The majority of
movies at film festivals don't release trailers beforehand, so we often choose which films to see based on the filmmakers involved, the cast, and a brief description.
Also, good friend of the show Christopher Jason Bell sits down for a snack - «n» - chat with Bernard to talk about what it's like to be an independent filmmaker presenting
a movie at a film festival and conducting a Q&A with a (sometimes tiny) audience.
Defeated two attempts to obtain a temporary restraining order that would have caused client to be unable to show
movie at film festivals.
Not exact matches
For years he held private screenings of the
movie (it's also been shown
at a few
film festivals), and there was even a moment when he and Stern thought of remaking it with Hopper directing once more and a younger actor in the lead.
After Arin Crumley failed to find a distributor for his 2005
movie Four Eyed Monsters despite good reception
at film festivals, he used his website to generate a national following.
The
movie drew raves from critics following its January debut
at the Sundance
Film Festival, prompting Fox Searchlight to pay a
festival - record $ 17.5 million to obtain the worldwide distribution rights to the
film.
The
movie is touring the country, mostly
at Jewish congregations and
film festivals, including in Atlanta, where it debuted on opening night.
The
movie has premiered
at a number of prestigious
film festivals across the world and scheduled to premiere in the United States of America on October 16 on Netflix and in selected theaters.
This short
movie has won awards
at film festivals in Paris, Puerto Rico, Jena and more.
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That
movie nudged him toward being considered a Serious Actor, a designation he nurtured with roles in three
films shown
at major
festivals: Lee Daniels» The Paperboy and Todd Nichols» Mud (both
at Cannes this year) and the popular indie comedy Bernie (London Film Festival).
Every year,
at least one
movie comes out of Austin's South by Southwest
film festival on its way to megahit status.
Premiering
at the Toronto International
Film Festival in 2011, Gareth Evans» Indonesian martial arts action
movie «The Raid» quickly became a
festival favorite and a critical smash.Despite only garnering a mere $ 4 million worldwide, the
film is widely considered...
It's not unusual for
film -
festival movies to have some overlap in theme and approach, but «City of Ghosts» and «Cries From Syria,» both of which premiered
at the Sundance
Film Festival, have an extra measure of synchronicity.
Speaking
at the Tribeca
film festival, in an on - stage appearance with Avengers star Mark Ruffalo, Whedon said he was proud of his 2015
movie.
Held April 26 - 29
at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre complex, Egyptian Theatre, Cinerama Dome and poolside
at the Roosevelt Hotel, the classic
movie marathon expanded this year to 120
films and events, «making it our biggest
festival yet... creating four days of
movie magic along Hollywood Boulevard,» said
festival director Genevieve McGillicuddy.
If either of those
films are a hit
at Sundance, chances are they'll go on to even bigger things, because over the years the
festival has become a formidable launching pad for actors, directors and their
movies.
At the film festival: Bruce LaBruce's subversive masterpiece, Gerontophilia, a lovely rom - com in which everybody fucks one another across all age and gender borders — desire shall bind us together; Juno Mak's Rigor Mortis, a touching albeit grim look at loss and damnation in the form of a Chinese hopping - vampire movie, with many a nod to the subgenre's clichés and conventions; Jealousy, Philippe Garrel's latest tale of love ground down by the mill of daily life, raw and naked even by his ascetic standards; Hayao Miyazaki's troublesome The Wind Rises, which frames the story of a fighter - plane designer as a grand romance of struggle and failure, with animation's supreme living master contemplating the price mankind can sometimes pay in the name of one dreamer's self - fulfillment, and the willful blindness and egocentricity it takes to realize one's vision; and finally to Yorgos Lanthimos's Necktie and Athina Rachel Tsangari's 24 Frames Per Century, their contributions to the Venice 70: Future Reloaded omnibus, not to mention the untitled pieces by Jean - Marie Straub, Monte Hellman, Amit Dutta, and Haile Gerim
At the
film festival: Bruce LaBruce's subversive masterpiece, Gerontophilia, a lovely rom - com in which everybody fucks one another across all age and gender borders — desire shall bind us together; Juno Mak's Rigor Mortis, a touching albeit grim look
