The film won and was nominated for several awards in 1998. Film critic Roger Ebert cited it as the best film of 1998. In 2005, he included it on his "Great Movies" list. Ebert used it in his teaching, and also appears on a commentary track for the original DVD and the 2006 Director's Cut. The film was screened out of competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
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Dark City (1998 film)
Dark City (1998 film) | Accolades
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The film won and was nominated for several awards in 1998. Film critic Roger Ebert cited it as the best film of 1998. In 2005, he included it on his "Great Movies" list. Ebert used it in his teaching, and also appears on a commentary track for the original DVD and the 2006 Director's Cut. The film was screened out of competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.
Dark City (1998 film) | Accolades
The film premiered in the United States on 27 February 1998, and was nominated for a Hugo Award for the Best Dramatic Presentation and six Saturn Awards. For the theatrical release, the studio was concerned that the audience would not understand the film and asked Proyas to add an explanatory voice-over narration to the introduction. A director's cut was released in 2008, restoring and preserving Proyas' original artistic vision for the film. Some critics have noted its similarities and influence on the "Matrix" film series, whose first installment came out a year later.
Dark City (1998 film) | Introduction
Among mainstream critics in the U.S., the film received generally positive reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 76% of 82 sampled critics gave the film a positive review, with an average score of 6.9/10 and the site's critical consensus stating: "Stylishly gloomy, "Dark City" offers a polarizing whirl of arresting visuals and noirish action". At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average out of 100 top critics' reviews, the film received a score of 66 based on 23 reviews. Roger Ebert writing in the "Chicago Sun-Times" called it a "great visionary achievement," while also exclaiming that it was "a film so original and exciting, it stirred my imagination like "Metropolis" and "2001: A Space Odyssey."" In the "San Francisco Chronicle", Peter Stack wrote that the film was "among the most memorable cinematic ventures in recent years", and that "maybe there's nothing wrong with a movie that is simply sensational to look at." He felt the film's "twisting of reality and its daring look—layered and off-kilter grays, greens and blacks—make it click." In a mixed review, Walter Addiego of "The San Francisco Examiner" thought "as a story, "Dark City" doesn't amount to much." He believed "Dark City" contained a "complicated plot" while also having important themes that were "no more than window dressing".
Dark City (1998 film) | Critical response
"Dark City" was titled "Dark World" and "Dark Empire" leading up to the film's release. New Line Cinema wanted the filmmakers to consider the alternate titles due to the release of similarly titled "Mad City" in the same time frame, but "Dark City" was ultimately kept as the final title. The film was originally scheduled to be released in theaters on 17 October 1997, and it was later scheduled for 9 January 1998. The film would premiere in theaters nationwide in the United States on 27 February 1998, screening at 1,754 cinemas.
Dark City (1998 film) | Release
When the film was released, film critic for "The New York Times", Bosley Crowther, applauded the work of newcomer Charlton Heston but panned the film, writing: In 2004, film critic Dennis Schwartz gave the film a mixed review, writing:
Dark City (1950 film) | Critical response
But, Lord, is "Dark City" a wonder to see." James Berardinelli writing for "ReelViews", remarked that "Visually, this film isn't just impressive, it's a tour de force." and noted that ""Dark City" opens by immersing the audience in the midst of a fractured, nightmarish narrative." Berardinelli also said ""Dark City" appears to be New York during the first half of this century, but, using a style that is part science fiction, part noir thriller, and part gothic horror, he has embellished it to create a surreal place unlike no other." Describing some pitfalls, Jeff Vice of the "Deseret News" said that "when critics talk about films being 'style over substance,' they're definitely talking about movies like "Dark City", which looks good but leaves an unpleasant aftertaste." Vice however was quick to admit, "The special effects and set designs are dazzling", but ultimately believed "Proyas makes a crucial error in treating the subject even more seriously than "The Crow", and the dialogue (co-written by Proyas and "The Crow: City of Angels" scriptwriter David S.
Dark City (1998 film) | Critical response
But on a positive front, he wrote, "what counts here is the show, the creation of a strange world by a filmmaker who clearly knows science fiction and fantasy, past and present, and wants to share his love for it." Left unimpressed, Marc Savlov of "The Austin Chronicle" wrote, "You really have to feel for Alex Proyas. This guy wears bad luck like the grimy trenchcoats of his protagonists, only his zipper's stuck and he can't seem to shake the damn thing off." In expressing his negativity, he believed ""Dark City" looks like a million bucks (or rather, a million bucks gone to compost), but at its dark heart it's a tedious, bewildering affair, lovely to look at but with all the substance of a dissipating dream." Left equally disappointed was John Anderson of the "Los Angeles Times".
