Sentences with phrase «independent film directed»

The title is inspired by a 2011 independent film directed by Victoria Mahoney, which leads the audience through a young girl's coming of age, discovering herself and the world around her through trial and error.
Last August an independent film directed by an Austin resident and produced by a Port Neches - Groves graduate brought a few famous faces to Southeast Texas.

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Unlike other independent films in which big names are ridden into the ground like a sweaty mule, shoehorned into every possible scene in the movie, «Moms» Night Out» has an ensemble cast - an amazing feat for a film with a budget just under $ 5 million, according to Andrew and John Erwin, the brothers who directed the film.
Estevez recently worked on his independent film The Public which he wrote, directed and starred in — but outside that hasn't had a major role since 2012.
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Akerman also recently starred in the upcoming independent film, THE TICKET, opposite Dan Stevens and directed by Ido Fluk.
Since 1980, Ms. Grant has mixed acting with directing, and in 1982, launched an independent film company with her husband, Joseph Feury.
Most recently in 2013, Friend co-stared as Oliver Baumer in STARRED UP, directed by David Mackenzie; the film was nominated for eight British Independent Film Awards.
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.
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.»
INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS And Everything Is Going Fine (Unrated) Steven Soderbergh directs this documentary chronicling the career of the late Spalding Gray (1941 - 2004), an actor / playwright and performance artist known for his minimalist monologues.
Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget, by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master George A. Romero, is a great story of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.
It's been seven years since Alex Holdridge directed the Independent Spirit Award winning film In Search of a Midnight Kiss.
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.
Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, Night of the Living Dead, directed by horror master GEORGE A. ROMERO, is one of the great stories of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.
Films that might have fit this putative strand included the charming but overlong Timeless Stories, co-written and directed by Vasilis Raisis (and winner of the Michael Cacoyannis Award for Best Greek Film), a story that follows a couple (played by different actors at different stages of the characters» lives) across the temporal loop of their will - they, won't - they relationship from childhood to middle age and back again — essentially Julio Medem - lite, or Looper rewritten by Richard Curtis; Michalis Giagkounidis's 4 Days, where the young antiheroine watches reruns of Friends, works in an underpatronized café, freaks out her hairy stalker by coming on to him, takes photographs and molests invalids as a means of staving off millennial ennui, and causes ripples in the temporal fold, but the film is as dead as she is, so you hardly notice; Bob Byington's Infinity Baby, which may be a «science - fiction comedy» about a company providing foster parents with infants who never grow up, but is essentially the same kind of lame, unambitious, conformist indie comedy that has characterized U.S. independent cinema for way too long — static, meticulously framed shots in pretentious black and white, amoral yet supposedly lovable characters played deadpan by the usual suspects (Kieran Culkin, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Kevin Corrigan), reciting apparently nihilistic but essentially soft - center dialogue, jangly indie music at the end, and a pretty good, if belated, Dick Cheney joke; and Petter Lennstrand's loveably lo - fi Up in the Sky, shown in the Youth Screen section, about a young girl abandoned by overworked parents at a sinister recycling plant, who is reluctantly adopted by a reconstituted family of misfits and marginalized (mostly puppets) who are secretly building a rocket — it's for anyone who has ever loved the Tintin moon adventures, books with resourceful heroines, narratives with oddball gangs, and the legendary episode of Angel where David Boreanaz turned into a Muppet.
Born in Chicago, Leonard began as a stage actor, making his film debut in 1908 at the Selig Polyscope studios in Chicago; his directing career began in 1913 at Rex, a former independent then operating as a unit within Universal.
As female - directed films slowly, but steadily, trickle into the circulation of independent and mainstream features, it's a worthwhile exercise to celebrate the trailblazers as well as acknowledge those emergent forces following in their path.
: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's THE FANTASTIC FOUR, a feature length documentary directed by Film Studies professor and independent filmmaker Marty Langford and executive produced by LA - based casting director / witness to the The Fantastic Four's 1994 filming: Mark Sikes.
Kramer oversees UTA's motion picture group which includes its literary, talent, independent film finance, media rights and production departments, and he also directs the agency's comedy touring, licensing, endorsement and publishing arms.
The independent film, which was written by Jesse Knight, is being directed by «B - Side» scribe - helmer, Amos Posner.
The independent film, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and starring Michael Fassbender and Domhnall Gleeson, was shortlisted for Online Campaign of the Year and Trailer of the Year.
Night of the Living Dead (1968) Shot outside Pittsburgh on a shoestring budget by a band of filmmakers determined to make their mark, «Night of the Living Dead,» directed by horror master George A. Romero, is one of the great stories of independent cinema: a midnight hit turned box - office smash that became one of the most influential films of all time.
Chris Weitz, also known for directing «Twilight: New Moon», and «American Pie», stated «Demián gave his heart and soul to give a voice to the voiceless, and I am delighted that the independent film community is recognizing his performance for this film
Since she first appeared as Nina in Goran Dukić's Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006), Seimetz has been active in the independent film scene in many capacities — as a collaborator to Joe Swanberg (which involves wearing many hats), (14) a producer (for Barry Jenkins's elegant and sensitive Medicine for Melancholy [2008], among others) and an actress for edgy, polyvalent directors who often blur the boundary between acting, directing, writing and crewing: Jay Keitel (also the DP for Sun Don't Shine), Lawrence Michael Levine, Lena Dunham, Kentucker Audley, David Robert Mitchell, Adam Wingard, Cherie Saulter, Josh Slates, Dan Bush and Tomer Almagor.
