Sentences with phrase «revered films»

It's definitely worth a look, if only to witness one of American cinema's most revered films from the 70's.

It is no wonder that Avatar fans began to revere the film quasi-religiously» and Twentieth Century - Fox altered its ad campaign to promote visiting a new world.

Naturally, remaking such a revered film is bound to lead to criticism, and the director has acknowledged that in an interview with The Guardian, describing his take as a homage to the horror masterpiece, rather than a commercially - driven decision.

I feel almost willing to compare this movie to one, now revered film from the 90s, Airborne.

Revered film editor George Bowers has died, aged 68.

On Friday 2nd February at both Newtown and Dendy's brand - new Coorparoo location, Dendy is set to host a 25th anniversary screening of the revered film Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell.

It's sort of like how true film buffs revere film directors like Ingmar Bergman though the typical moviegoer isn't likely to even know who he is.

Oberhausen Short Film Festival was launched in 1954 and it has grown to become one of the most revered film festivals in Europe.

Heavily influenced by film noir aesthetics, Just reveres the films of iconic directors such as Bob Fosse, Lars von Trier, Alfred Hitchock, David Lynch and Elia Kazan.

Not exact matches

Already revered for his obnoxious turns on The Daily Show and Anchorman, among others, Carell proves himself a genuine leading man, somehow maintaining Andy's good - hearted dignity under extreme circumstances (in the film's most emphatic gross - out scene, a drunken pickup vomits on him after a death - defying drive, then says she'll still have sex with him if he wants, which... he doesn't).

It has since become a cult film and cinematic cause celebre, revered by its adherents and condemned by its detractors.

and you put down all the names of the people you've just revered and looked at their work and you go, «Well there's no way I'm gonna get Seamus on my first film and there's no way Nathan Crowley isn't going to be doing a Chris Nolan film,» these are just my dream crew.

On a deeper level, though, this brief opening battle establishes the central theme of Lincoln, and it's a theme that lies very much at the heart of Spielberg's cinema: if Lincoln is intended to be a biopic about arguably the most revered commander - in - chief in the history of the Republic, it also positions itself with its opening images as a film about race.

Eastwood returns to his cinematic roots and revives the spirit of what made the Western one of the most revered genres in television and film history.

With its larky tone and half - hearted style (Carol Reed's famous Dutch camera tilts are little more than window - dressing), it's the sort of film you'd expect a nation like ours, that doesn't take film seriously, to revere.

So the fact that MGM is currently in talks with the director to helm their long - gestating remake of the revered 1987 Paul Verhoeven film Robocop is very exciting news.

Those two films were the sophomore efforts of filmmakers we've since come to revere and Seven Psychopaths is the work of another man now on that path: writer / director Martin McDonagh.

Michael Bay's films based off the 80s cartoon is much less revered, however.

But in a recent interview, Aronofsky left a glimmer of hope open for anyone who would still like to see his take on the revered 1987 Paul Verhoeven film.

In an age when films such as Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven are revered for their trickery, The Sting remains the definitive con artist comedy: as irresistible and ingenious as the scheme that hooks in Doyle.

WHY: For someone as prolific and revered as Clint Eastwood, six years is a long time to go without making a really good film (2008's «Gran Torino» was his last), and sadly, «American Sniper» only extends that streak.

Two really good films which did what a revered critic once told me every good film must do: it should accomplish what it sets out to do.

Alien is revered as one of the greatest horror films of all time, as well as one of the greatest films set in space, so what happens when the director of the film that originated the franchise returns to it to provide us back - story about one of the biggest monster movie icons more than three decades after the fact?

The utterly dominant performance of the Coen brothers» genre - bending Barton Fink at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival forced the executives of this revered yearly manifestation to alter the rules, so that no other film could achieve such an impressive award harvest ever again.

Director Hong Sang - soo's 2010 film, Hahaha, took place in Tongyeong, the coastal base of Admiral Yi, a 16th - century naval commander revered in Korean history by the public at large.

We met today at the hippest hotel in town the REVERE HOTEL and our voting, over pizza and a few fist fights (not really — this is a very esteemed and civilized group) resulted in two films dominating our awards in 2014: BOYHOOD and BIRDMAN.

I'm thankful this film exists, and that like its forebear, it will be revered as a classic in time.

The comparison is apt and obvious, though I doubt people will be talking about this film 8o years from now the way we still revere that 1939 Judy Garland classic.

Since then Schlesinger's film has become a classic, revered for its landscapes and dramatic pacing.

Those of us who know, revere, and frequently revisit the ever - growing canon of Disney Animation Studios almost always cherish at least one film that is generally considered mediocre or worse.

The film grossed nearly $ 30 million its opening weekend and has jump - started Oscar buzz for Sylvester Stallone, who was wise to place his faith (and his most revered character) in Coogler's hands.

3 Paolo Sorrentino is a fascinating film - maker, and in Youth he tells the story of a revered and retired orchestral conductor who is on holiday in the Alps when he receives an official request from the Queen to perform for Prince Philip's birthday.

Elmore Leonard, the revered crime author who died Tuesday at age 87, was well known in Hollywood circles, either for his books that got adapted into films or for his own screenplays.

The past week has been a busy one for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival with the revered competition announcing its first batch of programming and a ton of first images from competing films hitting the interwebs.

The film's final act sees Jep on a big assignment, in which he is supposed to get to conduct only the third ever interview with Sister Maria (Giusi Merli), a 103 - year - old missionary from Africa widely revered as «The Saint.»

Open Road Films, in partnership with Five Star Feature Films, will release JOBS — the highly anticipated film chronicling the story of Steve Jobs» ascension from college dropout to one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century — nationwide on April 19, 2013.

One of the most discerning and revered actors in Hollywood, her public persona radiates with soft - spoken, good - humoured charm — and yet what stands out most prominently from her eclectic film career is the robust gallery of visceral, vinegary and headstrong characters who are unendingly encouraged to change their ways by those behind and in front of the camera.

Ramis also directed the revered comedy Groundhog Day, undoubtedly one of Murray's best films, and wrote and starred in Stripes.

1968, of course, when Paris is flirting with revolution and the revered, infuriatingly self - conscious Godard decides that his previous, popular films, «Breathless», «Le Mepris» and «Pierrot Le Fou», are bourgeois travesties that should be disowned.

Many young people may be unfamiliar with or uncaring toward some of the great dancing films (like Dirty Dancing, Flashdance, and Strictly Ballroom) and revered classics (like An American in Paris, West Side Story and 42nd Street) that have come before.

Open Road Films, in partnership with Five Star Feature Films, will release jOBS — the highly anticipated film chronicling the story of Steve Jobs» ascension from college dropout to one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century — nationwide on April 19, 2013.

This meeting of minds resulted in Raiders of the Lost Ark and has since became one of cinema's most revered and iconic film's.

One such film in particular is Xavier Beauvois» «La Rançon de la Gloire» a film about a cash - struck man in 1970s Europe who has been recently released from prison and gets the brilliant idea to kidnap the corpse of revered comedic actor Charlie Chaplin in order to sell it back to his family for a hefty ransom.

Back in February, the revered British filmmaker premiered his new Emily Dickinson biopic, A Quiet Passion, at the Berlin Film Festival, and in May, his 2015 film Sunset Song — a portrait of an early twentieth - century Scottish woman named Chris — came to the U.S. (While in New York for Sunset Song, Davies graciously stopped by to regale us with tales of his past.)

The most focal ape of the first film, Caesar (again Andy Serkis motion capture), is the leader of the ape population, respected and revered by all of his kind.

Having started out as an unsuccessful film pitch, «30 Days of Night» began as a three - issue comic book series published by IDW from horror veteran Steve Niles and revered artist Ben Templesmith.

Jóhann Jóhannsson, revered for such film scores as The Theory of Everything and Sicario, died in Berlin on Friday.

It doesn't have the sweeping quality of a Robert Altman film, but the revered director's penchant for overlapping dialogue is certainly a factor here, as is some amateurish acting.

It functions as something of a brilliantly mellifluous backbone to the film and the series that spawned it — chimeric and socially significant, again like Bird's bebop, in that the 26 - episode Japanese television series became one of the most recognized and revered crossovers in animated series history.

The endlessly inventive mind of writer Alex Garland and the frenetic vision of director Peter Travis bring Dredd to life as a futuristic neo-noir action film that returns the celebrated character to the dark, visceral incarnation from John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra's revered comic strip.