Sentences with phrase «school film noir»

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Rian Johnson's first feature was the well received, low - budget indie titled «Brick» (2005), which told a high - school story in a film noir style, narrated by Gordon - Levitt.

Back in his feature debut, Brick, writer - director Rian Johnson was content to bring deep shades of film noir to the hallways of high school.

When 19 - year - old aspirant drummer Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller) goes to the movies with his Pennington High School writer / teacher father (Paul Reiser) there's Rififi on the hoarding, the 1955 French noir film directed by blacklisted émigré filmmaker Jules Dassin.

Whereas Brick was straight - up film noir that happened to take place in a high school setting, Assassination of a High School President is more along the lines of a John Hughes high school comedy, but with noir flourishes (and naughtier langschool setting, Assassination of a High School President is more along the lines of a John Hughes high school comedy, but with noir flourishes (and naughtier langSchool President is more along the lines of a John Hughes high school comedy, but with noir flourishes (and naughtier langschool comedy, but with noir flourishes (and naughtier language).

At the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Yari Film Group premiered Brett Simon «s Assassination of a High School President, a film noir mystery set inside the world of a John Hughes - style High School comedy.

A suave and sophisticated noir film moved from the shadowy backstreets to the broad daylight of a public high school, Brick is as spellbinding as it is original.

Johnson made splashes at TIFF with his previous films — the high - school - set film noir «Brick» and the quirky con caper «The Brothers Bloom.»

Easy shots at the stodginess of 1950s schools join easy shots at the popular conception of women fifty years ago as homemakers, all while the paranoia of a culture trying to come to terms with new women's roles post-Rosie the Riveter (film noir, n'est pas?)

The New York Film Academy is a purveyor of great cinematography of any genre, but faculty staff at the filmmaking school particularly enjoy a good film noir, especially when using it to teach students the nuances of expressionism.

What You Need to Know: Writer - director Rian Johnson has already put an inspired spin on both film noir with the high school - set «Brick» and the con - man caper with «The Brothers Bloom.»

Gratuitous female nudity, they say, is a far cry from the more mysterious less - is - more school of noir, which the film claims to aim to channel.

It features all the classic markings of a quality film noir (dark shadows, red herrings, a detective protagonist and a femme fatale) and plops it smack down in the middle of the unlikeliest of places: high school.