Sentences with phrase «powerful performance in a film»

Perhaps true, Sandy, but the Best Actress Award always goes to the actress with the most powerful performance in a film of high merit, such as Streep's two Oscar wins, for Sophie's Choice as Best Actress and for Kramer vs. Kramer as Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

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«Beasts of No Nation is a powerful film that unfolds beautifully in the hands of director Cary Fukunaga with Idris Elba delivering a career - defining performance,» Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos said in a statement.

Harrelson and Foster have great chemistry on screen together, both give amazing performances, and go a long way in making the movie the powerful film it is.

Most of all, it contains a powerful, deeply felt performance by Kruger that is both the best thing that she has ever done in a film and worthy of all the accolades that it has received — even during the ludicrous final section, she keeps things from totally spinning out of control.

Washington also turned in powerful performances in a number of other films, such as Mississippi Masala (1991), as a man in love with an Indian woman; Philadelphia (1993), as a slightly homophobic lawyer who takes on the cause of an AIDS - stricken litigator (Tom Hanks); and Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), as a 1940s private detective, Easy Rawlins.

But it is a powerful film, one of the nine shortlisted for the foreign - language Oscar, and it is elevated, as it would need to be, by Diane Kruger's superb performance in the central role.

In 1987, he starred as anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in Richard Attenborough's Cry Freedom alongside Kevin Kline, and though the film itself alienated some critics (Pauline Kael called it «dumbfounding»), Washington's powerful performance earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.Two years later, Washington netted another Best Supporting Actor nod — and won the award — for his turn as an embittered yet courageous runaway slave in the Civil War drama GlorIn 1987, he starred as anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in Richard Attenborough's Cry Freedom alongside Kevin Kline, and though the film itself alienated some critics (Pauline Kael called it «dumbfounding»), Washington's powerful performance earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.Two years later, Washington netted another Best Supporting Actor nod — and won the award — for his turn as an embittered yet courageous runaway slave in the Civil War drama Glorin Richard Attenborough's Cry Freedom alongside Kevin Kline, and though the film itself alienated some critics (Pauline Kael called it «dumbfounding»), Washington's powerful performance earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.Two years later, Washington netted another Best Supporting Actor nod — and won the award — for his turn as an embittered yet courageous runaway slave in the Civil War drama Glorin the Civil War drama Glory.

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In addition to her work on film, Huston accumulated an impressive roster of television credits during the 1980s and»90s, including her powerful performances as frontier woman Clara Allen in the 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove and the beleaguered mother of an autistic child in the two - part Family Pictures (1993In addition to her work on film, Huston accumulated an impressive roster of television credits during the 1980s and»90s, including her powerful performances as frontier woman Clara Allen in the 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove and the beleaguered mother of an autistic child in the two - part Family Pictures (1993in the 1989 miniseries Lonesome Dove and the beleaguered mother of an autistic child in the two - part Family Pictures (1993in the two - part Family Pictures (1993).

Jones delivers an undeniably powerful performance in Lincoln as Thaddeus Stevens, and the film's status as a frontrunner for the big trophy helps his chances greatly.

Alexander Payne's Downsizing opened the Venice Film Festival and while the film itself is a polarizing, uneven story, it boasts a powerful, touching and funny performance by Hong Chau who plays an immigrant and activist who protests the Vietnamese government's acts against her small village and ends up shrunken and placed in a TV set at a Target store in...

Saban Films has debuted an official trailer for a powerful indie film titled The Forgiven, featuring two riveting performances in a tense thriller based on real events.

Nonetheless, what makes the film memorable is the trio of powerful performances turned in by its three principals.

Directed by Bong Joon - ho (The Host), and based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige, the film is rich in atmosphere and features powerful performances from some very fine actors, including Chris Evans, John Hurt, Octavia Spencer, Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris and Jamie Bell.

It's too bad that the makeup in question here is distracting from Harrelson's performance, because midway into the film, when he is taking the oath on Air Force One, his «not without Jackie» moment is a powerful scene.

Featuring a powerful performance by Chiwetel Ejiofor and what I consider the best performance of the year (by Lupita Nyong» o), this epic is a must - see and will surely be judged a classic American film in the years to come.

