Sentences with phrase «was an unconventional biopic»

Taking place over one summer in 1980s Leningrad, Leto is an unconventional biopic of Kino lead singer and songwriter Viktor Tsoi, based on his friendship with Mike Naumenko.

I said the film was an unconventional biopic.

Both are unconventional biopics that take exciting creative liberties with the form, focusing intently but...

Not exact matches

The surprising snub of the unconventional Tonya Harding biopic, «I, Tonya,» from the best original screenplay category for this year's Oscar nominations was disappointing for many.

... an experience that's both hilarious and dramatically satisfying; an unconventional biopic full of great performances... [Full review in Spanish]

This biopic about such an unconventional subject who died nearly half a century ago and has been revived by Ms. Herrara's book and raised to icon status including first - name celebrity recognition, called for a script that wasn't as straightforward.

What I'd really like to do is hand this award to Bird People, which should have been in Competition (though one notable French cinephile claims it would have been torn to shreds in that limelight) and is much bolder and more innovative than Mike Leigh's mildly unconventional biopic.

Based on that project alone I would say he has the subtlety and the vision to keep a Cobain biopic from becoming something it shouldn't be, but if that wasn't enough, he also previously co-wrote the screenplay for Todd Haynes» I'm Not There, one of the most unconventional musician biopics ever.

In a strong year for unconventional biopics, Jimi: All Is by My Side was one of the most striking and most overlooked.

Last though hardly least, Pablo Larrain's Jackie is an unconventional, fragmentary biopic of Jackie Kennedy (Natalie Portman) set primarily in the immediate aftermath of JFK's assassination.

We all knew Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding in the wickedly funny, highly unconventional biopic I, Tonya, would be a hot topic in this year's Oscar conversation.

This is a hilarious movie for all the profane language and how it factors into a rather unconventional biopic and the actors run with that.

I, Tonya, an unconventional biopic about the unconventional, embattled yet iconic»90s figure skater, is based on «irony free, wildly contradictory and totally true» interviews with Tonya Harding and her one - time husband, Jeff Gillooly.

While Lewis's unconventional marriage could have been translated into a melodramatic biopic, Maudie's downplays the «true story» tagline to focus on their blossoming relationship with true warmth and humanity.

John Ridley, fresh from winning an Oscar for his 12 Years a Slave script, tries something completely different as director: where a normal biopic would follow Jimi's full life story, taking in the highs, the lows, the big breaks, the classic hits, All Is By My Side is alarmingly — yet refreshingly — unconventionaIs By My Side is alarmingly — yet refreshingly — unconventionais alarmingly — yet refreshingly — unconventional.

If I'm a betting man I'm thinking John Le Carré novels play out extremely well for the big screen (last two items were The Constant Gardener, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and that former video helmer Anton Corbijn has transitioned so well into feature film with the two films in his fiche: unconventional biopic Control (2007) and a Euro art - house thriller that we don't get to see enough of with, The American (2010).

Then it was all the way into the summer before a blockbuster banged the first four - star gong, followed shortly by a happenstance viewing of an unconventional British biopic at the Los Angeles Film Festival and a catch - up viewing of one of the year's Sundance hits.

We'll be honest: the trailers for this one so far have made it appear a bit traditional and sentimental as far as biopics go, but Marsh is an interesting and unconventional choice for the project, and it's his involvement that gives us faith that we're in for something more interesting than what we're being sold.

Since the film is not a biopic in any traditional sense, you never feel like you are being lectured about the importance of an artist's output — instead, Matuszyński and screenwriter Robert Bolesto (of «The Lure» fame) pull you into Beksiński's unconventional household and allow you to grow accustomed to its inner rhythms.

She is again pregnant and nominated for best actress — this time for playing a bereaved Jackie Kennedy in Pablo Larraín's unconventional biopic Jackie.

No typical biopic, the film utilizes Leigh's signature unconventional method in which the script is developed by improvised cast rehearsal exercises.