Sentences with phrase «son about making the film»

Not exact matches

They've been making films about the Son of God for over a century.

For top dramatic pictures, the selections made by the HFPA's fewer than 100 voters were the historical drama «12 Years a Slave»; the Somali piracy thriller «Captain Phillips»; the 3 - D space spectacle «Gravity»; «Philomena,» about a mother's search for her son; and the car racing film «Rush.»

Based on the biographical book authored by sci - fi writer David Gerrold about his own experience adopting his son Sean, this sentimental film makes a strong statement about giving challenged children a loving environment in which to grow.

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.»

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 7, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS Atonement (R for profanity, sexuality and disturbing war images) Decades - spanning romance drama, opening in England in 1935, about the budding relationship between a rich girl (Keira Knightley) and the son (James McAvoy) of her family's maid aborted when he is falsely accused of a crime by her jealous younger sister (Saoirse Ronan).

But what makes the film more than a mere vengeance flick is that it is actually a fairy tale disguised as a humble western in the same way that the Star Wars franchise is actually a space opera about a son redeeming his father who fell from grace.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 7, 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (PG - 13 for mature themes) Holocaust drama about the 8 year - old son (Asa Butterfield) of a concentration camp commander (David Thewlis) whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy (Jack Scanlon) interned on the other side of the fence leads to devastating consequences.

What makes the story truly special is the blurred line between Mark the actor, and Mark the character in this film who struggles with telling his real - life 2 - year old son about death.

Here, Lenny must contend with the news that his wife (Salma Hayek) wants to have a fourth child; Eric, inexplicably, must keep his wife (Maria Bello) in the dark about how much time he spends keeping his elderly mother company; Marcus must make peace with the thuggish son he never knew he sired; and Kurt... well, Chris Rock gets to ad - lib one or two funny lines and spend the rest of the film waiting for something better to come along.

Yeah, you read that right: the long - delayed Amityville: The Awakening, directed by Franck Khalfoun (who made the remake of Maniac) is the 18th film in the mostly direct - to - video franchise, 19th if you count Conjuring 2, and maybe 20th if you count My Amityville Horror, the genuinely disturbing documentary about the troubled son of George and Kathy Lutz, the couple whose haunted - house claims were detailed in Jay Anson's best - seller.

And the heck of it is that it feels like the filmmakers were trying too hard to appease adults as well, sliding sly but pretty crude humor into the film that just does nt really belong in the opening moments of the film, when Rodney is being built, there is a part leftover, the mother asks about it, the father checks to make sure they wanted a boy, then he tells his new son it will only hurt for a second and then theres a scream.

I don't quite understand how this film does what it does — make you understand the powerful, quasi-incestuous relationship between mother and son, without making it seem the least bit abnormal or reprehensible — but that's what I love about it.

The problems begin with the fact that as charming as Kravitz and Okonedo are in their few scenes, the film is almost entirely about the father and son, and neither one succeeds in making their characters engaging.

It was made by a father who got the idea for the film as he listened to his son's friends talk about how they felt the summer after they graduated from 5th grade.

The film version of Lionel Shriver's We Need to Talk About Kevin is making waves at the Cannes Film Festival, drawing raves for director Lynne Ramsay and stars Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller (son of Workman's Bob Miller).

The 1985 film, Every Picture Tells A Story - about the artist's early life - was made by his son, James Scott, for Channel 4 Television.

In 2007, Neel's grandson Andrew made a documentary film about the artist, which investigated her work, her life as a woman, and the years of domestic violence she and her sons suffered.