Dark City (1998 film) | Critical response
Dark City is a 1990 independent film. It was shown at the 1990 Toronto Festival of Festivals, but did not achieve wide release. The plot concerns the murder of a local politician, and seven people accused of the murder.
Dark City (1990 film) | Introduction
Commenting on the directing, he thought "If you had to guess, you might say that Proyas came out of the world of comic art himself, rather than music videos and advertising. "Dark City" is constructed like panels in a Batman book, each picture striving for maximum dread." He went on to say, Proyas was "trying simultaneously to create a pure thriller and sci-fi nightmare along with his tongue-in-cheek critique of artifice. And this doesn't work out quite so well." Author TCh of "Time Out", felt the development of the Murdoch character was "surprisingly engrossing" and thought production wise, the "art direction is always striking, and unlike most contemporary sci-fi, the movie does risk a cerebral approach, tapping a vein of postmodern paranoia." Writing for "Time", Richard Corliss said the film was "as cool and distant as the planet the Strangers come from.
Dark City (1998 film) | Critical response
The round window in "Dark City" is concave like a fishbowl and is a frequently seen element throughout the city. The inhabitants do not live at the top of the city; the main characters' homes are dwarfed by the bricolage of buildings. The film also contains motifs from Greek mythology, in which gods manipulate humans in a higher agenda. Proyas said, "I do like Greek mythology and have read a little of it, so maybe some of it has crept into the work, though I don't completely agree with that point of view."
Dark City (1998 film) | Analysis
The film was released in VHS video format on 2 March 1999. The region 1 code widescreen edition of the film was released on DVD in the United States on 29 July 1998. Special features for the DVD include two audio commentary tracks, one with film critic Roger Ebert, and one with director Alex Proyas, writers Lem Dobbs and David Goyer, and production designer Patrick Tatopoulos. The DVD also includes biographies, filmographies, comparisons to Fritz Lang's "Metropolis", set designs, and the theatrical trailer. A director's cut of "Dark City" was also officially released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on 29 July 2008.
Dark City (1998 film) | Home media
Dark City is a 1998 neo-noir science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, and William Hurt. The screenplay was written by Proyas, Lem Dobbs, and David S. Goyer. Sewell plays John Murdoch, an amnesiac man who finds himself suspected of murder. Murdoch attempts to discover his true identity and clear his name while on the run from the police and a mysterious group known only as the "Strangers." The majority of the film was shot at Fox Studios Australia. An American and Australian production, it was jointly produced by New Line Cinema and Mystery Clock Cinema, and distributed by the former for theatrical release.
Dark City (1998 film) | Introduction
Proyas referenced film noir of the 1940s and the 1950s (such as "The Maltese Falcon") as an influence for the film. It has additionally been described as Kafkaesque, and Proyas cited the TV series "The Twilight Zone" as a conscious influence. Proyas wanted the film, though nominally science fiction, to have an element of horror to unsettle the audience.
Dark City (1998 film) | Influences
The director's cut removes the opening narration, which Proyas felt explained too much of the plot, and restores it to its original location in the film. It also includes 15 minutes of additional footage, mostly consisting of extended scenes with additional establishing shots and dialogue. Expanded audio commentaries by Ebert, Proyas, Dobbs and Goyer are included, along with several new documentaries. The Blu-ray Disc additionally includes the original theatrical cut and the special features from the 1998 DVD release.
Dark City (1998 film) | Home media
The film soundtrack was released on 24 February 1998 by TVT Records label. It features music from the original score by Trevor Jones, and versions of the songs "Sway" and "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" performed by singer Anita Kelsey. It also includes music by Hughes Hall from the trailer, a song by Echo & the Bunnymen that played over the final credits, as well as songs by Gary Numan and Course of Empire that did not appear in the film. The music for the film was edited by Simon Leadley and Jim Harrison.
Dark City (1998 film) | Soundtrack
Goyer) is unintentionally funny at times and often just plain dumb." Andrea Basora of "Newsweek", stated that director Proyas flooded the screen with "cinematic and literary references ranging from Murnau and Lang to Kafka and Orwell, creating a unique yet utterly convincing world". Similarly, David Sterritt wrote in the "Christian Science Monitor" that "The story is dark and often violent, but it's told with a remarkable sense of visual energy and imagination." Additionally, Marshall Fine of "USA Today", found the film to be "Fascinating, visionary filmmaking." and "With its amber-tinged palette and its distinctively dystopian view of life, it may be the most unique-looking film we've seen in ages...[but] defies logic and makes frightening and unexpected leaps." Critic Stephen Holden of "The New York Times" wrote that the "plot that "Dark City" builds on John's predicament is a confused affair" and that the film's premise is "unsettling enough to make you wonder if it could actually derail a seriously drug-addled mind."
