Sentences with phrase «quietly powerful film»
THE STATION AGENT is a quietly powerful film about the unspeakable awkwardness of life.
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On the drama front, films as diverse as Bill Pohlad's Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy, Nanni Moretti's touchingly personal Mia Madre, and Kornél Mundruczó's White God all vied for inclusion, if ultimately edged out by the likes of Todd Haynes's flawless Carol and John Crowley's quietly powerful Brooklyn.
Britton has the most quietly powerful scene — in which she and Bateman have the kind of emotional honesty that other films of this sort (* cough * August Osage County * cough *) lack, but Hahn and Bateman have a sequence that almost equals it (and is far funnier in an uncomfortable sort of way).
Sciamma, thanks to a quietly powerful performance from Toure, represents more than just the bittersweet romance and nostalgia generally associated with the coming of age film.
The film is quietly powerful, emotionally sharp, and tackles the age old question that we'll always struggle with, «What now?»
Like O'Hehir, I've come to this conclusion after two weeks of preparation for the 50th New York Film Festival — a time in which I've seen a great many films, from Antonio Mendez Esparza's quietly powerful Here and There to Cristian Mungiu's riveting yet low - key Beyond the Hills to Christian Petzold's modest character drama Barbara.
British director Kim Longinotto has made her name with a number of intensely powerful, quietly observed films often focusing on the plight of women, like «Divorce Iranian Style» or «Rough Aunties,» but «Dreamcatcher» might be one of her most moving pictures yet.
Her short film was described as a «quietly powerful political engagement» in Studio International magazine (2009) and she was listed among the «few names to watch» in the Guardian (2009).