Sentences with phrase «in smaller independent films»

These elements are typically found in smaller independent films but are incredibly rare to see in bigger budget films released by a major studio.

Since then he has played a mix of leading roles in small independent films and supporting roles in big budget films such as Peter Jackson's version of King Kong.

Not exact matches

What began a few years ago as a trickle of small independent films shot in and around Kingston has of late turned into a veritable flood, including big - budget productions with real movie stars, thanks to a new tax break and efforts by local officials to woo and accommodate the industry.

Of course it would take more than a small independent film to truly set Washington apart from the pack, and many saw her performance in the 2001 romantic drama Save the Last Dance as one of the few redeeming qualities in the otherwise forgettable teen drama.

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.

Heder's dead - on characterization struck a chord with audiences and the small independent film became a huge hit, raking in over 44 million dollars and winning the MTV Movie Award for Best Movie.

She appeared with Kevin Costner in Message in a Bottle before going on to make the independent film Happy, Texas, the supernatural thriller Stir of Echoes with Kevin Bacon, and Can't Stop Dancing, a comedy in which she acted alongside Margaret Cho and Janeane Garofalo.She had a fine turn in the well - reviewed indie Ghost World, and a small turn in the infamous turkey The Adventures of Pluto Nash.

I suppose it's ironic that a film that a a series of films that explores the values of small - time business owners and independent thinking is just a package by major studio to cash in by trying to establish its own franchise.

Emmy finally broke into film in 2000 in a number of small independent features before snatching a part as the daughter of Sean Penn in the highly praised 2003 drama «Mystic River.»

Instead, that film was bumped to its imminent May release and Maguire fans had to settle for a much smaller revival in the form of the independent film The Details.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS The Amateurs (R for sex and expletives) Bawdy comedy about a bunch of local yokels in a small town in Middle America who come up with the bright idea of making a porno movie.

After a small independent film, THE OPEN ROAD with Jeff Bridges (THE BIG LEBOWSKI), Timberlake's best performance to date came in David Fincher's THE SOCIAL NETWORK as Napster creator Sean Parker.

This is a small independent film, shot in black and white.

Since playing Bane in The Dark Knight Rises Hardy has been pursuing smaller independent films such as The Drop and low - budget road thriller Locke.

Furthermore, in a summer filled with overblown and script - weak blockbuster fare, it's nice to see a relatively small «independent movie» (I put that in quotes because the film is from Fox Searchlight Pictures, which is, after all, a subset of a major studio), which delivers its goods without a single explosion or special effect (none visible, anyway).

Robinson: I got really, really lucky in that it's very difficult as an independent film maker to get your top choices in a small movie.

His film career has been built mostly on his appearances in small, independent films, though he has appeared in summer action films as well.

2014 has been a stellar year for independent / small budget films and you can add Cold in July to the list.

Taylor blew in from Glencoe just as New York's independent film movement was finding an audience, small but loyal.

If you're the type who likes small, independent films full of colorful characters engaged in extraneous conversations, The Daytrippers may be right up your alley.

The blonde beauty has agreed to appear in a small, independent film called The Girl in the Book along with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo star Michael Nyqvist, but producers are struggling to raise enough cash to shoot the movie.

Box - office prognosticators can predict a film's final grosses almost immediately, and there's very little chance for word - of - mouth to help build up hype, except in the cases of certain smaller independent works.

Fruitvale was a small, low - budget independent film, but it garnered enough attention for Coogler and enough confidence in his abilities that he landed a much higher - profile movie for his next project.

However, when the small independent film — which depends on its artistic appeal rather than wide commercial distribution by an MPAA member — is denied access, the playing field becomes unfair and uneven... Artistic accomplishments in film should not be compromised in an effort to protect the interests of the major studios.»

Tom Jolliffe looks at Ryan Coogler's career as a writer / director and the possibilities (and importance) of what comes next... When you breakout in a big way as an independent film - maker, in a small film that manages to hook in a fairly large audience, the expectation for what comes next, begins.

As an aspiring new filmmaker, her experience ranges working in small roles to key positions in major motion pictures, documentaries and independent films.

After making two small independent comedies in Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, writer / director Wes Anderson and his co-writer Owen Wilson set their sights higher for their third feature film.

Film Independent, the nonprofit also behind the L.A. Film Festival, has since 1984 thrown a festive awards show every year on Santa Monica Beach in Hollywood the night before the Academy Awards, a counterpoint to that ceremony meant to focus on smaller budgeted, more independently produced films.

Although this was just a small, independent film at the time of its release, it had a bit of a cult following, enough that someone had an idea to create a short - lived television sitcom around, which appeared on Fox in 1996.

Sundance has grown from the small American independent film festival it was 30 years ago, and now has about a dozen sections with some presenting films in competition, and other sections presenting films out of competition.

For all the teeth gnashing about the state of horror films being in a decline, there's no shortage of smaller independent features that push the genre forward.

I wanted to single out both mainstream characters we're all familiar with and who have become key members of the LGBT media canon (the ladies of Litchfield, the boys from Noah's Arc, Justin Suarez, Ricki Vazquez, Almodóvar's steamy couples) but I also made it a point to single out characters in independent films that many would not be familiar with, and to highlight the work of character actors in smaller roles in tv shows past and present.

I have a friend who now has his own a very successful independent film studio [he, his family, and his small staff eat regularly and drive cars made in this decade].

There will always be big - budget games, just as in the movie world there are smaller, independent films and the blockbuster releases.

Magique Productions is a small independent company with experience in publishing role - playing games and producing independent films / TV shows.

I was hanging around with well, my Whitney ISP life turned into making Documents, which is a small magazine that I made with a group of friends, Chris Hoover, who was distributing independent film and video, Margaret Sundell, who is now I think at Creative Time in The Drawing Center, Miwon Kwon, who is at UCLA, and Jim Markovitz, who became a lawyer, left the art world.

Group Exhibitions 2018 Official Selection, Garden State Film Festival, Asbury Park, NJ 2017 Worm's Work, curated by Mild Climate, The Finishing School, Athens GA Unloaded, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta GA Official Selection, 5th Annual Short Shorts, White Space Atlanta GA Official Selection, Best Shorts Competition (Award of Recognition), La Jolla, CA Official Selection, The World's Independent Film Festival, San Francisco, CA 2016 Acts of Sedition: A Group Exhibition, White Box, NYC, NY Transitions: States of Being, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw GA Little Things Mean A Lot, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta GA 2015 Drawing Experiment, Chastain Gallery, Atlanta GA Birdwatching, Gallery Walk at Terminus, Atlanta GA 2014 Exquisite Exhibit, curated by Joey Orr, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta GA Score: Artists in Overtime, MOCA GA, Atlanta GA 2013 Ant Linkage, Welch Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta GA Drawing Inside the Perimeter, High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA 2012 Paper Moon, Clayton Gallery, Kennesaw State University Museum and Galleries, Kennesaw GA Soltem Os Bichos, Atlelie397, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil 2011 Watching Hands: Artists Respond to Staying Healthy, David J. Spencer Museum at the CDC, Atlanta GA Something Along The Lines of Rock «N» Roll, Solomon Projects, Atlanta GA New Media from the Permanent Collection, MOCA GA, Atlanta GA 2010 Hand to Hand, AthICA, Athens GA Limitless, Agnes Scott College, Dalton Gallery, Decatur GA Everything and the Space between Everything, Agnus Scott College, McCain Library, Round Wall Gallery, Decatur GA Hand to Hand, Chaffee Art Center, Rutledge VT 2009 More Mergers and Acquisitions, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta GA Accessing the Artist's Brain: Drawing as Metaphor, AVA Gallery, Chattanooga TN Three Small Deaths (film screening), DiverseWorks, Houston TX Everything and the Space between Everything, Jackson - Hartsfeild Airport, Atrium Gallery Atlanta and Agnes Scott College, McCain Library, Round Wall Gallery, Decatur GA Hand to Hand, Western Kentucky University Gallery, Bowling Green KY 2008 The World's Smallest Art Fair, Anna Kustera Gallery, NYC NY Hand to Hand, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2007 Little Things Mean A Lot, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta GA Tablet: Contemporary Southern Painting, Tanner Hill Gallery, Chattanooga TN Tenth Annual Arizona State University Art Museum Short Film and Video Festival, ASU Museum of Art, Tempe, AZ Exile From The Land Of Reason, Eyedrum, Atlanta GA The Petrified Man, Welch School of Art and Design Art Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta GA 2006 Flamingo Sculpture Garden, Scope Art Fair, Miami FL Run For Your Lives, DiverseWorks, Houston TX Hand to Hand, Ruby Green Gallery, Nashville TN 2005 Toy, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh PA SouthXeast: Contemporary Southeastern Art, University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL Gas, Food, Lodging: Imagining Escape, Welch School of Art and Design Art Gallery, Ga..

MD: I had my own record label, Tweet, for a brief time during the early 80s, and Lauri ran an independent film company and a small theater troupe in the late 80s, early 90s.