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Oscar - winner Angelina Jolie, and author - activist Loung Ung will receive the «Hollywood Foreign Language Film Award,» at the 21st Annual «Hollywood Film Awards» for their critically - acclaimed film First They Killed My Father, which has been selected by Cambodia's Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film.

Hollywood, CA (November 2, 2017)-- dick clark productions announced today that Oscar - winner Angelina Jolie, and author - activist Loung Ung will receive the «Hollywood Foreign Language Film Award,» at the 21st Annual «Hollywood Film Awards» for their critically - acclaimed film First They Killed My Father, which has been selected by Cambodia's Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film.

dick clark productions announced today that Oscar - winner Angelina Jolie, and author - activist Loung Ung will receive the «Hollywood Foreign Language Film Award,» at the 21st Annual «Hollywood Film Awards» for their critically - acclaimed film First They Killed My Father, which has been selected by Cambodia's Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film.

Not exact matches

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

He worked with stars like John Legend and Oprah Winfrey before launching his own multi-platform media company, Macro Ventures, which was behind the production of Denzel Washington's Academy Award - nominated feature film «Fences» in 2016, and more recently, the acclaimed indie film «Mudbound,» which Variety predicts may be the first Netflix feature to compete for an Oscar.

Obviously, it's not the first time the book has been adapted for the big - screen: At the time, the 1927 version was one of the most acclaimed films ever made.

Producers ultimately deemed the project too religious, and Scorsese turned his attention to what would become his first acclaimed film: Mean Streets.

Her first American film was Island in the Sun (1956) for Fox, and then Owens was loaned out to Warner Bros. to play opposite Marlon Brando in the drama Sayonara (1957), one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year.

Synopsis: CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, the new film by Luca Guadagnino, is a sensual and transcendent tale of first love, based on the acclaimed novel by André Aciman.

One of the most talented — and often underappreciated — character actresses of the late 1990s, Allison Janney first began courting critical attention with roles in such acclaimed films as Big Night (1996) and American Beauty (1998).

From the Studio: CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, the new film by Luca Guadagnino, is a sensual and transcendent tale of first love, based on the acclaimed novel by André Aciman.

Based on the screenplay of the acclaimed film, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY brings the talents of Woody Allen and Susan Stroman together for the first time at the St. James Theatre.

But director Paul Feig, who found critical and box office acclaim with his female driven 2011 comedy «Bridesmaids,» daringly put in the effort to make the first female buddy cop film with «The Heat.»

Martina, the former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer, rose to acclaim for composing films like The Neon Demon, Drive, and Contagion, and fans were eager to see what he'd do with his first comic book film.

Ehrenreich got an agent, and his first film was the lead role in Francis Ford Coppola's 2007 film «Tetro,» the second and most acclaimed of three 2000s personal projects the director shot using money from his winery fortune.

One film on many people's must - watch list is Sicario, the latest offering from acclaimed director Denis Villeneuve, for which the first poster has been unveiled... Here's the official synopsis: In Mexico, -LSB-...]

Tatiana Riegel is still «amazed and stunned» at her first Oscar nomination for her work as an editor in the acclaimed film, «I, Tonya.»

Berling first earned acclaim in the theatre, where he was a fixture for many years, before making his film debut in 1993's Salt on Our Skin.

The Cannes Film Festival is in full - swing and acclaimed director Todd Haynes» (Carol, Far From Heaven) highly - anticipated adaptation of Brian Selznick's YA novel Wonderstruck was one of the first films screened at the fest — and it was met with reviews that ranged from raves to lukewarm.

Abel first made his mark in the critically acclaimed 2008 film FLASH OF GENIUS for director Mark Abraham.

Only the third film that the acclaimed actor has made as a director (after 2002's Antwone Fisher and his last, 2007's The Great Debaters), Washington certainly had familiarity with August Wilson's beloved Pulitzer Prize - winning material when he decided to bring it to the big screen; the actor won a Tony Award of his own for starring in the 2010 revival of the production, to go along with the play's Tony for Best Revival (and the many that it won during its first run on stage in 1987).

This project marks Logan and Mendes» second major collaboration, following Skyfall, their recent critically - acclaimed and box office record - breaking James Bond film, which Mendes directed and Logan co-wrote; and their first ever collaboration for television.

A two - time Academy Award - winner and acclaimed star of film, theater and television publicly comes out as gay for the first time.

It was John Ford's first Western using sound, John Wayne's first highly acclaimed role, and the first Western shot in beautiful Monument Valley, Utah, and all of these elements truly elevated this film to a true classic.

Joseph was nominated for Best First Screenplay for his work on Don Jon, which was won by Bob Nelson for the highly acclaimed film Nebraska.

His first few film roles, as a hooligan who harasses Ben Kingsley in «Gandhi» and as Captain Bligh's (Anthony Hopkins) loyal right - hand man, John Fryer, in «The Bounty,» don't really signal that Day - Lewis was about to become one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation.

