In the last act of «Downsizing» — which
divided audiences in Telluride after delighting them in Venice — Matt Damon's shrunken - man protagonist finds himself trying to decide between spending the rest of his days with a micro-community of enlightened, save - the - world shrunken men and going back to the real world.
Wonderstruck will likely
divide audiences who can't make it past the sharp contrast of two stories being told simultaneously; one is silent, in black and white, while the other in color with audio.
Directors Leos Carax, represented by «Holy Motors,» and Ulrich Seidl, represented by «Paradise: Love,» can usually be counted on to
divide audiences with in - your - face provocation that paradoxically has a spellbinding quality.
Teaming up with «Run Lola Run» director Tom Tykwer to adapt the supposedly unfilmable novel by David Mitchell, «Cloud Atlas» is one of those films that's
already dividing audiences between those that think it's a modern masterpiece and those that think it's a pretentious mess.
That blend — put another way, it's the mix of comedy A-listers and big effects with a more delicate emo vibe — seemed to
divide audiences on Saturday.
Those are some big shoes to fill, but «End of Watch» certainly has the right ingredients to make it happen, including a talented cast led by Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena, and an interesting docudrama style that will most
likely divide audiences.
I haven't seen a movie as likely to
divide audiences since Richard Linklater's 2001 episodic animated philosophical treatise on life and its meaning, Waking Life.
Rarely does a film of his fall flat at the box office, but it will
probably divide audiences into two distinct factions: those who are willing to leave their brains behind and watch a mindless Bollywood film, and those who are disappointed that Khan did not deliver on the spectacular cinematic experience he had promised.
Lowry — far darker and more distant than one had realised in TJ Clark's brilliantly curated Tate Britain exhibition —
divided the audience as never before.
Under the Skin is one of those films, like the acclaimed head - scratcher 2001: A Space Odyssey, that will
totally divide audiences.
This is decidedly not escapism, until a major twist flirts with that label and may very
well divide audiences or at least require a lot more processing time to determine how they feel.
Often reviled in his native United States but worshipped as a genius throughout much of Europe and especially France, Lewis took slapstick comedy to new realms of absurdity and outrageousness, his anarchic
vision dividing audiences who found him infantile and witless from those who applauded the ambitions of his sight gags, his subversions of standard comedic patterns, and his films» acute criticisms of American values.
Dividing audiences once again (even more so than with last year's The Tree of Life 85) but pleasing most critics, Terence Malick continues to stretch the conventions of narrative filmmaking with his latest, a love story starring Olga Kurylenko, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, and Javier Bardem.
A24 has released a new red band trailer for the unique buddy comedy Swiss Army Man, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and
heavily divided audiences.
The
film divided audiences, but it's hard to deny the brilliance of this poster (and its Javier Bardem counterpart) which set the tone for one of the year's most mind - bending movies.
Under The Skin, Jonathan Glazer's first feature film since 2004's Birth has been
dividing audiences from Venice to Toronto for its transgressive content and startling atmosphere.
The festival
controversy dividing audiences this year was between Netflix (which produced both Okja and The Meyerowitz Stories this year) and the professional association for movie theater owners, arguing over Netflix's refusal to open the two films in theaters as part of their «exclusive content» strategy.
To sum up the number of achievements that Kubrick pulled off with this film — a work that still dazzles and
divides audiences today — in a mere paragraph is impossible so I will not even try.
While the film will
certainly divide audiences (it made my list of top films), the screening I went to actually probably had fewer walkouts then you usually see.
Coppola will have her first film in competition at Cannes in over a decade; her «Marie Antoinette»
divided audiences all the way back in 2006.
It's an homage to the silent film era, but
divided audiences due to it being uncharted territory for him as a director.
It's often filled out by former Sundance stars, such as Kenneth Lonergan returning with «Manchester by the Sea» or Ira Sachs delivering «Little Men» or Kelly
Reichardt dividing audiences with «Certain Women.»
Plenty of people will feel left behind by Avengers: Infinity War, but then this is a film that
divides its audience almost like a cult: if you're in the know already, if you have all the information needed, then you'll understand; if you don't understand, you're not a true believer, the movie's not for you.
Personal Shopper is one of those films that repays repeated viewing and will
doubtless divide audiences, especially those looking for straight horror or pure European art movie, but it is definitely worth the price of admission whatever genre it fits.
While its ending will
undoubtedly divide audiences, Martha Marcy May Marlene is an interesting study of an unlikely form of post-traumatic stress disorder, held together by one superb performance.
by Glenn Dunks While this film won the coveted Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival, it
also divided audiences and critics.
A film about a Scotsman coming to the Old West shot in New Zealand and told in a fairy tale style — it's no wonder «Slow West»
divided audiences when it was released a couple months ago.