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

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 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.

* Film grain, the gritty texture sometimes apparent on images produced using photographic film or paper ( grainy )

Film actors, directors, and producers appear for television, radio, and print media interviews, sometimes showing a clip from the film or an outtake.

La notte won the Golden Bear award at the 11th Berlin International Film Festival, His first color film, Il deserto rosso ( The Red Desert, 1964 ), deals with similar themes, and is sometimes considered the fourth film of the " trilogy ".

Because each country chooses its official submission according to its own rules, the decisions of the nominating bodies in each respective country are sometimes mired in controversy: for instance, the Indian selection committee ( Film Federation of India ) was recently accused of bias by Bhavna Talwar, the director of Dharm ( 2007 ), who claimed her film was rejected in favor of Eklavya: The Royal Guard ( 2007 ) because of the personal connections of the latter film's director and producer.

The term " expressionist " is also sometimes used to refer to stylistic devices thought to resemble those of German Expressionism, such as Film Noir cinematography or the style of several of the films of Ingmar Bergman.

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.

Film soundtracks are sometimes released before the film itself, resulting in a disparity between the soundtrack and the songs appearing in the film.

Amicus ' horror and thriller films are sometimes mistaken for the output of the better-known Hammer Film Productions, to which they are similar in visual style and with which they share many stars, including Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.

John Lucas wrote about his sometimes strained relationship with his father after his parents divorced in his book " Eighty Odd years in Hollywood: Memoir of a Career in Film and Television " ( 2004 )

The unattributed and undated review in the Time Out Film Guide 2009 describes the film as a " hit and miss affair " which is " good fun sometimes ", but suffers from a " threadbare " plot.

Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars and wrote: " Rounders sometimes has a noir look but it never has a noir feel, because it's not about losers ( or at least it doesn't admit it is ).

It has three performance venues: the Alumni Recital Hall, home to musical performances and the annual KSC Film Festival ; the Main Theater, which sometimes hosts touring performances and can seat five hundred seventy-two ; and the Wright theatre, a black box theatre used for small performances and Theatre department classes.

He sometimes writes for the British Film Institute's Sight and Sound magazine.

Kermode is sometimes critical of the British Board of Film Classification ( BBFC ), the censor for film in the UK, calling for horror films from abroad to be shown in their uncut versions.

" A testament to his frugality, Baker was often seen rummaging through salvage heaps looking for suitable building materials, door and window frames, sometimes hitting a stroke of luck as evidenced by the intricately carved entry to the Chitralekha Film Studio ( Aakulam, Trivandrum, 1974 – 76 ): a capricious architectural element found in a junk heap.

Film distributor Troma Entertainment retitled the film Blood Sucking Freaks ( sometimes spelled Bloodsucking Freaks ) upon their acquisition of it.

The Believer is published in 9 issues per year, including annual Art, Music, and Film issues that sometimes feature a CD or DVD insert.

: Supervises one or more producers in all aspects of their work ; sometimes the initiator of the production ; usually the ultimate authority on the creative and business aspects of the production ( except to the extent that a Film Director retains creative control ).

He taught several courses, including " History of Film " and " Films in Social Context ," which became famous for his unusual teaching style: he usually showed films only in disconnected pieces, sometimes running them backwards or adding in slides and sketches on the blackboard to illustrate his ideas.

( The film has since been restored by the UCLA Film Archive and the restored print is sometimes referred to by its working title, Torero.