Sentences with phrase «in independent film»

Over the past 5 years or so I have gotten some really great roles in some independent films.

2013 is officially only a memory — though for many folks in the independent film world, it should be a happy one.

And if they happen to do what their mission statement dictates: reward the best in independent film — then all is well.

After all, much of the impetus for the cycle came from a renewed interest in independent film by major distributors.

What happens afterward is arguably one of the most memorable scenes in independent film ever.

We have joined forces to combat one of the major obstacles to gender parity in independent film: a lack of access to capital among women filmmakers.

You were on the first wave of what has happened in independent film, with so many people using digital cameras and tiny budgets to tell stories.

It's a boutique cinema specialising in independent films, and there's even an art gallery on the top floor, including a restaurant and bar with regular live music.

We love to interact with anyone interested in independent film.

Having starred in independent films like Hannah Takes the Stairs, The House of the Devil, and Greenberg, Gerwig was branded as a hipster and as a «manic pixie dream girl.»

Julie Delpy has been acting since the 1980s and has become a well - known name in the independent film world, most probably notable to American audiences for her role in Richard...

Prior to American Beauty, Bentley's film experience had been limited to roles in independent films such as Three Below Zero and Halfway to Pleasantville, and a small part in Jonathan Demme's Beloved.

Some of her most noted work in the independent film world has come through her roles in Todd Field's acclaimed drama Little Children with Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, and Jennifer Connelly, The Brave One with Jodie Foster and Terrence Howard, Todd Solondz's daring festival hit Happiness, Sundance 2000 special jury winner Songcatcher with Janet McTeer and Aidan Quinn, and The Anniversary Party with Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John C. Reilly, Kevin Kline, and Phoebe Cates.

The laid - bare poignancy and touching immediacy of these films are exactly the kind of thing that is too often jettisoned by studio pictures; they're part of what makes indie film great, and connection with those common themes are, let's hope, a trend that we'll continue to see in independent film this year.

With a start in independent films like Nights and Weekends with «mumblecore» director Joe Swanberg, actress Greta Gerwig has recently expanded her quirky prowess to larger films, both from the independent and Hollywood scene.

A consistently intriguing figure in the independent film community, John Sayles is a sometimes brilliant, usually «meh», filmmaker whose recent work leans more toward the «meh» side of the fence.

Bingham Ray, the co-founder of October Films, one of the top independent film distribution companies of the 1990s, and a former president of United Artists who was a leading force in independent films for more than two decades, died Monday.

Combining warmth and genuine pain without resorting to a sappy or contrived ending is no longer anything new in the independent film scene but it is always welcome to see it done as well as it is done in Little Miss Sunshine.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama (Darkest Hour) Gary Oldman has had a long and successful career in independent films such...

Olivieri played a single mother who gets romantically involved with a Mormon missionary in the independent film MISSIONARY.

He most recently appeared in the independent film «The Open Road» with Jeff Bridges, Mary Steenburgen, Harry Dean Stanton, and Kate Mara, and will be heard in the upcoming animated feature film, «Yogi Bear.»

So, a 100 % increase in independent films, and a 28 % drop in studio films, and yet, ten years ago: studio market share 69 %, last year 76 %.

The second, most apparent in Fonda's scenes with her analyst, is akin to John Cassavetes» technique in his independent films of not cutting away from the actor to reaction shots.»

We believe that by learning more about how women are faring in the independent film world, and by opening our own data at Sundance Institute for this study, we gain powerful insights into ways to positively affect progress.

Awards are presented for the year's best achievements in independent film, with statues given for Best Feature, Best First Feature, Best Feature Made for Under $ 500,000 (the John Cassavetes Award) and many more.

Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced former co-chairman of the Weinstein Co., has long been one of New York's most powerful figures in independent film.

Mike Cahill and Brit Marling have forged one of the more unique partnerships in independent film with 2011's «Another Earth» and their 2014 follow - up «I Origins,» a film that won a special sound award at Sundance and should really sound amazing in the big house at the Music Box.

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

I liked Adams in the film, as she showed why such good actors in independent films should be forced to do awful stuff like this when trying for Hollywood mainstream (can we say Sophie Marceau?).

Getting Jon Hamm, Jenny Slate and Zachary Quinto together in an independent film that plays with notions of reality sounds like a dream.

She recently co-starred opposite Judd Nelson in the independent film, «The Cure for Boredom.»

With strong roots in independent film, Tribeca is a platform for creative expression and immersive entertainment.

Each year the festival selects an up - and - coming filmmaker to receive the Independent Trailblazer Award for pioneering in independent film.

He was also recently seen in the Relativity film BEFORE I WAKE and in the independent films TOO LATE with John Hawkes, and CAR DOGS with Octavia Spencer.

Tucci tried to alternate working in independent films where he was generally given better material with big - budget material wherein he typically played ethnic villains.

Being absent from cinema for the past few years, it was uncertain when his return would be, but I think he will have a perfect fit in independent films such as Borg / McEnroe.

Pellington is working from an uncharacteristically sentimental screenplay from Alex Ross Perry, known for his biting, incisive and often merciless portrayals of human nature in the independent films he's written and directed himself, including «The Color Wheel» and «Queen of Earth.»

Barkin was seen alongside Demi Moore and Dakota Fanning in the independent film VERY GOOD GIRLS.

Although we've seen the struggle for individualism and personal power done many times before, particularly in independent films, Real Women Have Curves never seems to lack for freshness despite it all.

How I Met Your Mother's Josh Radnor will direct and act alongside rising star Elizabeth Olsen in the independent film Liberal Arts, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Back in actual 1997, while Tomorrow Never Dies was a worldwide hit in theaters, Mr. Knightly and Mr. Darcy themselves were playing soccer hooligan best friends in independent films.

With support from the A3 Foundation, the Fellowship aims to further the presence of Asian American voices in independent film by supporting a writer or writer / director on the development of their feature screenplay.

For quite some time, Noah Baumbach has been one of the sharpest storytellers in independent film.

Both have previously shown great talent in independent films — Gosling in The Believer and Pitt in Bully — and Murder by Numbers gets to solidify their worth in a mid-budget studio film.

Two years later, Gosling was honored with winning Best Male Lead from the Independent Spirit Awards and earned his first Academy and Screen Actors Guild nominations as Best Leading Actor, for portraying a junior high school teacher in the independent film Half Nelson (2006).

by Walter Chaw Appearing in 1989 at the very end of the blockbuster decade and on the cusp of a digital revolution, Steven Soderbergh's micro-budgeted sex, lies, and videotape heralded a doomed renaissance in independent film that would find it melded, ultimately and inseparably, with mainstream concerns.

Parties and screening events hosted by Institute program directors for friends and alumni, as well as private screenings for members and supporters, provide an insider's view of the newest discoveries and conversations in independent film, theatre, and digital media.