Dark City (1998 film) | Critical response
Proyas co-wrote the screenplay with Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer. Goyer had written "", the sequel to Proyas's 1994 film "The Crow"; Proyas invited Goyer to co-write the screenplay for "Dark City" after reading Goyer's screenplay for "Blade", which had yet to be released. Writers Guild of America initially protested at crediting more than two screenwriters for a film, but it eventually relented and credited all three writers. Proyas originally conceived a story about a 1940s detective who is obsessed with facts and cannot solve a case where the facts do not make sense. "He slowly starts to go insane through the story," says Proyas.
Dark City (1998 film) | Writing
You're there, but you don't know where you are. It's like every time you travel, you'll be lost. The production design included themes of darkness, spirals, and clocks. There appears to be no sun in the city's world, and spiral designs that shrink when approached were used in the film. A major clock in the film shows no hours; Tatopoulos said, "But in a magical moment it becomes something more than just a clock." The production designer created the city architecture to have an organic presence with the structural elements.
Dark City (1998 film) | Design
Hurt was originally asked to play Dr. Schreber.
Dark City (1998 film) | Casting
The City Dark is a documentary film by filmmaker Ian Cheney about light pollution. It won the Best Score/Music Award at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival and was nominated for at the 34th News & Documentary Emmy Awards.
The City Dark | Introduction
Loughlin writes of the lack of background, "The origin of the city is off-stage, unknown and unknowable." Murdoch now casts new shadows for the city inhabitants, who must trust his judgment. Unlike Plato, Murdoch "is disabused of any hope of an outside" and becomes the demiurge for the cave, the only environment he knows. The city in "Dark City" is described by Higley as a "murky, nightmarish German expressionist film noir depiction of urban repression and mechanism". The city has a World War II dreariness reminiscent of Edward Hopper's works and has details from different eras and architectures that are changed by the Strangers; "buildings collapse as others emerge and battle with one another at the end".
Dark City (1998 film) | Analysis
The working title of this film was "No Escape". The production dates were from April 5 to May 12, 1950. Additional scenes and retakes were from May 9 to May 11, 1950. The production scenes were shot at the following Los Angeles locations: Griffith Observatory, Union Station, North Hollywood, an amusement pier in Ocean Park, the Wilshire Plaza Hotel and the Valley Vista Motel on Ventura Blvd. in the San Fernando Valley, California. In addition, background shots were filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada and Chicago, Illinois.
Dark City (1950 film) | Production notes
Fritz Lang's 1927 movie "Metropolis" was a major influence on the film, showing through the architecture, concepts of the baseness of humans within a metropolis, and general tone. In one of the documentary shorts featured on the director's cut, the influence of the early German films "M" and "Nosferatu" are mentioned.
Dark City (1998 film) | Similarities to other works
When Proyas finished his preceding film "The Crow" in 1994, he approached production designer Patrick Tatopoulos to draw concepts for the world in which "Dark City" takes place. The city was entirely constructed on a set; no practical locations were used in the film. Tatopoulos described the city: The movie takes place everywhere, and it takes place nowhere. It's a city built of pieces of cities. A corner from one place, another from some place else. So, you don't really know where you are. A piece will look like a street in London, but a portion of the architecture looks like New York, but the bottom of the architecture looks again like a European city.
Dark City (1998 film) | Design
The picture won numerous awards including the "Organisation Catholique Internationale du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel" (OCIC Award) at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.
The City (1998 film) | Introduction
"He can't put the facts together because they don't add up to anything rational." In the process of creating the fictional world for the character of the detective, Proyas created other characters, shifting the focus of the film from the detective (Bumstead) to the person pursued by the detective (Murdoch). Proyas envisioned a robust narrative where the audience could examine the film from the perspective of multiple characters and focus on the plot.
Dark City (1998 film) | Writing
Meanwhile, the Strangers inject one of their men, Mr. Hand, with memories intended for Murdoch in an attempt to predict his movements and track him down.
Dark City (1998 film) | Plot
"Dark City" premiered in cinemas on 27 February 1998 in wide release on 1,754 screens in the U.S., and grossed $5,576,953 on its opening weekend, placing 4th, far behind "Titanic" in 1st place with $19,633,056. The film's revenue dropped by 49.1% in its second week of release, earning $2,837,941, dropping to 9th, while "Titanic" remained in first place with $17,605,849. The film went on to earn $14,378,331 domestically in total ticket sales through a 4-week theatrical run. Internationally, the film took in an additional $12,821,985 in box office business for a combined worldwide total of $27,200,316. The film's cumulative gross ranked 105th for 1998.
