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«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.»

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.

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.

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?

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

Not exact matches

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

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.

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.

With the industry buzzing and coming off a whirlwind year of blockbuster hit movies and critically acclaimed films, there's no shortage of stars and starlets that could sweep numerous statues this award circuit.

Born in Tunisia to Italian parents, Claudia Cardinale's 50 - year acting career consists of some of the most acclaimed European films of her time.

Danish director Thomas Vinterberg has been on a bit of a losing streak since his acclaimed 1998 film The Celebration, but The Hunt landed on several best - of - 2012 lists a year ago, and this summer's U.S. release found many critics hailing the drama as a return to form.

The legendary Japanese director has created some of the most critically - acclaimed animated films of the last 20 years, including PRINCESS MONONOKE and SPIRITED AWAY (for which he won an Oscar), but I've foolishly avoided his work.

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.

That's an impressive feat, especially since 2015 could almost be considered a down year for the studio, since it secured just one Oscar nomination (for the acclaimed foreign - language film Son of Saul) after collecting 18 nominations the previous year.

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.

Only two other distributors released more films last year, and they didn't come anywhere close to the same amount of critical acclaim.

After an unfocused 2010 that saw a mix of very good and very bad films, Roadside Attractions managed to boost its average Metascore by over 7 points last year, thanks to a generally improved slate that featured a pair of acclaimed documentaries (Project Nim and Thunder Soul) and the timely thriller Margin Call 76.

Third - billed Domhnall Gleeson is good enough in his sporadic role, which virtually guarantees him two Best Picture Oscar nominees this year (along with Brooklyn) and a presence in four of the year's most acclaimed films (with Ex Machina and Star Wars: The Force Awakens) without being terribly noteworthy or conspicuous in any of them.

Instead, the film's notoriety and acclaim came in the years to follow, not only with audiences and critics learning to appreciate the film upon repeat viewings but with the release of multiple different cuts and remasterings of the original 1982 version, which have been released periodically in the decades since.

The Hollywood Film Awards honors the most acclaimed films and actors while previewing highly anticipated films and talent for the upcoming year, also acknowledges artists in the categories of Cinematography, Visual Effects, Film Composing, Costume Design, Editing, Production Design, Sound and Makeup & Hairstyling.

It's easily the year's most wildly overpraised film, yet I can't say it's popularity and acclaim surprise me in the least: It's an ooey - gooey love - letter to priviliged hipsters and jaded boomers; the hyperbole it inspired is the squishy sound of its target market making out with itself.»

Film4 has developed and co-financed many of the most successful UK films of recent years, Academy Award ® - winners such as Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave, Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, Lenny Abrahamson's Room, Alex Garland's Ex Machina, Asif Kapadia's box office record breaking documentary Amy and Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady, in addition to critically - acclaimed award - winners such as Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner, Chris Morris's Four Lions, Shane Meadows» This is England, Clio Barnard's The Selfish Giant, Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin and David Mackenzie's Starreyears, Academy Award ® - winners such as Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave, Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, Lenny Abrahamson's Room, Alex Garland's Ex Machina, Asif Kapadia's box office record breaking documentary Amy and Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady, in addition to critically - acclaimed award - winners such as Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner, Chris Morris's Four Lions, Shane Meadows» This is England, Clio Barnard's The Selfish Giant, Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin and David Mackenzie's StarreYears a Slave, Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, Lenny Abrahamson's Room, Alex Garland's Ex Machina, Asif Kapadia's box office record breaking documentary Amy and Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady, in addition to critically - acclaimed award - winners such as Mike Leigh's Mr. Turner, Chris Morris's Four Lions, Shane Meadows» This is England, Clio Barnard's The Selfish Giant, Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin and David Mackenzie's Starred Up.

Kelly Reilly rounds off the cast in this 5 star masterpiece from John Michael McDonagh, which is one of the most critically acclaimed Irish films of recent years.

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.

More acclaim for «The Florida Project,» which filmed in Central Florida last year and tells of impoverished children living in cheap hotels near Walt Disney World.

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.

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

Saturday afternoon, the National Society of Film Critics has named Jean - Luc Godard «s Goodbye to Language the best film of the year, narrowly beating out Richard Linklater «s acclaimed Boyhood for the top prize.

«The Visitor,» Tom McCarthy's follow - up to the critically acclaimed «The Station Agent» is probably the most critically acclaimed live action film of the year.

