Sentences with phrase «budget indie comedy»

On the other hand, you probably won't miss much if you compress your copy of What We Do In the Shadows, because it's a comparatively low - budget indie comedy movie that doesn't have a ton of effects.

One of the biggest Sundance hits of 2015 was a small - budget indie comedy about an aspiring high school filmmaker and his friendship with a sick classmate entitled Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.

Not exact matches

Former indie wunderkind turned big budget comedy king, David Gordon Green returns to his roots with his sweetly eccentric, surprisingly poignant new film, Prince Avalanche.

A prankish comedy - thriller overtly about desperation and insecurity, Baghead begins with a dead - on Q&A at a Los Angeles indie film festival, where an underground auteur (Jett Garner) condescendingly responds on matters of budget and improvisation.

Though far from the big - budget extravaganza of the first two «Iron Man» films, what the indie comedy lacks in spectacle it makes up for with a great cast, a warm and funny script, and some mouth - watering food porn.

After working on a few more independent films, including «Reckless» (1984), «Old Enough» (1984) and «Heartbreakers» (1984), he made another important personal and professional connection when Martin Scorsese hired him to shoot a low - budget indie - style film that he was working on as a way of collecting his bearings after a string of increasingly complex and complicated productions, the dark comedy «After Hours» (1985).

WHY SEE IT: An interesting and creative premise for a film that is clearly a labor of love — kind of an indie comedy take on CUBE and LABYRINTH, with a touch of ALICE IN WONDERLAND and Terry Gilliam insanity thrown in for good measure — DAVE MADE A MAZE is an amusing diversion for fans of budget filmmaking who can appreciate a smirk - inducing comedy with a light touch of horror and fantasy.

By ROBERT W. WELKOS When you ask indie producer Luillo Ruiz how his recent low - budget action - comedy film Welcome to the Jungle featuring veteran martial arts star Jean - Claude Van Damme could come with 31 producer credits, his answer is simple and straightforward.

I'm into all types of movies — I'm trying to make a horror film (next), and there's some indie movies that'd cost about $ 5 to make that I'd like to do — but this was a chance for someone to write a check for a big - budget comedy, and to be able to do something as balls - out as this one... y ’ know, I'm gonna take advantage of that!»

We've seen Scarlett Johansson do everything from arthouse sci - fi to indie rom - com to big - budget action over the past few years, but her latest new project, Rock That Body, takes her into still new territory: the R - rated comedy.

In Search of a Midnight Kiss is an indie comedy romance story shot on a shoestring budget that was written and directed by Alex Holdridge.

Best known as one of the pioneers of the indie mumblecore movement, Andrew Bujalski (Funny Ha Ha, Computer Chess) attempts to cross over to the commercial world with Results, a romantic comedy featuring professional actors with a budget that appears larger than all of his previous work combined.

Pipe Dream is one of these movies, and not only is it a romantic comedy, but it is a low budget indie movie, and it wears both names proudly.

Ringer editor - in - chief Sean Fennessey chats with Taika Waititi about his transition from small indie comedies in New Zealand to Marvel's big - budget superhero epic Thor: Ragnarok.

After winning a Golden Globe for their dark comedy television series Transparent, Amazon has announced their intentions to produce indie style movies with budgets between $ 5 million and $ 25 million (in addition to more work on television series, including a second season of Transparent and something brand new from filmmaker Woody Allen).