Sentences with phrase «art house films like»

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Cutting his losses at home (where ethnic actors like Al Pacino and, interestingly enough, Robert DeNiro were getting the plum roles), Dullea returned to Canada for a number of interesting but distinctly B - grade films (Welcome to Blood City with a pre-comeback Jack Palance) and the continent for guest starring roles in poorly - received art house productions (Pope Joan with Liv Ullmann) and the occasional thriller (as Mia Farrow's disbelieving stuffed shirt of a husband in The Haunting of Julia).

We always like to end our weekend box office reports with a little reminder to «Support your local indie theater, boys and girls,» and with the roster of films hitting art house and repertory cinemas in 2011, it was an especially great time to stray away from the sticky floors and text friendly megaplexes.

While names like Claude Chabrol, Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohmer and Francois Truffaut may not be familiar to even film - buffs without an extensive education in European art house (though most would certainly recognise the name of Jean - Luc Godard) they have gone on to influence filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorcese and Michel Gondry.

Even critics of last year's Amores Perros have admitted that an insurgence of Mexican productions into the highly populated art house distribution crowd is increasingly inevitable (the best simile that could be imagined is that the rise of Mexican cinema is like the push for Germany and Japan's permanent inclusion on the UN Security Counsil — hey, as art film distributors are saying, we're still working with the inclusion of Iran and Taiwan).

Featuring all sorts of titles ranging from the greatest hits of Sundance, highly - anticipated studio films, art - house darlings, foreign imports, special screenings of classic films, and much more, it's slowly turning into a juggernaut that can rival the likes of Tribeca and SXSW.

OK, $ 56 million might not sound like a mega-hit, but considering it's a Woody Allen film, an art - house comedy, that's a very impressive box office take.

Daggers, however, is director Zhang Yimou's follow - up to the callowly beautiful Hero and, like that movie and a number of others (Ashes of Time, Bride with the White Hair, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Kill Bill, Zatoichi, Warriors of Heaven and Earth, and, in a way, Goodbye Dragon Inn), it belongs to a martial arts / art - house genre of films by hip young directors upgrading genres they loved as teenagers - «martial arts plus.»

It certainly seems like director David Gordon Green is on the road to becoming a household name, which is a bit odd considering that the guy started his career with such acclaimed art house films as George Washington and All The Real Girls.

But Focus will need to make some nifty marketing moves to reach them; despite the age and appeal of the cast, the dialogue is often expressed in a kind of stylized formality, while art house touches like a scene backdropped by «Ave Maria» and an upper - crust manor setting can belie the film's quicker, looser rhythms.

Alain Resnais, the French filmmaker who helped introduce literary modernism to the movies and became an international art - house star with nonlinear narrative films like «Hiroshima Mon Amour» and «Last Year at Marienbad,» died on Saturday in Paris.

Mr. Resnais helped introduce literary modernism to the movies and became an international art - house star with nonlinear narrative films like «Hiroshima Mon Amour.»

The lineup also features a number of anticipated titles from new directors, including the sophomore film from Jonas Carpignano (A Ciambra), and some eclectic art - house genre titles (like the delicious sounding Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts from Indonesia's Mouly Surya).

Filmed with handicams, starring a pair of art - house favorites, and scored by blog buzz band Grizzly Bear, «Blue Valentine» couldn't look like more of a stereotypical indie romance if it tried — but who wants to ring in the New Year with hopeful thoughts for 2011 and a round of «Auld Lang Syne,» when you can head to the theater and watch Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams getting it on in this bleak romantic drama, already the center of a ratings controversy over the NC - 17 the MPAA slapped on it for an «emotionally intense» sex scene?

Like Noah Baumbach, Perry portrays the sorts of people who go to art house cinemas and might even make the films shown in them.

Like Tangerine, Baker films with a sun - dappled luminosity that's all but anathema in the European art house tradition of films about poverty.

And like all of Jarmusch's films, it is art house fare with no disguise.

The art house elements of Demon are obvious, from the glossy, perfectly framed neon visuals to the haute couture — borrowed from fashion houses like Schiaparelli and Yves Saint Laurent — to thematic touches like the presence of predator animals strewn throughout the film.

Naomi has tried to balance her career between mainstream and independent films, but her past performances in art - house sleeper hits like «21 Grams» and «I Heart Huckabees» have displayed her amazing talent for diving no - holds - barred into any character.

We'd go to the late - shows on 42nd street to see first - run Hollywood films like Apocalypse Now and Taxi, or to the art film houses to see foreign films and old movies — a lot of Goddard, Fassbinder, and Herzog, and oldies by Douglas Sirk, Sam Fuller, and others.