Sentences with phrase «buzz about films»

While attending a film festival it's always exciting to hear buzz about films that may not have been on our radar before.

How I Met Your Mother star Josh Radnor's second directorial feature Liberal Arts is one of the most buzzed about films of the fest.

One of the most buzzed about films to emerge from Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and was acquired at the festival by A24, has finally landed a release date.

Again, it's a miracle this film was even made at all with all the references to Disney properties (with the studio choosing not to sue producers) and the guerilla shooting style, but that's what has people buzzing about the film.

This past year, one of the most buzzed about films at Sundance was Randy Moore's film Escape from Tomorrow.

Steve McQueen «s «12 Years A Slave» is one of the most buzzed about films this year.

But, as one of the most buzzed about films going into Toronto, «August: Osage County» garnered some positive early reviews.

The sci - fi film that centers on the discovery of a second Earth was one of the more buzzed about films at the festival this past January, winning the Special Jury Prize and securing distribution from Fox Searchlight.

The sci - fi film that centers on the discovery of a second Earth was one of the more buzzed about films at the festival this...

(half way between Rian Johnson's Brick and Veronica Mars) It quickly emerged as one of the underdogs on the schedule to become one of the most buzzed about films at the festival (read some of the review quotes here).

The festival just wrapped up and while I was unable to attend in person this year * due to work and other obligations * — I was able to see some of the most buzzed about films in the lineup with the help of screeners and the PR agents who were willing to help me out in exchange for the coverage.

Yet after the first screening, it became one of the most buzzed about films and now was just nominated for five Critics Choice Awards.

There were a lot of buzzed about films, but probably no more so than Nate Parker's «The Birth of a Nation» and the Casey Affleck starring film, «Manchester by the Sea.»

There wasn't enough buzz about this film.

James Franco's The Disaster Artist was one of the most buzzed about films premiering at the 2017 SXSW Film Festival.

Ruth Negga is opening up about playing Mildred and Richard Loving with co-star Joel Edgerton in their much - buzzed about film Loving, which follows the story of the historical interracial couple whose marriage defied the anti-miscegenation laws placed in Virginia.

Leading the pack is Fox Searchlight once again, who picked up Sean Durkin's film Martha Marcy May Marlene, starring Sundance sensation Elizabeth Olsen (the third Olsen sister), which is one of the most buzzed about films at this fest.

These factors have undoubtedly helped propel Lady Bird into becoming one of the most buzzed about films of the season, so much so that many are predicting it to win Best Picture and / or Best Actress, and for Gerwig to maybe become only the fourth woman in history to crack the Best Director category.

While beefing about festival snubs has become good annual sport (last year we wondered about the absence of Tsai Ming - liang, this year the sin of omission is Jia Zhang - ke), the committee deserves credit for filling the slate with a range of intriguing, less buzzed about films.

She had a coming out doubleheader at this year's Sundance Film Festival where she was the star of two of its most buzzed about films: Martha Marcy May Marlene, in which she plays a girl who escapes from a cult, and Silent House a film that uses a single camera shot to follow her character, a terrified girl descending into madness, around an abandoned summer house.

A quick list of the more buzzed about films at the festival that I didn't get a chance to see (thus didn't make my list); Boyhood, Wild Canaries, Buzzard, and 10,000 KM (Long Distance).

Not exact matches

But the film had my brain buzzing all week about obsessive and competitive people.

And now, after months of showings to audiences all over North America, from the AmDocs film festival in Palm Springs to Hot Docs in Toronto, acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger's buzzed - about documentary is now available on Netflix, streaming to its 75 million members worldwide.

You've almost definitely heard, between reports and the Will Smith film, Concussion, buzz about brain injuries caused by football injuries.

There's strong «buzz» about a new Maggie Gyllenhaal film in which the actress stars as the daughter of the inventor of the vibrator.

Its buzzed - about oral sex scene almost landed it an NC - 17 rating — until Gosling protested, arguing that if the film had shown a woman performing oral sex on a man (instead of the other way around), it wouldn't have been deemed scandalous.

