Sentences with phrase «breakout indie»

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Five years ago, Josef Fares, a Lebanese film director, emerged into the spotlight of the gaming industry with his breakout indie hit Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.

By now, just about everyone and their mother has heard of this breakout indie hit.

The once proud 3D platformer had been set out to pasture while its older brother, the 2D platformer went from strength to strength with the successful revival of franchises like Rayman or breakout indie hits like Braid and Fez, rubbing salt in a polygonal wound.

Mark of the Ninja was one of the breakout indie games of past year — a stealth game with a surprising amount...

I haven't made the news as one of those «exceptional» breakout indie authors.

Read one of the biggest breakout indie authors of 2016.

Minecraft, the breakout indie game that's sold more than 3.5 million copies even though it isn't out of beta, launched a «Minecraft Pocket Edition» version of the game which had an exclusive home on the Sony Xperia Play... until now.

The hottest young actress in Hollywood, Maika Monroe, talks to IGN about her breakout indie horror hits It Follows and The Guest.

It all began at Sundance 2014, with the opening night film, a little breakout indie called Whiplash starring Miles Teller & J.K. Simmons.

As with his breakout indie hit Tangerine, Baker's approach is to immerse you so deep in a place, and the patter of the people who live there, that it begins to feel like your home.

On the other hand, Zookeeper's Wife managed to be one of the breakout indie hits of 2017, grossing $ 17.4 million from a max release of just over 1,000 theaters.

The comedy marks Favreau's return to the comedic roots he planted when he launched his career back in 1996 with the breakout indie hit, Swingers, which he wrote and starred in with Vince Vaughn.

Monroe's credits include the breakout indie horror pic It Follows and Independence Day: Resurgence.

David Opie chats with Tangerine director Sean Baker... Famed for being shot entirely on an iPhone, Tangerine's fascinating insight into the trans community has led to it becoming the breakout indie of the year, enjoying incredible reviews across the board.

But this year she's celebrating her first nomination for a film role, thanks to Greta Gerwig's breakout indie «Lady Bird.»

Disc Jam has the right formula to become the next big breakout indie game and possibly even succeed as an eSport.

The breakout indie hit tells the story of children living in motels on the outskirts of Orlando, while their parents battle poverty and attempt to find hope to instill in their children.

Not exact matches

And Baltimore breakouts Animal Collective, looking to capitalize on their indie - psychedelia trendsetting, roars out a reissue of their 2003 album Campfire Songs on Jan. 26.

She has a keen understanding of her place in Hollywood, right now — as one of the breakout stars of a beloved sitcom; as the most fascinating character on Legion, one of current TV's most fascinating shows; as a high - profile woman in an industry currently under an enormous amount of scrutiny for how it treats women; and as an actress building a singularly astonishing resume of excellent, low - flying indie oddball films like Ingrid Goes West and Safety Not Guaranteed.

, but the fact that she made that warrants such respect and demonstrates that she hasn't lost touch with her breakout film, the 2010 indie Winter's Bone.

Fellow rising star nominee Taylor - Joy had her breakout in her debut film role, 2016's indie hit The Witch, but is soon set to appear alongside James McAvoy — a rising star winner himself in 2006 — in M. Night Shyamalan's thriller Split.

From»80s - era classics to indie gems, Greta Gerwig's breakout hit shares some crucial DNA with a slew of other charming films.

After last year's surprise breakout film Short Term 12, many people are wondering if the SXSW Film Festival will premiere another indie sensation.

Eight years after becoming an indie breakout with «Martha Marcy,» Durkin is finally gearing up to return behind the camera for an indie feature.

The indie has taken several notable prizes at domestic film festivals, including a special jury prize for breakout performance from the Los Angeles Film Festival for star Auden Thornton, as well as the narrative feature audience prize from the Austin Film Festival.

Director Zach Braff's follow - up to his indie breakout hit «Garden State» is a comedy telling the story of a thirtysomething man who finds himself at major crossroads, which forces him to examine his life, his career, and his family.

Winstead has had a bit of an odd trajectory in her career, going from thin supporting parts in big dumb studio movies to a huge indie breakout with her magnificent performance in Smashed a few years ago that she unfortunately didn't really capitalize on afterwards, but here she gets the best of both worlds by developing a kickass character we can root for in a thrilling genre piece that also has some depth to her.

