Sentences with phrase «small dramas play»

The resulting film, Empire, 1964, is a study as much in cinematographic looking as it is on the properties of film itself; though the image of the building at night is otherwise fixed, small dramas play out through exposure, the shifting of light over time, and the slight jumpiness of the image as the celluloid passes through the projector.

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It is also important to recognize that this drama is not only being played in the «larger» but also (and perhaps more importantly) in the «small» local stages of history.

As a follow - up to his Oscar ® - winning The King's Speech, he could have played it safe and done another smart, funny period piece or a family drama — or any number of equally small independent films.

The young actor scored an equally memorable follow - up via a collaboration with director Catherine Hardwicke playing legendary daredevil skateboarder Stacy Peralta in the period drama Lords of Dogtown (2005), and enjoyed small turns in the Pierce Brosnan western Seraphim Falls and the effects - heavy sci - fi action saga Transformers.

Specializing in playing shambling, cantankerous cynics, Walter Matthau, with his jowly features, slightly stooped posture, and seedy, rumpled demeanor, looked as if he would be more at home as a laborer or small - time insurance salesman than as a popular movie star equally adept at drama and comedy.

Janney's talents have also been put on ample display on the small screen: in 1999, she joined the cast of the acclaimed NBC White House drama The West Wing, originating the role of tough press secretary C.J. Cregg.In addition to continuing her work on The West Wing, Janney played a supporting role in the award winning psychological drama The Hours (2002), and voiced Peach the Starfish in Pixar's wildly successful Finding Nemo (2003).

In 2003, Deschanel appeared in minor capacity as a receptionist in Sam Raimi's Spider - Man 2, with her role in Ghost House Pictures» 2004 frightener Boogeyman serving to prove that she was much more than just another pretty face.As the 2000's rolled on, Deschanel would prove to be an even bigger force on the small screen, playing forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance «Bones» Brennan, partner of FBI agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz), on the popular Fox crime drama series Bones.

In addition, she played small parts in two films directed by Gina Prince - Bythewood, the drama Love and Basketball, and the TV movie Disappearing Acts, featuring Sanaa Lathan and Wesley Snipes.

After making her film debut in That Night (1992), Heigl balanced movie work with high school, playing a small role in Steven Soderbergh's Depression - era drama King of the Hill (1993), starring as Gérard Depardieu's difficult daughter in My Father the Hero (1994), and Steven Seagal's niece in the action sequel Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995).

His plays The Chase and The Trip to Bountiful proved that his unique style of small - town drama was equally effective on the stage or screen.

Meanwhile, on the small - screen, Alda played presidential - hopeful Arnold Vinick on NBC's political drama The West Wing, another Senator and his first regular series role since M * A * S * H.

Soon after his breakout in «Bottle Rocket,» Wilson had a small role in Stiller's second movie as director, the dark Jim Carrey comedy «The Cable Guy,» then paired with him on addiction drama «Permanent Midnight,» but the film that really launched them as co-stars was Stiller's absurdist comedy «Zoolander,» with the actors playing moronic male models.

Small dramas are played out in the streets as the larger one unfolds beneath.

Featured characters include Jack Warner, Eartha Kitt, Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, and Pier Angeli... Underrated English indie filmmaker Duane Hopkins, director of 2008's Better Things, is finally back with his second feature, Bypass, a lost - youth drama about a young small - time fence (played by rising star George MacKay) who comes to a crossroads in his life...

Stephen Frears» directorial debut Gumshoe, a cockeyed detective film starring Albert Finney as a small - time bingo caller who plays at being a private detective for fun and ends up in the middle of a real mystery, and Arch Oboler's 1951 end - of - the - world drama Five, a low budget, high concept film he produced independently, also arrive under the «Martini Movies» imprint.

is misleading because while draped in Darius Khondji's luxuriant, golden - hued cinematography like the silks of Lady Liberty's gown, and decked in loving period costume and detail, the film is really a small - scale human drama in which those Gray staples, a love triangle and a love / hate brother-esque relationship, play out beat by minutely observed beat.

