Film critics have often noted De Palma's penchant for unusual camera angles and compositions throughout his career.

" Film critics sometimes use the term " pejoratively to connote an unrealistic, pathos-filled, campy tale of romance or domestic situations with stereotypical characters ( often including a central female character ) that would directly appeal to feminine audiences.

The film was overwhelmingly lauded by critics when it finally appeared in 1979, and was selected at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival and won the Palme d ' Or, along with The Tin Drum, directed by Volker Schlöndorff.

Set in Paris in 1828, it was voted Best French Film of the Century in a poll of 600 French critics and professionals in the late 1990s.

" We'd be oversimplifying things in calling film noir oneiric, strange, erotic, ambivalent, and cruel ": this set of attributes constitutes the first of many attempts to define film noir made by French critics Raymond Borde and Etienne Chaumeton in their 1955 book Panorama du film noir américain 1941 – 1953 ( A Panorama of American Film Noir ), the original and seminal extended treatment of the subject.

Screened at the 13th Venice Film Festival, it was razzed by critics in “ the atmosphere of a soccer match ”.

Savaged by critics at the 16th Venice Film Festival, the film did miserable box office and did not receive international distribution until 1964.

Her performance was well received by critics, with BBC film critic Brandon Graydon saying that Cruz " is an enchanting screen presence ," and Ethan Alter of the Film Journal International noting that Cruz and her co-star Cruise were " able to generate some actual chemistry.

In 2010, an independent documentary film called Plug & Pray premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival, in which Kurzweil and one of his major critics, the late Joseph Weizenbaum, argue about the benefits of eternal life.

Beating Federico Fellini's 8½ for first prize at the Belgium Film Festival, the film was hailed by foreign critics as a brilliant reworking of the Western genre.

Many critics associations, such as New York Critics Circle and Los Angeles Film Critics Association, chose Saving Private Ryan as Film of the Year.

Although it remains a controversial film, it has been praised by various film historians and critics, and, while not typically considered a horror film, Salò was named the 65th scariest film ever made by the Chicago Film Critics Association in 2006 and is the subject of an article in The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural ( 1986 ).

The July / August 2009 issue of Film Comment polled several critics on the best films to win the Palme d ' Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

It was also voted the " Best Japanese Film ever " in a 1979 Kinema Junpo critics ’ poll.

Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 97 % of sampled critics gave the film positive reviews and that it got a rating average of 7. 4 out of 10.

Film critics and stooge fans alike have cited Curly as the most popular member of the team.

555 of the 592 film critics polled by American magazine Film Daily named it the best film of 1942.

Malden's proposal was bold, as film festivals, critics associations, and the American Film Institute, had already refused to bestow similar honors because of Kazan's testimony given nearly 50 years earlier.

Kazan was already " denied accolades " from the American Film Institute, and other film critics associations.

On the Silver Globe premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1988, with some critics proclaiming it a ruined masterpiece.

Film critics noted that the British film 28 Days Later ( 2002 ) and its sequel 28 Weeks Later both feature a rabies-type plague ravaging Great Britain, analogous to I Am Legend.

Ebert is one of the principal critics featured in Gerald Peary's 2009 documentary film For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism.

The film eventually premiered at the 2001 Berlin International Film Festival, where it was well received by critics, with Time Out New York writer Mike D ' Angelo calling it " the best film saw in Berlin.

Film adaptations have approached Banquo's character in a variety of ways.

Six of Chaplin's films have been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry: The Immigrant ( 1917 ), The Kid ( 1921 ), The Gold Rush ( 1925 ), City Lights ( 1931 ), Modern Times ( 1936 ), and The Great Dictator ( 1940 ).

Film production companies have various techniques to prevent continuity errors.

Film drinking games are played while watching a movie ( sometimes a TV show or a sporting event ) and have a set of rules for who drinks when and how much based on on-screen events and dialogue.

Three films have so far received international recognition by being selected to compete in major film festivals: Caterpillar by Kōji Wakamatsu was in competition for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival and won the Silver Bear for Best Actress, Outrage by Takeshi Kitano was in competition for the Palme d ' Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and Himizu, by Sion Sono was in competition for the Golden Lion at the 68th Venice International Film Festival.

At the closure of the UK Film Council on 31 March 2011, The Guardian reported that " The UKFC's entire annual budget was a reported £ 3m, while the cost of closing it down and restructuring is estimated to have been almost four times that amount.

It is one of the seven classic film noirs produced largely outside of the major studios that have been chosen for the United States National Film Registry.

Film did not have a strictly defined speed ; the orthochromatic stock could be processed under a red safelight.

Film author Richard Glazer speculates that the film may have been autobiographical, " reflecting Capra's own uncertainties.

Film and television have portrayed the hillbilly in both derogatory and sympathetic terms.

His film The Save the Children Fund Film ( 1971 ) was commissioned by the charity, who subsequently disliked it so much they attempted to have the negative destroyed.

Creators like Dutch director Chantal Harvey, producer of the 48 Hour Film Project Machinima sector, have created upwards of 200 films using the platform.

GMT would have provided foundry services based on TelCom's Bipolar and SiCr Thin Film Resistor processes and would have been licensed alternate sources for TelCom's Bipolar based products.

In the July 2006 issue of Total Film magazine, he stated: " After all the work we go through, to have it run in the cinema and then disappear forever is a great pity.

In 1983, Gordon was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award for outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry.

Harold and Maude and Adam's Rib have both been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress.

The film was later nominated for eleven Academy Awards, with wins for Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Film Editing, and Best Director for Spielberg, but lost the Best Picture award to Shakespeare in Love, being one of a few that have won the Best Director award without also winning Best Picture.

Cross-section view of SLR system: 1: Front-mount lens ( four-element Tessar design ) 2: Reflex mirror at 45-degree angle 3: Focal plane shutter 4: Film or sensor 5: Focusing screen 6: Condenser lens 7: Optical glass pentaprism ( or pentamirror ) 8: Eyepiece ( can have diopter correction ability )

Four of his films have been shown at the San Francisco International Film Festival: Wodaabe-Herdsmen of the Sun in 1990, Bells from the Deep in 1993, Lessons of Darkness in 1993, and The Wild Blue Yonder in 2006.

Since 2006, Warner Bros operated a joint venture with China Film Group Corporation and HG to form Warner China Film HG to produce films in Hong Kong and China, including Connected, which is a remake of the 2004 thriller film Cellular, they have co-produced many other Chinese films as well.