at loss and damnation in the form of a Chinese hopping - vampire movie, with many a nod to the subgenre's clichés and conventions; Jealousy, Philippe Garrel's latest tale of love ground down by the mill of daily life, raw and naked even by his ascetic standards; Hayao Miyazaki's troublesome The Wind Rises, which frames the story of a fighter - plane designer as a grand romance of struggle and failure, with animation's supreme living master contemplating the price mankind can sometimes pay in the name of one dreamer's self - fulfillment, and the willful blindness and egocentricity it takes to realize one's vision; and finally to Yorgos Lanthimos's Necktie and Athina Rachel Tsangari's 24 Frames Per Century, their contributions to the Venice 70: Future Reloaded omnibus, not to mention the untitled pieces by Jean - Marie Straub, Monte Hellman, Amit Dutta, and Haile Gerim
at loss and damnation in the form of a Chinese hopping - vampire
movie, with many a nod to the subgenre's clichés and conventions; Jealousy, Philippe Garrel's latest tale of love ground down by the mill of daily life, raw and naked even by his ascetic standards; Hayao Miyazaki's troublesome The Wind Rises, which frames the story of a fighter - plane designer as a grand romance of struggle and failure, with animation's supreme living master contemplating the price mankind can sometimes pay in the name of one dreamer's self - fulfillment, and the willful blindness and egocentricity it takes to realize one's vision; and finally to Yorgos Lanthimos's Necktie and Athina Rachel Tsangari's 24 Frames Per Century, their contributions to the Venice 70: Future Reloaded omnibus, not to mention the untitled pieces by Jean - Marie Straub, Monte Hellman, Amit Dutta, and Haile Gerima.
The
movie has been making the rounds of
film festivals around the world, gobbling up awards
at every stop, about 40 in all thusfar.
I always go out of my way to talk about the other people I meet
at the
festival, and not just the
films, because they are just as important as the
movies.
Director Jeremy Saulnier's horror - thriller «Green Room» — which Broad Green financed but did not release, selling the
movie to A24 — premiered
at the 2015 Cannes
Film Festival's Directors» Fortnight, but only after a lengthy dispute with Broad Green over sending the
film to the
festival at all.
It's become something of a
film festival truism that certain
movies play better
at high altitudes.
At film festivals, buzz around certain films often emerges where you'd least expect it; at TIFF, for instance, one of the buzziest films has been I, Tonya, an unexpectedly great movie in which Margot Robbie stars as Tonya Hardin
At film festivals, buzz around certain
films often emerges where you'd least expect it;
at TIFF, for instance, one of the buzziest films has been I, Tonya, an unexpectedly great movie in which Margot Robbie stars as Tonya Hardin
at TIFF, for instance, one of the buzziest
films has been I, Tonya, an unexpectedly great
movie in which Margot Robbie stars as Tonya Harding.
Spend a few days
at a
film festival and the
movies start talking to each other.
While it's entirely possible that «Demon» will appeal more to U.S. audiences after its June 24 release than it did to critics who saw the
film at Cannes,
at the
festival, Refn said his intention was to make a «primal»
movie that featured heightened reality in a way that could provoke drastically different reactions from viewers.
Lars von Trier) Cast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Shia LaBeouf, Uma Thurman, Jamie Bell Even aside from the whole persona non grata that resulted after his ill - advised comments while promoting «Melancholia»
at the
festival two years ago (and there have been some suggestions that Lars von Trier «s work is still welcome
at the
festival, just not so much the filmmaker himself), it's very unlikely that von Trier's latest will be on the Croisette this year, for the principal reason that it's not ready: the
film's producer indicated that the two - part
movie just wouldn't be prepared in time to screen for contention.
And while it's an art that has already yielded our first magnum opus of the year, the 100 Most Anticipated
Movies Of 2014, (and we should probably be awarded the rest of January off as a result) there's still a category of film we've left unmined: those movies that we saw and reviewed in 2013 at festivals or sneak screenings or parts foreign tha t won't be in theaters until
Movies Of 2014, (and we should probably be awarded the rest of January off as a result) there's still a category of
film we've left unmined: those
movies that we saw and reviewed in 2013 at festivals or sneak screenings or parts foreign tha t won't be in theaters until
movies that we saw and reviewed in 2013
at festivals or sneak screenings or parts foreign tha t won't be in theaters until 2014.
