Sentences with phrase «independent films opening»

A cracked riff on Disneyland and the longest - running film festival in Dallas are among the highlights in new independent film openings.

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.

But the National Council of Churches has wisely kept the panel independent of outside pressures and, to a surprising degree, opened a new era of responsible, ecumenical, and theologically informed film criticism.

The film opens with the sliding up of the garishly - decorated garage door of the Tennessee State Headquarters of the independent (Replacement Party) candidate Hal Phillip Walker.

«Independent film, even documentaries, can be a joyous and triumphant experience,» said Alexandra Lipsitz, director of the wildly entertaining documentary «Air Guitar Nation,» which opens Friday.

Voting is open until December 12 at 11:59 p.m. Categories include Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Documentary, Best Animated Film, Best Cinematography, Best Musical Score, and the Russell Smith Award (for best low - budget or cutting - edge independent film).

A few gentle comedy dramas followed with Penny Marshall's Renaissance Man and Herbert Ross» Boys on the Side.Many film roles opened up in the late»90s, from Victor Salva's independent comedy Rites of Passage to the big - budget Robert Zemeckis mystery What Lies Beneath.

McAdams isn't ready to get into juicy spoiler territory just yet, but when MTV News caught up with her at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York City last night (November 30), which she was attending for her new film «Spotlight,» the actress finally opened up about why she decided to join the Marvel family.

The below list only includes domestic (U.S. and Canada only, unless otherwise indicated) grosses for specialty films — which we define to include independent, foreign (including Bollywood films), and / or documentary films — that opened in limited release (599 screens and under) in 2018 AND / OR were acquired or produced for 2018 distribution by an independent distributor (including STX Films, Annapurna, A24, Entertainment Studios, Amazon, Netflix, Aviron, Global Road, and Bleecker Street) or a studio or its specialty division (including Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, and Focus Features).

In this wonderful interview excerpt, courtesy of Youtube user andyrodd077, legendary independent filmmaker George Kuchar opens up on his time in the New York film scene.

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.

Now the race is wide open, and is expected to go at a dizzying pace, with announcements to come from the Golden Globes, the Directors Guild, the Producers Guild, SAG - AFTRA, the Independent Spirit Awards and many film critics» associations from across the nation, leading up to the actual announcement of the Academy Award nominations.

An auspicious breakthrough for Mitchell (who scored a Best Director nomination last week from the Independent Spirit Awards), the film excels through harmonious design elements that serve an open metaphor that dynamically allows various interpretations — and also rattle even the toughest of nerves.

«To offer independent films an opportunity to be perceived on a grand scale, we are, in the case of US - American director Miranda July, opening up the Competition for an extraordinary German - American co-production that will run out of competition in the Premieres section at Sundance.

(In English and German with subtitles) INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS The Secret of the Grain (Unrated) Cross-cultural drama, set in the seacoast town of Sete, revolving around the frustrating adjustment to life in France by a family of Arab immigrants headed by a divorced and depressed, 61 year - old patriarch (Habib Boufares) who dreams of opening his own restaurant.

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.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS American Swing (Unrated) Wife - swapping documentary revisits the rise and fall of Plato's Retreat, the New York City sex club which opened in 1977 and catered to its orgy - loving clientele until the specter of AIDS began to take the luster off the hedonistic lifestyle by the early Eighties.

Filmmaker Dawn Porter's Trapped, the abortion rights film that won Sundance Film Festival 2016 ′ s U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking, is set to open theatrically on March 4, with subsequent broadcast dates in June on Independent Lens.

Though the opening tracking shot of Jackie moving forward suggests the sort of independent toughness one associates with Grier from her earlier films, here she is actually a struggling working woman rushing to get to her job.

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

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.

You could do a decent job of staying on top of new releases each week, keep your finger on the pulse of the independent cinema scene, and even be open to obscure films you might stumble upon on Netflix or Redbox.

THN are excited to announce that the Raindance Film Festival, Europe's largest independent film festival, will open on 24th September with a screening of...

The Arab Film Festival, which opens Friday at the Harmony Gold Theatre in Los Angeles and continues through Oct. 20, is the largest independent annual showcase of Arab films and filmmakers in the United States.

Note this article only includes North American grosses for specialty films — indie, foreign and / or documentary — that opened in limited release (initially under 500 screens — so that's why «The Butler» or «Don Jon» aren't included, for example) in 2013 and were released by an independent distributor or a studio specialty division.

Note this list only includes North American grosses for specialty films — indie, foreign and / or documentary — that opened in limited release (initially under 500 screens) in 2013 and were released by an independent distributor or a studio specialty division.

The opening credits sequence is burned into any independent film - maker's mind.

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).

Justin Long also producded and co-wrote the script for the independent film, which opens in US cinemas from the 6th November.

«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.

We screen the best independent films on their opening Friday.

Former film director Josef Fares and the team behind Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons have opened a brand new independent studio.

For example, Amal Alhaag and Maria Guggenbichler's independent, queer, antiracist curatorial project The Side Room, presented the one night event «Black Fashioning / Dancehall Futures», at the same time that Isaac Julien's film Looking for Langston (1989), about black gay poet Langston Hughes, opened at Ron Mandos gallery.

In 2000 he received his BFA in Fine Arts at the Pratt Institute, and formed the group «Greenpoint Riverfront Artists» who curated and produced performances, rooftop independent film screenings, and annual open studios.

Independent, open - minded, approachable yet fiercely determined, focused, and driven by her passion for the arts and avant - garde films, agnès b. is more than just a formidable figure in the world of fashion.

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.

In an open letter to Martin Durkin, head of Wag TV, the independent production company that made the film, the scientists say: «We believe that the misrepresentation of facts and views, both of which occur in your programme, are so serious that repeat broadcasts of the programme, without amendment, are not in the public interest... In fact, so serious and fundamental are the misrepresentations that the distribution of the DVD of the programme without their removal amounts to nothing more than an exercise in misleading the public.»

«Far Longer Than Forever»; Open Wings Productions 2006 — 2007 Producer, Production Manager Managed the filming of an independent documentary in New York City, London and Paris.