Sentences with phrase «films garnered»

A handful of new narrative films garnered attention from festivalgoers in Telluride, but, it was the ones rooted in reality, like Lady Bird, that were among the best of this year's offerings.

A master of spectacular epics, his films garnered unparalled acclaim for their scope and grandeur.Now, for the first time ever, five of his most popular films are available in one premium DVD collection.

You can't deny that this film is incredibly well made and I can understand why this film garnered such critical acclaim but at the end of the day, I was left somewhat disappointed by this movie.

In all, the film garnered more than 100 awards including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and appeared on more than 70 critics» lists of the year's best films.

The film garnered multiple standing ovations, and more than a few are comparing Radnor's sensibilities to those of a young Cameron Crowe.

The film garnered rave reviews for its layered psychodrama within a noir genre piece, as well as its complex, interwoven metaphors involving survivor trauma, denial in the face of unspeakable horror, and the instability of love.

The film garnered more than 1 million YouTube views in 24 hours.

The film garnered a rave review from Matt when he screened it at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and...

The film garnered eight award nominations at other festivals.

The third feature from Alex Ross Perry (Impolex, The Color Wheel), the film garnered rave reviews following its London Film Festival debut last Autumn.

The second adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's 1946 Pulitzer Prize - winning novel about a populist - leaning stump - thumper modeled after Huey Long, the film garnered attention first for its sterling cast and Tiffany pedigree, then for its sudden disappearance from last year's Oscar slate, only to appear now, without fanfare (save a gala screening at last week's TIFF), in the middle of what's traditionally a dumping ground for dead weight.

For while his film garnered six nominations at the Globes, Uggie has yet to receive any official recognition.

Some have forecasted a heated battle against Anomalisa for animated film of the year (and that even excludes When Marnie Was There, a fantastic film that's also in this feature), but it seems like a relative shoo - in for Inside Out, especially with the film garnering Best Picture nomination predictions for the Oscars — the new model nod for cultural transcendence in animated film.

The well - received film garnered major acclaim from critics and got Weitz his first Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

«Birdman,» the film that triumphantly put Michael Keaton back on the map and «The Grand Budapest Hotel,» Wes Anderson's fanciful comedy, led all films this morning when the nominations for the 87th Annual Academy Awards were announced, with each film garnering (9) nominations, including Best Picture.

On Monday night the Ozark - set indie darling won top honors at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, and Tuesday morning word came that the film garnered a pack - leading seven Film Independent Spirit Award nominations.

The film garnered 11 Oscar nominations and won three (script, music and art direction).

The film garnered him recognition from Filmmaker magazine, which selected him as one of the twenty - five new faces of independent film.

The film garnered eight Oscar nominations (including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay) eventually winning two, including Best Actor for Daniel Day - Lewis.

Peele's film garnered unanimous acclaim, pulling in an impressive 99 percent Rotten Tomatoes score and has pulled in $ 150 million domestically.

Not exact matches

Amidst allegations of abuse and decades of denials, Allen still continues to work in film, tapping big names for starring roles in his movies and still garnering support for fans and audiences.

Less than a decade later, the association garnered criticism for distributing API's «Fuel-less» film to teachers while API funded the association's educational website for kids.

Congratulations to Mr. Adam Sandler, whose film Grown Ups 2 leads all nominations for this year's Razzie Awards — an honor that recognizes excellence in awfulness — garnering a total of eight noms including worst picture.

Back in 2012, a short film called Montauk from filmmaker Charlie Kessler garnered some attention at The Hamptons Film Festival for its intriguing sci - fi story about a government research lab conducting strange experiments outside of a small American town (which leads to a bunch of weird stuff happening, including a child going missing and a monster from another dimension being released).

And despite less - than - enthused early reviews, Baz Luhrmann's film adaptation of The Great Gatsby has garnered heightened anticipation and excitement over the past few months of lavish themed parties, soundtrack leaks and previews and even special edition fashion lines in the film's honor.

Even though he has more than a dozen films to his credit, including work on the 2003 film version of The Hulk that garnered him nominations for two awards from the Visual Effects Society, Benza says it was a challenge to create highly athletic performances from bulky, animated characters that appeared to be the size of small buildings and weigh several tons.

So maybe the film isn't garnering rave reviews, but at least we get to look at Bad Gal RiRi wearing lots of jaw - dropping fashion.

Though the film would introduce Morton to her largest audience yet, it was a pair of independent features released in late 2002 and 2003 that would garner her even more significant critical attention.

For her work in the film, Mulligan won a number of critics awards for Best Actress, as well as garnering nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press, the Screen Actors Guild, and the Academy.

I was expecting more from this film based on the critical acclaim it garnered but left the theater disappointed.

