I wonder if that's
the true subject of your films, too, that casual confidence.
The true subject of the film is well - guarded, although always in plain view, and until the end, we don't know what to hope for or fear.
Not exact matches
Mr. Cronenberg, for once oddly inhibited by brazen
subject matter, has made a meticulously stylized and controlled
film that leaves many
of its characters» ideas muffled and lacks the
true audacity its material demands.
Mr. Quaid has long been a reliably likable actor, but this time he pitches a perfect performance — no frills, no tricks, not a single false note — in a
film that's
true to its stirring
subject, and to the sweetest traditions
of the game.
Perhaps Jarecki could have completely discarded the facts
of the Durst story and made a stronger
film about family drama and possible insanity but the fact is that his
subject matter ended his
true story in such an unusual way that it doesn't necessarily support a dramatic retelling.
In its use
of flippant humour to deal with dark
subject matter, the
film has a similar tone to that
of the satirical 1990s Holly Hunter drama, The Positively
True Adventures
of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader - Murdering Mom (based on a similar story about a mother accused
of having her daughter's classmate bumped off to improve the daughter's chances
of making the cheerleading team).
The heartfelt effort and brotherhood
of the
film's charismatic wrestling superstar
subjects are its
true brilliance.
Obviously, the
film leans in the direction
of peace, but it's as subjective as a documentary could possibly be on this
subject, and it definitely makes one think
of the
true consequences
of war, the nature
of American imperialism, and how it all relates to our current situation in Iraq and the rest
of the world.
He joined us to talk about his attraction to James J. Bulger as a character, his approach to structuring his
true crime
films, and how the role
of media footage and the performative nature
of some
of his
subjects can affect the «case» presented in his documentaries.
Yes, it's
true, BBC has announced that Doctor Who will be the
subject of a 90 - minute
film for BBC Two, dramatizing the show's origin story.
A less effective version
of the same fact - based story, even with the same actors doing the same excellent work — it's Jake Gyllenhaal's finest,
truest two hours on
film — might creak and groan with «inspirational weepie» biopic machinery, over-engineered Big Moments and an arm - twisting, melodramatic approach to its
subject.
Jigsaw, the torture porn icon infamous for
subjecting those he deems bad or not knowing the
true worth
of a life, makes his comeback with an eponymous
film that wishes it could be as thoughtful, slick, or as good at slaying as, say, Beyoncé.
The scene has a probing documentary feel, which makes you think the boy will be an incidental figure touched upon in order to set a scene
of neglect before the
film begins to address its
true subject.
The
film's real
subject is the unacknowledged intensity
of the father - daughter bond and the difficulty
of separation, though Shyer,
true to his name, shies away from the more painful implications
of the material.
What makes the
film ultimately compelling is precisely the fact that while it is based on a
true story, its primary goal is not to represent historical events truthfully but rather to find aesthetic means by which to investigate how one can cinematically render visible past crimes that nevertheless are also suggestive about today without affording viewers the ability to assume the comfortable
subject position
of historical distance and moral superiority.
Awards: Special Jury Award for «Visionary Storytelling» at the Indie Memphis
Film Festival The Unforgettable Award for the
subject of our
film, Peter Anton: CinemaEye Honors, NYC The Audience Award at the EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF) in Seoul, South Korea The Top 6 Audience - Rated
Film at the Sheffield Doc / Fest in Sheffield, England Special Jury Award for «Complex, Hands - on Storytelling» at the Sarasota
Film Festival Best
of the Fest at the Sebastopol Documentary
Film Festival The Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Geneva
Film Festival The Best Exploration
of Documentary Ethics Award by the Columbia Daily Tribune in their coverage
of the
True / False
Film Festival
Rodriguez likes to show off — Tarantino can only make the movies he makes: it's not the pulpiness
of the
subject matter that feels like the
true faith in Tarantino's
films, it's the sense that for all the artificiality
of his aesthetic, there's not an ounce
of pretense in his decisions.
Jennifer Baichwal is a Canadian documentary director and producer whose
films over the past 15 years often include artists as
subjects, including Paul Bowles (Let It Come Down), Shelby Lee Adams (The
True Meaning
of...
The
film's kid - friendly presentation, in which the bears are personified, is highly reminiscent
of the
True - Life Adventures
films that won Walt Disney a number
of Two - Reel Short
Subject and Documentary Feature Academy Awards in the 1950s.
While I found much
of the
subject intriguing, I was certainly not entertained as I found myself annoyed at both the prospects
of the
film being both possibly
true and sensationalized.
Though it never reaches the intensity levels
of «American Sniper» or other
true - life war
films, there is combat violence, adult
subject matter and serious themes.
Conner, a shapeshifting boundary - tester whose oeuvre includes
film and video, painting, assemblage, drawing, prints, photography, photograms, and performance, was recently the
subject of a 50 - year retrospective, Bruce Conner: It's All
True, at the Museum
of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
The filmmaker referenced many
of the ideas he wrote about in his book, Devotional Cinema, specifically, the alchemy that occurs when light on
film is aligned with a
subject matter
of true purpose.
That's especially
true of Portrait Mode, which really focuses attention and emotion on the
subject, blurring out the world, for an almost old - world
film feel.