Dark City (1998 film) | Box office
The film's style is often compared to that of the works of Terry Gilliam (especially "Brazil"). Some stylistic similarities have also been noted to Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro's 1995 film "The City of Lost Children", another film inspired particularly by Gilliam (Gilliam had presented Jeunet's and Caro's previous film "Delicatessen" in North America, another film by Jeunet and Caro that was a deliberate homage to Gilliam's style). "The Matrix" was released one year after "Dark City" and was also filmed at Fox Studios in Sydney using some of the same sets. Comparisons have been made between scenes from the movies, making note of similarities in both cinematography and atmosphere, as well as the plot.
Dark City (1998 film) | Similarities to other works
The film also received three nominations at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards: Choice Movie: Action, Choice Movie: Action Actress for Jessica Alba and Choice Movie: Villain for Elijah Wood.
Sin City (film) | Accolades
"Dark City: The Film Noir", by Spencer Selby, calls "Black Angel": "Important, stylish B-noir, featuring Dan Duryea as the ironic central character". This was the final film for the prolific Neill, whose directing career encompassed over 100 films starting in 1917.
Black Angel (1946 film) | Reception
Theologian Gerard Loughlin interprets "Dark City" as a retelling of Plato's Allegory of the Cave. For Loughlin, the city dwellers are prisoners who do not realize they are in a prison. John Murdoch's escape from the prison parallels the escape from the cave in the allegory. He is assisted by Dr. Schreber, who explains the city's mechanism as Socrates explains to Glaucon how the shadows in the cave are cast. Murdoch however becomes more than Glaucon; Loughlin writes, "He is a Glaucon who comes to realize that Socrates' tale of an upper, more real world, is itself a shadow, a forgery." Murdoch defeats the Strangers who control the inhabitants and remakes the world based on childhood memories, which were themselves illusions arranged by the Strangers.
Dark City (1998 film) | Analysis
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Dark City | Introduction
The film critic for "The New York Times," Stephen Holden, lauded then film when it was released, and wrote,""The City" doesn't go out of its way to pull your heartstrings, but its understatement makes it all the more devastating. The anxious, careworn faces of downtrodden people who have no choice but to continue as best they can convey their plight more powerfully than any words. New Yorkers will recognize these faces. There are tens of thousands of them. They're only too glad to do our dirty work." Film critic Roger Ebert also liked the film and its message and wrote," ["The City" is] a direct, spare, touching film developed by Riker during six years of acting workshops with immigrants in New York City...Finally [the film] is making its way around the country, at venues like the Film Center at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
The City (1998 film) | Critical response
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The City (1998 film) | Distribution
"City of God" won fifty-five awards and received another twenty-nine nominations. Among those:
City of God (2002 film) | Awards and nominations
As of April 2019, "Night and the City" holds a rating of 57% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 14 reviews.
Night and the City (1992 film) | Critical reception
John Murdoch awakens in a hotel bathtub, suffering from amnesia. He receives a phone call from Dr. Daniel Schreber, who urges him to flee the hotel to evade a group of men who are after him. In the room, Murdoch discovers the corpse of a ritualistically murdered woman along with a bloody knife. He flees the scene, just as the group of pale men in trenchcoats (later identified as "the Strangers") arrive. Following clues, Murdoch learns his own name and finds out he has a wife named Emma; he is also sought by Police Inspector Frank Bumstead as a suspect in a series of murders committed around the city, though he cannot remember killing anybody.
Dark City (1998 film) | Plot
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The first piece, "Bricks," is slow in starting, and the second, "Home," is emotionally flat and can't mask the amateurishness of the leads. "The City" has its awkward and rough edges, but there's a purity here, a goodness of intention and a commitment to justice.
The City (1998 film) | Critical response
Dark City is a 1950 American film noir crime film produced by Hal B. Wallis, directed by William Dieterle, and starring Charlton Heston in his Hollywood debut. The cast also features Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors, Dean Jagger, Don DeFore, Ed Begley, Jack Webb and Harry Morgan. Webb and Morgan both went on to co-star in the popular police drama television series "Dragnet". This was Heston's first appearance in a professional film production, following his participation in David Bradley's amateur "Peer Gynt" (1941) and semi-professional "Julius Caesar" (1950). In later interviews, he would refer to "Dark City" as "definitely not an 'A' picture, but a pretty good 'B'."
Dark City (1950 film) | Introduction
"Sankat City" received generally positive reviews from film critics as a dark comedy.
Sankat City | Critical reception
"Dark Days" was released in 2000, and was nominated for several film festival awards. Out of its nominations, the film won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Film, the Senior Programmer's Pick at the 2000 SXSW Film Awards, and three Sundance Film Festival awards in 2000: the Audience Award Documentary, the Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary, and the Freedom of Expression Award.