The second film's success was perhaps even more staggering than the first: The Godfather, Pt. 2 garnered six more Oscars, including a win for Coppola in the Best Director category; Robert DeNiro won his first Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actor field; and the movie itself became the first and only sequel ever to win Best Picture honors.Next, Coppola began adapting the Joseph Conrad novel Heart of Darkness, transferring its story to the heart of the Cambodian jungle at the height of the conflict in Vietnam.

Malkovich met with near - universal critical praise and garnered an Academy Award nomination for the neophyte feature director — as well as supporting actress Catherine Keener and writer Charlie Kaufman — though Stipe and the film itself were passed over for a Best Picture nod.Despite Single Cell's increasing prominence in the industry, Stipe continued to support C - Hundred for smaller - budgeted niche features such as writer - director Tom Gilroy's Spring Forward and McKay's coming - of - age drama Our Song, both of which were featured at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.

Black Panther is being applauded for celebrating an all African - American cast and while that garners a huge kudos for Marvel, the film is worth being celebrated regardless of the colour of the people it features.

Her luck began to change for the better in the late 1990s, when she started garnering luminous reviews for her work both on Broadway — where she earned a Tony nomination for her role in 1998's A View from the Bridge — and onscreen in such films as Big Night (1996) and Mike Nichols» Primary Colors (1998).

For all the praise it has garnered, especially for its impact on the British film industry, the series had a very shaky start.

For this last film, Posey garnered particular acclaim as the film's fabulously demented focal point.

Heralded as «the finest American theater actor of his generation» by the New York Times, Liev Schreiber repertoire of resonant, humanistic, and oftentimes gritty portrayals have garnered him praise in film, theatre, and television.

But the film will likely garner much of its earnings and generate much of its cachet from members of a mobile black middle class, centered largely in America, that have carved out some political and media prominence, both individually and as a group.

In addition to his studio films, Monaghan garnered excellent reviews and a lot of buzz at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival for his performance in JAMIE MARKS IS DEAD, which was a Sundance 2014 Official Selection in the dramatic competition.

A different sort of extremity is prevalent in Robert Eggers» unsettling 16th - century horror film, The Witch, which garnered lots of buzz in the first 24 hours of the Festival.

The film went on to win the inaugural Writers Guild of America best documentary screenplay award as well as garner an Academy Award nomination for best feature documentary.

Additional film credits include TALK TO ME; the 2006 Oscar ® winning Best Picture, CRASH, which Cheadle also produced; HOTEL RWANDA, for which his performance garnered Academy Award ®, Golden Globe ®, Broadcast Film Critics Award and Screen Actors Guild ® Award nominations for Best Actor; OCEAN»S ELEVEN, OCEAN»S TWELVE, and OCEAN»S THIRTEEN, directed by Steven Soderbergh; Mike Binder's REIGN OVER ME with Adam Sandler; the Academy Award ® winning film TRAFFIC and OUT OF SIGHT, both also directed by Soderbergh; Paul Thomas Anderson's critically acclaimed BOOGIE NIGHTS; BULWORTH, SWORDFISH, MISSION TO MARS, John Singleton's ROSEWOOD, for which Cheadle earned an NAACP Image Award nomination; FAMILY MAN, directed by Brett Ratner and starring Nicolas Cage; COLORS, HAMBURGER HILL, and the independent features MANIC and THINGS BEHIND THE SUN.

Natasha Leggero is an accomplished actress, writer and stand - up comedian who has garnered attention across film, television and the web.

It was for his portrayal of an embittered DJ in another of Egoyan's films, Exotica (1994), that Koteas garnered his second Genie nomination; following this critical success, he began to appear in an increasing number of high profile productions.Koteas was subsequently featured to great effect as the creepy Vaughan in David Cronenberg's controversial Crash (1996), and he invested his brief but pivotal role as Holly Hunter's mystery man in the acclaimed Living out Loud (1998) with memorable charisma.

Allison Williams starred in Jordan Peele's Academy Award - nominated film, GET OUT, for which she garnered a Screen Actors Guild ensemble nomination for her performance.

Taylor has garnered much critical acclaim in independent films over the years, and this is not a good way to break into the mainstream.

She played the eponymous title role in the film NOBLE, which won The Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema at the Santa Barbara Film Festival and which continues to garner critical acclaim.

Garnering the number one position for two weeks in a row, the film brought in over $ 100 million in its opening weekend.

Fisher is onscreen early in the film and remains front and center throughout; her scenes with Mark Hamill are nostalgic, garnering images of the initial film.

With her observational style favouring the minimalist movie movement, her four films to date have garnered a slew of acclaim, including the SIGNIS prize at the 2010 Venice Film Festival for the revisionist western Meek's Cutoff.