The more OCD among us here
at Playlist Towers find it a source of constant aggravation that release dates vary so much from territory to territory, and
festivals often get premieres a full 18 - or - so months before a
film gains a proper U.S. release — making a cut - and - dry list of any given year's
movies less science than art.
The cable network premiered «Hemingway & Gellhorn»
at the
festival last year, and with Soderbergh long having said that the
film was aiming for the
festival, and the
movie airing in the U.S. on May 26th on HBO, this looks to be a lock.
Scott Cooper) Cast: Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, Zoe Saldana, Forest Whitaker Muscular American crime
movies have always been popular
at Cannes, and with
films like «Drive,» «Lawless,» «Killing Them Softly,» «Mud» and «The Paperboy» all premiering
at the
festival in the last few years, it seems that they're particularly to selectors» tastes
at the moment.
When speaking about her
film adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time last fall
at the Vulture
festival, director Ava DuVernay told a crowd, «I'm trying to make a Lynn Shelton
movie, just on a larger budget.»
It seems as if nothing with George Miller's «Mad Max: Fury Road» is as it should be: It's a relentless action
movie that played
at one of the world's most prestigious
film festivals.
At the
film festival's press conference, Martel revealed she was inspired by science fiction
movies that wrongly imagined the future to change how audiences see history.
Yesterday, Chloë Sevigny attended the Sundance premiere and party of her new
movie Lizzie and popped in to talk about the
film at the
festival's DirecTV Lounge.
The
movies currently debuting
at film festivals and gearing up for the fall awards season were largely
filmed either before or during the 2016 election — but that doesn't mean they can't reflect modern politics.
Before the
movie began,
Film Society of Lincoln Center program director Richard Peña took the stage to introduce Spielberg and noted that the director showed his first
film at the less prominent New Directors / New Films
festival.
Fabianne Therese and Nichole Bloom are both fantastic in the fresh and exhilarating
film, balancing romance, genre thrills, humor, and pathos with considerable skill, and I spoke with the stars about their new
movie at the SXSW
film festival.
Boots Riley made a
movie that's guaranteed to keep you awake even
at a
film festival.
In fact, if an indie
movie does become a breakout hit
at the box office, chances are it most certainly debuted
at Robert Redford's three decade old
film festival.
I would have gone to see this
movie at its premiere, but it conflicts with Baby Driver which is the World Premiere screening of the latest Edgar Wright
film that will only be playing once
at the
festival.
The Whiplash director is tipped to net a second Oscar nomination as his third
movie heads to Toronto
film festival following ecstatic receptions
at Venice and Telluride.
It went on to win the audience awards
at the Edinburgh, Toronto and Chicago
film festivals, and I note on the Internet
Movie Database that it is currently voted the 54th best
film of all time, and hasn't even opened in America yet.
The 38 - year - old actor and the 24 - year - old actor worked together in the upcoming
movie Tarzan and according to People, romance rumors are heating up
at the
film festival!
The only
movie that I saw
at two different
film festivals in 2013 and wanted to go back for more, Cheap Thrills isn't so much a horror
film about people doing horrific things to one another so much as how far people are willing to go to bring horrific things upon themselves.
Having already played
at a number of
film festivals (most notably Cannes) and opening in other countries prior to its U.S. release, reactions to the
movie have been extremely positive, although it's still hard to tell whether it will appeal to a mainstream audience.
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at film festivals, Dolby Content Services knows what it takes to ensure top - quality sound for your
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One of two midnight
movies playing
at the
festival, this
film from the writing team behind Airplane!
«I look
at the lists of which people from which
festivals need to watch my
movie,» said writer - director Greta Gerwig, whose new
film, Lady Bird, will screen
at Telluride this year.
Hero Complex first photos from the star - studded X-Men: First Class
Movie Line, prepping for Sundance, reminds us of 13
films that broke out in a big way
at the snowy
festival.
BLUE RUIN is a must - see
movie, yet, despite smashing it
at every indie
film festival hither known to planet Hollywood, this perfect picture has maintained a low profile right up until its UK release this week.