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Or so he thinks, until he meets a young woman played by Elle Fanning (who plays approximately 75 percent of young - woman roles in independent films these days).

Not exact matches

The film that triggered the devastating cyberattack on the studio last month, which the United States says was launched by North Korea, opened Thursday in 331 independent theaters with a $ 1 million box office and $ 1.8 million over the subsequent three days, according to Sony.

Pizza will never be the Lou Malnati's deep dish of the independent film world, but its gentle pacing... makes this gem as comforting as mall pizza on a hungry day.

In the world of live - action films, changing a director when a film is already in production is rare, though it happened this year on the independent western «Jane Got a Gun,» when Gavin O'Connor replaced director Lynne Ramsay after she failed to show up on the first day of shooting in New Mexico.

Though the 85th Academy Awards are a mere day away, tonight an awards ceremony of a different sort took place to celebrate the best of independent film.

Stewart's fame these days comes primarily from two areas: her relationships, which draw the interest of tens of millions of people, and her studiously independent film work, which garners the ticket sales of, well, somewhat fewer.

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.

The day - and - a-half program, which took us from HBO headquarters in Bryant Park to Bloomberg Philanthropies on the upper east side, exposed creative investors to the world of independent storytelling through film presentations, case studies, panels, deep - dive roundtables, and artist spotlights.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS 4:44 Last Day on Earth (Unrated) Apocalyptic sci - fi adventure about a Manhattan couple (Willem Dafoe and Shanyn Leigh) coming to terms with the fact that world is ending in 24 hours.

Yes there are plenty of great horror films being made these days but they are more often than not independent films that never quite get the attention they deserve.

In effect, two lands of films are being produced these days in the United States: the products churned out by the large production companies, which are most often repetitive although there are exceptions, and the films that certain independent directors manage to make.

OCT. 19, 2009 PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — After four days of independent film that drew nearly 9,000 attendees to several sold - out screenings and talk - of - the - town, standing - room - only after - parties, the New Hampshire Film Festival announced 2009 Granny Award winners during closing ceremonies Sun., Oct. 18.

On the second day, I watched more independent and low key films which is what I expected to see at SXSW in the first place.

The five day «extended weekend» will feature new independent films; studio sneak previews; conversations with attending directors, actors, producers and writers; Opening and Closing Night festivities; the highly anticipated Festival Gala; Celebrity Tribute and Awards Programs; wine - tasting pavilions; film industry focused and culinary panel discussions; and VIP receptions and dinners with Napa Valley's own celebrity chefs and winemakers.

An older title brought back into circulation is All Day's expanded DVD release of Ganja and Hess (1983), which features an overly appreciative commentary with the director, co-star, cinematographer, and the film's composer, Sam Waymon, bubbling about a seminal work by independent black filmmakers that's either a lost masterpiece, or an indulgent, narrative mess to some.

A must for cinephiles, foodies and wine lovers alike, the five - day «extended weekend» features a premier selection of independent films and hotly anticipated Oscar contenders, as well as conversations with some of the most exciting actors, directors, producers and writers working in movies today.

Big budget studio films are a blast, but we're in a day and age where you can actually insure the influx of those little independent gems.

Program Description: The Screenwriters Lab is a five - day writers» workshop that gives independent screenwriters the opportunity to work intensively on their feature film scripts with the support of established writers in an environment that focuses on the art and craft of screenwriting and creative risk taking.

In the days and weeks to come, Hollywood studios and independent distributors will be releasing all sorts of films that are crammed with producer credits.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS 2 Days in Paris (Unrated) Romantic comedy about a French photographer (Julie Delpy) and an American designer (Adam Goldberg) living in NYC who decide to vacation in Paris to rekindle the passion in their relationship only to have the plan derailed by the presence of her intermeddling parents and the resurfacing of her still flirtatious ex-boyfriends.

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.

Over the course of 10 days and 11 nights, the public is invited to take advantage of world premieres including independent films and major studio releases, as well as tribute screenings, outdoor movies, celebrity - filled red carpets and more.

The Lenny Abrahamson directed film made almost $ 12,000 over its opening three days in America, a huge boost for an independent feature.

The first film at least bested the latter - day Bond movies in plastic spy - movie pleasures — spiffy gadgets, goofy bad guys, over-compensating production design — and had a more or less consistent narrative, with working - class English delinquent Gary «Eggsy» Unwin (Taron Egerton) learning to become an agent of Kingsman, a shadowy «independent» intelligence agency disguised as a Savile Row tailor shop, under the tutelage of gentleman spy Harry Hart (Colin Firth).

She recently attended Sundance Institute's two - day intensive as part of the FilmTwo Initiative, which provides support to a diverse group of independent filmmakers in response to the specific challenges they face in developing and completing their second feature film.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Any Day Now (Unrated) Courtroom drama, set in the Seventies, about the custody battle waged between the state and a gay couple (Alan Cumming and Garret Dillahunt) trying to adopt a boy with Down syndrome (Isaac Leyva) abandoned by his mother.

Things began so well with three strong independent films, but those days seem to be behind us.

Paul Whitington of the Irish Independent is in studio to review this week's big releases - Oscar - nominated civil rights film Selma, the Wachowski's sci - fi Jupiter Ascending, the latest offering from Aardman - Shaun the Sheep, and Irish director Terry McMahon's Patrick's Day.

Over the three - day gathering, the Creative Producing Summit provides a forum for top industry professionals, producers, and directors to focus on three primary avenues of dialogue: narrative producing, documentary producing, and the state of the independent film industry.

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).

«I used to walk down this street every day after school and just hope someday I would be able to come here and launch a film at this theatre,» he told the Irish Independent.

«Between strong reviews and a publicity blitz by the film's stars Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon and Nate Parker, we managed one of the strongest independent openings of the year for either a conventional or day - and - date release,» Roadside Attractions» Howard Cohen told Indiewire.

These days the whole world watches independent films.

Sundance Screenwriters Lab is a five - day writer's workshop that gives independent screenwriters the opportunity to work intensively on their feature film scripts with the support of established writers in «an environment that encourages innovation and creative risk - taking».

The 11 - days were filled with world premieres, independent & international film screenings, Oscar - nominated films, industry tributes, seminars & panels, and youth education programs.

Over Columbus Day weekend, the FirstGlance Film Festival celebrates its 20th year of creating independent film showcases here in Philadelphia.

Taking center stage for five days, Cancun's International Film Festival occurs in November and provides a showcase for a wide variety of intriguing independent international films.

This October in New York, Independent Curators International (ICI) produces the Curatorial Intensive: Curating Time - Based Media, a ten - day professional development program that offers curators the opportunity to discuss, among colleagues, the concepts, logistics, and challenges of organizing exhibitions featuring durational art, installations, performance, dance, video, film, and sound art.

Presented by London based independent film company Day for Night, Nordic Film Festival returns to the UK with a diverse mix of works, showcasing some of the most celebrated and emerging filmmaking talent of the Nordic region.

Presented by London based independent film company Day for Night, Nordic Film Festival returns to the UK with a diverse mix of fresh and classic features, documentaries and shorts, showcasing some of the most celebrated and emerging filmmaking talent of the Nordic region.

Theaters in the Living Room Theaters complex are used for film study classes in our College's School of Communication during the day, and are open at night and on weekends showing independent and foreign films, and serving lunch and dinner.

Developed in response to a new generation of filmmakers who were producing works outside the studio system, the series presented independent and experimental films that reflected many of the key issues of the day, from the Vietnam War, drugs, and the Black Panthers, to homosexuality and the women's liberation movement.