Sentences with phrase «festival buzz»

Off the positive festival buzz, this had the potential to be the indie comedy sleeper hit of the summer.

Last week, noting the lack of festival buzz coming out of Utah, I did a highly unscientific Twitter survey, asking my Sundance - attending followers what the hot titles were.

The film is set to debut in August so it will miss any fall festival buzz or build and will need to get that engine running soon.

Riding on strong festival buzz and some decent reviews in the UK, I caught up with Tamara Drewe myself this week.

TheWrap's Ben Croll advised, however, to «be wary of breathlessly exuberant festival buzz that will inevitably (and deservedly) follow — the feedback loop of contagious excitement runs the risk of overselling this very effective valentine to understatement.»

A24's Oscar - hopeful Moonlight opens in the wake of robust festival buzz in Telluride, Toronto and New York, while Kino Lorber will bow Italy's foreign - language Oscar entry Fire at Sea.

Speaking of «Precious,» following the Sundance acclaim for that film's star Gabourey Sidibe and «An Education» ingenue Carey Mulligan, this marks the third wave of festival buzz for a young actress playing a teenage protagonist this year.

Elsewhere, early festival buzz suggested that Zhao Tao could be the favorite to win Best Actress.

There is even a cautious festival buzz about possibility that Ade could become the second woman in Cannes history to win the Palme, after Jane Campion who won for «The Piano» in 1993.

It arrived at Sundance with considerable festival buzz behind it, and for the most part, the hype is warranted.

Also, long - building festival buzz can backfire: I think one can argue that «Up in the Air» peaked too early last year.

Coming off a strong festival buzz, this daft, diverting film raises the question of to what extent self - awareness excuses, well, silliness.

«Sorry to Bother You» (July 6): In case you missed the whirlwind of film festival buzz and subsequent co-sign from Jordan Peele, it's time to get excited about this barbed sci - fi comedy.

It's got a lot on its side, however, including plenty of festival buzz, a well - timed (for a horror movie) fall release date, and the presence of popular lead actress Jennifer Lawrence in the title role.

Sometimes a movie comes along that, devoid of a noisy publicity push or festival buzz, quietly ambushes the unsuspecting viewer with an absorbing, skillfully executed, meaningful and thoroughly entertaining experience.

And we'd like her to get that festival buzz that is important for awards later on.

It's hard to tell from the synopses which films are going to break out beyond their descriptions, but Patti Cake $ is totally deserving of its festival buzz and theatrical deal with Fox Searchlight.

Amid all of the festival buzz surrounding Jeremy Saulnier's Green Room, one chorus emerged again and again: The film is one of the most realistic depictions of the punk / hardcore subculture ever put on screen.

Director Chris Messina, stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Don Johnson, and SFIFF57 Director of Programming Rachel Rosen spoke with us about Messina's directorial debut, the festival buzz, and why Winstead will never call Don Johnson «Daddy».

The indie studio clearly believes that the film can replicate the box office success of «Little Miss Sunshine» (it even features two of the actors from that movie in Steve Carell and Toni Collete), and if the festival buzz is to be believed, an awards campaign might not be too far behind.