Sentences with phrase «acclaimed performances in films»

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot is an acting showcase featuring one of the best performances of Joaquin Phoenix «s career and a supporting turn for Jonah Hill that joins his acclaimed performances in films like Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street.

Not exact matches

Despite winning critical acclaim for her performance, it would be four years, save for a cameo in the Coens» Raising Arizona (1987) and various small roles, before she would be featured in another major film production.

Could Hanks, who remarkably hasn't been nominated since 2000's Cast Away (a race he ludicrously lost to Gladiator's Russell Crowe), end his drought as he couldn't with acclaimed performances in esteemed films like Captain Phillips and Sully?

Her film work includes THE GREEN MILE, A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, and TOMBSTONE, to name a few, but she is perhaps best known for playing Trixie in the critically acclaimed television drama DEADWOOD, and was nominated for a SAG Award ® for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2007.

Synopsis: Juliette Binoche delivers a luminous performance in the deliciously witty, sensuously romantic new film from acclaimed director Claire Denis (White Material).

An ATF agent in the former and Jennifer Lopez's morally questionable boyfriend in the latter, he turned in solid performances as part of a strong ensemble cast in both critically acclaimed films.

The film stars Kate Winslet in an acclaimed, powerhouse performance, along with Jim Belushi, Juno Temple and Justin Timberlake.

While Brown is the most talented actor in the cast, acclaimed veteran actor James Cromwell («The Artist») gives him a run - for - his - money with a solid supporting performance as one of the film's antagonists, Judge Foster.

He finds an ideal match in Tom Hanks, who turns in the best performance of his acclaimed career; we're accustomed to seeing Hanks in glossy sentimental fare, and for Greengrass» films to be unflinchingly unsentimental.

The filmmakers have assembled a stellar cast, including Felicity Jones, nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in The Theory of Everything; Diego Luna, who was featured in 2008's Oscar - winning Milk and 2013's Elysium; Ben Mendelsohn, recently nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Bloodline and co-starring in the upcoming Mississippi Grind; Donnie Yen, Hong Kong action star and martial artist who starred in Ip Man and Blade II; Jiang Wen, who co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the award - winning Let the Bullets Fly and Devils on the Doorstep; Forest Whitaker, recently featured in the critically - acclaimed Lee Daniels» The Butler and winner of an Academy Award for his leading role in 2006's The Last King of Scotland; Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006's Casino Royale; Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance - capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon - to - be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November; and Riz Ahmed, who was recently featured in Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA - winning film Four Lions.

Joining Gerwig, Nolan, Peele, and Villeneuve in the Best Director category is Sean Baker, whose The Florida Project competes in 5 categories, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Willem Dafoe's acclaimed performance, and a nomination for Best Youth Performance for the film's star, 7 - year - old Brooklperformance, and a nomination for Best Youth Performance for the film's star, 7 - year - old BrooklPerformance for the film's star, 7 - year - old Brooklynn Prince.

Juliette Binoche delivers a luminous performance in the deliciously witty, sensuously romantic new film from acclaimed director Claire Denis (White Material).

After catching the attention of critics and fans with acclaimed performances in the TV series Kingdom and the dark dramatic film Goat, Nick Jonas is turning to action comedy with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,...

Amy Adams, already a five - time nominee, had been widely - tipped to pick up another nomination for her performance in acclaimed sci - fi film Arrival, which has been nominated for eight awards including Best Picture.

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.

Her performance in the film was critically acclaimed, and Gary Thompson of the Philadelphia Inquirer questions whether this role is out of her usual «pretty slacker» range but finds her performance «compelling».

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.

Oscar winner Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Steve Carell, & Michael Shannon give acclaimed performances in this stirring film based on a true story.

The film has won international acclaim since its release in April, in particular the performances of Michael Fassbender and Domhnall Gleeson.

Winner: British actor Daniel Kaluuya has won the BAFTA Rising star award for his stellar performance in critically acclaimed horror film Get Out

Cube made his feature film debut in 1991 in Boyz n the Hood, and proceeded to parlay his critically - acclaimed performance into an enviable career.