Among the other fiction films to look for in theaters or on VOD: John Michael McDonagh's Calvary, in which Brendan Gleeson gives a beautifully modulated performance as a dedicated priest who is no match for the disillusionment of his parishioners and the rage of another inhabitant of his Irish seaside village, determined to take revenge against the priesthood for the sexual abuse he suffered as a child; the desultory God Help the Girl, the debut feature by Stuart Murdoch (of Belle and Sebastian), all the more charming for its refusal to sell its musical numbers; Tim Sutton's delicate, impressionistic Memphis, a blues tone poem that trails contemporary recording artist Willis Earl Beal, playing a character close to himself who's looking for inspiration in a legendary city that's as much mirage as actuality; and two horror films, Jennifer Kent's uncanny, driving psychodrama The Babadook, with a remarkable performance by child actor Noah Wiseman, and Ana Lily Amirpour's less sustained A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, which nonetheless generates some powerful political metaphors.

The film is absolutely one of the best of the year and features powerful performances by the whole cast, especially Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, and Lupita Nyong» O, and it will be a major player in this year's awards race.

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.

Like in Jacob Tremblay's powerful debut performance in Lenny Abrahamson's Room (2015), Auggie's first - person narration emerges as the centrality of the film, and Chbosky recognises how Tremblay's soft - toned, yet childish higher - pitched intonation tugs the heartstrings.

But what CHRISTINE does far better than «the other Christine Chubbuck film» is that it humanizes an elusive figure thanks in part to Craig Shilowich's script and Rebecca Hall's fully - realized, powerful performance.

It's a film that deserves as wide an audience as possible in spite of its forbidding length; a hugely powerful work of great empathy and insight that features a performance from Léa Seydoux that would probably have been the most talked - about coming out of Cannes had it not been overshadowed by that of the film's lead Adele Exarchopolous.

What I can promise is a powerful, towering, yet intimately - told epic with excellent performances, a unique structure, and a story that's told with as much passion and angst as the myriad of sons in the film, all of whom become the fathers of their own legacy, whether they want to or not.

Filmed entirely in South Africa, with a cast made up of the country's citizens, this powerful, sometimes shocking account of the life of the apartheid martyr, Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu, frequently benefits from a strong central performance by Thabo Rametsi that helps to hold the story together.

To be sure, the gigantic, all - powerful, merciless Thanos (voiced and performed by Josh Brolin in perhaps the film's most interesting performance) is a genocidal maniac who DOES want control of all living things — but according to his twisted and demented and damaged mindset, if he can arbitrarily remove half the population through a snap of his mighty fingers, he'll actually be saving the universe by thinning out the population to a manageable number.

When everyone's true colors are revealed and they are no longer wearing their fake smiles, it's an amazing moment in the film and shows you just how powerful each of their performances are.

The most emotionally powerful scenes in the film centre around performances in medium shots: Thelma and her crush Anja looking out at Oslo from a balcony; Thelma resting her head on her father's shoulder; Thelma and Anja lying in bed together in the morning light.

It's powerful stuff, and our critic in Telluride said in his review that the film «has unforgettable, must - witness performances, and its soulful mother and son narrative is one of the most touching dynamics you'll see in theaters this year.»

Jennifer Merin: Commanding performances by three powerful actresses in a film that's directed and written by women.

Of the dialogue in the film, Negga has the most, however she will face a competitive best actress race this year that might not make room for such a subtle, albeit it powerful performance.

So while it is definitely surprising to learn that he has taken on a more grim role in his new film, «The Foreigner,» what's not surprising is how much emotional weight he brings to it, delivering a powerful performance.

Shape of Water also has a subversive female army undermining the oppressive Trump - like figure, with Octavia Spencer giving one of her best performances and her and Sally Hawkins as two invisible women who undermine the most powerful figure in the film — yeah, we're talking resistance.

Emma Watson, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Douglas Booth and Logan Lerman all do well in their respective roles, but it is Russell Crowe who anchors the film with another powerful leading man performance.

It's worth seeing the film to watch Chan deliver a powerful and unique performance, truly doing an excellent job channeling that darkness he has so often eschewed in other movies, but «The Foreigner» never realizes that this role is its greatest strength and emotional core, and in doing so, ends up becoming a muddled affair that isn't as engaging as it should be.

In her previous films Vikander is delegated to (powerful) supporting performances, now she is being given the task of carrying a film on her own, relatively unknown mainstream shoulders.

The film's powerful lead performances were also honoured, with young Vancouver - born Jacob Tremblay claiming Best Actor in a Canadian Film and Brie Larson earning Best Actress in a Canadian Film.