Sentences with phrase «film whiplash»

The 30th Sundance Film Festival is off to a strong start, as its opening film Whiplash has already been purchased by Sony Pictures Worldwide.

Given all this, as well as how his previous film Whiplash defied obvious generic classification and a clear overriding moral message, here's hope that Chazelle's La La Land shows similar emotional complexity rather than being a more technically cold musical pastiche.

Talking about his new film Whiplash in which he plays an aspiring jazz drummer who's both tortured and inspired by his brilliant teacher, Teller tells W, «When I first read Whiplash, I was feeling dead inside.

Not exact matches

I recently saw the film «Whiplash,» which is one of my favorite films of the year.

Damien Chazelle, director of the 2014 film «Whiplash», is listed as the odds - on favorite to win Best Director.

Note that most other awards organizations treated Damien Chazelle's Whiplash script as an original screenplay, but the Academy considered it to be an adapted screenplay for reasons known only to the Academy (Chazelle has previously released a single Whiplash scene as a short film to raise funds to complete the full movie, which is apparently the source of the problem).

Even with the presence of a rare outright misfire (Third Person, from Crash director Paul Haggis), SPC managed to boost its already - high average Metascore by a few points last year, thanks to widely praised films like Mr. Turner (the year's # 2 drama, behind Boyhood), Leviathan (2014's best - reviewed foreign - language film), and Sundance hit Whiplash.

Truth: Blumhouse Productions is the boutique horror studio whose high - volume, low - budget business model has fostered a culture of creative risk that actually pays off, and has given rise to films as vital as Whiplash and Get Out.

At the end of the day Whiplash is a triumphant and inspiring film that shouldn't just be viewed by musicians, but anyone who has ever felt the struggle to excel at any given occupation beyond expectations.

Damien Chazelle's follow up to his Oscar - winning breakout «Whiplash» was recently announced as the opening night film of this year's Venice Film Festival that will once again begin at the end of August.

The film chosen is a little film called Whiplash, which was inspired by Damien Chazelle «s short film that premiered at the festival last year.

The synopsis as outlined above seems very typical, however, Whiplash is a film about two people who are completely obsessed with music and it makes for one hell of a tale and one wild ride.

The question now must be asked was Whiplash the perfect opening night film to celebrate this festivals big 30th Anniversary or was it just another mediocre film like the majority of films that have opened the festival in the past?

Whiplash is far and away the best film of 2014.

Christy Lemire's review of Whiplash, posted October 15, 2014, just five days after the initial theatrical release, is the best I've seen of all the reviews on this film.

Commenting on his nomination, Teller said he was «very proud to represent Whiplash and all those who worked incredibly hard on such a wonderfully fulfilling gem of a film.

Two years ago, when «La La Land» director Damien Chazelle's previous film, «Whiplash», was in the midst of Awards Season, he teased his next project and the casting of Teller (who starred in «Whiplash»), telling theplaylist.net: «We joke he'll have to become Gene Kelly».

Ike's reinforcement of Philip's worst habits doesn't help any — in a way, «Listen Up Philip» is as perverse a mentor - student film as «Whiplash,» where the teacher only gives his pupil advice that will make him a worse person.

Jason Blum's film division is in the midst of a 10 - year deal with Universal Pictures, which has already resulted in «Get Out» and «Whiplash,» among other movies.

Some of his finest work can be seen in Drake's video for «Hold On, We're Going Home,» and he also starred in Damien Chazelle's short film for Whiplash, before Miles Teller moved into the role for the feature film.

From «Gone Girl» and «St. Vincent» to «Whiplash» and «Annabelle,» here are 10 films coming out in the month of October that you're going to want to check out.

BEST NARRATIVE FILM Boyhood Birdman Calvary *** The Grand Budapest Hotel *** A Most Violent Year Selma Whiplash BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM Citizenfour Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me Jodorowsky's Dune *** Life Itself *** The Overnighters BEST ANIMATED FILM Big Hero 6 The Boxtrolls How to Train Your Dragon 2 *** The Lego Movie *** The Tales of Princess Kaguya

This film needed to be about 45 minutes shorter and could have used a real villain instead of the Snidely Whiplash bad guy seen here.

If you love film there's nothing quite like the surprise discovery of a «Whiplash,» «Brooklyn,» «Precious» or «The Kids Are All Right» (among many others).

