Sentences with phrase «acclaimed films at»

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.

The latest example debuts on Saturday, June 11, at 9 pm EST, with the premiere episode of director Ezra Edelman's O.J.: Made in America, a five - part, 7.5 hour documentary series produced by ESPN Films, the sports network's production company that is behind the acclaimed series of 30 for 30 sports documentary films.

Some projects have gone on to critical acclaim, too: About 10 % of the films at Sundance this year, for instance, have Kickstarter roots.

She has served as executive producer of four documentary films, including Kicking It, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival; A Powerful Noise, which premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival; She Is the Matador; and The Other City, a critically acclaimed portrayal of the HIV / AIDS crisis in Washington, DC, which premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.

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.

Part of ESPN's acclaimed 30 for 30 documentary series, the film — which has become somewhat controversial — takes a look at the complicated life of legendary college football coach and Promise Keepers ministry founder Bill McCartney.

At the start of 2016, Christy Wimber, senior pastor of Yorba Linda Vineyard Church, US, watched the much - acclaimed film The Danish Girl.

When Spotlight, the critically acclaimed film about the Boston Globe's investigation into clergy sexual abuse, won best picture at this year's Oscars, producer Michael Sugar accepted the award with a message: This film gave a voice to survivors and this Oscar amplifies that voice which we hope....

More Than a Thousand «Experience a Revolution» With Rob Stewart and BurlingtonGreen, by Jackie Prime Rob Stewart, award - winning biologist, conservationist, photographer and creator of acclaimed films Sharkwater and Revolution, took the stage for two inspirational events at the Performing Arts Centre on October 21st, 2014.

At the same time, Schindler's List isn't just a critically acclaimed film because it's important historically.

You can't deny that this film is incredibly well made and I can understand why this film garnered such critical acclaim but at the end of the day, I was left somewhat disappointed by this movie.

It's a tad bit on the boring side at times, but at its best (which is 99 % of the time) the film deserves the acclaim it has received.

Two years later, he could be seen in another high - profile, politically tinged thriller, this time opposite Denzel Washington in director Jonathan Demme's remake of The Manchurian Candidate.In 2005 he made his directorial and screenwriting debut with Everything Is Illuminated, and appeared in the critically acclaimed, Golden Globe - winning HBO movie Lackawanna Blues, a life - affirming film about a selfless black woman (played by S. Epatha Merkerson) in 1950s segregated New York who provides a home and a guiding hand to the youths who come to live at her boarding house.

Her critically acclaimed film, I»LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS, opposite Blythe Danner made its world debut at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.

The film screened at several festivals, including Sundance, and it earned a fair amount of critical acclaim.

DICK DINMAN SALUTES GARY COOPER»S BLU «THE HANGING TREE»: Producer / host Dick Dinman and Warner Home Video's Senior Vice President of Classic and Theatrical Marketing George Feltenstein celebrate the Warner Archive's lustrously restored Blu - ray release of THE HANGING TREE one of legendary superstar Gary Cooper's most unjustly forgotten masterworks and actress Joan Leslie (who at the tender age of 16 costarred with Cooper in SERGEANT YORK) and acclaimed director Michael Anderson (who directed Cooper's final two films) regale Dick with their praise of Cooper's uniquely invisible acting technique.

She played the eponymous title role in the film NOBLE, which won The Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema at the Santa Barbara Film Festival and which continues to garner critical acclaim.

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.

With her observational style favouring the minimalist movie movement, her four films to date have garnered a slew of acclaim, including the SIGNIS prize at the 2010 Venice Film Festival for the revisionist western Meek's Cutoff.

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.

The youth and comparative inexperience of the «Social Network» ensemble would make it an atypical winner in the category — but at the same time, counting out Jesse Eisenberg's long - shot Best Actor bid, this is the only place where voters can acknowledge the most acclaimed and awarded film in the race.

The film premiered at this year's Toronto Film Festival to a rather toned - down acclaim.

It Comes at Night: Director Trey Edward Schults follows his acclaimed drama «Krisha» with a horror film about an isolated family battling an unnatural force.

