Sentences with phrase «who as a film critic»

Greene, who as a film critic attacked Hitchcock's «inadequate sense of reality» and «series of small, «amusing» melodramatic situations», produced a screenplay of ersatz Hitchcock: the boy with the ball interrupting the investigation, the Ferris - wheel conversation, the chase in the sewers.

Not exact matches

Critics have almost universally praised the film, which is produced and directed by black men and stars a who's who of black acting talent, including Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther, as well as Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Lupita Nyong» o, Michael B. Jordan, and Danai Gurira.

Furthermore, they can easily parody the whole position so that (as one critic, a friend of mine who is not unsympathetic to the wider process conceptuality, has phrased it) talk about divine memory may be taken as nothing more than indicating God's continually re-playing some old film or continually listening to some old soundtrack.

On the other side are critics who have long disliked the film tax - credit idea since New York City is already viewed as a major film and TV hub that doesn't need to incentivize itself.

Rebecca Leffler is an author, journalist and consultant who, after a long career in entertainment as France Correspondent for The Hollywood Reporter and film critic on French TV network...

An Argentine native who spent her formative years exiled to Spain, Cecilia Roth was a regular in Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar's early films and a star in Argentina long before she became an international critics» darling as the title character in Almodóvar's Oscar - winner All About My Mother (1999).

His fame and prestige did nothing to quench his personal combustibility; notorious in cinematic circles as the only prominent director who ever actually shot a film critic, he later served six months of a four - and - a-half year sentence for manslaughter after killing a farm laborer during an argument.

Her contribution to this project — a deft and humorous lead role as Margie Chizek, a Midwestern immigrant to Hollywood with big - star dreams who undergoes a brutal and hilarious metamorphosis in the face of Tinseltown romance — drew hearty praise from even those critics who responded negatively to the film itself.

The film Creation, which some people take to refer to both the creation of the Origins book and the creation / evolution controversy, stars Paul Bettany, who is best known for his roles in popular movies such as «The Da Vinci Code,» «Master and Commander,» and «A Beautiful Mind» (in which he won the London Film Critics» Award for Best British Actor).

Adapted from a play called A Vampire Story, Byzantium stars Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan as a mother - daughter vampire duo who pissed off the wrong vampires a few centuries ago, and those leads both earned praise from multiple critics, as did the film's visuals.

Similar shifts characterize most of Fuller's late films as well as his 1980 novel, which veers from quaint in - jokes — such as naming all the French officers after French film critics who championed his earlier movies, including (Luc) Moullet, (Bertrand) Tavernier, and (Henri) Chapier — to terse epigraphs that suggest the dark poetry of someone like Lautreamont:» «Why are you crying?»

For our first show of 2018, we welcome writer and critic Dr Eloise Ross, who joins us as we check out some of the key films from this month, including Steven Spielberg's paean to press freedoms The Post (01:04), Guillermo Del Toro's dark romantic fantasy The Shape of Water (05:46), Don Hertzfeldt's animated science fiction sequel World of Tomorrow Episode 2: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts (10:23), and Ridley Scott's Getty dynasty biopic All the Money in the World (13:16).

There is a tendency among film critics, programmers, and academics to dismiss filmmakers who work within genres as entertainers, not accepting them as artists.

In a way, you can look at these awards as the first «critics awards» since, if you scroll down and look at the judges, you'll see that they are all the same critics, generally speaking, who pick films for the critics awards.

As probably the most celebrated and beloved film critic around, a man whose work has appeared in the Chicago Sun - Times for 45 years, who co-hosted «At The Movies» with Gene Siskel for almost 25, and who was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize, it's almost surprising that Roger Ebert has never been the subject of a movie himself.

Orser — who looks a bit like film critic Peter Travers in this film — is equally as good.

The result is a taut, unrelenting and frequently hilarious horror - satire that's scored a rare 100 % positive rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, as well as raves from hip - hop luminaries like Chance the Rapper, who recently hosted a private screening of the film in Hollywood.

The Detroit Film Critics Society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of nineteen film critics with a Michigan connection who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio; and New YorCritics Society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of nineteen film critics with a Michigan connection who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio; and New Yorcritics with a Michigan connection who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio; and New York City.

«In the face of massive marketing for big studio films, it is the ultimate underdogs who have emerged as critic's darlings and fan favorites,» said Tim Gordon, president of WAFCA.

«Russ & Roger» will star Gad as film critic Roger Ebert and Ferrell as filmmaker Russ Meyer, the sexploitation king who directed «Faster Pussycat!

Ali, who also appeared in another Oscar - nominated film, Hidden Figures, as well as the hit TV shows Treme, House of Cards and The 4400, had already won a string of awards for Moonlight, including the Screen Actors Guild, Critics Choice and NAACP Image awards.

Like that film, there will no doubt be a number of critics and members of the audience who view it as a revolting piece of trash.

The film comes in the wake of 2013's heart wrenching Sundance Jury Prize award winner, Blood Brother, a film that seemed to come out of nowhere to wow audiences and critics alike, and apparently even the likes of Terrence Malick and Atticus Ross who came on to Hoover's latest project to executive produce and serve as composer, respectively.

Many of us who watched it in the theater, will watch it a second time and realize that it's not as craptacular as the hype and rage machines of social media and online film critics are making it out to be.

Blu - ray and DVD with hosted by Geek Nation film critic Scott Weinberg and featuring William Goss (Austin Chronicle), Drew Mcweeny (Hitfix.com), Jennifer Yamato (Deadline), Peter S. Hall (Movies.com), and my old colleague James Rocchi (who is identified as MSN Movies, despite the fact the site effectively shut down a year ago).

As for online film critics, reports of the decline of Internet advertising in recent years may leave them feeling as glum as a songwriter who just received a royalty cheque from PandorAs for online film critics, reports of the decline of Internet advertising in recent years may leave them feeling as glum as a songwriter who just received a royalty cheque from Pandoras glum as a songwriter who just received a royalty cheque from Pandoras a songwriter who just received a royalty cheque from Pandora.

Its attackers have mainly been the I - was - in - Nam - so - I - know school who, not being film critics, have ignored any considerations as piffling as those of art.

As possibly the only film critic in the world who has two business degrees, used to work in the financial services industry, has been through tech IPOs and also happens to be female, I approached Equity with great interest.

«Life Itself,» Steve James's film about the life and work of iconic film critic Roger Ebert, joins «Finding Vivian Maier,» co-director Charlie Siskel (nephew of Gene Siskel, Ebert's co-host on «Siskel & Ebert») and executive producer Jeff Garlin's portrait of the Windy City nanny who was secretly a genius photographer, and «Red Army,» Gabe Polsky's exploration of the hockey team's rise and fall and how it mirrored that of the Soviet Union, as three of the top contenders eligible for the Best Documentary Oscar shortlist.

His swan song, Parade, sorely underrated by the small number of critics who've actually seen it, was a clean break from Hulot, and as such, feels more free than anything else Tati ever made — it's a difficult film for people who may be expecting another lighthearted, whimsical comedy, instead of an experimental film that uses a circus performance as its foundation, but in its own way, it's the ultimate Tati, an undiluted expression of what he loved to do and to see, and what hats to put on.

OK, not me, precisely, but Film Criticism Itself, embodied by the splendid (movie critic word) Bob Balaban as Mr. Farber, who is this film's own resident newspaper movie critic, offering caustic, self - aware commentary on the shortcomings of «Lady in the Water» as it sloshes along.

Film critic A.O. Scott, in his New York Times review, somewhat (but not entirely) jokingly referred to this new film as an example of a kind of auteurist cinema, in that the aesthetic clearly reflects the vision of one man, director Michael Bay (who also directed the previous three films).

Described as action - packed and splendid - looking, the film is a CGI feast according to critics, who say (Rowling's) magic is as potent as ever, and welcome Katherine Waterston, who introduces something that had been missing in the Rowling universe: a really strong young female lead.

Cutter's Way (Twilight Time, Blu - ray), starring Jeff Bridges as an easy - going beach boy and John Heard as a damaged, angry Vietnam vet who get tangled in a murder mystery, is an American classic that got lost during its 1981 release even as it was being championed by film critics like Siskel and Ebert.

Noted film critic Roger Ebert who counts himself as a fan of the film also supplies an audio commentary in addition to the film's creative team.

Let it suffice to say that it's always usually enjoyable to discuss movies with other creative types and in this case it was extra enjoyable as my fellow jurors Dan Butler (previous discussed) and Joe Leydon (a Texas based film critic who also writes for Variety) were both fun passionate movie - loving guys.

Our chief film critic crowns one of five nominees the Oscar of Oscars champion — and reveals who you picked as your winner

There isn't a critic alive who wouldn't feel, as I just did, a twinge of guilt after writing that, because of all the carping we do about thrill - driven American films.

It quickly became a polarizing film for film critics, many embracing the Red Shoes meets Repulsion psychological portrait of neurosis and obsession in a meek, repressed young woman (Natalie Portman) who still has little girl prima ballerina dreams, others critical of the melodrama, hysteria and blunt metaphors («high - grade hokum,» as one critic called it).

But regardless of the critical distain from pompous film critics (guilty), there are still those who trek to their local cinema each year for their dose of the increasingly incoherent story of the Jigsaw killer (guilty as charged).

Just as there are not many filmmakers left who do anything of great interest, there are not many film critics who write anything of great interest.

The society was founded in Spring 2007 and consists of a group of eighteen Michigan film critics who write or broadcast in the Detroit area as well as other major cities within a 150 - mile radius of the city including Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint, Michigan.

10:15 am — TCM — The Man Who Came to Dinner A rare comedic film for Bette Davis, though the film mainly focuses on Monty Woolley as an acerbic newspaper critic forced to take up residence with a midwestern family when he breaks his hip outside their house.

As in the previous films, critics praise Jennifer Lawrence «s portrayal of Katniss Everdeen, the main protagonist of the series who sets out to kill President Snow in the midst of the revolution against the Capitol.

Why then should critics, critics who travel the festival circuit year - round, who make yearly pilgrimages to Sundance, Locarno, Cannes, Toronto, New York, Vancouver, Berlin, Austin, Venice, Vienna and more, tie themselves to an awards model that narrowly defines what counts as a film in any given year.

There is also a fully illustrated insert booklet that features an essay by film critic James Oliver, who once again provides a very insightful essay that serves as a terrific companion piece to the picture.

Some may recognize Grady Hendrix as the former film critic who ran Variety's superb Asian movie blog, Kaiju Shakedown.

Linc Leifeste Linc Leifeste is a freelance writer who joined Smells Like Screen Spirit as a film critic in 2011, where he also serves as associate editor.

8:00 pm — TCM — The Man Who Came to Dinner A rare comedic film for Bette Davis, though the film mainly focuses on Monty Woolley as an acerbic newspaper critic forced to take up residence with a midwestern family when he breaks his hip outside their house.

The film, about the black female mathematicians and engineers who helped put the first Americans in space, has been a hit with critics in Hollywood as well as moviegoers.