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The plot is sometimes a little uneven but the style and setting of the film wins through as Hanna passes through snow covered tundra, Moroccan deserts and gritty European ports and cities.

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Recent and upcoming releases include the romance - horror hybrid Spring; the hotly - anticipated The Look Of Silence, Oppenheimer's companion piece to The Act Of Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist); The Keeping Room, from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe, filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animalOf Silence, Oppenheimer's companion piece to The Act Of Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist); The Keeping Room, from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe, filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animalOf Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist); The Keeping Room, from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe, filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animalof deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animalof the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animalof 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animals.

Starring former Mouseketeer Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, the musical tells the story of two struggling lovers in modern day L.A.. From striking visuals to inspiring musical sets, the film has already won awards at the Capri Hollywood International Film Festival for best ensemble cast and best film score.

Based on the classic film, School Of Rock brings Dewey Finn and his students to life, as they set out to win Battle of the BandOf Rock brings Dewey Finn and his students to life, as they set out to win Battle of the Bandof the Bands.

This snippet set the tone for «Tigers» (directed by Oscar - winning director Danis Tanović) as the film explored the contentious issue of corporate bullying, whistle blowing, the method of artificial feeding and the continued global dominance of multi-national companies (MNCs) in an emotive and raw manner.

His business provided some two dozen set pieces for the award - winning film «The Shape of Water.»

In 1997, Tickell set out on the road with a biodiesel powered «Veggie Van» and a video camera and began filming what would eventually become known as FUEL, the 2008 Sundance Audience Award winning documentary film that investigates the possible replacement of fossil fuels with renewable energy.

, the writing, the sets, the costumes, everything could fall into place and give this film the across the board citations that fuel Oscar campaigns and ultimately the chance for Oscar wins and Oscar glory, not to mention being one of the contenders that is expected to do well financially.

After a decade - plus flop in his career — soiled by middle - of - the - road Tim Burton films and an unnecessarily excessive Pirates of the Caribbean franchise — Black Mass set itself up to be a possible Oscar - winning landmark in Depp's rollercoaster of a filmography.

In the vein of Haggis» Oscar - winning 2004 drama Crash, the film follows three intersecting stories set in Paris, New York, and Rome, «with each storyline following a different stage of a love relationship from the beginning, middle, and the end.»

The award - winning director behind such fare as Her and Being John Malkovich tried his hand at creating a «live dance film» for the first time, on the set of The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.

Other films from Cannes making their US debut at Telluride include the Russian «Loveless,» directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, about an unhappy couple searching for their son, and winner of Cannes» Jury Prize; «A Man of Integrity,» by Mohammad Rasoulof, set in corrupt Iranian society, which won the Grand Prize of the Un Certain Regard section; «The Rider,» by Chloe Zhao, about a badly injured young South Dakotan rodeo rider, which won the top prize, the Art Cinema Award, of the Director's Fortnight; «Tesnota (Closeness),» about a Jewish family forced to try to ransom their son and his new bride, also in Un Certain Regard, by Kantemir Balagov; and Barbet Schroeder's documentary about a Buddhist monk, «Le venerable W.»

With a solid belief from film critics that she's bound for stardom and a growing filmography of award - winning indies and big - budget productions, Emmy's success will rest on her own talents when she sets out to prove everyone right.

A lucrative blockbuster winning over genre enthusiasts and thoughtful moviegoers alike, as well as being the rare sci - fi film to earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, District 9 is exactly the kind of thing that sets someone up for the sophomore jinx.

Winning the Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival this year, the film is the highly anticipated English language debut of internationally acclaimed Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos and is set for general release in Ireland on 16th October.

With Endless Love setting its stall out early about what type of film it was going to be, it was always going to be an uphill battle to win me over.

The set features eight films all together, including two of his early British thrillers (the classic Sabotage with Sylvia Sidney and lighter and lesser Young and Innocent), his World War II drama Lifeboat and all four films made for David Selznick: the Gothic classic Rebecca (Hitchcock's only film to win an Oscar for Best Picture), the Gregory Peck films Spellbound and The Paradine Case, and the romantic masterpiece Notorious.

The film doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it's a sturdy, tonally assured piece of work with a winning specificity to its voice and setting, giving Murray a real gift of a part in one of his best performances, one that the audience have clearly responded to in a big way.

