Sentences with phrase «tour de»

A rousing historical tour de force, Selma is an accomplishment of art and nonfiction coming to head; the product of historical accuracy colliding with a massively stirring lead performance from David Oyelowo and confident, assured direction from Ava DuVernay.

As a debut film, Revenge is a directorial tour de force.

Kirke, the trailer trash who diddles Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl, registers in a quiet, intense way that is no mean feat in the face of Gerwig's tour de force.

Though less obviously a tour de force than many flashier recent art films, such as Alexander Sokurov's one - take feature Russian Ark, it's no less impressive as a technical achievement.

Edgerton is coming off Black Mass, while Negga starred in 12 Years A Slave and World War Z. Shannon starred for Nichols in a tour de force performance in Take Shelter, and most recently starred in 99 Homes.

Best Actress: Annette Bening — Kids Are All Right — stern, intelligent yet moving and likeable — it takes a real pro to accomplish that with such style and verve Nicole Kidman — Rabbit Hole — heartbreaking but resilient — a perfect balance between broken and fixed — it is so joyful to watch a character so succinctly communicated Lesley Manville — Another Year — heartbreaking with closeup after closeup of vulnerability and grasping hope — truly a fragile and pulsating performance Julianne Moore — Kids Are All Right — courageous and oh so human — sexy and vulnerable in an earthy way — her struggles with herself are the heart of the movie and she carries it magnificently and warmly Natalie Portman — Black Swan — the tour de force this year — the crazy, emotionally volatile core of a crazy, emotionally volatile film — some wonder if it might be «easer» to play such big emotions but the incredibly thin wire she has to traverse in such an extreme environment is daunting and she makes it work and gives us believability and solicits true sympathy in the middle of a fright fest — a truly accomplished achievement

All the performances are flawless, but Hoffman's portrait of an ageing man trying to make peace with his family (and himself) is a finely tuned tour de force.

Whiplash J.K. Simmons» tour de force as a sadistic music teacher is the highlight of this drama, about an aspiring jazz drummer (Miles Teller) and the mind - bending, soul - distorting pressure put on him.

Collette gives an absolute tour de force performance of a woman who slowly becomes unhinged.

Otherwise, this is rather a tour de force for the ladies, with Leia, Rey, Rose, Dern's Admiral Holdo, and even a cameo from Lupita Nyong» o's Maz Kanata all vital to the proceedings.

A breathtaking tour de force from one of the finest and most imaginative storytellers that animation has ever seen.

So, one can't help but wonder whether his recently landing an Oscar nomination for the role might be as much for this impressive tour de force as for finally getting his act together away from the camera.

Stormy and refined, it's an out - and - out unmissable tour de force.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Hailed by critics as «mesmerizing» (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone), «amazing» (Brian Truitt, USA Today) and «the best film of the year» (Christopher Orr, The Atlantic), director Denis Villeneuve's (Sicario) phenomenal tour de force ARRIVAL makes its home entertainment debut on 4K Ultra HD, Blu - ray, DVD and On Demand February 14, 2017... [Read More]

This is Benedict Cumberbatch's moment: Dr. Strange is on the big screen with Avengers: Infinity War (over $ 1 billion at the box office) and soon he'll be seen in a mind - blowing acting tour de force with Patrick Melrose, a five - episode limited series on Showtime.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Hailed by critics as «mesmerizing» (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone), «amazing» (Brian Truitt, USA Today) and «the best film of the year» (Christopher Orr, The Atlantic), director Denis Villeneuve's (Sicario) phenomenal tour de force ARRIVAL makes its home entertainment debut on 4K Ultra HD, Blu - ray, DVD and On Demand February 14, 2017 from Paramount Home Media Distribution.

A tour de force drama is vet screenwriter Dan Gilroy's directorial debut.

Moss was the front - runner in the category for her tour de force performance as the subjugated Offred in the dystopian thriller.

I think the movie is too small, but he's certainly good enough, so if you dig him, this is one not to miss, as it's a tour de force on his part.

Wonder is a perfect compliment to his breakout, tour de force performance in Room, and even the oddly endearing The Book of Henry.