Dark Days (film) | Release and reception
The film has a score of 36% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 28 reviews; on Metacritic, the film had a score of 45 out of 100 (mixed or average) based on 23 reviews. Film critic Roger Ebert noted "Mad City" is inspired by the film "Ace in the Hole" and gave the movie two stars (out of four), writing: "The movie knows what it wants to do, but lacks the velocity for lift-off." At the 1997 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards, Travolta was nominated for Worst Actor but lost to Tom Arnold for "McHale's Navy".
Mad City (film) | Critical reception
As of September 2, 2015, the film holds an approval rating of 52% on Rotten Tomatoes (based on 21 reviews) and 40 on Metacritic (based on 10 reviews). Crave Online rated the film favorably, praising the film's direction and Durand's acting.
Dark Was the Night (2014 film) | Reception
It was nominated for five Golden Raspberry Awards in the 7th Golden Raspberry Awards, but won none:
Blue City (film) | Awards
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 81% based on 21 reviews, with an average rating of 7.34 out of 10. On Metacritic, the film received a weighted average score of 69 out of 100, based on 10 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". A.A. Dowd of The A.V. Club gave the film a grade A-, and wrote: "Drenched in the evening glow of its urban and suburban backdrops, Darker comes alive in the dark, when its characters are drowning their sorrows in song, the sauce, or conversation." Sheri Linden of the Los Angeles Times wrote: "It's a story of contained chaos, quietly observed — one that catches fire more in retrospect than in the viewing."
I Used to Be Darker | Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 53% based on reviews from 17 critics. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 3 out of 4 and wrote: "City of Joy seems a little too "written," too conformed to the rituals of Hollywood screenplays. There's so much interesting stuff in the movie we are prepared to forgive that."
City of Joy (1992 film) | Critical response
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes rates the movie as "rotten", with a score of 33% based on 9 reviews.
The Dark (2005 film) | Critical reception
The source novel and the original film featured pro wrestling, which was by the early 1990s targeted mostly at children, instead of boxing. Like the earlier 1950 "film noir", the film was released by 20th Century Fox. It was chosen as the closing feature for the 1992 New York Film Festival.
Night and the City (1992 film) | Production
"Harrison's Reports" did not give the film a good review. They were critical of the plot, and a script which they found suffered "from an over-abundance of dialogue". They were highly critical of the role of Marcel, as well as Huber's performance.
City in Darkness | Reception
Dark Night is a 2006 award winning B movie by writer/director Daniel Grant. The film stars Vaughn Stein, Isabella Maidment, Stephen Mcleod and Anthony Noble. It was filmed in 2005 and finally completed post-production in the closing months of 2006. It toured the festival circuit in 2007. It previewed at the Manchester Festival of Fantastic Films, where it was "Highly Commended", coming second place in the Independent Feature Film Category.
Dark Night (2006 film) | Introduction
Professional actors Non-professional actors Bricks
The City (1998 film) | Cast
TV Guide awarded the film 1/5 stars, calling it 'mediocre in all respects'. Dave Sindelar from "Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings" gave the film a negative review, criticizing the film's "sluggish" pacing, repetition, and final act. Sindelar did however, commend the film's performances.
Dark Places (1973 film) | Reception
Since 2005, films selected compete for the annual COLCOA AWARDS.
City of Lights, City of Angels | Award winners
The film was entered in the 39th Berlin International Film Festival, but it did not win awards.
The Dark Night (film) | Awards
Pursued by the Strangers, Murdoch discovers that he has psychokinesis—the ability to alter reality at will—which the Strangers also possess, and refer to as "tuning". He manages to use these powers to escape from them. Murdoch explores the anachronistic city, where nobody seems to realize it is always night. At midnight, he watches as everyone except himself falls asleep as the Strangers physically rearrange the city as well as change people's identities and memories. Murdoch learns that he came from a coastal town called Shell Beach: a town familiar to everyone, though nobody knows how to get there, and all of his attempts to do so are unsuccessful for varying reasons.
Dark City (1998 film) | Plot
"The Hollywood Reporter" stated that "Wild City" paled in comparison to Lam's films from the 1990s, noting that the "screenplay doesn't have the complexity and rich symbolism of "Full Alert" (1997) and "Victim" (1999)". The review concluded that " the film is engaging enough to reignite interest in Lam".
Wild City | Reception
"City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture" received nominations at the 41st Grammy Awards, and the film received nominations and awards at ceremonies honoring cinema:
City of Angels (film) | Accolades
Mastroianni received the award for Best Actor at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Safonova was awarded the David di Donatello as Best Actress. Costume Designer Carlo Diappi was awarded the Ciak d'oro (Golden Ciak).
