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Mexican - born Alfonso Cuaron made one of the most highly acclaimed films of 2002, Y tu mamá también, which was enough to elevate him to A-list status and consideration for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Of course, one of the most acclaimed films of this year, Maren Ade's Toni Erdmann, is certainly a comedy.

How could a movie that, on its surface, bears certain similarities to an Adam Sandler movie — That's My Boy, to be precise — also be one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year?

He went to the after - party but the man who directed one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year, nominated for Best Musical or Comedy Motion Picture, either kept a really low profile or wasn't really profiled.

The director behind one of the most acclaimed films of the year, A Ghost Story, explains how David Gordon Green's poetic vision of adolescence opened his eyes to the possibilities of cinema.

Mad Max: Fury Road was one of the most acclaimed films of 2015, both by fans and critics alike, with George Miller's post-apocalyptic action epic featuring heavily on many end of the year best of lists, as well as winning six Academy Awards.

As anyone could have guessed, it received a number of major Academy Award nominations (six) that echoed its status as one of the most critically acclaimed films of 2016.

Let's start with Todd Haynes» «Carol,» one of the most generally acclaimed films of last year, and one that received six Academy Award nominations.

It's a good week for new releases with plenty of the best, most acclaimed films of 2015 finally receiving the Blu - ray treatment.

Our team is passionate about the power of sound and have been behind many of the most successful and critically acclaimed films of the past two decades.

«Inside Out — Pixar's delightful tale of a little girl's emotions trying to steer her through a turbulent time for her family is one of the funniest and most critically - acclaimed films of the year — and certainly the most vivid depiction of developmental psychology in a movie, animated or otherwise.»

Then again, Day - Lewis is a three - time Oscar winner for Best Actor, Anderson is a major talent, and the last time he and Day - Lewis worked together, on There Will Be Blood, it resulted in one of the most acclaimed films of the decade.

Federico Fellini was one of the leading figures of the international cinema in the 1960s, whose dreamlike images and indelible characters made La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, and Juliet of the Spirits among the most acclaimed films of that era.

Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master might have lost the Golden Lion in Venice (while still winning Best Director and Best Actor (s) awards), but it emerged as the most critically acclaimed film of the fall festival season.

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.

While the reaction to his writing was somewhat stunted, Franco was gearing up to release what would come to be the most critically acclaimed film of his career.

The most critically acclaimed film of 2007 is described as a sprawling epic of family, faith, power and oil, set on the incendiary frontier of California's turn - of - the - century petroleum boom.

Not exact matches

Wes Anderson's «Isle of Dogs» has received near universal acclaim from film critics (the movie currently has a 93 % on Rotten Tomatoes), but even some who have enjoyed the stop - motion film have taken issue with the director's representation of Japanese culture.

Both cinematographer Steven Poster, who is president of the International Cinematographer's Guild, and acclaimed director Werner Herzog have said they regretted their decisions to film with Red cameras.

In 2016, critics cited the Oscars» snub of Netflix's critically acclaimed drama «Beasts of No Nation» as evidence that the industry was «turned off» by Netflix's business model, which debuts films on the streaming service simultaneously with theatrical releases.

After upending television with acclaimed online series, Amazon and Netflix joined the ranks of the film industry's elites with four gold statuettes between them.

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.

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.

Combining with Disney are 21st Century Fox's critically acclaimed film production businesses, including Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Fox 2000, which together offer diverse and compelling storytelling businesses and are the homes of Avatar, X-Men, Fantastic Four and Deadpool, as well as The Grand Budapest Hotel, Hidden Figures, Gone Girl, The Shape of Water and The Martian — and its storied television creative units, Twentieth Century Fox Television, FX Productions and Fox21, which have brought The Americans, This Is Us, Modern Family, The Simpsons and so many more hit TV series to viewers across the globe.

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

And now, after months of showings to audiences all over North America, from the AmDocs film festival in Palm Springs to Hot Docs in Toronto, acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger's buzzed - about documentary is now available on Netflix, streaming to its 75 million members worldwide.

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.

Although she's both written and co-directed on several acclaimed projects in the past, Gerwig had never taken over the reins of a film until Lady Bird.

Although she's both written and co-directed on several acclaimed projects in the past, Gerwig had never taken over the reins of a film until

Martin Scorese's film adaptation of the acclaimed book tells the story of persecution, martyrdom and faith involving two Jesuit priests who serve as missionaries to Japan in the 1600s.

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

Still, the findings are an unfortunate reality and according to the report the odds are even worse for women as, «only 22.3 percent of senior characters in these acclaimed films were female.»

Some of the most acclaimed American films are highlighted with lively production anecdotes and firsthand thematic reflections, including Singing in the Rain, On the Waterfront, The Sound of Music, The Sting, and Tender Mercies.

The Golden Globe - nominated director of Selma, Ava DuVernay is going to direct a film adaptation of the acclaimed fantasy novel, A Wrinkle in Time.

Martin Scorsese's adaptation of the controversial and acclaimed novel Silence may be the most ambitious of his career: According to reports, it will run well over three hours, the longest film he's ever made.

DLynn has been featured in the 2017 UPSCALE TV series, and is one of the four featured subjects in the internationally acclaimed wine documentary «SOMM» which premiered in 2012, covering the three - year journey through six countries of filming to becoming a coveted Master Sommelier.

Recent and upcoming releases include the romance - horror hybrid Spring; the hotly - anticipated The Look Of Silence, Oppenheimer's companion piece to The Act Of Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist); The Keeping Room, from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe, filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animalOf Silence, Oppenheimer's companion piece to The Act Of Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist); The Keeping Room, from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe, filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animalOf Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist); The Keeping Room, from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe, filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animalof deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animalof the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animalof 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animals.

«Tick Tock» was hailed by acclaimed critic Paul Pritchard, Pulpmovies.com, as «one of the most memorable independent films of 2010».

For his highly acclaimed 16 Days of Glory, documenting the 1984 L.A. Games, he employed 18 crews and shot nearly a million feet of film.

Fusion Academy Evanston and Yellowbrick Consultation and Treatment Group are excited to present a screening of the acclaimed documentary, «Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety,» a new film created to open up the conversation about anxiety and provide tools, resources, and 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.

The critically acclaimed film was directed by LisaRaye McCoy and Avery Williams and has been an official selection of numerous film festivals.

Award - winning film maker, Cary Joji Fukunaga has issued a statement requesting for his critically acclaimed war drama, «Beasts Of No Nation'to be removed from the 2015 Ghana Movie Awards nominations announced on Friday afternoon in Accra, Ghana.

And in one of the most critically acclaimed documentaries this year, three New Hampshire National Guardsmen film their time in Iraq for The War Tapes, laying their patriotism, anxiety, cynicism, and laughter across the stark landscape.

Mathew Chapman is the great, great grandson of Charles Darwin, from whom he inherited his glorious English accent, but much more than that, he is an acclaimed author, Hollywood screenwriter, director and film producer.

The book revisits the stepwise journey through nature's scales that has long served as a hook in scientific exposition — it was notably employed in Robert Hooke's 1665 best - seller Micrographia and in the acclaimed 1977 short film Powers of Ten.