Sentences with phrase «resonant were in films»

But Movie Club has already forced me to reckon with the fact that many of the depictions I found most resonant were in films directed by men.

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Despite Sonny's previous loyalty, the Vances fear trouble and contact a hitman... [/ font][font = Century Gothic][/ font][font = Century Gothic] «Coastlines» is a disappointing movie from Victor Nunez whose two previous films, «Ruby in Paradise» and «Ulee's Gold,» were well - acted, low - key and emotionally resonant depictions of small town Florida.

With a nod toward Andrei Tartovsky, whose films carry metaphysical tones and a wink toward Robert Bresson, whose minimalism includes a spare soundtrack and all - around minimalism, director Paul Schrader is unconventional enough to throw in some surprises, including one of the most resonant climaxes you're likely to see this year.

They aren't professional actors, but their non-acting creates a resonant tension, as their misplacement in a Hollywood film, directed by a legend, comes to approximate the surreal sense of misplacement that they could have felt when finding themselves in the midst of a terrorist attack.

Pixar's latest is up there with Inside Out among the studio's best features in years — less complex than Pete Docter's 2015 film, but perhaps a tad more emotionally resonant.

At the center of the film, however, is a story that not only functions as true continuation of the events in the original, allowing the characters to grow and change in different ways than the first chapter, it's surprisingly emotionally engaging and resonant.

The ending is the same, in intent, as the Swedish film, but changed in a way that makes it more resonant with the both the film and the book.

Inspired by the resonant memoir from Carolyn Briggs (who also wrote the screenplay) the film is an exquisite study of one woman's internal struggle with the primary love relationships in her life.

While IA2 delivered a great deal of back story that fully enhances the action of the first film, the story in IA3 isn't really as resonant or deep.

Addressing adult themes rarely explored in films today, Guinevere is the perfect example of an original voice, clear and resonant.

The film showcases some pretty ugly treatment of women and a too - cavalier attitude toward shocking violence, neither of which are justified by the end, but ultimately it doesn't stick with you in any resonant way.

The nested story structure and changing aspect ratios are a delightful touch, giving Grand Budapest Hotel a sense of time passed, and making the love and loss in the film all the more resonant.

It's a rare thing to ever see Lawrence unable to properly act, but even in this, she's phenomenal, and only makes the film that much more emotionally resonant when she does deliver the goods in the heat of the moment, and with authenticity.

With our own experience of the books (hey, we have nieces) being that # 2 is actually the best of the trilogy in expanding the mythology to a more resonant plane while still retaining the visceral excitement of the first, and with the director who'll be responsible for the taking the franchise home now in the hot seat (Francis Lawrence, replacing Gary Ross), we're hopeful for a film that at least partially deserves its inevitably blockbusting box office, and the trailer makes it look like it may.

The most resonant roles for women centered on the sometimes loving, frequently fraught relationships between mother and daughter as displayed in such films as «The Florida Project» (where the roles were played by Bria Vinaite and Brooklynn Kimberly Prince); «Marjorie Prime» (Lois Smith and Geena Davis); «The Big Sick» (Holly Hunter and Zoe Kazan); and «Lady Bird» (Laurie Metcalf and Saoirse Ronan).

His assertion that Escape from New York holds contemporaneous relevance to the Iran hostage crisis that climaxed with Reagan's ascent to power is convenient in that most pop is incidentally socio - politically resonant; and the analogy doesn't really hold up to any scrutiny, particularly if you factor in the film's nihilistic conclusion.

Our first movie was 1973's «Scarecrow,» starring Al Pacino and Gene Hackman — it was one of the best and most resonant films we've seen in a long time.

The movie also furnishes a resonant complement to other TIFF darlings that have enjoyed film culture's attention throughout the fall: as perceptive but less schematic than Mudbound, and even more credibly lived - in than The Florida Project, which could easily have been Méndez Esparza's title.

I recently saw Behanding performed at the Melbourne Theatre Company (not with the same cast, unfortunately), and while it wasn't as emotionally resonant as In Bruges, it was certainly just as funny, and makes me all the more interested in McDonagh's next filIn Bruges, it was certainly just as funny, and makes me all the more interested in McDonagh's next filin McDonagh's next film.

Now, the actress, writer, and director have come together for a film that's perhaps slightly less biting but far more resonant in its depiction of the struggles of modern middle - class parenting.

The film becomes a lot less resonant, and less original, in the third part — partly because the horror is more explicit, partly because what earlier happens to a man now happens to a woman — and although what we see is strictly a repetition of Charlie's fate, it feels more generically punitive.

Every beautiful, resonant image in Alex Ross Perry's new film is fraught with neurotic, diaphanous riddles.

Her plight recalls the sort of fate reserved specifically for a Lars Von Trier heroine mixed in with the sexual underpinnings of Gaspar Noe, but Grandrieux's film is less pretentious than Nymphomaniac and much more resonant than Love.

Her scenes with Barbara are some of the best in the film, her patience, kindness, second chances and the fact that she genuinely cares resonant while giving us hope that she will come back to her normal self.