«Boyhood,» Richard Linklater's acclaimed coming - of - age drama shot over a 12 - year period, was named best film of 2014 on Monday by the New York Film Critics Circle.

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.

Critically acclaimed for his comedic television ventures along with an enormously successful list of film credits, Apatow has produced such films as: The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny People, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Superbad, Pineapple Express, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek, The Cable Guy; and television series: Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared, The Larry Sanders Show and The Ben Stiller Show, among others.

Fresh off the limited U.S. release of his critically acclaimed film «12 Years A Slave» comes news that director Steve McQueen is looking to enter the TV arena.

It is a film that — maybe more than any frontrunner of recent years — is in danger of drowning in its own critical attention and press acclaim, creating successive eddies of contrarian backlash from columnists and late - breaking social media dismissal from cinephiles, who compare it unfavourably with the classic work from Hollywood and France that is their own area of expertise.

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.

Lean on Pete is both written and directed by acclaimed English filmmaker Andrew Haigh, of the film Weekend, 45 Years, «Looking», and a few shorts previously.

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.

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.

Numerous of the country's films in recent years — Tsangari's previous film Attenberg, Yorgos Lanthimos» Dogtooth and Alexandros Avranas» Miss Violence — have received critical acclaim and accolades at International award ceremonies.

Led by Michael Shannon, who has appeared in all of Nichols» films, the large cast is fantastic; although Joel Edgerton has received acclaim for his role in Nichols» Loving (also released this year), his laconic supporting performance here is arguably his finest work.

«Mad Max: Fury Road»: Oscar winner John Seale («The English Patient») came out of retirement to tackle George Miller's acclaimed return to his post-apocalyptic universe, which turned out to be the best action film in years.

A trailer has been released for the upcoming thriller Manhattan Night, which you can view below along with the poster for the film... The new thriller is based on the acclaimed New York Times Notable Book of the Year Manhattan Nocturne by author Colin Harrison, and stars Adrien Brody (Third Person, The Pianist) as «a -LSB-...]

As the writer and director of the feature films Knocked Up and The 40 - Year - Old Virgin, the producer of the blockbuster comedies Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and the creator of the acclaimed television series «Freaks and Geeks» and «Undeclared,» Apatow has developed a reputation for stories that are equal measures sentimental and unrefined.

A pioneer of the Queer Cinema Movement Todd Haynes» films explore the themes of identity and sexuality beginning with the controversial SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY, the acclaimed FAR FROM HEAVEN and the Bob Dylan biopic I»M NOT THERE in more recent years.

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.

Filmmaker Joshua Marston has been a fixture of the Berlin International Film Festival over the past several years thanks to «Maria Full of Grace» and «The Forgiveness of Blood,» both of which picked up prestigious awards before earning further acclaim at international film festivals.

It went on to become one of the most praised films of the year; and it's easy to imagine the same level of acclaim for this year's buzziest title at the festival, the similarly actor - centric Listen to Me Marlon.

Even with that NC - 17 rating, Fox Searchlight is releasing Steve McQueen's Shame, one of the edgiest yet highly acclaimed films this year, in its uncut form.

Pilgrim Hill (2012) evoked critical acclaim from Ireland and abroad was the most talked about film of that year, resulting in writer / director Gerard Barrett winning Rising Star Award at the IFTAs.

What You Need To Know: One of a handful of teen flicks to premiere this year, «The Spectacular Now» marks the return of two separate Sundance successes: duo Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber who wrote «(500) Days Of Summer» and director James Ponsoldt, whose film «Smashed» won a ton of acclaim in Park City last yeaof a handful of teen flicks to premiere this year, «The Spectacular Now» marks the return of two separate Sundance successes: duo Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber who wrote «(500) Days Of Summer» and director James Ponsoldt, whose film «Smashed» won a ton of acclaim in Park City last yeaof teen flicks to premiere this year, «The Spectacular Now» marks the return of two separate Sundance successes: duo Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber who wrote «(500) Days Of Summer» and director James Ponsoldt, whose film «Smashed» won a ton of acclaim in Park City last yeaof two separate Sundance successes: duo Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber who wrote «(500) Days Of Summer» and director James Ponsoldt, whose film «Smashed» won a ton of acclaim in Park City last yeaOf Summer» and director James Ponsoldt, whose film «Smashed» won a ton of acclaim in Park City last yeaof acclaim in Park City last year.