Dark Eyes (1987 film) | Awards
Il re di Poggioreale (internationally released as Black City and "The King of Poggioreale") is a 1961 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Duilio Coletti. It is based on real life events of camorra criminal Peppino Navarra. It stars the American actors Ernest Borgnine and Keenan Wynn.
Black City (film) | Introduction
Special citation to Richard Kelly's "Donnie Darko" as the best film not to receive a proper theatrical release in Canada.
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2002 | Winners
2006 Chunsa Film Art Awards 2006 Busan Film Critics Awards 2006 Blue Dragon Film Awards
The City of Violence | Awards and nominations
Andrew Lau and Joe Chan are the photographers of this film. They featured the film with darkness from many night scenes and dark interior scenes. They used coloured lighting in these scenes, especially for supernatural combat sequences. The filmmakers also used black light on Shudo's special make-up and creature costume to make him glow in the darkness. Some jumping and flying effects were done with Wire fu (wire work). Monster transformations and abilities were done with simple optical effects such as double exposure and step frame printing (Morton, 2001).
The Wicked City (1992 film) | Special effects
The film received mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 69% of 29 sampled critics gave the film a positive review, with an average score of 6.69 out of 10. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average out of 100 to critics' reviews, the film received a score of 58 based on 19 reviews. In 1998, actor Andy García was nominated for an ALMA Award, in the category of Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film, for his performance. Janet Maslin writing in "The New York Times", said director Lumet did "a good job of articulating the disillusioning realities of careerism and crime.
Night Falls on Manhattan | Critical response
Fearing that they would attract attention from the police, Danny tells his friends that they should wait a few days to cash Winant’s check. Barney is the most nervous of the group. He tells the others that he thinks someone is following him. Later that night Barney, now openly afraid, calls Danny and says someone is after him. Danny tells him to go to sleep. But the next morning Barney is found hanged in his apartment
Dark City (1950 film) | Plot
At the 81st Academy Awards, the film received eight nominations; it won the award for Best Sound Editing and Ledger was posthumously awarded Best Supporting Actor. "The Dark Knight" is considered one of the best films of its decade and one of the best superhero films ever made. "The Dark Knight Rises", the final film in the trilogy, was released on July 20, 2012.
The Dark Knight (film) | Introduction
The film was well received when shown at the fair. One study of the fair summarized its reception: In 1998, "The City" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The planned community envisioned in the film, with its attention to scale and shared green space, is sometimes confused by later viewers as representative of suburban development, which was not envisioned when the film was made.
The City (1939 film) | Legacy
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of "The A.V. Club" wrote that it was "rare […] to see a film this extravagant that also feels, for better or worse, like the work of a single personality. The longer action scenes may not always rank with Besson’s early ’90s highlights [...] or the mania of the more recent "Lucy", but there isn’t a moment in this ludicrous, lushly self-indulgent movie that doesn’t feel like its creator is having the time of his life." Todd McCarthy of "The Hollywood Reporter" gave a negative review, saying: "The Razzies don't need to wait until the end of the year to anoint a winner for 2017 ...
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Critical response
Mickey Rourke won a Saturn Award, an Online Film Critics Society Award, a Chicago Film Critics Association Award, and an Irish Film & Television Award for his performance. The film was in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, and Rodriguez won the Technical Grand Prize for the film's visual shaping. Graeme Revell's work in the film was honored with a Best Film Music Award at the BMI Film & TV Awards. "Sin City" was nominated at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards in three categories: Best Movie, Best Kiss for Clive Owen and Rosario Dawson, and Sexiest Performance for Jessica Alba, winning the latter.
Sin City (film) | Accolades
Bassem Samara (Ali) learned French especially for this film in the French cultural center in Cairo.
The City (1999 film) | Did you know?
The film won the Genie Award of Best Documentary at the 28th Genie Awards and the Special Jury Prize at the 2006 Vancouver International Film Festival. It was also the runner up for best Canadian film on the 2007 Toronto Film Critic’s List.
Radiant City | Awards and nominations
The DVD release received mixed reviews in the early 2000s, with a 43% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics praised the action sequences, but criticised the story and slapstick anime style. IGN concluded that "it fails as an adaptation but succeeds as a fun Jackie Chan flick."
City Hunter (film) | Critical reception
Brown, in 2016, was awarded with the "City People Movie Special Recognition Award" at the City People Entertainment Awards.
Franca Brown | Award
"The City" is the fight of an assistant superintendent of police against drug mafia after undergoing through traumatic events.
