resource in Facing History classrooms, but we couldn't have predicted how deeply the story would resonate today, at a moment when Europe is facing its largest refugee crisis since World War II.

Since the beginning of his career, photography has been a central focus of Douglas's practice, utilized at first as a means of preparing for his films and eventually as a powerful pictorial tool in its own right.

Ever since his involvement in the pioneering Black Audio Collective in the 1980s, which is best - known for Handsworth Songs (1986), Akomfrah has combined avant - garde techniques with powerful political messages, resulting in films which are as interesting to listen to as they are to look at.

Since the film was released, I often hear from protesters and law - enforcement officials alike that «If a Tree Falls» is a powerful cautionary tale.