Sentences with phrase «breakout indie hit»

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

«Publishing pros and producers realize indie books are at a disadvantage to mainstream books in terms of publicity and media coverage, and remember: the whole point of the Vault is to help publishers find promising books before those books become breakout hits.

However the programme has been a resounding success is broadening and diversifying games and genres, with visual novels, small indie projects and breakout hits being able to be seen alongside triple - A titles.

Last generation its Xbox Live Arcade lead the charge into this brave new world of small - budget indie titles and saw a number of breakout hits including Geometry Wars 2, Braid, and Fez released first or exclusively on its platform.

After indie game developer Campo Santo released a breakout hit with «Firewatch» in 2016, the team is back with a new project called «In the Valley of the Gods.»