Sentences with phrase «recent film dramas»

This is all very subtle, in a way not found in recent film dramas, which choose instead to telegraph every reversal and layer the musical score over every character beat.

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Several have gathered parents and youths together to watch and discuss a television drama such as the recent film Surviving.

The Evidence for a Recent Dating for Adam, 14,000 to 15,000 years ago Wild at Heart actress Dawn Steele has revealed how she was forced to abandon filming the new series of the hit TV drama to dash back to Britain for the

Other recent films include PRISONERS opposite Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal; OBLIVION, opposite Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman; the blockbuster OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Freeman and Aaron Eckhart; Robert Zemeckis's critically acclaimed drama FLIGHT, with Denzel Washington; THE EQUALIZER which reunited her with both Fuqua and Washington.

The writing here is terrific, and the film is one of the most memorable and entertaining dramas in recent memory.

Alas, my heart sank when I realized that the film I was about to see was not a remake of the 1995 forgotten Cindy Crawford - William Baldwin classic but a in fact change of pace low - key political drama from the go to high concept action film - maker of the past decade, Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Mr & Mrs Smith) focusing on the Plame Affair, one of the key scandals in recent American political history.

Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012) Anderson delivers a beautifully quirky romantic comedy drama, in what is destined to become one of his best films in recent years.

For one thing, the recent track record of these late summer dramas is decidedly mixed - while The Help indeed connected with Oscar, Lee Daniels» The Butler's summer box office went unrecognized by the Academy, and it is the latter film that Get On Up seems to resemble more, what with it being a biopic that attempts to tell the entire life story of its subject, which, as discussed in the previous installment in regards to Unbroken, is a questionable proposition with today's Academy.

While the «Oldboy» helmer's particular brand of odd humor and unsettling drama will most likely remain intact, certain aspects of the film look to be taking a different approach, including the recent addition of one of the most talented composers working today.

At about 3/4 of the way through, I was ready to declare the film one of the best of this subgenre of films in recent years until it finally became everything it had been avoiding so well — a pat, artificially rousing, cliché - ridden sports drama.

Wim Wenders has had recent success with docs «Pina» and «Salt of the Earth,» but this rural Quebec - filmed drama with a top cast (including James Franco, Rachel McAdams and Charlotte Gainsbourgh, and in 3D) got a bad reaction at Berlin and hasn't found traction elsewhere since.

But in recent years, he has established himself as a drama actor, which has served him well in such films as Noah Baumbach's «Greenberg» and the underrated «The Secret Life of Walter Mitty».

«One of the reasons I was so excited to be in this film,» Tessa Thompson told Collider in a recent interview, «is I remember seeing the first Thor film and being like, «Oh my God, it's a Shakespeare family drama.»

In Triple 9, Hillcoat's ode to Michael Mann's and David Ayer's LA oeuvre, plus more recent crime dramas The Wire (the HBO series) and The Town (the Ben Affleck film), a gang of outlaws / inlaws / lawmen - some are criminals, some crooked cops, some married into the same family - must carry out a series of sketchy robberies for a Jewish mafia crime queen played by Kate Winslet.

That screenwriter David Nicholls harbours a fear of alienating ardent period drama / Hardy enthusiasts by reformulating an over-familiar plot is evident, but what is more regrettable is, although there are flashes of Vinterberg's skilled craftsmanship throughout the film, it ultimately remains contained within the tight strictures of the genre and becomes no better or worse than the plethora of recent period dramas; solid and dependable but utterly riskless and tired, begging the question, is the period drama genre well passed its sell by date?

Fans of the Oscar - winning 2006 Irish film Once (and its more recent stage - musical adaptation) may find this American drama a little derivative, but it's a strong story in its own right.

The 1980s drama that countless others have attempted to mimic still holds considerable sway close to three decades later, with French film Little White Lies (Les petits mouchoirs) the most recent film to follow in its footsteps.

And it's also the writer - director's strongest film in recent memory, as it balances comedy and drama in an...

The upcoming action - adventure family drama directed by Bryan Singer — who has directed recent X-Men films — tells the story of a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are changed by the sudden discovery of their children possessing mutant powers.

The year is immaterial: this exquisitely observed, shimmeringly lensed film is the finest sports drama in recent memory.

According to recent reports, director Christopher Nolan's next film may be a WWII drama to be set and filmed in France.

Forecast: Fitting well into the recent trend of young adult dramas, «To the Bone» helps address the surprising lack of feature films about eating disorders, and should be an active catalog title in the Netflix library.

Perhaps the most widely polarizing film in recent memory, Kill List, a kitchen - sink drama meets surreal cult horror hybrid, confirmed at least one thing for everyone who walked out of the theater, both awed and annoyed alike: Whether for good or for ill, Ben Wheatley is one of Britain's most interesting contemporary filmmakers.

Between his recent foray into the realm of action in (the underrated) Nerve and his upcoming performance as Greg Sestero in his brother's upcoming Tommy Wiseau - focused film, The Disaster Artist, he may simply have a hard time turning off his knack for high drama and going back to comedy.

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.

Included in the lineup of Special Presentations and Galas are Charlie Kaufman's first animated film Anomalisa, Cary Fukunaga's highly anticipated Netflix drama Beasts of No Nation, the new Terence Davies Sunset Song and new films from the most recent Best Actor and Best Actress Oscar winners Eddie Redmayne and Julianne Moore (The Danish Girl and Freeheld, respectively).