Nex Machina is a tour de force in raw gameplay and a sweet swan song to the Housemarque we know and love.

Refused Classification in this country, Australians have been deprived of a true tour de force and a shining achievement in postmodern gaming.

The British actor's tour de force performance anchors this daring, riveting drama that takes place entirely inside a vehicle driving down the highway at night

Her performance is a tour de force.

Under the Skin is a disorienting, captivating tour de force, a ravishing nightmare of a film that grows richer with every viewing.

This is his show, and his tour de force performance is what gives the movie all the bite it needs.

Meanwhile, Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) could, for once, justify use of the phrase «tour de force performance» and will likely be a shoo - in.

Overlooked: A technical tour de force with a powerful emotional core, The Handmaiden finds South Korean provocateur Park Chan - wook ascending to the rank of master filmmaker, elevating gleeful genre trash to high art through the precision of his craftsmanship.

A remarkable tour de force, simultaneously droll and poignant, burlesque and romantic, tracking the eternal (and nagging) question of good and evil through a pair of comedic bumbling cops and a couple of little kids in love, this immersion into the racist fantasies lurking in an un-bucolic landscape of meadows and manure could do for French television (and Dumont) what Twin Peaks did for the US (and Lynch): coining a new language, tapping into liberating creative forces.

It features so many tour de force comic performances.

Speaking of The Immigrant, there is no single performance here to rival Marion Cotillard's harrowing, silent era - evoking tour de force in Gray's 2013 film.

It's touches like these that make Anomalisa Kaufman's remarkably intricate and genuinely moving tour de force.

And this is an ensemble piece, notwithstanding the tour de force nature of Metcalf's role and her work in it.

It features a tour de force performance by Paulina García, who is in literally every single scene.

Here's a plot summary of the show: in a tour de force role, Benedict plays the titular character who struggles to overcome the damage inflicted by a horribly abusive father and the mother who tacitly condoned his behavior.

With About Elly, the familiar elements of his filmmaking coalesced into a tour de force mystery thriller that, despite the formally impeccable, universally acclaimed A Separation, remains the filmmaker's best film.

What a huge disappointment, then, that it is such an extraordinary revelation, a breathtaking and acutely observed meditation on the intricacies of Victorian life, complete with a tour de force by Timothy Spall as the painter JMW Turner.

That being said, an extended tour de force conclusion recalling the opening and closing of Vertigo and the climax of To Catch a Thief ranks among the most beautiful and visceral action sequences ever committed to genre cinema, a mini-masterpiece of direction, editing, and score.

Though the script isn't fully there and I just couldn't buy Swinton and Reilly as a couple, this is nonetheless tour de force direction from Ramsay.

The final scenes are a tour de force in which the bonfire - strewn streets fill with merrymakers and the exploding fireworks look as dangerous as a war, an apt metaphor for the everyday violence in the characters» lives.

As such, this black & white throwback is a tour de force which earns well - deserved recognition for its unique contribution to cinema.

Page shows glimpses of the power she has to arrest the attention of an audience, although she is never allowed to be as magnetic as in her Hard Candy tour de force.

While James Cagney and Doris Day both give tour de force performances, it's a career best for Day.

Director William Dieterle's 1941 film adaptation of Stephen Vincent Benét's short story, «The Devil and Daniel Webster `'» is a melodramatic fever dream, a hallucinatory tour de force in which marvelous, evocative effects and extraordinary p...

The movie also stars Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, and Jane Fonda, whom her co-stars say gives a tour de force performance despite her small amount of screen time.

More like a 91 - minute thrill - ride than an astronaut adventure movie, this tour de force throws us out into space without a safety line then thrills us with a series of near misses that take our...

«Good Time» is very much a vehicle for Pattinson, who is a tour de force.

It is a tour de force from the young starlet, as Stone goes from sarcastic joker to queen bee bitch all the way to emotionally torn.

Director Dee Rees accomplishes a breathtaking tour de force with her third fiction feature.

As Churchill, Oldman gives a definitively tour de force performance, revealing a rounded character that never feels larger than life despite his larger than life accomplishments.