Sentences with phrase «striking world of this film»

The first teaser for Pablo Larraín's Jackie, which stars Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy, invites you to remember Camelot and enter the striking world of this film, which defies biopic conventions.

Not exact matches

Characters in zombie films are willing to do terrible things to each other because of the fear of zombies and the urge for self preservation, while, in the real world, things like the use of torture (or «advanced interrogation»), preemptive war and drone strikes were being debated as options to fight a threat even scarier than zombies: terrorism.

Many would say that World's Greatest Dad has quite a misleading title, but this couldn't be further from the truth, perfectly summing up a dangerously funny film that pushes the boundaries of comedy, but also how us human beings may deal when tragedy strikes under the most unexplainable of

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

The film's staging — the way its settings create a world that allows for striking images that echo the psychological interplay of its people, the way in which every performance could not be any better — is awe - inspiring.

The result is a work that — like a whole sub-species of French films of the recent decades — fetishizes its own hyper - naturalistic visual style and performances (all but one by non-actors) while offering no original or striking insights into the world it portrays.

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.

The history of the world is rich with stories of diverse groups of people coming together in the face of adversity, but one such joining of forces that hasn't been well - covered in film is that of the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners campaign, wherein a group of lesbian and gay activists sought to raise money in order to help those making a stand during the UK miners» strike of 1984.

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.

Independently made (on a reported $ 80 million budget) by French producer Dimitri Rassam, «The Little Prince» may lack the fast pace and high - concept storytelling of today's most popular animated fare, but it should strike a solid chord with family audiences around the world (where the film has been heavily presold) and particularly in France, where Paramount opens the film July 29.

«The new Adam Sandler comedy» are words that strike a Pavlovian response in most film critics around the world, to the extent that if he's not being directed by Judd Apatow or P.T. Anderson, it's probably a safe bet that whatever the movie is, it's probably going to be one of the worst movies you'll see that year.

Following a cleverly striking but misleading poster for the Sundance indie Escape from Tomorrow, the film shot secretly at Disney World without the House of Mouse's permission, the first trailer has finally arrived.

And by filming in a real, fully fleshed - out setting rather than on the overt stage space of Malle's Vanya, Demme strikes a tantalizing balance between naturalism and Solness's inner world.

In one of the film's most striking scenes, Marina uses the refusal of the world to see her as a protective cloak of invisibility, to allow her to pass from one strictly gendered sanctuary, the women» a locker room of a sauna, to another: the men's.

High stakes duly established, Villeneuve, production designer Dennis Gassner and genius cinematographer Roger Deakins (if he doesn't finally win an Oscar for this, the film industry is truly blind) take full advantage of the mega-budget that franchise filmmaking provides to craft some of the most striking visuals ever put on film, building on Scott's ruined future in ways that — ironically given the themes of the movie — feel absolutely real and lived in, even as that world is occasionally revealed to be less than authentic.

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.

In the world of animation, it's always quite striking to be reminded of the still untapped potential of Hollywood films.

It's such a good line that it makes you think McQueen must have borrowed it from real life, just as the writer of John Frankenheimer's film Grand Prix appropriated the former world champion Phil Hill's striking claim that he always put his foot down harder on the accelerator when he passed the scene of an accident on the track because he knew everyone else would be lifting theirs.

Much was made of the film's striking visual aesthetic, a byproduct of the directors» experience in the world of music videos, but not enough credit has gone the way of Dano and especially Radcliffe, who are both phenomenal here.

Two childhood friends growing up in poverty in south Boston come under the influence of a local crime boss, only to strike out on their own when he is caught and imprisoned by the F.B.I. Despite the marketing that features explosions and SWAT teams galore (neither of which actually appear in the film) What Doesn't Kill You is a character - driven drama set in the world of petty urban crime.

The film was shot near Lake Hawea in Wanaka, New Zealand, with its striking colors and surrounding of soaring mountains serving as an ideal location for the film's fantasy world.

Renowned for crafting emotionally engaging soundtracks for multimedia, Salta has received widespread industry acclaim for his world - class produced scores featured in films and video games such as HALO: The Fall of Reach (The Animated Series), HALO: Spartan Strike, HALO 2 Anniversary, HALO: Spartan Assault (G.A.N.G. Best Original Soundtrack Award), HALO: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, From Dust, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Red Steel (IGN Award for Best Original Score), Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter and H.A.W.X series, and original songs and adaptations for the world's # 1 dance game series, Just Dance.

Kidlat hopes to become an astronaut, or at the very least strike it rich, in the promised land; he makes it as far as Europe (the film was shot in Paris, Germany, and the Philippines), where a series of rude and comical awakenings unfolds and Kidlat learns that the modern world is far from paradise.

One thing that struck me when looking at the line - up was how all four artists seem to be more interested in modes of representation - advertising, language, film - than directly in the physical world.