Natalie Portman received her second Academy Award ® nomination and first Best Actress win for her performance in Darren Aronofsky's critically acclaimed film, BLACK SWAN.

An in - demand destination for film lovers, drawn by unmatched locale and a diverse program of mainstream studio features and new visions from independent voices from around the world, MVFF also hosts an exciting array of filmmaker and industry conversations, panels, parties, and live music performances, featuring the most acclaimed emerging and veteran actors, filmmakers, and musicians of our time.

Consider Dustin Hoffman in «Rain Man,» a widely acclaimed performance that asked that he not connect with anyone in the film, never make eye contact, rock back and forth and speak in a nasally voice.

Robert Patrick (WALK THE LINE), Ray Stevenson («Dexter»), Frances O'Connor (THE HUNTER), and Katherine LaNasa («Deception») co-star in the acclaimed comedy / drama that Twitch Film calls «A perfect film for a lazy summer day with near - perfect performances across the board!»

Wright is only 24 years old but has already put together an impressive string of critically acclaimed performances in independent films leading up to her work in Black Panther.

Acclaimed director Michael Haneke brings a performance tour - de-force to the screen in a film that exalts the beautiful, compassionate and courageous within us all.

Hugh Grant has received acclaim for his work in a wide range of films, and has received numerous awards for his varied performances, including Golden Globe and BAFTA honors.

Delivering star - making performances in critically acclaimed films such as Ex Machina and Inside Llewyn Davis, Isaac is probably most widely recognized for his role as the brash, impulsive, but infinitely likable Resistance pilot Poe Dameron in The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi.

British actor Daniel Kaluuya has won the Bafta Rising star award for his stellar performance in critically acclaimed horror film Get Out.

Newcomer Lupita Nyong» o was honored with the Best Breakthrough Performance Award at the 7th annual Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon for her work in critically acclaimed film, 12 Years a Slave, presented by fellow actress, Alfre Woodard.

And to think she began her film career — after several acclaimed stage performances in her native Australia — as a bit character named Mrs. Haines in the crime series «Police Rescue» in 1993.

After watching Going in Style, I was a bit surprised to find that the film had garnered very little critical acclaim, shut out from the Oscars and Golden Globes, despite some very worthy performances and writing.

Actor Chadwick Boseman earned acclaim for his performance as Black Panther in 2016's Captain America: Civil War, but now as he prepares to reprise the role in his solo film, he's received the endorsement of the character's co-creator.

Daniel Day - Lewis is one of the most acclaimed actors in the history of film, and while he's become famous for his amazing and deeply rich performances, he's also become arguably just as famous for the lengths to which he'll go in order to achieve greatness.

When the movie adaptation premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in February, critics loved the caustic, complex performances of the film — the superb cast includes Richard Gere as Stan, a congressman running for governor; Rebecca Hall as his wife, Katelyn; Steve Coogan as his less successful brother, Paul; and acclaimed actress Laura Linney as Paul's wife, Claire.

The new protégés — a Swiss architect, a writer from Brazil, a Peruvian musician, a dancer from South Africa, an Argentinian / Spanish theatre artist, a film - maker from India and a Vietnamese visual artist — are being mentored by some of the most acclaimed figures in the contemporary arts worldwide: British architect Sir David Chipperfield, Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin, Mexican film director Alfonso Cuarón, poet and novelist Mia Couto, from Mozambique, American composer Philip Glass, Canadian theatre director Robert Lepage and American performance and video artist Joan Jonas.

Born in 1964, Parreno rose to prominence in the 1990s, earning critical acclaim for his work, which employs a diversity of media including film, sculpture, performance and text.

First appearing as a figurative element in his works on paper in the mid-1990s, and since incorporated into his large - scale drawings, paintings, and films, masks were most recently featured in the artist's critically - acclaimed stage and costume design for the New York City Ballet's The Most Incredible Thing in 2016, a performance choreographed by Justin Peck and based on Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale.