Sentences with phrase «spirit awards like»

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It's starting to feel like Christmas already as the nominations for our favorite awards show, the Film Independent Spirit Awards, were announced momentawards show, the Film Independent Spirit Awards, were announced momentAwards, were announced moments ago.

Sacha Gervasi was a surprise nominee for the Lacoste Truer Than Fiction Award at this year's Independent Spirit Awards, and now it looks like the movie will finally be getting a proper U.S. theatrical release.

She was nominated for a Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Gotham Award and two Independent Spirit Awards for It Felt Like Love, Best Cinematography and the John Cassavetes Award.

Some other performers were ultimately decided to be a little too well - established, like «Selma» big noise David Oyelowo, Spirit Award - nominated «Nightcrawler» secret weapon Riz Ahmed (previously seen being excellent in «Four Lions,» among others), former child star Gaby Hoffman, «Downton Abbey ««s Michelle Dockery and Dan Stevens, «Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes» villain Toby Kebbell, «Whiplash ««s Miles Teller, «Fury ««s Logan Lerman, and «Gloria ««s Paulina Garcia, who we included on this list last year.

Also, while the Independent Spirit Awards often award films I liked more than the Oscars, which they did this year, they do pick some awful movies.

It's weird to see Greta Gerwig, Independent Spirit Award nominee, in a movie like this, but she nails her lines as best as she can.

For all of the grief given to the Broadcast Film Critics Association and their Critics Choice Movie Awards for feeling like Oscar's bastard son, over the last few years the Independent Spirit...

For its truthful, freewheeling, visually and tonally colorful portrayal of the American underclass, THE FLORIDA PROJECT would seem like a shoo - in for the Spirit Awards.

Working from a nomination slate at least partially in line with The A.V. Club's own award season preferences — in so far, at least, as The Revenant not being treated like the inevitable juggernaut it'll likely turn out to be — The Film Independent Spirit Awards were held today, with Tom McCarthy's Spotlight picking up all...

You can help by signing the petition to help get recognition for film editors by asking these organizations to add the Film Editing category to their annual awards: Sundance Film Festival Shanghai International Film Festival, China San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia New York Film Critics Circle New York Film Critics On Line National Society of Film Critics We would like to thank the organizations that have recently added the Film Editing category to their Annual Awards: Durban International Film Festival, South Africa New Orleans Film Festival Tribeca Film Festival Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Film Independent - Spirit Awards LA Film Critics Association Chicago Film Critics Association Boston Film Festival The International Animated Film Society — Annie Awards Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror - Saturn awards: Sundance Film Festival Shanghai International Film Festival, China San Sebastian Film Festival, Spain Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia New York Film Critics Circle New York Film Critics On Line National Society of Film Critics We would like to thank the organizations that have recently added the Film Editing category to their Annual Awards: Durban International Film Festival, South Africa New Orleans Film Festival Tribeca Film Festival Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Film Independent - Spirit Awards LA Film Critics Association Chicago Film Critics Association Boston Film Festival The International Animated Film Society — Annie Awards Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror - Saturn Awards: Durban International Film Festival, South Africa New Orleans Film Festival Tribeca Film Festival Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Film Independent - Spirit Awards LA Film Critics Association Chicago Film Critics Association Boston Film Festival The International Animated Film Society — Annie Awards Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror - Saturn Awards LA Film Critics Association Chicago Film Critics Association Boston Film Festival The International Animated Film Society — Annie Awards Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror - Saturn Awards Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror - Saturn AwardsAwards

Having only one feature under her belt (the little seen «Obselidia» in 2010), for which she received two Independent Spirit Award nominations, Bell emulates the passion and demand of storytelling as seen by such filmmakers like Patty Jenkins and Lisa Cholodenko.

Best Bear Attack: The Revenant Best Mosasaur Attack: Jurassic World Best Blind, Flamethrowing Guitar Player: Mad Max: Fury Road The Winklevi Award for Excellence in Playing Twins: Tom Hardy, Legend Worst Romantic Chemistry: Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, 50 Shades of Grey (Runner - up: Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Secret in their Eyes)(Honorable Mentions: Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending; Chris Hemsworth and Tang Wei, Blackhat) Best Fake Soap Opera: Joy Best Fake Magazine: Trainwreck («S'Nuff») The Gay Panic Award: Get Hard (Runner - up: The D Train) Best Alec Guinness Impression: Max von Sydow, Star Wars: The Force Awakens Worst Liam Neeson Impression: Sean Penn, The Gunman Best Turn - of - the - Century Reference to The Atlantic: Crimson Peak The Unbroken Award for a Portrait of Endurance that Gradually Becomes an Exercise in Endurance: The Revenant Best Use of «Smells Like Teen Spirit»: Pan Best Use of «Freebird»: Kingsman: The Secret Service Best Use of «Girls Just Want To Have Fun»: Anomalisa Least Convincing Hacker: Chris Hemsworth, Blackhat Least Responsible First Responder: Dwayne Johnson, San Andreas Person You'd Least Want in Charge of National Intelligence: Andrew Scott (Sherlock's Moriarty), Spectre Most Comprehensive Annihilation of an Intended Franchise: Josh Trank, Fantastic Four Best Driver: Ben Kingsley, Learning to Drive (Runner - up: Robert DeNiro, The Intern) Worst Total Box Office: Confession of a Child of the Century, $ 74 (Runner - up: Paranoid Girls, $ 78) Most Disturbing Sex Scenes (Human Category): Love Most Disturbing Sex Scenes (Puppet Category): Anomalisa Best Performance Playing a Character Named «Toussaint»: Jimmy Jean - Louis, Joy (Runner - up: Fabrice Adde, The Revenant) The «Marry Me and I'll Buy You a Piano» Award: Far from the Madding Crowd The «That Was Beautiful; What Happened?»

So in the spirit of interminable award seasons, I'd like to present the films that at this juncture, a year away from Hollywood's biggest night, at least appear to be the best bets to take the golden statue.

I'd like to see «Wild» in that group, but if it can't make it with the Spirit Awards voters, it doesn't have much of a shot here.

So while The Golden Globes mean little compared to the Oscars and most of us around here prefer the Independent Spirit Awards (MUCH) more, I do like the format of this show much better; and to the stars, The Globes are becoming increasingly more important for their Oscar hopefulls.

The Spirit Awards cap nominees at a budget of $ 20 million or less, which eliminates some bigger - budget awards contenders like «Dunkirk.&Awards cap nominees at a budget of $ 20 million or less, which eliminates some bigger - budget awards contenders like «Dunkirk.&awards contenders like «Dunkirk.»

And like the Independent Spirit Awards, Gotham spreads the love to the year's best independent films.

(The nomination of naturalistic cowboy drama «The Rider,» directed by Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao, who also won the Spirits» first Bonnie Award for a female director, felt like a step in the right direction.)

She writes me: «At those Independent Spirit Awards (a million years ago it seems like) we had been told that you were not a fan of the film.

The Spirit Awards don't operate like the Oscars: Unlike the Academy's exclusive club of industry insiders, anyone willing to pay for Film Independent membership gets a vote, which makes the outcome far more susceptible to aggressive, public - facing campaigns.

Sure, it popped up at the Independent Spirit Awards and I wasn't alone putting it on my top ten, but I feel like this is a film that people will catch up with more as time goes by, and be looked at very fondly in years to come.

Oscars nominees still look a lot like the Spirit Awards — though «The Shape of Water» didn't make the cut, the three aforementioned winners will walk the Dolby Theater red carpet 24 hours after nabbing their Spirit trophies.

I would have liked to have seen her up for Best Supporting Female for the Independent Spirit Awards this year instead of Daphne Rubin - Vega who played Lucy.

That said, I applaud the Spirits for rewarding such a terse, difficult little film — I think it's works like this, rather than the «Junos» and «Sunshines» of independent cinema, that the awards are really designed to benefit.

The Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic, Presented by Acura: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Director: Alfonso Gomez - Rejon, Screenwriter: Jesse Andrews)-- Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend.

Sundance is known for launching the careers of promising new talent, like first - time writer - director Ryan Coogler, who premiered the harrowing «Fruitvale Station» at last January's festival - a film that earned three Independent Spirit Award nominations, including best first feature.