Sentences with phrase «festival darling»

And it's a total festival darling of exactly the type that I always love.

Our final bit of star power in this dispatch comes from new festival darling Kristen Wiig, who had «The Skeleton Twins» here last year and «Welcome to Me» at TIFF this year.

British filmmaker Ken Loach is responsible for directing award - winning festival darlings like «The Wind That Shakes the Barley» and «Kes.»

Hollywood's award - season prognosticators are busy divining the Oscar chances of prestige pictures like Christopher Nolan's summer box office hit Dunkirk against festival darlings such as Guillermo del Toro's Venice - winning aquatic interspecies love story The Shape of Water and unseen 800 - pound gorillas like Steven Spielberg's Pentagon Papers exposé The Post.

The answer to that question is a resounding yes, as this past year saw the presentation of the festival's top prize to Ruben Östlund's bizarre meditation on human nature, beating out films by such festival darlings as François Ozon, Sofia Coppola, and Michael Haneke.

It's been eight years since Medicine for Melancholy, Jenkins» first and only previous feature, a gap all too illustrative of what awaits film - festival darlings who aren't young white men eager to make the next Jurassic Park.

Still awaiting an official theatrical release, this mind - bending festival darling documentary follows actress Kate Lyn Shiel as she embarks on a physical, emotional and psychological journey to find the core of Christine Chubbuck, the Fort Lauderdale news anchor who committed suicide live on air in 1974.

The critically lauded film, set to be released June 30 from Focus Features, stars festival darling Kidman, plus Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, and Colin Farrell.

A film festival darling with his expressionistic character drama «George Washington» in 2000, he remained on that path with his next three features — «All the Real Girls,» «Undertow» and «Snow Angels» — only to take a hard right turn into the studio comedy arena with «Pineapple Express,» and he stayed on that route with «The Sitter» and «Your Highness.»

Empire State made its world premiere as GIFF's opening night feature, while festival darling, The Iceman, was one of the last films to screen on the fest's closing night event.

Now in its sixth year, the fine folks of the Chicago Film Critics Association have curated a stellar program of provocative documentaries, intriguing short films, and top - notch independent films, many of which are festival darlings making their Chicago debut.

Audiences were polarized by films like Jack the Giant Slayer, Oz the Great and Powerful, GI Joe: Retaliation and festival darling Spring Breakers.

Julia Dyer — director of 2012's highly acclaimed The Playroom and longtime festival darling Late Bloomers — has been brought on board to helm the staged performance of «Devils at Play» for The Reading.

The excitement of sitting in a movie theater full of strangers and having a unique shared experience never really diminishes, whether it's a packed multiplex for the latest Marvel movie, a packed art house for the newest festival darling or anything in between.

Boyhood has become a festival darling and a buzzed about 2014 release, and for good reason.

In addition, Greta Gerwig won the NBR's directing award for her festival darling and current box office hit, «Lady Bird» (A24).

A bromance, a coming of age story and the most potent, well - observed and human take on school violence I have ever seen, Johnson's festival darling is the movie of our moment.

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

In just a couple of weeks, you'll be able to see Sequence Break, the festival darling that blends body horror with sci - fi romance.

This phenomenon of a festival darling being praised after an initial screening only to be loathed by mainstream audiences once it is released is nothing new, but the horror genre seems to have been hit hard with this occurrence lately.

«Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» took the coveted audience award, Lady Gaga performed for the premiere of her Netflix documentary, «Bodied» director Joseph Kahn kicked the Beyhive and Guillermo del Toro's «The Shape of Water» emerged as the season's festival darling.

On the eve of its theatrical release, NEON unveiled a new clip from its festival darling, «I, Tonya.»

It now has some competition, though, in La La Land, another critical and festival darling that scored 12 Critics» Choice nominations, more than any other film, including key categories like best picture, best director, best actor, and best actress.

The 1930's period film he produced was a festival darling.