Sentences with phrase «wry comedy of»

With her means of support rapidly dwindling, marriage is clearly the endgame for Lady Susan — as it is for all of Austen's leading ladies — but the romantic emotion that's supposed to go along with it proves to be little more than a social affect in this wry comedy of manners.

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Garcia excels at eliciting strong performances throughout and maintaining a consistent mood poised delicately between wry comedy and more serious contemplation of contemporary American female lives.

Rochelle and Lee look back at some of the key films from this month, including Steven Spielberg's pop culture paean Ready Player One (00:46), Aki Kaurismäki's wry Finnish comedy - drama The Other Side of Hope (05:49), Ruben Östlund's wry Swedish comedy - drama The Square (08:08), Armando Iannucci's wry Russian comedy - satire The Death of Stalin (11:51), and Garth Davis's non-wry Biblical drama Mary Magdalene (14:32).

Moonlighting playwright Martin McDonagh quickly yanked a trapdoor on his gallows humor — jerking from wry cringe comedy to a surreal congregation of blinded skinheads, fat Americans and midgets on drug benders before a violent, solemn climactic parable about purgatory.

It's also pretty clearly influenced by such wry post coming - of - age comedies as «Diner,» «The Big Chill» and, believe it not, Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen's great 1955 noir musical, «It's Always Fair Weather.»

The wry comedy, financed by Amazon Studios and K5 International, will team the rising star with Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani -LRB-» Body Of Lies»).

Scored with wit by a pointedly wry Seventies soundtrack that crucifies its older generation protagonists, The In - Laws is ultimately that rarest of beasts: a modern comedy that knows its strengths and exploits them.

Rochelle and Lee look back at some of this month's new releases, as they debate Steven Spielberg's pop culture paean Ready Player One, Aki Kaurismäki's wry Finnish comedy - drama The Other Side of Hope, Ruben Östlund's wry Swedish comedy - drama The Square, Armando Iannucci's wry Russian comedy - satire The Death of Stalin, and Garth Davis's non-wry Biblical drama Mary Magdalene.

There is no smarter director of wry and human comedy than Alexander Payne, whose filmography includes gems like Election, Nebraska, About Schmidt and Oscar - winning scripts like Sideways and The Descendants.

For proof that the Coens» masterpiece of black comedy has stood the test of time just look at the fact that nearly 20 years since its release we've had two seasons of a new TV series based on this wry story of small - town crime.

The philosopher Stanley Cavell has called the classic screwball movies like The Awful Truth (1937) and The Lady Eve (1941) «comedies of remarriage,» in which couples are rudely bounced from their Edenic connubial gardens and reunited (after a series of farcical / magical contrivances) in a spirit of wry realism: This time they know they'll live bumpily ever after.

This Swedish film is so bizarre that it almost defies description: is it a deadpan comedy, a satire of Swedish history or a wry exploration of how people cope with imperfection and mortality?

It's not always snicker out loud (like last year's «Ted «-RRB- nor is it a Billy Wilder masterpiece of wry and wit, but overall — after months of complaining about the definite dearth of comedies — this author has to admit that while This Is the End is not perfect, it is certainly funny, for the most part.

As shouted by a flurry of headlines, the wry, humane coming - of - age comedy Lady Bird — the solo directorial debut of actor Greta Gerwig — is no longer merely «well - regarded» or «critically acclaimed»: it is, officially, THE BEST REVIEWED FILM OF ALL TIMof headlines, the wry, humane coming - of - age comedy Lady Bird — the solo directorial debut of actor Greta Gerwig — is no longer merely «well - regarded» or «critically acclaimed»: it is, officially, THE BEST REVIEWED FILM OF ALL TIMof - age comedy Lady Bird — the solo directorial debut of actor Greta Gerwig — is no longer merely «well - regarded» or «critically acclaimed»: it is, officially, THE BEST REVIEWED FILM OF ALL TIMof actor Greta Gerwig — is no longer merely «well - regarded» or «critically acclaimed»: it is, officially, THE BEST REVIEWED FILM OF ALL TIMOF ALL TIME.

HUMPDAY is a wry and perceptive comedy that is deadly serious about intimacy, sexuality, and the peculiar zero - sum form of competition that male bonding can manifest.

Packed with nostalgia, wry humour and a pumping 80s soundtrack, their directorial debut is a confident parody of the romantic comedy.

Filmed by Claire Denis» long - time cinematographer, Agnès Godard, Claudia Sainte - Luce's debut feature, based loosely on events from her own life, blends a wry and moving naturalism with moments of inspired comedy.

Writer & director Max Heller's heartfelt, ensemble comedy is filled with wry, sly, funny and sexy connections reminiscent of Nora Ephron, Neil Simon, Woody Allen, The Farrelly Brothers and Rob Reiner's romantic concoctions.

Not so much camp as a wry, underplayed little piece suffused with an undercurrent of loss and abandonment, Don Coscarelli's weirdly inspired horror comedy doesn't find a balance but does find a melancholy rarely experienced in such films.

The issue of climate change figures prominently in Alexander Payne's wry science - fiction comedy «Downsizing,» though only at the end of a long and convoluted story that seems to be making itself up as it goes along.

The issue of climate change also figures prominently in Alexander Payne's wry science - fiction comedy «Downsizing,» though only at the end of a long and convoluted story that seems to be making itself up as it goes along.

Setting the film up with all the trappings of your classic, neurotic, New York relationship comedy, Faith wants to be a wry When Harry Met Sally... tale of opposites attracting and love conquering all.

But it indicates what much film comedy has become: a slightly sourish cocktail of bad behavior, wry observation, and commentary on how difficult modern life can be, especially for characters who feel entitled to a better one.

Ultimately, Meet the Parents is one of the funniest comedies I've seen since Annie Hall, a film with which it shares a wry sensibility about modern romance.

Also valuable and worth noting is «La Vie En Rose» which of course featured a spectacular turn by Marion Cotillard that was unexpectedly celebrated by Oscar, Zoe Cassavetes «severely underrated, wry and sweet, «Broken English,» which includes a very winning and charming turn by Parker Posey; Susanne Bier «s Danish drama, «After the Wedding» and perhaps surprisingly equally engaging, her underrated survival and recovery drama, «Things We Lost In The Fire,» which is made great by Benicio Del Toro (and even Halle Berry evinces that she's capable of good work in spots), Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul «s always mysterious and bifurcated, «Syndromes And A Century» (which has elements of both sci - fi and comedy).

Things acclaimed British director Mike Leigh is known for: wry comedy - drama poking at ordinary lives and the class system, a compassionate yet sharp take on the human condition, his almost unique working method that involves workshopping and improvising for months with his cast before a frame of film is shot.

Straight out of the John Landis school of horror with body transformations and wry comedy which infuse well in the horror shell.

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It will be interesting to see how two such resolutely grownup stars handle the trappings of the romantic comedy, especially with Reitman's tart, wry touch governing proceedings.

Elle Directed by Paul Verhoeven France / Germany / Belgium, 2016, 131m French with English subtitles U.S. Premiere Paul Verhoeven's first feature in a decade — and his first in French — ranks among his most incendiary, improbable concoctions: a wry, almost - screwball comedy of manners about a woman who responds to a rape by refusing the mantle of victimhood.

Professional uncertainty sparks the lithe narrative of Hong Sang - soo's latest wry relationship comedy, Our Sunhi.

Special Treatment (Unrated) Wry comedy illustrating the intriguing parallels between the nature of the services a miserably - married shrink (Bouli Lanners) and a jaded call girl (Isabelle Huppert) offer their clients.

Seamlessly integrating classic Wonder Woman lore with her own updated take, Bardugo fleshes out Diana's backstory and the mythology of Themyscira, adds in sly commentary on feminism and equality, and leavens the package with wry comedy — Diana's dour obliviousness to contemporary culture will make readers guffaw.

Simonson's comedy of manners charms with its lovable and very human characters, as well as its wry wit and wisdom.

This energetic comedy is illustrated with an unconventional combination of sepia - tone photographs and wry cartoons.

«A wry black comedy drawing from British crime fiction and media, University of Life is a punchy and often - times very funny novel with a colorful cast.