Son of a Gun Rated R for violence, language throughout, some sexuality, nudity and drug use Available on DVD and Blu - ray This Australian crime drama follows a young man in prison for a small crime who befriends a notorious criminal played by Ewan McGregor in order to gain protection.

Language: English Genre: Sport / Drama MPAA rating: PG Director: David Anspaugh Actors: Sean Astin, Jon Favreau, Lili Taylor Plot: A young man dreams of playing for Notre Dame, but is too small, too slow and doesn't have anything but desire and heart.

In the Dardenne brothers» lean and mean blue collar drama, Marion Cotillard is at her very best playing Sandra, a fragile woman who returns to her factory job after a breakdown to find that her employers are proposing to fire her and give the rest of the small staff a $ 1,000 bonus to compensate for the extra work.

John Derek co-starred in Ray's 1949 social drama Knock on Any Door and plays a variation of the same role as Davey Bishop, a young man orphaned as a child and raised by the community, passed around among the families of his small town of Madison.

Paul had a brace of big - screen roles early on, including small parts in «K - Pax,» «National Lampoon's Van Wilder» and «Mission Impossible III» (he plays Michelle Monaghan «s drunken brother in a brief scene in the latter), and recurred on HBO drama «Big Love» across its five seasons.

Having made her name on the small screen in Spanish period drama, La Señora, Adriana Ugarte, who plays the young Julieta, transfers to the silver screen with panache and an elegant ease.

This small - town drama's flaws are outweighed by its strengths, not least the switches of plot, tone and its assortment of characters — played by the likes of Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Peter Dinklage and, most of all, Frances McDormand.

Though it plays as a compelling drama of small town life and family tribulation, through its lens of father - son conflict, it also captures the angst in the loss of authority, the gap between of two different generations, and an elegy for the good ole» days.

There's such care in the way she writes every character; I think, for instance, of the priest and drama instructor played by Stephen McKinley Henderson, who has a small number of lines but an arc that's filled with pathos.

Like Lumet's 12 Angry Men, the film is a tight ensemble stage play but operates more free - form: Lumet and his cinematographer, Boris Kaufman, sequentially changed focal lengths so the jury room looks smaller and smaller as the drama progresses.

You can see it in Steven Soderbergh's experimental «Bubble» from 2006, a love triangle set in a small - town doll factory featuring non-actors, and in Zhang Yimou's 2000 drama «Not One Less,» about the struggles of schoolchildren in a rural Chinese village played by... schoolchildren in a rural Chinese village.

The actor who broke out of playing small supporting roles earlier this year by becoming USA Network's «Mr. Robot» just scored his very first major acting nomination in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series, alongside awards season veterans Kevin Spacey, Bob Odenkirk, Jon Hamm and Peter Dinklage.

Shoebox Theatre c.i.c. is a small Tamworth community theatre which supports schools curricula with drama workshops, performance, storytelling and role play, using a mix of professional actors and volunteer performers to enhance primary pupils learning.

The reading methods and strategies that work well are holistic approaches, such as recorded materials, assisted reading methods, hands - on games, drama, role playing, small - group work, and choices of high - interest reading materials.

The 10 - minute film Red Chewing Gum (2000), for instance, tells the story of the narrator and his lover's encounter with a chewing - gum seller, noting that gunshots and military skirmishes can be heard in the distance while this small personal drama plays out.

Zaatari's two - part contribution to dOCUMENTA (13) similarly challenges the expectations audiences may bring by casting his latest works on archives not in the context of politics, history and memory but rather as a love story for two men played by three actors, in the black and white, 16 mm silent film The End of Time (2012), and as a mentor — apprentice drama in Time Capsule (2012), an extended performance for which the artist buried a concrete - encased collection of small monochromatic paintings — a tribute to an unnamed photographer said to be losing his sight — in a hole in the ground that was dug next to the Fulda River in the Karlsaue Park, with four spokes of rebar marking the spot.

Far from the glamorous, high - octane legal world portrayed on the small screen in dramas like Silk and Judge Deed, Rebecca Lenkiewicz's play is more mundane.

These include art materials, sand play, clay, small figures, puppets, instruments, drama and movement props, visualisations, etc..

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