Honorable Mentions: As usual, some good films have to fall just outside the top 10 list including: Tommy Lee Jones «feature - length directorial debut, «The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada ``; Christopher Nolan «s excellent, in - between - Batman - movies cum rival magician film, «The Prestige,» starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale; Guillermo del Toro «s fantastical fairy tale, «Pan's Labyrinth ``; Sofia Coppola «s anachronistic teen alienation set in the 16th century, «Marie Antoinette ``; Martin Campbell «s superb rebooting of the Bond franchise with «Casino Royale ``; Martin Scorsese «s «Infernal Affairs» remake «The Departed» (which has been on TV so many bloody times, its power has worn off); Oliver Assayas ««Clean» which featured a Cannes - winning performance by Maggie Cheung as a struggling addict; and Park Chan - Wook «s final installment of his vengeance trilogy, the beautifully haunting, «Lady Vengeance.&raquOf Melquiades Estrada ``; Christopher Nolan «s excellent, in - between - Batman - movies cum rival magician film, «The Prestige,» starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale; Guillermo del Toro «s fantastical fairy tale, «Pan's Labyrinth ``; Sofia Coppola «s anachronistic teen alienation set in the 16th century, «Marie Antoinette ``; Martin Campbell «s superb rebooting of the Bond franchise with «Casino Royale ``; Martin Scorsese «s «Infernal Affairs» remake «The Departed» (which has been on TV so many bloody times, its power has worn off); Oliver Assayas ««Clean» which featured a Cannes - winning performance by Maggie Cheung as a struggling addict; and Park Chan - Wook «s final installment of his vengeance trilogy, the beautifully haunting, «Lady Vengeance.&raquof the Bond franchise with «Casino Royale ``; Martin Scorsese «s «Infernal Affairs» remake «The Departed» (which has been on TV so many bloody times, its power has worn off); Oliver Assayas ««Clean» which featured a Cannes - winning performance by Maggie Cheung as a struggling addict; and Park Chan - Wook «s final installment of his vengeance trilogy, the beautifully haunting, «Lady Vengeance.&raquof his vengeance trilogy, the beautifully haunting, «Lady Vengeance.»

For a moment, let's just set aside all the controversy surrounding this year's Palme d'Or winning film — whether it's the graphic sex scenes, or the allegations of emotional abuse of lead actresses Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos and crew members by their director Abdellatif Kechiche — and consider that this just looks like a damn good love story.

Stavier Films have announced that Anthony Renwick McGill, a writer living in Dublin and co-founder, along with Savio Sequeira, of Stavier Films and The Da Vinci Theatre Company, has won the 2016 FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAY AWARD in the New York Short Film and Screenplay Competition for his screenplay Amazons Inc., a comedy thriller set in 1970's Ireland.

Friedkin was in the audience when Bug premiered off - Broadway and quickly approached Letts with the idea of a film version; the playwright set to work on a screenplay while Friedkin raised $ 4 million from independent producers and eventually won distribution from Lionsgate Films.

Cuarón masterminded the audacious deep - space thriller Gravity (for which he won the best director Oscar) and was handed the reins of a Harry Potter film, but has also made more intimate, Mexico - set dramas such as Y Tu Mamá También.

Actor Donald Sutherland is set to star in, co-write and produce the animated film adaptation of a prize - winning children's book.

Last year, for example, the musical «La La Land» set a record for the most nominations — 14 — without winning best picture, and the documentary «O.J.: Made in America,» with a running time of nearly eight hours, became the longest film ever to win an Academy Award.

Another win for the film is the set design, which is littered with period details — 1980s paraphernalia and nostalgic touches fill the periphery — and all the while modern day fish - out - of - water platitudes flow with abundance.

The script of his award - winning play, «Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps,» is set to become a feature film next year.

«Hugo,» director Martin Scorsese's lavishly staged fantasy set in 1930s Paris and a reminder of the importance of film preservation, tied with «The Artist» for five wins.

Dan Laustsen, the Oscar winning cinematographer for The Shape of Water, shared a couple behind the scenes images from the film's set -LSB-...]

Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu won a hatful of Oscars for his last feature Birdman but that Broadway - set film seems like a trifle by comparison with his latest effort.