He also played the part of Bernie Rose, the bad guy in the hotly buzzed about action film Drive.

Happy to report news that one of the must buzzed about, highly acclaimed, incredibly weird, original, and impressive films coming out of the Cannes Film Festival has been bought.

We were excited to talk to Danish director and Dogme 95 co-conspirator, Thomas Vinterberg, who was presenting his buzzed - about new film, The Hunt (starring Mads Mikkelsen and Thomas Bo Larsen).

That's about right - it's a nice film, passed the time pleasantly, Clooney is quite endearing - but am amazed at the awards buzz it's been getting.

The film began as an unrelated screenplay called The Cellar by John Campbell and Matt Stuecken that did the rounds in Hollywood and had quite a buzz about it.

I heard a lot of buzz from the festival circuit about how Evan Katz «s debut feature was a top - notch horror film, so imagine my surprise when it turned out to be something entirely different.

The film already has plenty of early buzz because we've been talking about it since Reynolds was cast last year.

The film tells the true story of a Japanese POW camp who searches out the man who tortured him, and stars two previous Oscar - winners, Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, with a classy supporting cast also including Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgard and Hiroyuki Sanada (in a supporting turn we've already heard some buzz about).

«I'm always grateful if I get to be there,» Adams humbly told ET when asked about garnering Oscar buzz for two films in one year.

Next I wanted to see what all of the buzz was about in regard to a film called Made in Japan about a Japanese country singer named Tomi Fujiyama who dreams of returning to the Grand Ole Opry after performing there in 1964.

It won't break any records, but film buffs are interested in seeing what all the buzz is about, and the journalism drama has now made $ 12.3 million domestically.

Putting aside all of the buzz surrounding the film, what you need to know is that Blue Is the Warmest Color is first and foremost about self - discovery and the intimate passion of love.

(Oh, and there's been some internet buzz about him portraying a young Luke Skywalker in a future Star Wars film.

His last film, 2008's big - budget flop «Australia,» debuted with just $ 14.8 million, while even the buzzed - about «Moulin Rouge» took in only $ 57.4 million during its entire run in the U.S. and Canada.

If beating advance ticket sales for previous buzzed - about superhero films are like flipping over cars during a late - night road chase sequence in a movie trailer, then Black Panther is like... Black Panther, leaping ahead of those vehicles while a Run The Jewels track plays behind it.

Crown Heights was one of the most buzzed - about films to get picked up by Amazon at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

While quite a few of the X-Men films have had a middling critical reception, the early buzz around Logan is pretty positive — and Stewart seems to agree about the film's emotional impact.

EVANGELINE LILLY: That was the most exciting thing for me about the role, and you know, of course while we were filming during post-production there was a lot of buzz on the internet — is Evangeline playing the Wasp, and is she a superhero, and I had a lot of questions directed my way about that.

Other buzzed - about films include Yorgos Lanthimos» drama «The Killing of Sacred Deer» (awarded best screenplay), starring Farrell and Kidman; and Andrey Zvyagintsev's «Loveless,» winner of the Jury Prize; Noah Baumbach's «The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected),» starring Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, and Ben Stiller.

This week brings the start of the New York Film Festival, and with it, three tentpole films angling for a spot in the awards derby: opening night selection Last Flag Flying, from Richard Linklater; centerpiece selection The Meyerowitz Stories: New and Selected, from Noah Baumbach, which already premiered at Cannes; and Wonder Wheel from Woody Allen, featuring an already - buzzed - about lead performance from Kate Winslet.

When a film starring three prominent Oscar winners / nominees isn't getting any buzz in the 2012 Oscar race, you wonder about the sum of its parts.

In the much buzzed - about film «Top Five,» opening in South Florida theaters this weekend, director and star Chris Rock plays a comedian who wants to become a serious actor and change public perception about his one career - defining role.

Then, CJ and Christopher talk about the current state of film criticism, particularly journalists» current obsession with listicles and «buzz - worthy» festival darlings.

Still, «White God» is one of the most buzzed about foreign films of 2015, and so you really should see it just to be up on the conversation.