Sentences with phrase «rich performances from»

Al - Mansour, the daughter of Saudi poet Abdul Rahman Mansour, and a former oil industry executive, had made a few splashes at festivals with shorts and documentaries before now, but «Wadjda» is an extraordinary calling card going forward — gorgeously shot, delicately balanced, always humane, and summoning up rich performances from a not - massively experienced cast.

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Idaho's growing season of warm days and cool nights, ample mountain - fed irrigation and rich volcanic soil, give Idaho Potatoes their unique texture, taste and dependable performance, that differentiates Idaho ® potatoes from potatoes grown in other states.

A revered landmark and symbol of style and sophistication since its opening in 1954, Fontainebleau Miami Beach boasts 1,504 guestrooms and suites appointed with lavish amenities and iMacs; the world - renowned LIV ™ Nightclub, 12 restaurants and lounges including two restaurants from Chef Michael Mina — StripSteak and Michael Mina 74; two AAA Four Diamond signature restaurants, Scarpetta and Hakkasan; the 40,000 - square - foot Lapis spa with mineral - rich water therapies and invigorating treatments; a dramatic oceanfront pool - scape offering lush cabanas; and is home to BleauLive, the innovative concert series that combines intimate performances with memorable weekend escapes.

Idaho's growing season of warm days and cool nights, ample mountain - fed irrigation, and rich volcanic soil give Idaho ® potatoes their unique texture, taste and dependable performance, which differentiates Idaho ® potatoes from potatoes grown in other states.

Idaho's growing season of warm days and cool nights, ample mountain - fed irrigation, and rich volcanic soil give Idaho ® potatoes their unique texture, taste and dependable performance, which differentiates them from potatoes grown in other states.

Let's look at the board members who can decide his future and who do absolutely nothing in this football club, except of course getting richer every day from the money we pay to watch performances like that.

Can you imagine what Arsenal fans would have been calling Wenger if that had happened, in the light of recent performances from the oil - rich Citizens?

The quality of colostrum — the nutrient - rich milk newborn dairy calves first drink from their mothers — can be predicted by the mother's previous lactation performance and weather, according to new research from the NH Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued final New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) to reduce emissions of methane - rich landfill gas from new, modified and reconstructed municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, updating standards that were issued in 1996.

Switch an athlete from their standard carbohydrate - rich diet to a low carb ketogenic one and suddenly performance tanks.

You can rely on the performance of our nutrient - rich, organic protein from grass - fed cows and superfood ingredients to help you build and maintain muscle after a good workout, but also peace of mind that you are consuming clean, eco-friendly, organic protein, the way nature intended.

In addition to the excellence of Gere, Manz and Adams, there are fine performances from Sam Shepard as a rich, ailing rancher, and, as Shepard's foreman, Robert Wilke, an actor best known as one of the gunslingers pursuing Gary Cooper in High Noon.

Audiences may best remember Fisher from his breakout performance in the critically acclaimed FX series THE RICHES, portraying Cal, the conniving and clever son of Eddie Izzard and Mini Driver.

Critic Consensus: Brooklyn buttresses outstanding performances from Saoirse Ronan and Emory Cohen with a rich period drama that tugs at the heartstrings as deftly as it satisfies the mind.

It's a must - see for Daniel Day - Lewis» charismatic, subtly shaded performance as Lincoln — and an even richer one by Tommy Lee Jones — but a colleague of mine at The Post has a point in describing the film derived from Tony Kushner's wonky script as «C - SPAN with whiskers.»

Still, the exploration of death and its consequences, the rich atmosphere, and the two standout performances make Rover a strong second effort from Michod.

The film meanders from time to time as Simon finds his way around the City of Lights and his own skin, but Corbet's performance is a darkly rich one in every scene, not far from Matt Damon's sociopath - turned - psychopath turn in «The Talented Mr. Ripley» but distinctively unnerving in crafting an eventually hollow façade out of this nice, young, very lost man.

