Sentences with phrase «movies at the festival»

With so many good movies at the festival, it's no wonder why I never made it to watch the sun set during my stay.

It wasn't a weak year so much as it was an Oscar race being decided by people seeing movies at festivals without the very necessary component of critics.

And if you happen to be in Toronto between September 4th and 14th, be sure to check out one of these movies at the festival.

A cast that includes Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff and Ann Dowd (who's in five movies at the festival this year) delivers both shocks and an oppressive sense of doom.

The sinister shiny white soldiers stood guard as Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover, who play Han Solo and Lando Calrissian, waved before heading in for a special screening of their movie at the festival on the southern coast of France.

Rachel was in attendance for the premiere of her new film A Most Wanted Man while Brit was representing two movies at the festival — I Origins and The Better Angels.

One screening of the controversial movie at the festival prompted a mass walk - out from attendees, with some later blasting the film as «vile».

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.

It's been 45 years since «The Last Movie» had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the festival's Critics Prize.

Cannes organizers announced a rule last year that movies could not compete for awards without a French theatrical release, though they could still screen at the festival.

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.

Their work has been showcased at major retail venues, festivals, movie and television premiers, and highly regarded charity events.

That said, a date can be free — there are free days at museums, gallery openings, street festivals, open mike nights at nightclubs, etc. — or close to free, like making you dinner (nothing fancy, but it's the thought), renting a movie and massaging your feet, playing guitar and singing for you (if he can), etc..

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.

During the summer I try to spend a good chunk of my evenings at outdoors events, from movies in the park to festivals on the water.

The 51 - year - old actress stepped out at the festival to support her upcoming movie, Kings, and her entire look was one gasp - inducing sartorial win.

Alternatively, you may wish to opt out of the Yuletide pressure by having a fun double date at an outdoor movie screening, festival or even a free concert — check your local council's listings for a schedule.

Get together with your good friends and plan some future outings — a music festival, a weekly movie in the park, a social hour at a local museum or anything that increases your chances of meeting people of the female persuasion.

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).

Unlike many of its competitors, the movie hasn't been showing at festivals throughout the fall.

Every year, at least one movie comes out of Austin's South by Southwest film festival on its way to megahit status.

One of the more curious entries at this year's fest will be director Roland Emmerich — THE disaster movie expert — bringing his newest picture Stonewall to the festival circuit.

There's a reason why this movie has won audience awards at nearly every festival it's played, and I can't wait for mainstream audiences to be blindsided by it in 2018.

At that point, it just looked like a regular movie theater (albeit one with The Shining - themed carpet), as a crew of festival employees with power tools...

I saw close to 50 movies at this year's festival, many were inconsequential and non-starters, but that's always been the case here, as Sundance is a festival which aims to give first - time filmmakers a shot, despite the rookie mistakes that may arise from such a venture.

Christina Applegate and Josh Lucas were also seen stepping out at the festival that evening for the premiere of their movie Youth in Oregon.

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 GerimAt 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 Gerimat 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.

However, nearly all of the 10 best movies I saw at the TIFF had already screened at other festivals earlier in the year: Cannes, Telluride, Venice and even Berlin are represented in my list.

, Guy Maddin's retro - silent movies are guaranteed to be unlike anything else at a festival.

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.

I never would've thought I might encounter a ski movie comedy at Cannes, and that it would be something I could call brilliant, yet every year I'm surprised by discoveries and this is another that will go down as one of my favorites of this festival.

Kurt is back from Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival, and he might have a thing or two to say about the movies, the town and the folks at that festival.

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It's become something of a film festival truism that certain movies play better at high altitudes.

Helmed by writer / director Jeremy O'Keefe, the movie was a hit on the festival circuit — it won Best Narrative Film at the Brooklyn Film Festival last summer — and for good reason.

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 HardinAt 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 Hardinat TIFF, for instance, one of the buzziest films has been I, Tonya, an unexpectedly great movie in which Margot Robbie stars as Tonya Harding.

Big Question: Is this prime acquisition fodder or a movie that would have been a hit at the festival... 10 years ago?

Spend a few days at a film festival and the movies start talking to each other.