Sentences with phrase «as drinking buddies»

Writer / director Joe Swanberg has become a festival favorite with such previous films as Drinking Buddies and Happy Christmas.

of badass chick we wed want as a drinking buddy (or set up online dating profiles).

And there are nice side roles, including one for Harry Dean Stanton, as a drinking buddy who has the classic line, «Nobody brought a piece — it's not that kind of an evening.»

Nicholson (as yet another guy you'd love to have as your drinking buddy), Randy Quaid (long before his deadpan delivery of «Shitter was full» made him a Christmas icon), and Otis Young (who has a low - key performance worthy of Oscar recognition) are an unstoppable force here, all doing some of their best work.

Not exact matches

Sharing a drink with your cubicle buddy isn't quite as popular in the US, with 21 % of workers going for a drink with their colleagues.

So of course my six best blogging buddies and I teamed up today to bring you a full viewing party spread, complete with snacks, appetizers, big bites, and a festive drink to enjoy as you binge watch the ENTIRE year in the life.

Plus, I think part of its appeal lies in the gap between Perry's portrayal as the Next Great Thing a couple of months back, the inevitable Front Runner, and the fact that in this clip he looks like a drunk frat boy delivering a bad toast at his buddy's wedding («Can I tell you how much I love this guy?

Temperatures may be dipping but the crop top trend shows no signs of slowing down, as proved by Katie Aselton on the red carpet at ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood, California for the «Drinking Buddies» screening yesterday evening.

The resulting hire is former CIA assassin John Creasy, now drinking heavily (and not very discreetly, as his flask is repeatedly visible) and prone to wonder out loud whether God will forgive him and his buddy Rayburn (Christopher Walken) for «what we've done.»

As an indie filmmaker and one of the founders of the mumblecore movement, Joe Swanberg (Kissing on the Mouth, Drinking Buddies) has always gravitated to the space between words, to the things left unsaid between people who say they're in love.

The resulting hire is former CIA assassin John Creasy (Denzel Washington), now drinking heavily (and not very discreetly, as his flask is repeatedly visible) and prone to wonder out loud whether God will forgive him and his buddy Rayburn (Christopher Walken) for «what we've done.»

Over the years, he has served various functions as part of Dice's crew: Body guard, gambling partner, confidante, drinking buddy, or plus one.

«Digging for Fire» was shot in 35 mm by Ben Richardson, who lensed the director's «Drinking Buddies» and «Happy Christmas» as well as «Beasts of the Southern Wild.»

The ensemble is a disappointment, though some truly hardcore horror fans will like a few of the casing choices, such as B - movie scream queen Barbara Crampton (Body Double, Re-Animator) as the mother, schlock writer / director / actor Larry Fessenden (Habit, The Last Winter) as one of the first victims, and director Ti West (Drinking Buddies, Silver Bullets) as one of the significant others.

As an overall end product, Drinking Buddies does indeed reach the spot in audience's hearts and minds that recalls their own similar experience, and deftly dredges up all the bittersweet feelings that go along with it.

The comedic banter between him and his sidekick Giordino, which comes off in the books more as a protective surrogate than the drinking buddy, guy - talking second banana type we get from Steve Zahn.

He's your douchebag buddy who is a bad influence, who gets you drunk and in trouble and then waves at you as the police car drives you away.

US indie filmmaker Joe Swanberg (Drinking Buddies, Happy Christmas) joins the Hyphenates for our August 2014 edition, as we talk over the new releases of the past month, look at whether independent filmmakers can forge a career in the new media landscape, and check out the filmography of the influential and underrated director Paul Mazursky.

With her big scheme seemingly unravelling, Mavis finds solace in old classmate, drinking buddy and consummate realist Patton Oswalt, even as she plots to make Buddy love her once again.

It was very effective in dealing with commitment issues in last year's «Drinking Buddies,» which starred Olivia Wilde and Jake Johnson as the buddies, Ron Livingston and Kendrick as their significant Buddies,» which starred Olivia Wilde and Jake Johnson as the buddies, Ron Livingston and Kendrick as their significant buddies, Ron Livingston and Kendrick as their significant others.

As in Drinking Buddies, Swanberg's unique improvisational techniques in Happy Christmas create a dramatic experience full of naturalism, humor and warmth.

Well, as it turns out, Drinking Buddies may not be quite what you're expecting, though that's not necessarily a bad thing.

And while just as improvised as «Drinking Buddies,» the seams of this extemporization aren't as flawlessly smooth.

Shot on grainy 16 mm film («Drinking Buddies» was shot digitally), the look of the film (lensed by Ben Richardson of «Beast of the Southern Wild» fame) is definitely a step backwards, and it appears as if the filmmakers only used available light, which doesn't make for the most flattering photography.

In Wind Across the Everglades, the next film he directed, in 1958, an Audubon Society game warden (Christopher Plummer) and a renegade bird trapper (Burl Ives) in the swamps of Florida wind up as temporary drinking buddies and fellow celebrators of «protest.»

The film is littered with solid Australian actors and performances from Leah Purcell's small role as Farmer's receptionist to Rex's Broken Hill drinking buddies played by John Howard, Alan Dukes and David Field.

One could look at «Happy Christmas» as a step backwards from the commercial progress Swanberg made with «Drinking Buddies,» but in truth it's akin to a less - successful lateral move.

«Joe Swanberg has been evolving steadily as a filmmaker, and with DRINKING BUDDIES, he's delivered his best work yet?a truly funny, smart and insightful film about real adult relationships,?

Van Steemburg joined Magnolia Pictures and Magnet Releasing in 2008, and during his tenure, worked on the negotiation of films such as Joe Swanberg «s «Drinking Buddies,» Lars von Trier «s «Nymphomaniac,» Nicolas Winding Refn «s «Bronson» and others.

As if the exploits of the four main protagonists weren't enough, there are also drunken cameo appearances from their famous drinking buddies, most notably Lee Marvin, Robert Mitchum and Keith Moon.

Wright returns to direct the giddy pair of Brits in The World's End, another delightful satire in which a group of lifelong buddies led by Gary King (Pegg) attempts to conquer the Golden Mile — a goal they had all had as youngsters ** to drink a pint at each of the 12 pubs located in their hometown of Newton Haven.

As Craig is about to tell his buddy his final goodbyes, Vince calls him over to a table to introduce him to a couple he just met who wants to buy them the next round of drinks.

That's probably because, as she proved in Joe Swanberg's terrific Drinking Buddies, the actress is a formidable onscreen flirt (all side - eye sass and veiled longing) and here brings much - needed vinegar to insipid material.

Cast: Jason Mitchell, Christopher Abbott, Michael Cera, Caleb Landry Jones Director: Sebastián Silva (Nasty Baby) Why It's Great: When Tyler (Jason Mitchell) arrives at a weekend - long house party where he's the only black guy, he's misidentified as «Tyrel» after being introduced to a new drinking buddy by his friend Johnny (Abbott).

For all the mismatches, «Drinking Buddies» comes across as a realistic, if distilled (so to speak), view of the choices that unmarried youths are forced to make in today's America.

After appearing in such indie darlings as «Safety Not Guaranteed,» «Drinking Buddies «and «The Pretty One,» as well as the hit FOX sitcom, «New Girl,» Johnson is a memorable addition to the first installment of the Dark Universe, the shared universe of the rebooted versions of the original Universal Monsters.

Happy does not pack the impact of Drinking Buddies, because its character study doesn't have as many layers or places to go.

He's probably best known for his role in the slasher flick You're Next, but Swanberg's 2013 effort Drinking Buddies earned him plenty of notice as writer / director with a refreshing voice.

Johnson co-wrote and produced the story with Swanberg, their second script collaboration after «Digging for Fire» and third as an actor and director («Drinking Buddies»).

Arthur Wheelock says some of the artists knew one another as teacher / student or drinking buddies, and they certainly knew one another's work.

In DRINKING BUDDIES, all four are as suggests, but with an intriguing new premise and one partly close to my heart, craft beer!

Mumblecore was yet another classification that was used far more often as an epithet than as a self - descriptor, but it's still a handy way of categorizing those low - key, deliberately kind of aimless, sometimes indifferently filmed movies of the early Duplass brothers» era, producing filmmakers like Joe Swanberg (Drinking Buddies; Happy Christmas), Lynn Shelton (Your Sister's Sister), Adam Wingard (You're Next), Andrew Bujalski (Results), and Lena Dunham (you know who Lena Dunham is).

James Woods stars as a Hunter S. Thompson-esque photojournalist named Richard Boyle who drags his DJ buddy (james Belushi, who does not ruin the movie) to El Salvador to get drunk, smoke pot and try to get a job taking pictures of the revolution.

Drinking Buddies was on V.O.D., and then was at festivals overseas months later, while You're Next [in which Swanberg has a small role] was delayed from its Toronto premiere and then didn't really do as well in theaters as it should have.

Bob, then, is his conciliator, a friend and drinking buddy whose personal life isn't so much stable as in permanent retreat from potential hardship.

Grainger and Shawkat will star as Laura and Tyler respectively, best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim — an ambitious pianist who surprisingly decides to go teetotal.

Whether he was discussing his philanthropic endeavors (where heâ $ ™ s teamed up with his good buddy Bill Gates) or how mortgage - backed securities poisoned the U.S. financial system (â $ œthe people that brewed this toxic Kool - Aid found themselves drinking a lot of it in the endâ $), the rumpled billionaire was as charismatic and as quotable as ever.

My friends show up in the paintings, drinking buddy as muse.

Like I told my fellow burnout - advertising drinking buddy that evening, as we commiserated at the bar about our sad lot in life:

His work depicts muses such as late nights, bar scenes, and drinking buddies.