The City (1994 film) | Plot
Despite good reviews and a strong push by the studio to publicize the movie, with Paul Douglas appearing on the cover of "Life", "Fourteen Hours" faded into obscurity. When the film was shown in revival at a Los Angeles Theater in 2003, only one print survived. However, the title was included in Twentieth Century Fox's "Fox Film Noir" DVD series in 2006. Writing in "Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir", author Eddie Muller wrote: "It's a tense depiction of one man's personal despair, amid the teeming concrete indifference of the modern city." Kelly was noticed during a visit to the set by Gary Cooper, who subsequently starred with her in "High Noon".
Fourteen Hours | Legacy
It is a film that would have great power for Spanish-speaking working people, who of course are unlikely to find it at the Film Center. Eventually on television, it may find a broader audience. It gives faces to the faceless and is not easily forgotten. Edward Guthmann, the "San Francisco Chronicle" staff critic, wrote of the film, "["The City"] is Riker's first film and a lovely realization of his humanist dream. Honest and unvarnished, it succeeds in drawing us inside a world—the Latin American immigrant culture of New York—that we typically see only from its periphery." Yet, Guthman thought the film was uneven and he added, "Seamstress" is the strongest vignette in "The City," and unfortunately the rest of the film doesn't match its impact.
The City (1998 film) | Critical response
The show received three Gemini Award nominations at the 14th Gemini Awards in 1999, for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Shawn Doyle, Michael Sarrazin) and Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Jan Rubeš). It won three awards at the 15th Gemini Awards in 2000, for Best Actress in a Drama Series (Higginson), Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Shannon Lawson) and Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Geordie Johnson); it was also nominated, but did not win, for Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Sheila McCarthy) and Best Direction in a Drama Series (Jerry Ciccoritti).
The City (1999 TV series) | Awards
You wind up with something gorgeous and suffocated, bejeweled trash floundering in its own over-splendid stuffings." Roger Ebert, writing for the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, and said: 'If you respond to film noir, if you like dark streets and women with scarlet lips and big fast cars with running boards, the look of this movie will work some kind of magic.'
The Shadow (1994 film) | Critical response
David Brown
Gotham Independent Film Awards 1993 | Producer/Industry Executive Award
In 1952, "Sight and Sound" magazine revealed the results of its first poll for "The Best Films of All Time"; "City Lights" was voted #2, after Vittorio DeSica's "Bicycle Thieves". In 2002, "City Lights" ranked 45th on the critics' list. That same year, directors were polled separately and ranked the film as 19th overall. In 1991, the Library of Congress selected "City Lights" for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." In 2007, the American Film Institute's tenth anniversary edition of "100 Years... 100 Movies" ranked "City Lights" as the 11th greatest American film of all time, an improvement over the 76th position on the original list.
City Lights | Accolades
Alex Proyas based the Strangers on Richard O'Brien's character in "The Rocky Horror Show", Riff Raff. Proyas said, "I had Richard in mind physically when I wrote the character, because I had these strange, bald-looking men with an ethereal, androgynous quality." When Proyas visited London to cast for the film, he met with O'Brien and found him suitable for the role. Kiefer Sutherland's character Daniel P. Schreber is named after Daniel Paul Schreber, a German judge who suffered from narcissistic, paranoid psychosis and possibly schizophrenia and whose autobiographical "Memoirs of My Nervous Illness" ("Denkwürdigkeiten eines Nervenkranken") the film's plot alludes to at various instances.
Dark City (1998 film) | Casting
"City Hall" ranks 56% at Rotten Tomatoes based on 25 reviews. Roger Ebert gave the film a two and a half star and wrote, "Many of the parts of "City Hall" are so good that the whole should add up to more, but it doesn't."
City Hall (1996 film) | Reception
The film is about the day in the life of two detectives (Robert Forster as Lieutenant Matt Lewis, Ward Costello as Captain Lloyd Bryant, and later Don Johnson as Sergeant Brian Scott) in Los Angeles solving (in this particular case) a crime where a man is killed for unknown reasons, coming to find an unstable young man (Mark Hamill as Eugene Banks) with a deep hatred against a famous country singer (Jimmy Dean as Wes Collins).
The City (1977 film) | Plot
On Rotten Tomatoes, "City of God" has an approval rating of 91% based on reviews from 161 critics, with an average rating of 8.33/10. The website's consensus reads, ""City of God" offers a shocking and disturbing—but always compelling—look at life in the slums of Rio de Janeiro." On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 79 out of 100 based on 33 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". "Empire" chose it as the 177th best film of all time in 2008, and "Time" chose it as one of the 100 greatest films of all time. Critic Roger Ebert gave the film a four-star review, writing ""City of God" churns with furious energy as it plunges into the story of the slum gangs of Rio de Janeiro.
