Sentences with phrase «striking about your films»

Something striking about your films is the concept of maturity within your characters, especially in this story with the three male leads.

What is striking about the film is the degree to which it lauds Mapes and her colleagues (played by Topher Grace, Elisabeth Moss, and Dennis Quaid) most emphatically precisely when they are displaying their worst journalistic judgment.

What is striking about the film is what Jarmusch drapes over these visual and auditory flourishes with the content of the characters and the content of this world, and how unconcerned it seems to be with the prior history of vampires in literary and pop culture.

What is striking about the film is the image of China that Han Han gives us.

The Dissolve: One of the things that's striking about the film, particularly on the budget that you have, is that it's a very crisp, classical piece of filmmaking.

What strikes me about the film is its absolute clarity, both narrative and visual.

What is most striking about the film, and probably why it works to great success, is the feeling of authenticity in regard to the times and music of its era.

But what struck me about the film was not the obsession which motivates the protagonist for most of the film.

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From a Christian perspective, one of the striking things about the film and the book series is the absence of explicit religion or references to God.

Unsurprisingly, movies about journalism can often strike a dishonest chord with some viewers, mainly ones who have a natural distaste in films that almost deify the media, even when there's a fair share of evenhandedness.

Wong Kar - Wai's movie about two love - struck cops is filmed in impressionistic splashes of motion and color.

«When the World Breaks» is a film about creativity and survival during the Great Depression of the 1930s, with striking parallels to today.

And what's most striking about Looper is how effectively and clearly each character's emotional struggle is detailed, a feat that seems near - impossible as the various figures are introduced in the film's first half.

The wintery New England landscape is the most striking thing about the film, but it's not interesting enough to justify watching it for 100 minutes.

The words «based on a true story» can strike dread in the heart of the frequent moviegoer, since so often a film is made no more interesting by the fact that it's about actual events.

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EXCLUSIVE: Eye in the Sky — the drama about drone strikes — is so timely that distributor Bleecker Street is using President Barack Obama's speech about the new technology as the voice - over for the film's TV spot, which is debuting tonight during the Republican debate (watch it above).

The powerful film from director Gavin Hood (Tsotsi) and writer Guy Hibbert is a nail - biter as characters argue over the rules of engagement and the legality and morality of war in making a decision about a drone strike in Kenya that targets the Al - Shabaab militant group.

It is always impressive to see how Haneke can be so subtle and forceful as with this magnificent and devastating oeuvre about aging, devotion, love and death - a film that surprises us for its deep tenderness and honesty while striking us with an overwhelming emotional power.

One of the most striking elements about this film was the way it was shot, which gave it a voyeuristic sensibility reminiscent of North by Northwest (1959) in particular — especially in terms of the way the character of Héctor 1 was set - up and the power dynamic between the multiple Héctor sequels and the young girl.

Normally, I'm eager for a story about a woman humiliating herself for love, but the tone of this fanciful film at times struck me as all wrong.

Once Petit actually gets to New York and begins planning his daring stunt the film picks up the pace — and amid all the character's yammering about becoming one with the wire, director Robert Zemeckis» visuals are indeed striking.

Amazing, then, that after such early missteps, the film takes a sweet, lighthearted turn once the nostalgic Gil — whose novel is about a man dreaming of the past — finds himself transported to his beloved 1920s Paris every night when the clock strikes twelve.

There are a great many things that make Black Panther a Marvel film like no other, but one of the most striking things about it is how thoroughly familiar the world of Wakanda feels.

We all bring our own personal experiences into every film we see, or any work of art we explore really, and I have to say there's something about what Mills has been doing with his two most recent pictures that strikes me on a profound level that no one else has really been able to tap into.

But the film about him becomes a striking testament to the power and human need for symbols of hope, and has the ability to be as inspirational to someone as Bauman's true story.

7 Days in Entebbe, a film about the boldest commando strike in history, the boldest commando strike in history.

What struck me most about this film is how the setting of the story can be described almost entirely in Orwellian terms.

