Sentences with phrase «indie budget films»

All the crazy truth about auditioning and working in indie no budget films and black box theaters in NYC.

All the crazy truth about auditioning and working in indie no budget films and black box theaters in NYC.

All the crazy truth about auditioning and working in indie no budget films and black box theaters in NYC.

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It's a path that includes the relatively low overhead of shooting a film entirely via a mobile device and an app (the studio said Sickhouse «s budget was similar to that of a typical indie film) while potentially tapping into various social networking platforms» massive built - in audiences of users.

After debuting successfully in three theaters last weekend, «Spring Breakers» opens in more than 1,110 theaters bringing in $ 5 million The indie film with James Franco and Selena Gomez had a low budget estimated at $ 2 million.

Look at me, I watch low budget crap indie films because I see art that other people can't see, hon hon hon!»

Joseph Gordon - Levitt has always sort of hovered between being indie film phenom and a big budget movie star.

Since this is in an indie - produced film with razor (thin) budgets, they basically gave us the song after they saw the section.

Rian Johnson's first feature was the well received, low - budget indie titled «Brick» (2005), which told a high - school story in a film noir style, narrated by Gordon - Levitt.

Below are 50 additional noteworthy films — including both big - budget tentpoles and smaller indie and foreign films — that either have confirmed 2013 release dates or seem extremely likely to reach theaters this year.

1080p, AVC - encoded transfer for The Disaster Artist shows off all the polish you'd expect from a modern studio picture, even one with roots in low - budget indie filmmaking (represented by the windowboxed «footage» from the fictionalized filming of The Room.)

Derided and critically stamped upon, this big budget swashbuckling movie sank the indie film company Carolco, famous for T2, Cliffhanger and the Rambo movies.

Former indie wunderkind turned big budget comedy king, David Gordon Green returns to his roots with his sweetly eccentric, surprisingly poignant new film, Prince Avalanche.

Cold Weather is a low - budget indie film by Aaron Katz that firmly believes less is more, focusing often on subtle interactions between characters.

Normally the science fiction concept of time travel is reserved for big budget action films, but the idea itself can be much more interesting within the confines of an indie scale film.

The director discusses his latest film, Manglehorn, starring Al Pacino, his work on commercials influencing his feature films, themes that recur through his work, and the difference between his indie films and those with bigger budgets.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople star Julian Dennison goes from being in a small indie film to being front and center in a huge big budget spectacle.

The Screen Rant editorial team shares their top 5 favorite movies of 2017 - from innovative indie films to big - budget blockbusters.

Lister - Jones, who is currently seen on CBS» «Life in Pieces,» said that this film marked a return to her indie roots after getting a peak into the big - budget Hollywood studio system.

Not only are «Get Out,» «The Shape of Water» and «Blade Runner 2049» some of the very best films of 2017, but from the no - budget indie realm («Prevenge,» «A Ghost Story,» «Transfiguration,» «Raw») to expensive studio epic scale («War for the Planet of the Apes,» «Kong: Skull Island») and newly blazed ground out of the predominantly formulaic superhero («Logan,» «Wonder Woman,» «LEGO Batman») and Star Wars («The Last Jedi») factory farms, fantasy filmmakers tried their hardest to be smart, visually adroit, sometimes startlingly innovative and — strangest of all for this escapist format — humanely, emotionally credible.

’96 was the year of the indie where 4 of the 5 nominees were «low budget,» «non-studio» films and the 5th was a contemporary - set rom - com.

Maybe their reasoning is a lot of indie films don't have a budget for an original score?

A prankish comedy - thriller overtly about desperation and insecurity, Baghead begins with a dead - on Q&A at a Los Angeles indie film festival, where an underground auteur (Jett Garner) condescendingly responds on matters of budget and improvisation.

But the era of the low - budget indie film had arrived and all anybody wanted to know about was how low the budget was, did I have a great backstory about the film getting made, and «what was I trying to say about the suburbs.»

The film looks amazing for a low budget indie.

When the action does hit it is as clean and fun as any film with a $ 175 million budget and the Marvel brand slapped on it can expect to be, and is all the more impressive coming from a director who had only made small indie dramas (see Wattsâ $ ™ Cop Car if you havenâ $ ™ t).

Basically, it is good news that Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel have performed so strongly: excellent films in that «indie - literate» middle ground that many in the industry have been worrying had been neglected in the general rush to big - budget, big - box - office superhero pictures.

Though far from the big - budget extravaganza of the first two «Iron Man» films, what the indie comedy lacks in spectacle it makes up for with a great cast, a warm and funny script, and some mouth - watering food porn.