He has also completed work on BEYOND, a thriller from director Josef Rusnak also starring Jon Voight; THE GREY, a thriller directed by Joe Carnahan with Liam Neeson; and TRADE OF INNOCENTS, an independent film written and directed by Christopher Bessette, in which he stars opposite Mira Sorvino.
The DVD includes an Independent Film Channel interview with Nolan, only 30 when he wrote and directed the film.
INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Che (Unrated) Steven Soderbergh directs this four - hour bio-pic chronicling the political exploits of Che Guevara (Benicio Del Toro), the daring Argentine Marxist who led the Cuban revolution with Castro (Demian Bichir) before inciting guerilla warfare around the rest of Latin America until his assassination by the CIA in 1967.
INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS 1911 (Unrated) Jackie Chan directed and stars in this historical drama recounting the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty which led to the founding of the Republic of China.
INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Suss (Unrated) WWII documentary examining Jew Suss, an anti-Semitic feature film produced by Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels in 1940 and directed by Veit Harlan who was later tried for crimes against humanity but exonerated after raising the «I only followed orders» defense.
A second trailer has surfaced independent war - torn drama TWICE BORN (or VENUTO AL MONDO) Penelope Cruz leads the film, directed by Italian actor - turned - filmmaker Sergio Castellitto, as a single mother attempting to put some demons to rest when she returns with her young son to Sarajevo, the home which she shared with his father (played by Emile Hirsch) before his death during the harrowing Bosnian conflict of the 1990s.
this film is by far the best independent film i have watched, the only other independent film that i have watched that comes to mind is Dance Flick that was directed by the Waynes brothers it aslo had Shoshanna Bush in it.
INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Blind Date (Unrated) Stanley Tucci directed and co-stars opposite Patricia Clarkson in this remake of the late Dutch director Theo van Gogh's bittersweet drama about an estranged couple's attempt to reconcile by going on a series of blind dates as strangers following the death of their daughter.
Tackling «vital issues such as fake news, the undermining of political protest, the battle between present and future superpowers, the future of democracy itself», the series is directed by William Oldroyd, making his TV debut after his independent film «Lady Macbeth» won five British Independent Film Awards and is in the running for two BAFTAsindependent film «Lady Macbeth» won five British Independent Film Awards and is in the running for two BAFTAsIndependent Film Awards and is in the running for two BAFTAs next week.
Tackling «vital issues such as fake news, the undermining of political protest, the battle between present and future superpowers, the future of democracy itself», the series is directed by William Oldroyd, making his TV debut after his independent film ``
Written, directed by and starring Lena Dunham, and costarring her real - life mother and sister, Tiny Furniture is a loose - limbed and pleasantly idiosyncratic independent film that takes an amusing look at romantic humiliation and twentysomething dawdling, when deep - seated ambivalence is so frequently mistaken for a lack of ambition or intelligence by adults who've forgotten the choppy waters of post-adolescence.
The independent film Before Sunrise, the third theatrical writing and directing credit of Richard Linklater, grossed just $ 5.5 million in early 1995, possibly turning a profit on its $ 2.5 million budget but not in a meaningful way.
Alcon, one of the longest - running independent film finance and production companies in the world, has financed and produced, and / or co - financed / produced 33 films to date, including the recent critically acclaimed film Blade Runner 2049 from Academy Award - nominated director Denis Villeneuve and starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford; the Academy Award - nominated Best Picture The Blind Side, which earned Sandra Bullock a Best Actress Oscar; The Book of Eli, starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman; Insomnia, starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank and directed by Chris Nolan; The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants; P.S. I Love You, starring Hilary Swank; the critically acclaimed dramatic thriller Prisoners, directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo, Terrance Howard and Paul Dano; and the family hit Dolphin Tale starring Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd and Kris Kristofferson.
«Adult Beginners,» which stars the increasingly ubiquitous Nick Kroll and was directed by formidable independent film producer Ross Katz («In the Bedroom,» «The Laramie Project,» «Lost in Translation»), isn't really a comedy, despite what they'd like you to think.
Although the gritty indie aesthetic of «Diary» was a direct reaction to his experiences on «Land» — a studio effort starring Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento and Simon Baker and the most expensive film in the series — Romero always has bounced back and forth between mainstream acceptance (a few studio - funded pictures and various fruitless Hollywood production deals) and the scrappier terrain of independent financing and distribution.
For an excellent look at sports obsession I much prefer the 2009 independent film Big Fan written and directed by Robert D. Siegel.
I also write & direct (my supernatural thriller, Origin, won Best Horror at the London Independent Film Festival 2012), and I've co - written / directed the live - action children's film Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg?
Danny also writes / directs (his supernatural thriller, Origin, won Best Horror at the London Independent Film Festival 2012), and he has co - written / directed the live - action children's film Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg?
The Lenny Abrahamson directed film made almost $ 12,000 over its opening three days in America, a huge boost for an independent feature.
Long criticized for the lack of women directors represented, this year Cannes will see the Coppola and Ramsay films, as well as Naomi Kawase's Radiance premiering in competition, a short film directed by Kristen Stewart, the Campion series, and seven films directed by women in the independent - minded Directors» Fortnight section.
The film, directed by Alfonso Gomez - Rejon from a script by novelist Jesse Andrews, is assuredly familiar to the seasoned independent film veteran.
John Michael McDonagh wrote and directed The Guard, starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle, which was released in 2011 and became the highest grossing Irish independent film of all time at the Irish box office.
Los Angeles, CA — Maya International, a leading independent sales and distribution company based in Los Angeles, has worldwide rights to the Sundance selected film «Mosquita Y Mari» written and directed by Aurora Guerrero.
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