What always struck me as odd is that this film is billed as a zombie film but even Lenzi himself denies that this is about zombies.

The first clear action taken in Haim Tabakman's quietly striking debut feature, Eyes Wide Open, is about as on - the - nose as this small film gets.

Both «Hunger,» about the grueling hunger strike of the IRA's Bobby Sands, and «Shame» about the pain of sexual addiction, share this film's implacable style.

What was striking to me about Amour was how much it looks like other Haneke films — with the same macguffins, the same uneasy tracking shots — and yet how different it feels.

Lars von Trier's Melancholia may not be for everyone, but Jennifer Spelkin says it's a beautiful, artistic, and striking film about the end of one's world.

In 2014, he appeared in a featured role in the Golden Globe - nominated film Pride, about a gay - rights group that raises money to support British miners striking during the Thatcher era.

It's been nearly 20 years since Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton starred in the comedy about three women striking back at their ex-husbands and getting what they deserve, and now the trio of actresses will reunited for a new feature film project at Netflix called Divanation.

In using a chemical process called «bleach bypass» — where the silver in the film stock is not removed, which in turn deepens the dark, shadowy images — an overall foreboding tone is what first strikes you about Fincher's dark, atmospheric thriller.

If this was a film about adults, or even teenagers running off together, there would have been a significant crisis of faith between the love - struck pair: a moment where they realized the foolishness of their impulsive flight.

«Our movie is really about a working leader who must make tough decisions and get things done in the face of overwhelming opposition... [The film begins with] Lincoln's realization that the Emancipation Proclamation, the thing he is most known for, was simply a war powers act that would easily be struck down by any number of lawyers after the cessation of hostilities after the Civil War.

A delightful film about growing up in the midst of the miners strike in North England in the early»80s.

What is most striking about this and the film's structure is its use of modern technology to silently help tell the story.

The film has a significant arthouse flair, but what is striking about Dolan's feature debut is the way it tackles the fear and self - loathing surrounding coming out.

Re-released to tie in with its 25th anniversary, the most striking thing about this film is how revelatory it is, tracing the history of gay activism.

When I first saw the film at SXSW in 2012, it quickly struck me as smug and inauthentic, an impression that lasted throughout the movie and made it difficult to resist the urge to walk out, so much so that I had no desire to write about it.

The two also give some background info Hemmings, star Contouri (who ultimately retired from acting after a brief stay in Hollywood), the excellent locations at an artist colony and dairy refinery, plus a funny explanation about why Aussies shoot such striking widescreen films.

This was just a month before the Major League Baseball strike, at a time when films about professional baseball (Little Big League, Major League II, Rookie of the Year) were being released with some frequency.

An odd combination of Ghostbusters and Men in Black, the film struck a comedic tone, which meant despite being about ghosts, there wasn't a single fright in the whole film.

The Hollywood Reporter's Michael Rechtshaffen says The Disaster Artist, which Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber adapted from Greg Sestero's book about the ill - fated production, «strikes a giddy, winning balance between hilarity and heart» while Indiewire's Ben Travers says the film tells a «disarmingly sweet story about best friends seeking the Hollywood dream.»

But other than the mockumentary Comic Book: The Movie (2004) and, arguably, Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), there haven't been many films that are actually about superhero movies and their place in modern culture.

One such film in particular is Xavier Beauvois» «La Rançon de la Gloire» a film about a cash - struck man in 1970s Europe who has been recently released from prison and gets the brilliant idea to kidnap the corpse of revered comedic actor Charlie Chaplin in order to sell it back to his family for a hefty ransom.

At the film's recent press day, Pettyfer talked about his favorite romantic movies that inspired him, what it was like working with Wilde, getting to know one another, filming their romantic scenes together and striking the right romantic tone, what he learned from veteran actors Greenwood and Patrick, why he enjoyed bonding with the multicultural cast, his favorite songs from the movie's soundtrack, what he remembers about his first love, his advice for guys dealing with parents, and his special plans with his mom for Valentine's Day.