Not that the film is a total waste, however, as Binder does manage to strike a resonant chord now and again with some insights, but they aren't really stringed together in a strong enough fashion to overcome the substantive flaws.

I have to say, speaking as someone who has often found myself disengaged emotionally as to what's going on in the Harry Potter films, this is, by far, the most interesting and resonant entry yet.

However, I'd have to say that the best actual film in this quartet is Ozu's final masterpiece, the story of a man addressing his age and his place in a changing society — themes that Ozu had certainly visited before but that feel more resonant knowing that this film would be his last.

The idyllic farm the Jackson's purchase in the film's coda is then not just a cathartic conclusion to their story, but a politically resonant vision of black economic justice.

The Coen brothers» dip into the western genre, «True Grit,» was a straight - forward piece of flavorful filmmaking much appreciated for its restraint, while similarly, Ben Affleck's «The Town» didn't attempt reinvention of the wheel while forging a resonant character study in a genre film's clothing.

Meanwhile, it's perhaps the most emotionally resonant film yet from Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke, who specialises in crisp explorations of the darker side of humanity (see The White Ribbon or Cache).

For past festivals Shteyrenberg has even shown he has a knack for pushing this writer to see the right movies to introduce at the festival, Ida was one («Ida» comes to South Florida in 35 mm; My review appears in «Reverse Shot»), and then there was the Israeli film Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem shows how to make a powerful, resonant drama using one setting — a film review).

This coat, which as the night draws in takes on a burnished quality like wet sand at sunset, is but the most resonant and satisfyingly symbolic shade in a film whose color compositions are, from beginning to end, consistently disarming.

«Kill List» is a resonant film that demands your attention with its oblique weirdness and darkly alluring characters, but in the end doesn't live up to its full storytelling potential.

Here, Billie Jean King talks with Emma Stone, who plays her in the film, and Andrea Riseborough, who stars as Marilyn, about turning life into art, teaching girls to be ambitious, and why the issues of 1973 are just as vital and resonant today.

Steve's emotional struggles of doing what he believes to be right, his older belief in the law, the heart racing pace along with Chris Evans delivering his finest performance as the hero out of time makes for a film both emotional resonant and thrilling.

Two performers bare it all, both literally and figuratively: Creep 2 is one of the most surprising, emotionally resonant horror films in recent memory.

But as a making - of, this yakker is both comprehensive and insightful in its own right, shedding light on a film that was shot, for the most part, in chronological order, making it personally resonant for Fanning — 16 when filming started, she turned 17 midway through production and 18 when

Advance word:... she's by far the most emotionally resonant element in a film that's by turns distant and mawkish.

• Samantha Morton (Best Supporting Actress), «The Messenger»: That surprise screenplay nod indicates there was keen support for the film in the Academy, so it's a shame that didn't extend to its most resonant performance — in a category, moreover, that was obviously in considerable flux.

But as a making - of, this yakker is both comprehensive and insightful in its own right, shedding light on a film that was shot, for the most part, in chronological order, making it personally resonant for Fanning — 16 when filming started, she turned 17 midway through production and 18 when The Neon Demon premiered at Cannes — as a documentary of her own blossoming.

This is easily the darkest film in the series, and it is also the most emotionally resonant.

But, more importantly, there is an enduring nature of the film which leaves it both resonant and involving in ways that modern animated works all too often are not.

Several critics have also dubbed the film as «Pretty in Pink meets Wolf Creek ``, and that's another fairly accurate analogy of this frightening yet resonant exercise in genre dramatics — it represents an...

It's a deeply lovable film, satisfying, nourishing and accessible, and bar the odd stumble toward melodrama (more on that later) we were completely immersed in its plain - spoken yet impossibly resonant rhythms practically from the first frame.

Despite the froideur of its spy - film trappings, Barbara warms with the thawing relationship between the doctors, drawing on the rich Russian tradition of medical stories seen in Turgenev, Chekhov and Bulgakov that are so deft with resonant details.

Filmed in beautiful, luscious black - and - white cinematography, and dealing with spiritually resonant themes, this is a small gem of a movie worth checking out.

As Jessica Kiang said in her review, «it's a deeply lovable film, satisfying, nourishing and accessible, and we were completely immersed in its plain - spoken yet impossibly resonant rhythms.»

While thematically, not the most resonant film in Mann's oeuvre, this is still stellar work as a filmmaker, featuring wonderful character touches, fine performances, a rich sense of period, and an absorbing story to tell.

Two films by Warhol — Kiss (1963) and Mario Banana (1964)-- were a cultural reminder of the avant - garde atmosphere of Warhol's Factory years, particularly resonant adjacent to the genre - mixing environment VIA proposes and one that Warhol made pass in the art world.

The implication is that such shifts could happen anywhere, and it should prove a resonant addition to what's becoming a tradition of art originating in the housing of Detroit: see also Mike Kelley's «Mobile Homestead» films, Marchand and Meffre's photographs and Theaster Gates» various projects...