The choices that follow range from blockbuster leading lady, Wonder Woman, to the pint - sized breakout of indie darling «The Florida...

Since her breakout role as Patrick Fugit's older sister in 2000's Almost Famous, Zooey Deschanel has carved out a career as an indie leading lady.

His previous work, the low - budget indie breakout «Tangerine,» explored the world of transgender women in Los Angeles, while his earlier «Starlet» was set on the fringes of the porn industry in the San Fernando Valley.

With the breakout success of Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird, Sam Levy's status as a topflight cinematographer of the indie world is cemented.

Look no further than this year's nominations list, which includes some of the year's most beloved indie breakouts, including Jordan Peele's «Get Out,» Greta Gerwig's «Lady Bird,» Luca Guadagnino's «Call Me by Your Name,» Kogonada's «Columbus,» and Sean Baker's «The Florida Project.»

The SXSW indie breakout «Patti Cake $» begins with unflattering closeups of grilled chompers and never relinquishes the concept... Read More

In fact, if an indie movie does become a breakout hit at the box office, chances are it most certainly debuted at Robert Redford's three decade old film festival.

Oscar - bait checklist Indie breakout, timely story, motherhood under pressure.

However, despite recent reports of breakout sales numbers and instant fortunes for indie games on the Nintendo platform, Watsham is flagging that some developers should temper expectations.

It's terrific fun, but it also makes a point, while minting breakout stars of most of its young cast and reinventing Famuyiwa as an indie filmmaker to watch.

In 1991, he and James Schamus launched Good Machine, which quickly became a major player shepherding the early careers of filmmakers like Ang Lee («Wedding Banquet»), Todd Haynes («Safe»), Todd Solondz («Happiness»)-- both Todds being produced by Vachon as well — while the breakout success of Ed Burns» $ 28,000 «The Brother McMullen» became the poster child for every low budget filmmaker looking to cash in on the indie gold rush.

Despite his Hollywood breakout, Domhnall hasn't forgotten his roots — in 2013, he appeared on screen again with his father Brendan in the Irish comedy Calvary and is slated to be cast in the British indie film Ex Machina with Oscar Isaac.

Still, this odd couple must make an honest go of it in this fresh buddy comedy co-starring Sally Hawkins, by the director of the indie breakout hit Junebug.

Briefly: A24 has scheduled a release date for one of this year's indie breakouts - Jeremy Saulnier's Green Room, featuring Anton Yelchin and Imogen Poots, as well as Patrick Stewart as a white supremacist.

The actor, whose star has been on the rise since his critically acclaimed performance in NBC's Friday Night Lights and the indie breakout Fruitvale Station, will lend his considerable talent — though, alas, not his arresting physique — to the sci - fi... Read

In Tully — Reitman's fourth collaboration with screenwriter Diablo Cody, who wrote his 2007 indie breakout hit Juno — the primary antagonist seems to be parenthood itself, or at least the particularly exacting toll it takes on middle - aged moms.

A breakout success for an animated film in Cannes, Annecy or TIFF is vital for its Oscar campaign especially if it's an indie, low - budget film that won't have a huge campaign around it.

The breakout hits in the indie world just might make the cut because of the goodwill academy members feel toward them.

Saulnier wouldn't be the first indie genre helmer to come unstuck after his breakout, but «Blue Ruin» was so well - executed and smartly written that we're confident that this could be a real tonic at the festival.

For those pining for the return Whit Stillman, the 1990s indie sensation whose trilogy of films, Metropolitan, Barcelona and Last Days of Disco carved out a lasting auteur niche in a decade full of American indie - breakouts, his first film in 13 years technically meets that basic criteria — he has made a film — but it is not exactly what the faithful might expect.

Ryan Coogler, the 31 - year - old director whose brief resumé already includes an acclaimed indie drama (the 2013 festival breakout Fruitvale Station) and an underdog triumph (2015's stellar Rocky reboot Creed), clearly fought hard to get Panther to the screen the way he envisioned it: Not as a boilerplate blockbuster window - dressed with African - American faces, but a story fully, joyfully rooted in black culture.

The course contains video discussions with CJ and I on reasons for indie publishing, pros and cons, the mistakes people make, how you get paid as well as an exploration of our sales figures for 2011 — CJ's breakout novel and my own, more modest figures which you will find fascinating.We discuss what happens after your book is live and how to optimize your sales page.