Critic Consensus: With a rich sense of period detail, The Aviator succeeds thanks to typically assured direction from Martin Scorsese and a strong performance from Leonardo DiCaprio, who charts Howard Hughes» descent from eccentric billionaire to reclusive madman.

Rating: 8/10 — a recreation of the kidnapping in 1973 of John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer), and the subsequent attempts by his mother, Gail (Williams), to persuade his grandfather (Christopher Plummer) to pay the ransom, something the then world's richest man refuses to do; Scott's best movie in years, All the Money in the World is a taut, compelling thriller that tells its story with ruthless expediency and features yet another commanding performance from Williams, something that takes the spotlight away from the presence of Christopher Plummer (who's good but not great), and which serves as a reminder that money isn't the central concern here, but a mother's unwavering love for her child.

Critics Consensus: With a rich sense of period detail, The Aviator succeeds thanks to typically assured direction from Martin Scorsese and a strong performance from Leonardo DiCaprio, who charts Howard Hughes» descent from eccentric billionaire to reclusive madman.

In the lineup's standout performance, Katrina Lenk accompanied herself on the fiddle singing «If I Were a Rich Man,» the most well - known song from «Fiddler on the Roof» and one which winkingly parallels her current role in the Israel - set musical, «The Band's Visit.»

The film's bright future world is «a bit passé,» but once it gets going, it's probably Gilliam's best in at least a decade, with an «atypical and human» performance from Waltz in particular, and «rich production and costume design.»

Boasting dazzling dialogue and stellar supporting performances from Ian McKellen, Anthony Michael Hall and more, Six Degrees of Separation is a piercing social satire and «a rich, challenging cinematic treat» (Playboy).

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 an embarrassment of riches: six interesting, surprising, deep performances from six formidable actors...

Retelling the L. Ron Hubbard origin story as a way of exploring American masculinity after World War II, The Master spoils its audience with rich photography from Mihai Malaimare Jr. (replacing regular Anderson DP Robert Elswit), a dreamy Jonny Greenwood score, and two dueling lead performances that infuse Anderson's fifth feature with a jolt of darkly comic energy.

Browning's rich performance keeps Naomi from coming off like a plot device; longtime Beastie Boy Horovitz is a wonderful surprise as the antsy Nick, whose fatherly affect transforms into something more pestering in a way that seems organic (and pathetic), rather than one - dimensionally monstrous.

Hoffman has always been a man for lush colour palettes and luxurious, rich landscape but he outdoes himself here as every frame is delicately lit and sumptuously designed, but not so gaudy as to take away from the performances.

The film is tremendously well made, superbly compelling, and features an embarrassment of riches when it comes to top notch performances from its ensemble cast.

Directed by TV veteran Bharat Nalluri (The Crow: Salvation, Tsunami: The Aftermath), it's an impressively mounted romance that is bolstered by a subtle, but still quite strong performance from McDormand, who knows well enough that it's her normalcy that separates her from the eccentric oddballs that inhabit the lifestyles of the rich and famous.

But even if as its rich - bitch villain Akerman is chewing scenery like her life — and the believability of her kinda awful co-star Lacy's performance — depends upon it, the remainder of the principals are sufficiently nuanced, or at least well - drawn, to keep them from being completely one dimensional.

Powered by an unusually rich, twisty script by Aaron Guzikowski («Contraband») and career - best performances from Hugh Jackman -LSB-...]

But he's not just a visual stylist — the performances, not just from Johansson, but from her lesser - known co-stars, are rich and utterly convincing.

Indeed, Caleb's uber - rich, genius boss, Nathan (played by Oscar Isaac, in what may be the best performance of the year to date), did design a humanoid robot with all of the traits that Caleb most desires through the secret collection of data from Caleb's computers, cell phones, etc. (there was a special emphasis put upon Caleb's «porn profile» when it came to designing the robot, Ava's, face).

Despite a performance from Melanie Lynskey who is as cute as she was in her first role in 1994 as a girl with a rich fantasy life in Peter Jackson's «Heavenly Creatures,» the comedy is slight, perhaps to be appreciated more on the small screen than in the movie house.

From cinematographer Brian Andrew Mendoza's suitably frigid visuals, to Rob Bonz's crisply kinetic editing, to the unexpectedly rich, complexly three - dimensional performances from Momoa and Lang, there's plenty about this tiny action effort to stand up and chFrom cinematographer Brian Andrew Mendoza's suitably frigid visuals, to Rob Bonz's crisply kinetic editing, to the unexpectedly rich, complexly three - dimensional performances from Momoa and Lang, there's plenty about this tiny action effort to stand up and chfrom Momoa and Lang, there's plenty about this tiny action effort to stand up and cheer.

Lincoln Among the many virtues of Steven Spielberg's Lincoln — which include towering performances from Daniel Day - Lewis and Sally Field, Tony Kushner's rich and multivalent script, and Janusz Kaminski's enveloping, tactile light schemes — what may be perhaps the film's chief virtue has gone largely unremarked upon.

It's gripping and chilling, with a rich sense of place and strong performances from Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen as the investigators -LSB-...]

Following a nun - in - training in the 1960s who discovers that she's really Jewish, and sets out on a road trip with her only living relative, an alcoholic aunt, it's undoubtedly indebted to Bresson in look and feel but still manages to be its own thing, rich in character and flavor, proving unexpectedly funny, sexy even, and featuring two star - making performances from Agata Trzebuchowska and Agata Kulesza.

In a performance that plays to her strengths as a ballsy, vulgar physical comedienne, Cameron Diaz stars as a hard - living, mean - spirited gold - digger biding her time as a teacher until her marriage to a foppish rich man frees her from a life of semi-honest labor.

Gilded with ornate costumes and sets and a rich classical soundtrack, and featuring fearless performances, this operatic melodrama is an extraordinary evocation of reckless emotions and deranged lust, from one of the cinema's great sensualists.

It's not exactly doing anything new, but it's a muscular and textured piece of work that shifts assuredly through tones and genre, features a rich and rewarding performance from Cage, and another excellent turn from his young co-star Tye Sheridan («The Tree Of Life,» «Mud»).

Featuring rich, intelligently complex performances from Emma Stone and Steve Carell and a dynamic, magnetically intimate script from Oscar - winner Simon Beaufoy, Dayton and Faris's latest wins in straight sets, proving in the end to be one of 2017's most impressive achievements.

There's certainly a pathetic loneliness to ex-Black Ops agent Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), still taking ersatz family photos with a disposable camera and struggling to direct the attention of his teenaged daughter Kim (25 - year - old Maggie Grace, in a borderline grotesque woman - child performance) away from the rich asshole (Xander Berkeley) now married to his ex-wife (Famke Janssen).

The story of Victoria & Abdul filled with rich aesthetics and another stellar performance from Judi Dench.

The level of control in Biller's newest, The Love Witch, is remarkable; from the mannered performance of its lead actress to the rich interplay of colors in its mise en scène, The Love Witch is designed to evoke an extremely specific period in cinema history and to subtly undermine its ideology through that very faithfulness.

Schools regularly use large amounts of data from media rich applications and web ‑ based services, requiring higher levels of security and network performance than most homes and many businesses.

We tie and trigger learning to actual performance, with rich learning options, from Instructor - led - training to mobile only spaced learning.

Performance tasks in the Smarter Balanced assessment demand that students demonstrate their writing skills by crafting stories or essays in response to several rich sources, including texts from a variety of content areas.

To build teacher capacity to create rich, valid performance tasks, and to reliably score student work, MCIEA performance assessment lead teams from a first cohort of 15 consortium schools are participating in a four - day institute over four months.