Sentences with phrase «little independent film»

But those stories are out there and here's a link to a case study about how a little independent film used Hootsuite to grow an audience with almost no budget.

Back in 2012, I saw and reviewed a little independent film called Goon, an ice hockey comedy with a ton of heart that easily joined the ranks of one of my favorite sports films.

Because of this, he decided to expand it to feature length and delivers a delightful little independent film.

Not exact matches

Of course, being a low - budget independent film with relatively little star power, no high concept, and minimal sizzle, The Intervention was destined to make do with the obscurity of limited theatrical release.

Linda's character in that massively successful film, nowadays little seen, presents an independent woman seeking to satisfy her own sexual needs.

The Independent's Anthony Quinn comes closer to my take on the film; he's a little more reserved in his admiration, but it's deep admiration nonetheless:

After a breakthrough performance in the 2013 independent film «Short Term 12,» she has been making more studio films, playing Amy Schumer's little sister in last summer's comedy «Trainwreck,» and getting cast in «Kong: Skull Island,» due next March.

She has appeared in thrillers such as Shaft (2000) and Changing Lanes (2002) and independent comedy films like About a Boy (2002), In Her Shoes (2005) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006).

It also highlights the effort that Linklater has made in support of Independent filmmaking and how he was influential in helping create the Austin Film Society whereby old film prints could be saved and showed, as well as raising money from filmmakers to help make more films.Overall, it does little but scratch the surface and a bit more in - depth analysis to his films would have been welcome but to paraphrase Billy Bob Thornton on the outtakes at the end; «Rick Linklater doesn't need anyone to make a documentary about him.

There's enough talent on display, from a promising filmmaker to a breakout cast, to make Little Accidents a modest watch, but its paper - thin characters, awkward romantic subplot, and predictable conclusion reduce the overall effectiveness of the film — a shame, because it's the type of small independent film you want to root for.

Writer - director Sara Colangelo expands her 2010 short film Little Accidents into her first full - length feature, which recently received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Screenplay.

We are interested in not just those directors who are long venerated — although there is no lack of passionate support for figures such as Robert Bresson, judging from the entries so far — but, equally, the major figures (criminally little - known as they may be) in any sector or mode or geographical region of cinema: animation (Chuck Jones), independent (Todd Haynes), film - essay (Chris Marker), «new Asian cinema» (Edward Yang), experimental, «third cinema», B - films, underground, women's cinema...

While the media debates whether or not the rescinded Oscar nomination is a slight agains faith based films, or just a disciplinary warning to the Academy Awards» voting members and contestants, there is one thing that's clear: All this attention will be a real blessing for the publicity department of this little, independent movie.

The difficult little brother of the independent cinema world is coming off a mostly unsuccessful attempt to return to former glories with 2009's «Happiness» semi-sequel «Life in Wartime,» and had promised lighter fare for his latest, «Dark Horse,» claiming that for the first time in his career that he wanted to make a film without pedophilia, or masturbation, or any of the taboo - breaking subjects that he made his name with.

It's a smarter, less - angry version of Transamerica while featuring the same number of depressed gay people and Harold & Maude-esque teenage boys; it's got the Wes Anderson stamp of approval for its coterie of sage oddballs, deadpan surrogates, and family decompositions; it has a stellar cast doing extremely predictable work at a stellar level; and it comes with the Sundance stamp of approval predestined for it because Little Miss Sunshine is a summary of every independent film since «dysfunction» became a hot - key button on critics» keyboards.

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.

The marketing genius who created the DVD box for this little independent, straight to DVD film had two things in mind.

«Dough» is a little gem in this year's independent films.

The Independent Spirit Awards are an annual award given in the name of independent film, featuring plenty of those little indies which deserve the honor and recognition that they usually don't receive... Now celebrating theirIndependent Spirit Awards are an annual award given in the name of independent film, featuring plenty of those little indies which deserve the honor and recognition that they usually don't receive... Now celebrating theirindependent film, featuring plenty of those little indies which deserve the honor and recognition that they usually don't receive... Now celebrating their 30th year.

The Independent Spirit Awards are an annual award given in the name of independent film, featuring plenty of those little indies which deserve the honor and recognition that, this year, they might not receive at Independent Spirit Awards are an annual award given in the name of independent film, featuring plenty of those little indies which deserve the honor and recognition that, this year, they might not receive at independent film, featuring plenty of those little indies which deserve the honor and recognition that, this year, they might not receive at the Oscars.

