Sentences with phrase «indie film named»

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Hollywood's biggest names, from box office superstars to indie film up - and - comers, were delighted to discover their own box of hand - crafted John Kelly Chocolates tucked inside the coveted «swag bags» they received at an exclusive pre-Oscar gifting suite at L'Ermitage Hotel in Beverly Hills this year.

This misstep didn't seem to hurt the actor, whose name was already attached to a number of high - profile projects that would no doubt further increase his star wattage.Two such projects were the edgy indie films American Psycho and Requiem for a Dream, both released in 2000.

Whether it's through the indie circuits or through mainstream media, he's made a name for himself for films like Magic Mike and Ocean's Eleven.

«Pieces» is an indie crime drama and is based on a short film of the same name that Taylor made which was first shown in 2014 at the Palm Springs International ShortFest.

The indie market has become increasingly challenging as small films without recognizable names are having a tougher time luring the public away from their Netflix queues.

Baumbach, who has been a distinct voice in cinema for years, earning an Oscar nomination for his 2005 film The Squid and the Whale, joins a growing line of impressive names on Netflix's slate of indie acquisitions.

If the Coen Bros names weren't anywhere to be found on this trailer, it would just look like another indie film I wouldn't bother renting.

As well as their top ten films of the year, the NBR also name their favourite documentaries, foreign and indie films, including most of the usual suspects aside from CAPTAIN PHILLIPS.

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.

Plenty of other female critics, besides me, are flagging the problem, which includes a scarcity of substantial and complex female characters in narrative films, whether Hollywood or indie, that fail to pass the Bechdel test (at least one scene with two female characters who have names, talking to each other about anything other than a man).

We've said it before, we'll say it again, but one of the best things about looking back over a year just gone at the movies is thinking of all the names who, just twelve months ago, we were faintly aware of at best, and who now have burgeoning careers, awards buzz, lead roles in indie films and / or blockbuster gigs on the way.

The impact of that win on the Academy was minimal (though the film at least earned two Oscar nods it wouldn't otherwise have received), but the same can't be said of last year's choice: shrugged off by audiences and boasting no heavyweight industry names, «The Hurt Locker» became the most critic - steered Best Picture winner in Oscar history, as every major critics» group in America lined up behind the indie Iraq drama to raise its profile in the face of the threatening populist shadow cast by «Avatar.»

Mark Duplass (of «The Puffy Chair» and «Hannah Takes the Stairs») and Joshua Leonard (co-star of the blockbuster «The Blair Witch Project») have some indie cachet, to be sure, but are hardly name draws in an industry that banks on star power and prestige for selling films.

Bell is currently in production on the indie film Donnybrook for writer / director Tim Sutton, adapted from Frank Bill's noir novel of the same name.

The Independent Spirit Awards are an annual award given in the name of independent film, featuring plenty of those little indie films which deserve the honor and recognition that they usually don't receive - celebrating their 33rd year.

In the hands of director Luca Guadagnino and legendary screenwriter / director James Ivory (former partner of the late Ismail Merchant — the two made dozens of indie films under the name of Merchant Ivory Productions), the relationship between Elio and Oliver builds at a snail's pace.

But the new indie animated film from comics artist Dash Shaw, based on an earlier story by him, is more than its name, or perhaps it's more accurate to say it's exactly as fun as its name.

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.

Director Craig Zisk, who made a name for himself in television as a director / producer for such shows as «The Larry Sanders Show», «Weeds», and «The United States of Tara», does treat the film like an extended episode of a quirky comedy, not striving for anything cinematic, but perfectly in keeping with your typical indie flick release, except with well known actors.

Paterson Rated R for some language Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96 % Adam Driver (Silence, The Force Awakens) stars in this indie Jim Jarmusch film about a bus driver named Paterson, who lives in Paterson, NJ and who likes to write poetry.

I'm sure it comes by no shock or surprise that this recent Oscar winner would make it to the list, but to dismiss Call Me By Your Name as just a flash in the indie film pan is a disservice to its overall brilliance.

«Starting with «Humpday,» Magnolia has proven to us over and over again that genre and marquee names don't mean everything in indie film, and that they will passionately get behind a wild movie like Sean Baker's «Tangerine» simply because it is unique, inspired, and flat out entertaining,» Jay and Mark Duplass said in a joint statement.

by Walter Chaw Director Christopher Nolan follows up his justifiably hailed indie masterpiece Memento with Insomnia, a mainstream Hollywood remake of Erik Skjoldbjærg's tremendous 1997 Norwegian film of the same name.

Ricky Church chats with Lorcan Finnegan and cast of Without Name... Earlier this week the Irish indie film Without Name premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and Flickering Myth got to sit down with the cast and crew of this psychological horror.

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CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT In just seven years as a film producer, Ellison has turned Annapurna (named after the famous Himalayan circuit she hiked in Nepal in 2006) into Hollywood's go - to indie studio.

This is a truly indie film, which Grayfinanced with his own money, holding the budget down to $ 600,000, a startling accomplishment for a feature length picture with name brand actors.

Can you name an indie film from Sundance this year?