City of God (2002 film) | Critical reception
Dark Days is a 2000 American documentary film directed, produced and photographed by the English documentarian Marc Singer. It follows a group of people living in an abandoned section of the New York City Subway system, more specifically the area of Freedom Tunnel. The film was shot during the mid-1990s, but was not completed and released until the year 2000. DJ Shadow completed the score for the documentary.
Dark Days (film) | Introduction
2017 Toronto After Dark Film Festival award winner for "Best Feature Film" (first Canadian film to win)", Best Horror" and "Scariest Film" for "Trench 11" 2008 Canadian Screen Award winner for "Best Writing in a Comedy Series" and "Best Ensemble Acting in a Comedy Series" for "Cock'd Gunns" 2008 Canadian Screen Award Nomination for "Best Comedy Series" for "Cock'd Gunns"
Leo Scherman | Awards and nominations
The Australian Film Institute nominated the film for five awards: Best Actor (John Hargreaves), Best Achievement in Cinematography (Paul Murphy), Best Adapted Screenplay (David Williamson), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Nicole Kidman), and Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Chris Haywood), for which it won. Williamson enjoyed the adaptation saying it "had a lot of raw energy".
Emerald City (film) | Reception
It was awarded best picture at the 2005 Rhode Island International Horror Film Festival.
Dark Remains | Reception
Crime Wave (also known as The City Is Dark) is a 1954 film noir, directed by Andre DeToth. It was adapted from a short story which originally appeared in "The Saturday Evening Post" - "Criminal Mark" by John and Ward Hawkins.
Crime Wave (1954 film) | Introduction
"Sin City" opened on April 1, 2005 to generally positive reviews. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 77% based on 251 reviews, with an average rating of 7.42/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Visually groundbreaking and terrifically violent, "Sin City" brings the dark world of Frank Miller's graphic novel to vivid life." On Metacritic the film has a score of 74 (citing "generally favorable reviews") based on 40 reviews. A 2017 data analysis of Metacritic reviews by Gizmodo UK found "Sin City" to be the third most critically divisive film of recent years. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.
Sin City (film) | Critical reception
The film was nominated for two Golden Raspberry Awards but did not win either of them. It was nominated in the category Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel, and Jessica Chastain was nominated as Worst Supporting Actress, but lost to "" and "Cats", respectively.
Dark Phoenix (film) | Accolades
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 62%, based on 52 reviews, with an average rating of 5.95/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""Dark Night"s narrative coherence isn't always on par with its visual beauty, but for patient viewers, it adds up to an absorbing, thought-provoking, and thoroughly singular statement." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 60 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Dark Night (2016 film) | Reception
The film received praise from critics. As of 2016, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 89% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 18 reviews. "The New York Times"' Stephen Holden wrote of the film, "Tender and sad, it is a fully realized work of mumblecore poetry." The film was nominated for the John Cassavetes award at the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards for features made for less than $500,000. It also won Best Direction and Best Cinematography at the 2007 BendFilm Festival.
Quiet City (film) | Critical reception
Night and the City is a 1992 American neo-noir crime drama film and a remake of the 1950 film noir of the same name, itself an adaptation of Gerald Kersh's 1938 novel. The film stars Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange and is directed by Irwin Winkler from a script by Richard Price.
Night and the City (1992 film) | Introduction
David Riker spent five years researching the project (1992-1997), and worked with the non-professional actors in order to capture the "impoverished authenticity of life on the streets" of the Latino community in New York City.
The City (1998 film) | Production
The show won two Daytime Emmy Awards in 1996.
The City (1995 TV series) | Introduction
"Darkness" received extremely negative reviews from both critics and audiences. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 4% based on 55 reviews. It received an average rating of "F" on CinemaScore, indicating overwhelming dislike; , it is one of only 19 films to receive such a rating. The "Los Angeles Times"s Kevin Thomas awarded the film one out of four stars, deeming it "trite and flat," and "too mechanical to be persuasive or scary." Ned Martel of "The New York Times" noted: ""Darkness", which crept into theaters nationwide on Christmas Day, tries to spook holiday revelers with a guessing game about which member of a handsome American family, relocated to Spain, will kill another.
Darkness (2002 film) | Reception
"Army of Darkness" won the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film (1994). It was also nominated for Best Make-Up. "Army of Darkness" was nominated for the Grand Prize at Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival, and won the Golden Raven at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film in 1993. The film also won the Critics' Award at Fantasporto, and was nominated for the International Fantasy Film Award in the category of Best Film in 1993. It was also nominated for Best Film at Sitges, the Spanish International Film Festival.
Army of Darkness | Accolades
In 2003, it was Brazil's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it did not end up being nominated as one of the five finalists.
City of God (2002 film) | Introduction