At that time he was premiering his second film, Blue Valentine, which went on to earn a lot of acclaim - one of my favorites of the year.

Why did so many people bow at the feet of «The Babadook,» not just the most critically acclaimed horror film of the half - decade but one of the most critically acclaimed films, period, of any genre?

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

Filmmaker Ana Lily Armipour has been receiving acclaim ever since her Iranian vampire fairytale A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night premiered at Sundance last year, and she's found a pair of fitting partners to produce her next film.

«Certified Fresh» by Rotten Tomatoes, the horror anthology film, which brings together an all - star lineup of horror heavyweight directors and actors, premiered to strong critical acclaim at the 2015 Fantasia International Film Festival.

It Comes at Night is both written and directed by American filmmaker Trey Edward Shults, of the highly acclaimed Krisha previously, as well as a few other short films.

Tom Ford's latest film «Nocturnal Animals» recently screened at the Toronto International Film Festival to positive critical acclaim.

Although not a major box - office success at the time (due to the fact that it had lesser - known, older performers), the subtle, sophisticated and serious film was critically - acclaimed.

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.

From its opening scene, the film willingly exposes itself to unfavourable comparison by opting to start at the exact same time and place as the critically acclaimed documentary.

The indie film, which received critical acclaim at this year's Sundance Film Festival, made Hammer realize that the challenges he faced were a personal reward as well.

These three films have received the most critical acclaim of mainstream releases this year while also performing very well at the box office.

The film earned a ton of initial critical acclaim, but dropped like a rock during the season after failing at the box office in wide release.

Up - and - coming filmmaker Trey Edward Shults follows his acclaimed debut film Krisha with It Comes At Night, a psychological horror thriller centering on a teenage boy (Kelvin Harrison, Jr.) as he faces mounting terrors — both external and internal — in the aftermath of an unnamed apocalypse.

The film — which had its world premiere at the Toronto International, receiving critical acclaim — marks the feature directorial debut for Michael Pearce and stars Jessie Buckley and Johnny Flynn; watch it here... Moll (Jessie Buckley, TABOO, WAR AND PEACE) is 27 -LSB-...]

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.

Turner Classic Movies recently honored acclaimed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola at a hand print footprint ceremony at the world - famous TCL Chinese Theatre on Friday, April 29, 2016 and as part of the festivities of the TCM Classic Film Festival 2016, the legendary Director sat down with Ben Mankiewicz to discuss The Conversation and a few of his most famous films.

The film, starring Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan, premiered to critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival and is the opening night film for the Cannes Critics» Week.

There are a few acclaimed films that seem very fresh and original at the time, but over time, they are forgotten by most except the people who championed them because they really weren't as exceptional as previously thought.

Finally, The Theory of Everything held up well enough for releasing company Focus Features, bringing in an estimated $ 2.5 million at the box office over the weekend, enough to gain a marginal profit against a $ 15 million budget... and still ahead of the critically acclaimed Wild, the Reese Witherspoon - starring film based on the memoir of Cheryl Strayed, which picked up a few theaters and some revenue in the form of an estimated $ 1.6 million.

Despite critical acclaim and his indie cred, Baumbach has never had a bonafide hit at the box office — The Squid and the Whale is his highest grossing film at just $ 9.4 million.

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.

Our Verdict: Among all the acclaimed films to bow at Cannes last year, there was one film that went in with no buzz and came out a true critic's darling: Alain Guiraudie «s «Stranger By The Lake,» which won Best Director in the Un Certain Regard strand, and went on to be named as Cahiers Du Cinema's best film of 2013.

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.

Winning the Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival this year, the film is the highly anticipated English language debut of internationally acclaimed Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos and is set for general release in Ireland on 16th October.

Initially unable to secure complete funding, the project was temporarily shelved, but would thankfully go on to film nearly a year later (meanwhile, screenwriter Eskil Vogt enjoyed his own festival tour with his acclaimed directorial debut, Blind, which premiered at Sundance 2014 and picked up a Screenwriting award).