The only place where the movie really falters is in the final minutes, which is a little too nice for the events that precede it, because even though the subject matter may be bleak, «Starred Up» is a truly captivating film about the ineffectiveness of the penal system and hands - down one of the best prison dramas in recent memory.

The drama is the latest film in the actor's recent career rejuvenation.

Manglehorn is along the same lines as Green's most recent films, a low - key character driven drama, but from the looks of the trailer it may be less successful than his last two efforts.

A depiction of sexual discovery and inner pain that was as rugged as the windswept Yorkshire landscape it's set against, Francis Lee's drama was one of the best British films of recent years.

But where recent films like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and A Most Wanted Man are absorbing, smartly crafted espionage dramas, Red Sparrow only manages to bring the same amount of intrigue in short bursts and does so without making any significant statements about the current political landscape, despite how deeply ingrained the Russian narrative is in today's 24 - hour news cycle.

One of the better two - character dramas in recent years, this David Gordon Green film revealed unexpected sides of stars Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch, and used its gorgeous, often ravaged landscapes for metaphorical effect without making too big a deal of it.

WHY: Whether he's making poetic coming - of - age films or pot - fueled buddy comedies, David Gordon Green hasn't allowed himself to be confined to a certain genre, although he does seem to have an affinity for the kind of naturalistic, salt - of - the - earth dramas that he's returned to in recent years, including his latest movie, «Manglehorn.»

The best - regarded of the three most recent efforts Coppola considers his «student films», the predominantly black and white drama Tetro reunites a pair of estranged American siblings in Buenos Aires.

The mood in the room remained effusive as the film screened, the rousing sports drama proving an effective crowd - pleaser that has some allegorical ties to recent political events.

Whether or not it is designed as an allegory of modern Russia, no film in recent memory has examined the growing emptiness of human relationships with such expressive force as Andrey Zvyagintsev's («Leviathan») Loveless, a heart wrenching drama about a couple on the brink of divorce whose emotional neglect of their son leads to devastating...

Ava DuVernay — American Writer, Director, Producer Nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe and winner of the BAFTA and Emmy, Ava DuVernay is a writer, director, producer and film distributor known for the historical drama Selma (2014), the criminal justice documentary 13TH (2016) and the recent Disney's cinematic adaptation of the classic children's novel A Wrinkle in Time.

His coming - of - age drama «The Scouting Book For Boys» is something of a Playlist favorite; wrenching and dark and beautifully made, it sadly never got a U.S. release, despite being one of the better recent British films, but it's led to a lot more movie work.

CANNES, FRANCE — One of the most generous juries at any recent edition of the Cannes film festival handed out prizes Sunday night to 9 of the 20 films in competition, topped by the Golden Palm for Michael Haneke's period drama, «The White Ribbon.»

«Tomb» will mark Stallone's third recent trip to film in New Orleans, after shooting «The Expendables» here in 2009 — which featured an L.A. - shot cameo with Schwarzenegger — and director Walter Hill's forthcoming crime drama «Bullet to the Head» last year.

THE POST Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Bob Odenkirk, Carrie Coon, Sarah Paulson, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Rhys, Jesse Plemons, David Cross, Zach Woods Director Steven Spielberg has spent the recent part of his career making historical dramas with Munich, Lincoln, and Bridge of Spies, not to mention all of his war - based films.

Looking at the follow - ups of some recent Academy Award winners, so you can see a near - three - hour erotic drama (Ang Lee), a one - man show about a man cutting off his own arm (Danny Boyle), a near - three - hour drama about the search for Osama Bin Laden (Kathryn Bigelow) and a near - three - hour musical sung live on set (Tom Hooper), films that for the most part, would have had a trickier time getting a green light without the ability to put «From Academy Award Winning Director...» on the poster.

Here you'll find the directorial debut of Amber Tamblyn; a classic screwball comedy; a horror anthology film; a forgotten Nicole Kidman thriller; a recent highly acclaimed sci - fi flick; an intense indie drama; yet another incredible performance from Michael Stuhlbarg; and much more.

Meanwhile Origin's recent hire Warren Spector, who came to them with a Masters in film studies, brought his own ideas about games as interactive dramas that were less literal than Snell's, but that would if anything prove even more of an influence on his colleagues» developing views of just what it was Origin Systems really ought to be about.

The 2014 British film The Falling, set in a posh boarding school, also built its drama around an epidemic of fainting, and The Fits, in its meditation on the power of female adolescence, even shares some kinship with the recent colonial chiller, The Witch.

Founded in 1977 by a group of local artists, to date the nonprofit has been housed in five different spaces, expanded beyond the visual arts to include literature, music, drama, dance, and film programming, and, in the face of recent years» declining membership and attendance, fought hard to keep its doors open.

The huge exhibition moves from a diptych of Hans Namuth's film of Jackson Pollock at work, playing on a monitor next to Pollock's Number 1 (1949), through - among so many other things - Japanese Gutai painting performances from the»50s; photo - documentation of Valie Export's Genital Panic (1969), in which Export, in crotchless jeans and packing an Uzi, roamed the aisles of a porn cinema challenging viewers to deal with the real thing (there's that «real» thing again); relics of Hermann Nitsch's bloody ritual drama, Asolo Raum (1971), to the most recent works, set pieces by Mike Kelley and Paul McCarthy.