Rialto's past releases include Renoir's Grand Illusion, both in 1999 and in a new 4K restoration for its 75th anniversary in 2012; Carol Reed's The Third Man; Fellini's Nights of Cabiria (for the first time in its «director's cut»); Jules Dassin's Rififi; Godard's Breathless, Contempt, Band of Outsiders, Masculine Feminine, Le Petit Soldat, Alphaville, and the U.S. premiere of his Made in U.S.A.; Kurosawa's Ran; Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie; Jacques Becker's Touchez pas au Grisbi; Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar and Diary of a Country Priest; Resnais» Last Year at Marienbad; the U.S. premiere of the original, uncut Japanese version of Godzilla; the U.S. premiere of the complete, uncut version of Jean - Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge; the U.S. premiere of Melville's Army of Shadows, which became the most critically - acclaimed film of 2006; the U.S. premiere of Claude Sautet's Max et les Ferrailleurs; and Robin Hardy's definitive cut of The Wicker Man.

Although his acclaimed «Pan's Labyrinth» had been nominated for foreign film, these are Del Toro's first Globe nominations.

Maze Runner: The Death Cure is directed by up - and - coming filmmaker Wes Ball, of the first two Maze Runner films, as well as the acclaimed short film Ruin previously.

This isn't the first time he's slammed the critically acclaimed psychological horror film that stars Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance, but he does add some new clarity.

The first trailer for upcoming music - drama Boychoir — the latest film from acclaimed director François Girard (The Red Violin, Thirty Two Films About Glenn Gould)-- has been released online by Informant Media, along with a new poster which we have for you here... In the film, 12 - year - old newcomer Garrett Wareing plays Stet, a rebellious -LSB-...]

Rolling Stone recently spoke with Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, portraying T'Challa (Black Panther), as he covers the publication's March 2018 issue, as well as director Ryan Coogler — as both detail more about the highly - acclaimed film and its impact, with it being the first Marvel Studios movie to put a person of color in the lead role and to feature a mostly black cast.

Coincing with the announcement that Knight of Cups will receive its world premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival in February, FilmNation Entertainment has now released the first trailer for the film, which has been directed by acclaimed filmmaker Terrence Malick.

Lauren and Christopher adapted The Strange Ones into their first feature film of the same name, starring James Freedson - Jackson and Alex Pettyfer, which world premiered to critical acclaim at the SXSW Film Festival in 2017, receiving the Jury Award for Best Breakthrough Performance.

True, social media also took some jabs at Emily Blunt for her first - ever SAG nod for «The Girl on the Train,» even if there was critical acclaim her work in the «Gone Girl» - ish thriller despite the film's mixed reviews.

Acclaimed films omitted from the list include Angelina Jolie's «First They Killed My Father» from Cambodia and Robin Campillo's «BPM (Beats Per Minute)» from France.

His first real brush with international acclaim came with «Dead Alive» in 1992 (also known as «Braindead»), which was a gory zombie flick that included some of the most gruesome, outlandish and hilarious effects seen on film since Sam Raimi's «Evil Dead 2.»

Her first film was the highly acclaimed Me and You and Everyone

Following the success of Get Out, which grossed over $ 200 million on a $ 5 million budget and received unanimous acclaim, Peele signed a first - look deal with Universal Pictures, who will produce the director's next film, an untitled social thriller he also penned.

Even with their individual impressive resumes before their first collaboration, «Clouds of Sils Maria,» it became one of Assayas» most acclaimed films to date and Stewart's performance received raves around the world, earning her the honor of being the first American actress to win the Cesar, France's equivalent of the Oscar.

When writer / director Paul Thomas Anderson made his acclaimed drama «The Master» (2012), he originally intended to shoot roughly 20 % of his tale of an alienated young man (Joaquin Phoenix) falling under the spell of the charismatic leader of a new religious movement (Philip Seymour Hoffman) in 70 mm, but wound up shooting nearly the entire thing in the process (the first narrative film to do so since the aforementioned «Hamlet»).

Take My Nose... Please: The acclaimed film, directed by the 89 year - old first time filmmaker Joan Kron (former editor at Allure Magazine for over 25 years and at New York Magazine), is a comedic point of view on women and plastic surgery.

The film is the latest effort and first studio production from critically acclaimed writer / director Jeff Nichols, whose previous releases include Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter and Mud.

The first trailer for acclaimed director Nicolas Winding Refn's (Drive) new film The Neon Demon has arrived online, and we have it for you below... SEE ALSO: Two posters for Nicolas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon The Neon Demon tells the story of Jesse, «an aspiring model who moves to Los Angeles, only to encounter a -LSB-...]

Even since before his first «serious» film, an adaptation of the acclaimed stage play «Six Degrees Of Separation,» he was clearly a gifted and versatile performer.

Other high - flyers in this category were BEFORE MIDNIGHT and THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, but the award went to Billy Ray, known in the industry for writing the first HUNGER GAMES instalment and for his acclaimed 2003 indie film SHATTERED GLASS.

Before you pour the bucket of pig's blood on me, I want to first say I'm well aware Silence is adapted from Shūsaku Endō's novel of the same name, which was also turned into a film in 1971 that received worldwide acclaim upon release (another Scorsese remake of an Asian cinema classic!).

Academy Award winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, writer of such films as the excellent Steve Jobs, The Social Network, Moneyball, and the acclaimed television series The West Wing tries his hand for the first time at directing a script he adapted titled Molly's Game.

In 2013, Jordan appeared in his first major leading role in the critically acclaimed film «Fruitvale Station.»

In Winter's Bone, the film that first brought her acclaim, Lawrence showed the instincts of a fine actor - she could project inner fire and vulnerability without overselling things.