Sentences with phrase «independent film whose»

In the sense that I couldn't afford to do a low budget independent film whose financing was constantly falling apart and therefore we would all have to defer our salaries and not get paid.

This is a relatively low - budget, independent film whose cast and crew clearly had a lot of fun — but that never quite translates into fun for the viewer.

Not exact matches

She just completed the independent digital short film, Black Water, about a successful middle - aged man whose life falls apart, which has been invited to the Hawaii Film Festival upon completion.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (R for graphic sexuality and nudity) Romance drama, set in Paris in the Twenties, abut the scandalous affair conducted by a famous French clothes designer (Anna Mouglalis) with the promising classical composer (Mads Mikkelsen) whose penniless, refugee family she let live in her villa after they escaped the Russian Revolution.

This is a bona fide independent film, the kind whose budget may very well not even extend to a seventh figure.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (R for profanity, nudity, violence, drug use and graphic sexuality) Legendary director Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Network, The Verdict) assembles a talented ensemble for this suspenseful crime thriller about two brothers (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke) whose perfectly planned heist of their parents» (Albert Finney and Rosemary Harris) jewelry store goes horribly wrong when their accomplice improvises with disastrous results during the botched robbery.

-- Forrest Hartman is an independent film critic whose byline has appeared in some of the nation's largest publications.

Debra Granik, Romain Gavras, Ciro Guerra and Gaspar Noe are among the directors whose films will be included in the 50th Directors» Fortnight, an independent sidebar that will run concurrently with the Cannes Film Festival in May.

When I say independent you say... well, if you know his films, you'd most likely say John Sayles, whose made 19 features (Matewan and Lonestar among them) without traditional studio backing (though many of those features were financed by money Sayles made by doctoring or ghost writing Hollywood scripts).

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS 24 City (Unrated) Modernization mockumentary, set in Sichuan Province, shot from the diverse perspectives of nine interviewees representing three generations of Chinese whose lives are affected in different ways by the demolition of a military factory in Chengdu to make way for a complex of luxury apartments.

«Before Midnight» director Richard Linklater received a lifetime achievement award too, and if the talk from presenters Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy wasn't up to their sizzling patter from the films, it did justice to their director, whose clip reel demonstrated just what an influence he's been over independent cinema over the last two decades.

Forrest Hartman is an independent film critic whose byline has appeared in some of the nation's largest publications.

The director Sean Baker, who wrote the film with Chris Bergoch, and whose independent films center on atypical protagonists (like Ghanaian immigrants or Los Angeles porn stars), said the idea for «Tangerine» came from the Hollywood location.

We seek to celebrate the independent ethos of artists in music and film whose creations push against the grain of corporate - subsidized popular culture, even though interaction with the corporate world of art has grown more and more inevitable in this day and age.

Your gift helps fulfill our mission to celebrate the independent ethos of artists in music and film whose creations push against the grain of corporate - subsidized popular culture.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Another Earth (Unrated) Redemption drama about an MIT student (Brit Marling) and an accomplished composer (William Mapother) whose paths cross in tragic fashion on the very same night of the discovery of a mirror planet populated by duplicates of every human on Earth.

Eden was, to my mind, the finest film in the strongest collection of Seattle and Washington - born and - based filmmaking ever screened at SIFF, in a line - up that was framed by opening night film Your Sister's Sister (from hometown hero Lynn Shelton, whose recent work put independent Seattle filmmaking on the map) and closing night film Grassroots, shot in Seattle and based on the book by former Stranger political reporter Phil Campbell.

Film Independent is a non-profit arts organization that produces the annual Spirit Awards and the LA Film Festival; the Spirit Awards pulls double duty as the primary fundraiser for the non-profit's year - round programs while also honoring artist - driven films made with «an economy of means» by filmmakers whose work embodies diversity, innovation and a unique perspective.

Davis, whose credits also include the role of Professor Flitwick in the «Harry Potter» films, Nikabrik in «The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian» and Old Hamm in «Jack the Giant Slayer,» is represented by Independent Talent Group.

The independent film produced by Youree Henley stars Charlie Sheen as the title character, a successful graphic designer whose fame, money and charm have made him irresistible to women.

When an indie stalwart and major talent like Linklater can be treated so indifferently by an indie division, what does that say about the current state of independent film and about Sundance, whose identity is synonymous with it?

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.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS A Broken Sole (Unrated) Ensemble drama, set in Manhattan on 9/11, examines the fortunes of six souls that fateful day: a cabbie (Bob Dishy) with a passenger (Laila Robins), a shoemaker (Danny Aiello) whose customer (Judith Light) wants him to keep his shop open, and a woman (Margaret Colin) dating a dyslexic (John Shea).

«It was a decisive moment,» said Schrader, whose new movie is co-produced by Christine Vachon, a leading voice in independent film.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Americatown (Unrated) Spoof about an idyllic suburban oasis whose peace is ruined by a spilled cup of coffee that sets in motion an unfortunate chain of events.

Alain Silver is a Santa Monica - based writer / producer of independent feature films, whose books include genre surveys on the samurai film and the vampire film, director studies of Robert Aldrich and David Lean, and seven volumes on film noir.

RAY ANGELIC (Executive Producer) is a Los Angeles - based producer whose credits include a host of critically acclaimed independent and genre films.

The image above is a work by Oster + Koezle whose images of abandoned buildings, are originally shot on film, are transformed into alternate space with a simple digital occupation turning the image of reality into an independent image following the rules of a picture plane.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul is an independent film director, screenwriter and film producer from Thailand whose films address nature, sexuality and dream states.

A noted independent filmmaker whose works were shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Berlin Film Festival and other major institutions, Mr. Sonbert began making films as a student at New York University in 1966.