2014 didn't have a cult film in the making like What We Do in the Shadows, or a true sleeper like Straight Outta Compton (or Spy, for that matter), or a blockbuster hitting the sweet spot for audiences and critics alike like Mad Max has done, or a traditional standalone nonfranchise blockbuster like The Martian, or an animated film with the acclaim of Inside Out, or a little horror movie that could like It Follows, or an unexpected independent drama that ran forever like Room....2015 was a year like 1999 or 1994.

Box - office prognosticators can predict a film's final grosses almost immediately, and there's very little chance for word - of - mouth to help build up hype, except in the cases of certain smaller independent works.

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 theirIndependent 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 theirindependent film, featuring plenty of those little indie films which deserve the honor and recognition that they usually don't receive - celebrating their 33rd year.

Combining warmth and genuine pain without resorting to a sappy or contrived ending is no longer anything new in the independent film scene but it is always welcome to see it done as well as it is done in Little Miss Sunshine.

In a crowded sea of male - dominated Hollywood films and paper - thin female characters, little independent gems like «Landline» generate even more of an electrifying spark.

Huffman's performance being the sort of stunt in a minor independent film that plays fast and loose with smug liberal paternalism should guarantee her an Oscar nomination — and it can't hurt that another Leonardo DiCaprio doppelgänger arrives post-Michael Pitt in the form of Kevin Zegers, trailing a little pathos and a little inappropriate titillation on his thin shoulders.

That said, I applaud the Spirits for rewarding such a terse, difficult little film — I think it's works like this, rather than the «Junos» and «Sunshines» of independent cinema, that the awards are really designed to benefit.

Despite the film being set for release in just a little over two months, a trailer for Martin Scorsese's much - anticipated directorial follow - up to The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence, still hasn't hit the web; however, today, The Independent found a brand new image from the project to whet the appetites of movie buffs around the world patiently -LSB-...]

Though he turned in memorable supporting roles in Ed Zwick's The Last Samurai and Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima, Japanese actor Hiroshi Watanabe scored his biggest role to date thanks to a brief appearance in a little - seen independent film, Big Dreams Little little - seen independent film, Big Dreams Little Little Tokyo.

Volume 2 will offer «Missing Links: Restored and Rediscovered Classics of American Independent Cinema,» guest - edited by British film magazine Little White Lies.

Daphne, the independent feature debut from director Peter Mackie Burns, was released to little fanfare last year, a fact somewhat emphasised by the other films advertised on its DVD release — Moonlight and Lady Macbeth — more lauded releases from...

Daphne, the independent feature debut from director Peter Mackie Burns, was released to little fanfare last year, a fact somewhat emphasised by the other films advertised on its DVD release — Moonlight and Lady Macbeth — more lauded releases from distributor Altitude Films.

Wechsler's other producing credits are a distinctive and award - winning mix of independent and studio films including «The Road,» a Venice Film Festival Golden Lion selection; «The Time Traveler's Wife,» «We Own the Night,» a Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or selection; «The Fountain,» a Venice Film Festival Golden Lion selection; «North Country,» for which Charlize Theron and Frances McDormand earned Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominations; «Requiem for a Dream,» which earned an Independent Spirit Award Best Picture nomination and an Oscar nomination for star Ellen Burstyn; «The Yards,» a Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or selection; «Quills» a Best Picture winner from the National Board of Review; «Eve's Bayou,» an Independent Spirit Award winner for Best First Feature; «Love Jones,» a Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner for Best Film; «Little Odessa,» which won the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion Award; «The Player,» a Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture, Comedy; and «Drugstore Cowboy,» which took Best Film honors from the National Society of Fiindependent and studio films including «The Road,» a Venice Film Festival Golden Lion selection; «The Time Traveler's Wife,» «We Own the Night,» a Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or selection; «The Fountain,» a Venice Film Festival Golden Lion selection; «North Country,» for which Charlize Theron and Frances McDormand earned Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominations; «Requiem for a Dream,» which earned an Independent Spirit Award Best Picture nomination and an Oscar nomination for star Ellen Burstyn; «The Yards,» a Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or selection; «Quills» a Best Picture winner from the National Board of Review; «Eve's Bayou,» an Independent Spirit Award winner for Best First Feature; «Love Jones,» a Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner for Best Film; «Little Odessa,» which won the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion Award; «The Player,» a Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture, Comedy; and «Drugstore Cowboy,» which took Best Film honors from the National Society of FiIndependent Spirit Award Best Picture nomination and an Oscar nomination for star Ellen Burstyn; «The Yards,» a Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or selection; «Quills» a Best Picture winner from the National Board of Review; «Eve's Bayou,» an Independent Spirit Award winner for Best First Feature; «Love Jones,» a Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner for Best Film; «Little Odessa,» which won the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion Award; «The Player,» a Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture, Comedy; and «Drugstore Cowboy,» which took Best Film honors from the National Society of FiIndependent Spirit Award winner for Best First Feature; «Love Jones,» a Sundance Film Festival Audience Award winner for Best Film; «Little Odessa,» which won the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion Award; «The Player,» a Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture, Comedy; and «Drugstore Cowboy,» which took Best Film honors from the National Society of Film Critics.

