Sentences with phrase «films at the festival»

Their fabricated stories occasionally dissolve into something much more honest; Jack, perhaps the most emotional of the brothers, is a short story writer, with suspiciously familiar plot points and characters he insists are fictitious (from the short, Hotel Chevalier, which accompanies the film at the festival, we know this is not true).

I'm very happy I did, as Cheap Thrills turned out to be one of the best films at the festival that delivered on laughs, violence, and possibly some career best performances from all cast members involved.

Last but not least, oh certainly not least, the Greek films at the festival.

Two other films I have to mention as runner - ups: Zhang Yimou's Coming Home made me cry more than any other film at the festival, and the last shot is heartbreaking, but oh so beautiful.

I probably missed a few, as I was only able to see about 20 of the films at the festival (which is not a lot, since it is possible to see nearly 40 over the festival's 8 days), but suffice it to say, if you're a canine lover, be wary of all the films listed above.

Those who caught two of the actor's other films at festivals earlier this year have been touting Unbroken star Jack O'Connell as one of the breakout performers of the year, and while Starred Up already enjoyed a limited release, the...

February and High - Rise proved to be the most polarizing out of all of the films at the festival, with half of the attendees either loving or hating them with no middle ground (I loved February and absolutely loathed High - Rise).

Here's the pick of the worst films at the festival this year.

When I see films at festivals, sometimes I have to see them again to refresh my memory or calibrate my opinion, while trying to remain true to first impressions, which are valuable.

If you didn't catch this film at a festival, make sure to see it in theaters when it opens this Friday (November 20).

Meanwhile, Patrick Goldstein sat down with Sally Hawkins, who has three films at the festival in «Never Let Me Go,» «Submarine» and «Made in Dagenham.»

Nicole Kidman, who appeared in four films at the festival, including the competition titles «The Beguiled» and «The Killing of a Sacred Deer,» won a special 70th anniversary prize.

This year, I spent six days watching various films at the festival.

Rob is a Berlinale Talents and Edinburgh Talent Campus alumnus and has won a number of awards for his short films at festivals including the London Short Film Festival, and was the recipient of the BFI Future Film Award 2011.

This may only fuel the rumblings over how upset the «Christine» team was that Sundance programmed both films at the festival.

The French auteur has shown fourteen of his films at the festival and his newest film The New Girlfriend marks his fifth in a row.

But although the cinematography aptly framed the San Fernando Valley's beautiful blue skies, it was afflicted by something I noticed in so many films at this festival, the mutation of colours and the precision of landscapes brought about by digital cinema.

Think of them as cinemas golden boys, the best directing duo out there, and indie icons for the break out films at festivals and how they told stories on a limited canvas.

This shift from acquiring films at festivals to using festivals to launch already acquired titles makes perfect sense from a publicity point of view, particularly for Amazon, which is committed to giving each of its films a theatrical release before they stream on its Prime Video service.

Yesterday, Chloë Sevigny attended the Sundance premiere and party of her new movie Lizzie and popped in to talk about the film at the festival's DirecTV Lounge.

Yet while there were undoubtedly worse films at the festival, the failure of Gravity is not, in my opinion, relative.

It seems like there are some good films at the festival this year.

Assessment of both films exists only inside the bubble — that is to say, an assessment made by a handful of insiders who saw the two films at festivals.

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).

And A24, like Miramax before it, adheres mostly to traditional models of acquisition, snapping up buzzy films at festivals just like everybody else.

As the IndieWire team argued in the run up to this year's Sundance, the best case scenario for filmmakers looking to sell their films at the festival was to draw Amazon's interest because it meant the best of both worlds — deep SVOD pockets, with a promise of full theatrical release.

And we spent five days that we were going to see films at the festival writing this movie, and we wrote the first draft of «Lemon» there.

Métis filmmaker Terril Calder's SNIP, screening in the Short Cuts section at TIFF, is one of the very best Canadian films at the festival.

Members of the CFCA see films at festivals all over the world and the purpose of the film festival is to bring that experience back to the Windy City for a week.

The opening - night film at the festival this year was «Everybody Knows,» a Spanish - language thriller starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, directed by Oscar - winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi.

We may be in the minority on this, considering the warm reception that has greeted the film at festival screenings, but The Disaster Artist struck us as less a movie than an over-extended Funny Or Die skit packed with celebrity cameos — which is to say, it makes little sense if you haven't already seen The Room.

«99 HOMES»: Over the years, filmmaker Ramin Bahrani has become almost as readily identified with Ebertfest as Ebert himself — though only 40 years old, he has already screened four films at the festival, including the features «Man Push Cart» (2005), «Chop Shop» (2007), «Goodbye Solo» (2008) and the 2009 short «Plastic Bag.»

There were hundreds of films at the festival, thousands of people, approximately 2,000 volunteers, press and industry, and just a plethora of film enthusiasts who come every year to watch and celebrate independent film.

You can hear these things about virtually any film at a festival — elbow - jabbing marketplaces for audience attention where, if your work doesn't have a timely hook, you may as well be dead.

Aside from those with near - unanimous praise (Toni Erdmann and Paterson), so many films at the festival fell on a very wide spectrum of opinion.

Austin icon Richard Linklater's Before Midnight, which played two days later, would've been a better selection; unfortunately, like several of the best films at the festival (David Gordon Green's Prince Avalanche, Jeff Nichols's Mud, and Hannah Fidell's A Teacher), it had already premiered at Sundance.

Though he's still never been invited to present one of his own films at the festival, Christopher Nolan became the center of attention during the first weekend of Cannes this year.

The film, which already has distribution rights with the Weinstein Company, is probably one of the most buzzed films at the festival due to the fact that Carney is the genius behind the Sundance sleeper hit Once as well as the well regarded Begin Again from 2014.

Kristen Stewart has two films at the festival: Olivier Assayas» Personal Shopper, which turned heads at Cannes earlier this summer, and Kelly Reinhardt's Certain Women.

Looking at the rest of the presumed competition field, Son of Sofia and Nobody's Watching were two of the best films at the festival.

Quite by accident I had the opportunity to watch back - to - back films at the festival ruminating on the destructive force of love, ignited first in Tracy Wright's haunting monologue in Trigger, and then extrapolated in fine detail through the anatomy of a divorce that is Blue Valentine.

We haven't had a satisfying fictional look at the world of Mexican cartels since «Traffic,» but Villeneuve's assembled a killer cast, including a much - deserved leading role for the great Emily Blunt, and if this «dark poem» lives up to the director's promises, this could be one of the most talked - about films at the festival.

Uniting a diverse and thrilling cast (which also includes British National Treasure Olivia Colman, Ben Wheatley favorite Michael Smiley, and Lanthimos regulars Ariane Labed and Angeliki Papoulia) with a truly intriguing premise, this isn't just one of our most anticipated films at the festival, it's one of our most anticipated of the year.

Arthouse films dominated the Cannes conversation so thoroughly (and rightfully so) that it is easy to overlook the premiere of the film that will likely end up outgrossing every other film at the festival put together.

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).

Natalie Portman's directorial debut A Tale of Love and Darkness screened as a Special Screening during the Cannes Film Festival, giving her the opportunity to promote this first film at the festival outside the competition unlike her actor - turned - director fellow Ryan Gosling, whose debut feature Lost River screened in last year's Un Certain Regard and received mixed and harsh reviews...

Not exact matches

For years he held private screenings of the movie (it's also been shown at a few film festivals), and there was even a moment when he and Stern thought of remaking it with Hopper directing once more and a younger actor in the lead.

The event began as an awards ceremony for creative work in advertising, much like the more famous film festival at the same venue.