It took the 29 - year - old filmmaker some time to get this project to the screen, having to first develop it as a short film in order to secure funding for the desired feature - length project, but we're all lucky he pursued it to fruition as Whiplash is a marvelously involving exploration of the perils of obsession and the virtues of perseverance, played out through one of the finest - acted two - handers in years.

If ever a film stuck the landing, that film is Whiplash.

Notably softer in both texture and tone than Chazelle's Oscar - sweeping 2014 film, Whiplash, this looks an altogether more bittersweet affair, with the piano ballad Gosling plays filled with romance and melancholy.

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Chazelle has been attached to the film since just after Whiplash, and Gosling has always been his first choice for the role.

Because not only do they have to warble in Whiplash writer / director Damien Chazelle's new film La La Land, they'll be sharing the screen with J.K. Simmons.

In 2014, Whiplash took both awards, and this year we have another film taking the two honors as Nate Parker «s slave rebellion tale The Birth of a Nation was announced to receive both.

Two Sundance films are making their way to the south of France next month; Jim Mickle's Cold in July and Damian Chazelle's Whiplash.

Joining the project are Amber Heard (The Danish Girl), Paul Reiser (Whiplash), Mary Steenburgen (Step Brothers) and Ed Helms (Vacation), who will star opposite Bell in the film which «looks at the concept that marriage should -LSB-...]

Damien Chazelle's new film couldn't be further away from his feature debut, Whiplash, but it looks pretty amazing in the new trailer, Dreamers.

As a longtime character actor who has shined among ensemble casts (think: Juno's deadpan dad or Bob, a laid off white collar worker, in two of director Jason Reitman's Oscar - bait films), Whiplash co-star J.K. Simmons appreciated receiving the Spotlight Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Amy Schumer charmingly tripped her way through 2014's biggest films in her opening montage for this year's MTV Movie Awards, scoring some hosting advice along the way from Boyhood's bright - eyed Ellar Coltrane, The Hunger Games» Elizabeth Banks and Whiplash's always - inspiring J.K. Simmons.

It's a measure of the quality of the music in «Whiplash» that we were originally going to earmark the film for our Soundtracks list (coming next week), so sure we were that director Damien Chazelle had mostly used old jazz standards to punctuate his thrilling film.

Co-written by the creator of Whiplash and directed by Dan Trachtenberg, known for his impressive fan - film Portal: No Escape.

As the hidden, shadowy manipulator whose helped The Ten Rings terrorists in the first film and aided Whiplash magically get to Monaco with a huge amount of very dangerous equipment get revenge against the man with the coolest beard in the Marvel universe (sorry Mr. Fury), it is only now that Mr. Stark's archenemy has let his presence become known.

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With Whiplash being a serious drama and La La Land being a contemporary musical, First Man seems to be the first real attempt at biopic slash non-fiction film he's done.

Well, this awards season is apparently dedicated to giving bad coaches their day, what with such films as Whiplash and Foxcatcher hitting the scene.

Whiplash was the opening night film, and the future Best Picture nominee dominated the conversation until Richard Linklater dropped a Boyhood - sized bomb on Park City, UT, a few days later.

Bold Films» credits include «Whiplash,» «Nightcrawler,» «Drive,» «The Neon Demon» and the upcoming Boston Marathon bombing film «Stronger,» starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

There's much to admire in Whiplash, and if audience reaction is used as measurement of a film's success you'd think Whiplash was the greatest film out of Cannes, not just the Director's Fortnight where the year's Sundance hit usually lands.

Legendary's King Kong movie Kong: Skull Island may have lost two of its male stars earlier this month in Michael Keaton (Birdman) and J.K. Simmons (Whiplash), but the project has now secured its female lead, with Deadline revealing that Brie Larson (Trainwreck) has signed on to the film.

Overall, while such films as The Grand Budapest Hotel and Whiplash secured multiple Academy Awards, it was Birdman that secured the top two prizes of the night: Best Director and Best Picture.

However, whether you love or hate music, you can not deny that Whiplash is a very beautiful film.

One of the most interesting themes you find when searching back over the best films of 2014 is the brilliance of films with one word titles (Birdman, Nightcrawler, Whiplash, Boyhood,... read more →

But the Academy is getting more comfortable with widening that perspective, leading to some truly deserving films like The Social Network and Whiplash (and good old Mad Max: Fury Road) getting the prize.