The Protege5 is one of those quiet little success stories — the automotive equivalent of a small independent feature film that catches on and becomes a major hit.

Group Exhibitions 2018 Official Selection, Garden State Film Festival, Asbury Park, NJ 2017 Worm's Work, curated by Mild Climate, The Finishing School, Athens GA Unloaded, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta GA Official Selection, 5th Annual Short Shorts, White Space Atlanta GA Official Selection, Best Shorts Competition (Award of Recognition), La Jolla, CA Official Selection, The World's Independent Film Festival, San Francisco, CA 2016 Acts of Sedition: A Group Exhibition, White Box, NYC, NY Transitions: States of Being, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw GA Little Things Mean A Lot, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta GA 2015 Drawing Experiment, Chastain Gallery, Atlanta GA Birdwatching, Gallery Walk at Terminus, Atlanta GA 2014 Exquisite Exhibit, curated by Joey Orr, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta GA Score: Artists in Overtime, MOCA GA, Atlanta GA 2013 Ant Linkage, Welch Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta GA Drawing Inside the Perimeter, High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA 2012 Paper Moon, Clayton Gallery, Kennesaw State University Museum and Galleries, Kennesaw GA Soltem Os Bichos, Atlelie397, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil 2011 Watching Hands: Artists Respond to Staying Healthy, David J. Spencer Museum at the CDC, Atlanta GA Something Along The Lines of Rock «N» Roll, Solomon Projects, Atlanta GA New Media from the Permanent Collection, MOCA GA, Atlanta GA 2010 Hand to Hand, AthICA, Athens GA Limitless, Agnes Scott College, Dalton Gallery, Decatur GA Everything and the Space between Everything, Agnus Scott College, McCain Library, Round Wall Gallery, Decatur GA Hand to Hand, Chaffee Art Center, Rutledge VT 2009 More Mergers and Acquisitions, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta GA Accessing the Artist's Brain: Drawing as Metaphor, AVA Gallery, Chattanooga TN Three Small Deaths (film screening), DiverseWorks, Houston TX Everything and the Space between Everything, Jackson - Hartsfeild Airport, Atrium Gallery Atlanta and Agnes Scott College, McCain Library, Round Wall Gallery, Decatur GA Hand to Hand, Western Kentucky University Gallery, Bowling Green KY 2008 The World's Smallest Art Fair, Anna Kustera Gallery, NYC NY Hand to Hand, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2007 Little Things Mean A Lot, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta GA Tablet: Contemporary Southern Painting, Tanner Hill Gallery, Chattanooga TN Tenth Annual Arizona State University Art Museum Short Film and Video Festival, ASU Museum of Art, Tempe, AZ Exile From The Land Of Reason, Eyedrum, Atlanta GA The Petrified Man, Welch School of Art and Design Art Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta GA 2006 Flamingo Sculpture Garden, Scope Art Fair, Miami FL Run For Your Lives, DiverseWorks, Houston TX Hand to Hand, Ruby Green Gallery, Nashville TN 2005 Toy, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh PA SouthXeast: Contemporary Southeastern Art, University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL Gas, Food, Lodging: Imagining Escape, Welch School of Art and Design Art Gallery, Ga..