Sentences with phrase «timely films of»

Donnie Darko, the 1st cult classic of the 21st century, a masterclass in assiduous filmmaking, remains one of the most relevant, urgent and timely films of the last 50 years.

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From engaging histories and research - driven treatises, to provocative exhibitions and popular films, to mobile applications and podcasts, Science book and media reviews feature smart commentary on a wide range of timely scientific topics.

Although the film lacks the polished visual effects of Hollywood sci - fi thrillers, the timely political themes — including out - of - control wiretapping, job outsourcing, and border security — make the plot both engaging and chillingly plausible.

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With film labs closing down and new formats springing up all the time, this is a timely stock - take of 21st Century cinema.

Departing from two decades» worth of domestic and personal dramas and returning to his roots as Japan's maestro of mayhem, Kinji Fukasaku has delivered a brutal punch to the collective solar plexus with one of his most outrageous and timely films.

As a demonstration of slighted masculinity being given an inch, taking a mile, and chewing it up with breakneck fury, the film could hardly be more timely or disconcerting.

As it chugs towards its conclusion, the film suffers from a common case of too many endings, including a fitting one that features Pope Francis offering up a final sermon about his own philosophy with advice that's characteristically timely and universal.

But it is a generous, heartfelt film, full of color and music, one that offers a timely Thanksgiving tribute to the intergenerational importance of family.

But unlike the rigorous skepticism of films like Blood Simple, Fargo, and Burn After Reading, I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore uses its allegorical narrative to further a simplistic political message meant to give it an aura of timely social commentary.

The probing of moral fluidity, coupled with strong performances, led by the indefatigable Melissa Leo, makes Novitiate a timely film about spirituality, love and sacrifice.

Despite an arc that feels reminiscent of similar films that came before it, the film's focus on timely social issues make it stand out from the pack.

The film offers a fresh look at the adrenaline - laced lifestyle of war correspondents and a timely criticism of TV news.

Critic Consensus: While it's certainly timely and beautifully filmed, The Bling Ring suffers from director Sofia Coppola's failure to delve beneath the surface of its shallow protagonists» real - life crimes.

After an unfocused 2010 that saw a mix of very good and very bad films, Roadside Attractions managed to boost its average Metascore by over 7 points last year, thanks to a generally improved slate that featured a pair of acclaimed documentaries (Project Nim and Thunder Soul) and the timely thriller Margin Call 76.

Critics Consensus: While it's certainly timely and beautifully filmed, The Bling Ring suffers from director Sofia Coppola's failure to delve beneath the surface of its shallow protagonists» real - life crimes.

The films are all extremely timely, with «City of Ghosts» taking on added resonance as the Trump administration has devoted much of its first weekend to criticizing journalists.

During the interview, Hooper talked about if he felt any pressure following up Les Miserables and The Kings Speech, the experience of making a film about transgender issues when the subject is so timely, when he first realized Redmayne and Vikander would deliver such tremendous performances, deleted scenes, how his first cut compared to the finished film, if he's conscious of making «awards» films and whether he want to break out of that, future projects, and so much more.

Delving into the complex and timely issue of illegal immigration to the United States from South America, and the large number of missing - presumed - dead immigrants who never make it either home or away, this film takes an interesting approach in combining investigative documentary and dramatic retelling.

The story of the Washington Post's role in publishing the Pentagon Papers is a timely one, but I think All the President's Men and Spotlight are better newspaper films.

«The Kindergarten Teacher,» starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, will be part of a timely lineup of Sundance films with dominant female leads.

Set against the backdrop of the Mississippi Delta during the Jim Crow era after World War II, Mudbound is both a timeless and timely film following two families — one black, one white — bound together by the hardships of farm life.

I apologize on behalf of my Online Film Critics Society, who didn't give the film a single nomination despite screeners having been sent in a timely fashion to our American majority.

The real Desmond Tutu commented on the film: «This timely, compelling and intelligent film, movingly, and above all humanely, captures what it felt like to be working with those selfless members of the TRC who strove, often against the odds, to help bring both truth and reconciliation to the ordinary people of South Africa.»

«Dunkirk» is big and bold and «The Post» is serious and timely, but the film with the most Globe nominations, «The Shape of Water,» is gloriously imaginative filmmaking whose biggest competition might have been two films that ended up being categorized as comedies, «Get Out» and «Lady Bird.»