The Emmy Award - winning producer is once again intriguingly thriving on expanding the mythology of what made the first film effective in his latest horror franchise, with the release of the new horror sequel, «Sinister 2,» which is set to be released in theaters on Friday.

Moonlight, Barry Jenkins's mesmerizing coming - of - age film set against the Miami crack epidemic, prevailed at the 89th annual Academy Awards, winning best picture over frontrunner La La Land, after it briefly lost to La La Land.

If you love Nick Park's amazing clay animation duo of Wallace and Gromit, then get set to enjoy this Complete Collection of his award - winning short films, A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave and A Matter of Loaf and Death.

Academy Award - winning director Guillermo del Toro was so smitten with the diner's art deco aesthetic, he set extra scenes in the greasy spoon, according to Hakim, although it's unclear how much of the footage made it into the film.

Set for a release date this April, the film is written by Diablo Cody, a frequent collaborator of Reitman's who worked with him on Juno (which won Cody an Oscar) and Young Adult.

Now that the cast is taking shape and filming of the new Halloween movie, executive produced by John Carpenter and arriving in theaters in October 2018, is set to begin in about two weeks, we can also confirm the award - winning team that will be making the new mask for Michael Myers, and I think it's safe to say that this all - important task is in some good, talented hands.

He wagers that he can turn her from a street urchin into a duchess within a matter of weeks, and set out to do so in the Best Picture winning film, «My Fair Lady.»

A recipient of the 2014 Kresge Arts Fellowship and former Junior Media Fellow at the United Nations University, she received her MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University and has directed numerous award - winning short films, including her latest, American Prophet, set in 1968 Detroit and due to be released in December as part of a feature - length film.

The three films tell a continuous story set in Middle - earth 60 years before The Lord of the Rings, which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in the blockbuster trilogy that culminated with the Oscar ® - winning The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

The Mexican director, whose previous films include Children of Men and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, has so far won the Best Director prize at both the BAFTA and Directors Guild of America awards — strong indicators that he's set to take this category at the Oscars.

The Oscar - winning Brokeback Mountain director is set to shoot a film chronicling the birth of the legendary music festival beloved of clothing - averse types who like to paint flowers on any yielding surface.

Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi («A Separation,» «The Past»), coming off his foreign language film Oscar win for «The Salesman,» is already back with his next effort «Everybody Knows» set to serve as the opening film of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in May.

Eddie is currently busy filming the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them but he has found the time to share a video message in support of J.K Rowling's children charity Lumos in which he encourages fans to donate for a chance to win a VIP visit to the set of the film in London!

After the playful, urban and contemporary humour of the Oscar - winning «Birdman», this bleak - faced 1820s - set frontier western sees Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu return to the darker worldview of his earlier films like «Babel» and «21 Grams».

It was nominated for 12 Academy Awards (it won one: Best Adapted Screenplay for Edward Anhalt), but what seemed majestic and theatrically impressive back then feels plodding and stodgy today, like a film obliged to show off every angle of its grand sets while losing the characters in the drafty castle and hearty speechifying.

The Scottish film - maker Lynne Ramsay will write and direct the film adaptation of We Need to Talk About Kevin, Lionel Shriver's Orange Prize - winning novel set in the aftermath of a high school massacre.

Fresh off of Best Picture and Best Director Oscar wins in 2011 for The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius surely had high hopes for his followup The Search, a remake of the 1948 Fred Zinnemann film that transplanted its setting to the Chechnyan refugee crisis of 1999.

The Square, which won the top prize at Cannes, is just over two - and - a-half hours long; much of it is filmed in long, unbroken takes, and it's set in the rarefied world of Stockholm's contemporary art world with gags that demand a working knowledge of conceptual land artists.

The film places an emphasis on blood over flesh when it comes to Jennifer (and Needy as well, in a childhood flashback of the girls featuring either a kissing - a-cut-to-make-it-better or forming - a-blood-bond-via-quick-blood-sucking you'll - have - to - decide move by Needy on Jennifer's cut palm which may or may not form a psychic connection between the girls, you'll have to decide on that, too), which in turn draws one away from demonic connections towards vampiric ones, which sets Cody against Whedon; a battle Cody can't really hope to win.

The award - winning documentarian is set to select a series of films to present at the 44th Telluride Film Festival running over Labor Day Weekend, September 1 - 4, 2017.