After working on a few more independent films, including «Reckless» (1984), «Old Enough» (1984) and «Heartbreakers» (1984), he made another important personal and professional connection when Martin Scorsese hired him to shoot a low - budget indie - style film that he was working on as a way of collecting his bearings after a string of increasingly complex and complicated productions, the dark comedy «After Hours» (1985).

While filmmaker Jon Favreau has been dabbling in big - budget studio fare for the past few years, his next film returns him to his indie roots.

Screen Media has picked up worldwide rights for Stray Bullets, a low - budget crime drama from 16 - year - old Jack Fessenden, son of indie - film vet Larry Fessenden.

And that makes the «Hunger Games» film vulnerable to a newcomer like «Creed,» which reteams writer - director Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan — who first worked together on the critically acclaimed low - budget 2013 indie hit «Fruitvale Station» — and brings them together with Rocky Balboa himself, Sylvester Stallone.

As Naomi, the penniless New York City tour guide with whom Arthur falls in love, indie - film darling Greta Gerwig is sweet but tame, the fierce edges she showed in last year's «Greenberg» smoothed and smothered by big - budget blandness.

WHY SEE IT: An interesting and creative premise for a film that is clearly a labor of love — kind of an indie comedy take on CUBE and LABYRINTH, with a touch of ALICE IN WONDERLAND and Terry Gilliam insanity thrown in for good measure — DAVE MADE A MAZE is an amusing diversion for fans of budget filmmaking who can appreciate a smirk - inducing comedy with a light touch of horror and fantasy.

While two of his films have played in Park City previously (though one was a short segment in «V / H / S»), Swanberg and his zeitgeist - defining mumblecore movement (read: indie filmmaking with a cute name and perhaps even lower budgets than audiences were used to at the time), were actually embraced by the SXSW Film Festival and not the indie - defining organizers in Utah.

8:00 pm — IFC — Clerks Kevin Smith burst onto the indie scene with Clerks, a low - budget dialogue - heavy film about clerks at a convenience store.

After debuting with The Roostand Trigger Man, both low - budget DIY art - horror films that gained rave reviews on the indie festival circuit but were never afforded a wide release, he was entrusted with the large (ish) budget of Cabin Fever 2.

«I can do something no one else can...» Blumhouse Tilt has released a brand new, full - length official trailer for an indie film titled Sleight, which premiered in the ultra-low budget Nexst section of the Sundance Film Festival last year.

By ROBERT W. WELKOS When you ask indie producer Luillo Ruiz how his recent low - budget action - comedy film Welcome to the Jungle featuring veteran martial arts star Jean - Claude Van Damme could come with 31 producer credits, his answer is simple and straightforward.

I'm into all types of movies — I'm trying to make a horror film (next), and there's some indie movies that'd cost about $ 5 to make that I'd like to do — but this was a chance for someone to write a check for a big - budget comedy, and to be able to do something as balls - out as this one... y ’ know, I'm gonna take advantage of that!»

A budget of $ 5 million gives Paradise some polish and music licensing opportunities, while keeping this an indie film.

It was clear that Blakeson was set for a Christopher Nolan - style career path, moving from low - budget indie thriller to bigger - scale films, but, like fellow Brit Rupert Wyatt, who went straight from the excellent «The Escapist» to the mega-budgeted «Rise of the Apes» without passing Go, Blakeson seems to be skipping a few steps, and going straight for the tentpole.

The film has a small $ 15 million budget and really, Warner Bros. doesn't play in that arena of small budget films, so it makes more sense at an indie and auteur minded arthouse shingle.

And there has been a nontraditional Oscar campaign for Franco spearheaded by A24, distributor of the low - budget indie film directed by Harmony Korine.

Long after the form fell out of vogue — and in an era when many big - budget studio films pack the screen with saturated candy colors and in - your - face 3 - D effects — indie filmmakers and even the occasional studio - movie veteran are turning to the monochromatic.

I hate to write negative film reviews for small films that are clearly made with passion and scraped together on a shoestring budget, but I also hate to watch indie films that are clearly lacking vision and give my beloved horror genre a bad name.

Anderson does add some style to the film, doing wonders with an indie - sized budget for a film that requires a specific period setting.

A breakout success for an animated film in Cannes, Annecy or TIFF is vital for its Oscar campaign especially if it's an indie, low - budget film that won't have a huge campaign around it.

Writer director Jeremy Saulnier has been crafting indie films on a shoe string budget for quite some time, but like most talented film makers he too has struggled to break through.

Word has spread that he is looking to cut his directorial teeth on an indie - budgeted science - fiction film called Ex Machina.