With one of the deadliest wildfires in the state's history raging in California, it doesn't seem likely many people will want to see a movie about a tragic wildfire, but Only The Brave is a solid film that is a timely reminder of what is at risk when a wildfire breaks out.

The films explore an array of timely and time - tested themes, from infidelity to grief to loneliness to the proverbial Ugly American to racism to immigration to why Muslim women wear headscarves to public displays of affection to class to love and relationships, of course.

On its own merit, the film is quite staggering and very timely with other stories from the U.S. soil of similar nature.

An intriguing combination of drama and documentary, this Swiss film tells a simple story that's compelling and still timely, addressing issues of equality and prejudice from an often startlingly personal perspective.

Guillermo del Toro's timely romantic fable, «The Shape of Water,» took home two top honors, Best Film and Best Director, while Varda's latest film, «Faces Places,» was crowned Best Documentary.

Cooper said his film, which deals with themes of racial intolerance, feels more timely than he ever envisioned it would be when he was writing it.

In the past, many Bond films have featured timely topics that seem to be — in the immortal words of Law of Order — «ripped from the headlines.»

Add to all of this that the film is very timely and you have a very appealing and tempting FLF formula.

It's the metaphor of time for money that matters, as it plays out in a battle between the haves and have nots — or, if you'd like, the 1 % vs. the 99 % - making this an incredibly timely film.

Selma is urgent and timely, and now I understand why it has plowed its way through some of the other higher profile films to mark its entry as a strong contender this awards season.

This essay is timely in its discussion of the Coens and the Western because the Coens» latest film, True Grit — a more traditional Western — is opposite No Country for Old Men in terms of nihilism: True Grit helps preserve social order while No Country for Old Men deconstructs it.

They even keep it timely by relating the film to the current movie award season, drawing connections and comparisons to such Oscar contenders as Nebraska, 20 Feet from Stardom, and The Wolf of Wall Street.

Foster's timely financial thriller premiered in an out of competition slot and the film's stars, also including Jack O'Connell, were out on show

He also felt the film's reboot was very timely, with its story of immigration in the age of «putting up walls.»

As with other reviews, my main issue with the film was the shallow take on the moral dilemma of the story with the timely spaceship mishap allowing a neat and tidy wrap - up.

However, Tallgrass Film AssociationCreative Director, Lela Meadow - Conner noted that every year, many of the Tallgrass Film Festival's timely and challenging films have been made by women, particularly in the realm of documentary filmmaking.

Instead of giving audiences something meaningful and eerily timely to reflect upon, the film is plagued with incoherence and a shocking lack of poignancy.

In her scenes with McAvoy, Buckley displays a warmth that's unlike anything in most modern horror films, her Dr. Fletcher becoming the film's heroine and a timely reminder of how important it is to care for the wellbeing of those around us.

With the latter, the story of the movement for the women's right to vote in England, we welcomed star Carey Mulligan, who has won high praise for her role as a young wife and mother who becomes increasingly active in the organizing of the movement, and director Sarah Gavron, who told me her reason for doing the film was simply that it was overdue and timely.

Ken Loach's latest, the winner of this year's Palme d'Or at Cannes, is one of the most important films of 2016; there couldn't be a more timely moment for a film about the value of citizenship, and to issue a protest against the increasingly powerful dehumanizing forces of what you might call «client culture,» the corporate logic that reduces human lives to economic statistics or blips on screens.

Toivon tuolla puolen (The Other Side of Hope, Aki Kaurismäki, 2017) A timely film about finding compassion and hope in a hostile world.

Though it coincides nicely with the upcoming 50th anniversary of the events depicted in the film, Ava DuVernay's «Selma» has the unenviable distinction of being one of the timeliest dramas of 2014.

It also mentioned that Wong Kar - wai had already signed an agreement, which reportedly included a clause for the timely completion of the film.

The Mackendrick film's plot and imagery both rely on the timely, English steam trains that always seem to be within earshot of the action, and the Coens found a wonderful cultural - historical parallel by setting the new movie along the Mississippi River.

With a solid tradition of programming films that aren't just timely, but also culturally transformative — witness An Inconvenient Truth or Super Size Me — Sundance is one of the few film festivals that can set the sociopolitical agenda for months to come.