Sentences with phrase «lot at film festivals»

Certainly actors can direct movies well, but often they're mediocre, and they seem to show up a lot at film festivals.

Not exact matches

We're gonna need a minute to process this whole situation... Okay, now we're ready to talk about the purple - and - black - and - teal lace caped gown, which shows a lot of leg and a even more side cleavage at the opening ceremony of the film festival.

This year's festival featured a lot of new shorts by SCAD film students, and the premieres of new features such as Bill Condon's «Kinsey» and «Undertow,» by David Gordon Green, who found many of his crew members at SCAD.

I probably missed a few, as I was only able to see about 20 of the films at the festival (which is not a lot, since it is possible to see nearly 40 over the festival's 8 days), but suffice it to say, if you're a canine lover, be wary of all the films listed above.

«The Palme d'Or win opened up a lot of doors with the press, festivals and exhibitors, so there was great anticipation for the film in advance of its North American bows at Toronto and the New York film festivals and has given the film some great momentum in the awards race as well,» said Cowal.

There is a lot going on in this film and while it might be considered «too out there» for everyone to enjoy, I think this film will hit big with the film festival crowd especially those at SXSW.

When the film premiered at the festival on May 19, TheWrap called it «a long, scathing, brilliantly funny film with a jaw - dropping set piece... It is a bold, generous and marvelously constructed exploration of its director's favorite question: «Aren't we humans a sorry lot?»»

But there appears to be no rhyme or reason to the way this festival was put together, with many of the best films showing at the most inconvenient times, no clear threadlike connecting the films from different countries or eras and a lot of sub-standard source material for a repertory festival.

(Though it's important to note that walk - outs at film festivals are very common, as everyone has lots of places to be.)

«We bought the film before it started to gain a lot of critical recognition at the festival.

Last week I was complaining because there were hardly any releases worth glancing at; this week I opted to put in a second row of highlighted covers because there are a LOT of releases, including a bunch of last year's festival circuit films that I didn't want to get lost in the shuffle.

A black comedy about a man who dreams of being a reality tv contestant, the French / Italian co-production Reality (directed by Matteo Garrone) has attracted rave reviews at a lot of 2012's film festivals, including a Grand Prix win at Cannes, though it's yet to see a wide release in English - speaking territories.

The Toronto lineup also announces on Tuesday which sparks lots of speculation about what film is going to play at what festival.

They are either hired before a film is seen at all, based on hope and expectations, or they are hired after a movie gets a lot of attention — at a film festival, for example — or is a surprise hit.

The Young Victoria — The only film we saw at the festival to get any kind of real theatrical release, which is unfortunate because while it's a fine film for what it is, obviously I liked a lot of other movies a lot more.

But directors such as Angelina Jolie («First They Killed My Father»), Dee Rees («Mudbound») and Greta Gerwig («Lady Bird») have been generating lots of buzz for their work at the Telluride and Toronto film festivals lately.

Colossal is a weird film to be sure, but it's also a frequently fascinating one, and those who spend a lot of time at film festivals may be the ones who get the joke best.

I tend to watch a lot of films twice: Once at their film festival premiere, and again when they hit theaters for an official review.

«A lot of filmmakers, their conventional wisdom is that, we will show [our film] at Sundance, and [distributors] will have to see it with a crowd,» Bernard told us, after revealing that he had met with Whiplash writer - director Damien Chazelle before the festival.

There were a lot of great films that just missed the cut (sorry, Happy Death Day, Mayhem & Gerald's Game), or that I still need to see (I see you there in my queue It Comes At Night and Thelma) or have only played the festival circuit and therefore don't qualify (I have nothing but love for you The Endless).

The festival premièred Fincher's last film, «The Social Network» and a lot of the film's showcased at this year's film festival were from Sony, which is releasing «The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo».