Sentences with phrase «of smaller budget films»

What used to be the most popular genre in mainstream movies is now mainly the preserve of smaller budget films with more adult themes, and they don't come more «adult» than this latest bloody saga.

The film has a small $ 15 million budget and really, Warner Bros. doesn't play in that arena of small budget films, so it makes more sense at an indie and auteur minded arthouse shingle.

Not exact matches

Lions Gate began in Vancouver as a small distributor of low - budget films, and though technically incorporated in Canada, most of the company's operations are now in California.

What began a few years ago as a trickle of small independent films shot in and around Kingston has of late turned into a veritable flood, including big - budget productions with real movie stars, thanks to a new tax break and efforts by local officials to woo and accommodate the industry.

Time and again, American audiences have responded to films with black leads like Hidden Figures, Get Out, and Girls Trip, all of them turning huge profits on smaller budgets.

Malkovich met with near - universal critical praise and garnered an Academy Award nomination for the neophyte feature director — as well as supporting actress Catherine Keener and writer Charlie Kaufman — though Stipe and the film itself were passed over for a Best Picture nod.Despite Single Cell's increasing prominence in the industry, Stipe continued to support C - Hundred for smaller - budgeted niche features such as writer - director Tom Gilroy's Spring Forward and McKay's coming - of - age drama Our Song, both of which were featured at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.

Raimi's first film since 2009's Drag Me to Hell (and first big - budget production since his Spider - Man trilogy) is a $ 200 million, visually dazzling, 3D prequel to the story told in 1939's The Wizard of Oz, chronicling the rise of said wizard from his humble beginnings as a small - time Kansas magician.

A bit more suspense would have gone a long way here, and while director David Gelb, whose prior experience had been in the crowd - pleasing documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, has turned in a slick - looking feature for one with such a small budget (reportedly, only $ 5 mil), it really can't compete with better films out there in terms of quality, while it's too straight - faced in execution to at least give us some choice b - movie thrills.

The One I Love is cleverly written by Justin Lader and directed with budget - minded skill by Charlie McDowell (son of actor Malcolm, and step - son to Ted Danson, who makes a small acting appearance), both of whom are making their feature film debuts.

From major studios to independents, from big budget to small, the quality of films this year was excellent and the entertainment, artistic and substantive value high.

The action takes place during the making of a small - budget potboiler film, HOME FOR PURIM, that no one is taking seriously, not even the folks making it, until an internet rumor surfaces that one of the cast is giving an Oscar - worthy performance.

But even yesterday it looked like a long shot, and despite Carrey's apparent love of Matthew Vaughn's film, The Hollywood Reporter is saying that their sources think the chances of Carrey taking the role of Colonel Stars (a mobster - turned - fundamentalist - Christian - turned - superhero - recruiter) are slim — presumably the smaller budget of the sequel to the underperfoming original can't quite afford him.

Scoring noticeably fewer films than before, he has concentrated on big - budget studio material at the expense of everything else, seeming to leave behind the smaller movies with which he attracted much of the praise afforded him over the years.

The actress didn't let the film's small budget and short production schedule stop her from doing work of the highest order.

A handful of earlier films had examined (for some, exploited) juvenile delinquency but these productions, such as Youth Runs Wild (Mark Robson, 1944) and I Accuse My Parents (Sam Newfield, 1945), had been low budget efforts of smaller studios.

Stephen Frears» directorial debut Gumshoe, a cockeyed detective film starring Albert Finney as a small - time bingo caller who plays at being a private detective for fun and ends up in the middle of a real mystery, and Arch Oboler's 1951 end - of - the - world drama Five, a low budget, high concept film he produced independently, also arrive under the «Martini Movies» imprint.

DisneyToon's animation can practically be mistaken for that of the first Cars eight years ago, even though the $ 50 M production budget is just a small fraction of what is spent to make Pixar and Disney Animation Studios» films these days (which each cost upwards of $ 150 M).

While Hit & Run isn't going to be on any best of the year lists, it is a very good example of making a solid film in a tight time - frame (Shepard and Bell both had TV commitments they had to fit filming around), with a reasonably small budget.

It works to a degree as a small - budget film, but it tries to hard to be mainstream without following the rules of that genre.

It is a little rough around the edges and there is an argument to be made that the relative lack of directorial flair makes the film feel too conventional but those points are only really relevant when comparing it to Argento's later works, and after all, this was his first movie and there are plenty of filmmakers out there at the twilight of their careers who would love to make a thriller as tight and effective as this with everything available at their disposal, let alone the small budget and restrictions that Dario Argento had to work with.

Devil — The studio talked up this small - budget project as «from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan,» but don't hold that against the film.

Joe Swanberg, who served on some of Perry's previous projects including Queen of Earth, planted an idea in Perry's mind about making a film in his Brooklyn neighborhood that had a smaller budget than his 2014 film, Listen Up Philip, but «feels big.»

It seems that Hollywood has woken up to the vast store of talent that exists in the low - budget milieu, and more and more, the calling - card small film or successful TV stint is being used as a conduit to gain a higher profile and a bigger budget the next time out.

Following a string of fantastical films with hefty budgets (and less - than - desirable critical responses), Tim Burton takes a deep breath and a long step back with Big Eyes, his smallest, most reigned - in production since Ed Wood.

The farm scenes in particular (the poor city is reduced to only a few locations (that look like sets actually) and seems much smaller than the town in Sunrise are really stunning: much of the film feels like Days Of Heaven was the film Murnau actually wanted to make (same location: wheat field in the upper midwest, attacked by a natural disaster, though Murnau doesn't appear to have the budget for his hailstorm whereas Malick could afford locustsof the film feels like Days Of Heaven was the film Murnau actually wanted to make (same location: wheat field in the upper midwest, attacked by a natural disaster, though Murnau doesn't appear to have the budget for his hailstorm whereas Malick could afford locustsOf Heaven was the film Murnau actually wanted to make (same location: wheat field in the upper midwest, attacked by a natural disaster, though Murnau doesn't appear to have the budget for his hailstorm whereas Malick could afford locusts).

The Spirit Awards are obviously not immune to such factors, but by limiting themselves to films with smaller budgets, the Spirit Awards generally celebrate some of the best films of the year.

On a very small budget, but with tons of passion for filmmaking, an unknown director would make one of the most classic cult films of all time that not only was a head of its time, but would become the number one movie responsible for a genre.

Since then he has played a mix of leading roles in small independent films and supporting roles in big budget films such as Peter Jackson's version of King Kong.

The style of the film is captivating and perfectly executed, especially on the small budget they had to work with, but what is most memorable, for me, is the relationship between Dredd and Anderson.

I'm in the belief that the city is a perfect fit for the production and could easily help boost the quality of the production, even if they are claiming the budget is smaller than the rest of the superhero films being made.

Although conservative types may not be best pleased with the film's depiction of an inner - city prison, whose doily budget alone probably outstrips the GDP of a small developing nation.

In 2015, he began an upswing with the fun mockumentary horror film «The Visit,» made on a low budget with the reigning champ of small profitable thrillers, producer Jason Blum.

After serving as a camera operator for a couple of years, he got his first American credit for cinematography on John Sayles» lovely coming - of - age story «Baby, It's You» (1983), giving the film a look that belied the film's relatively small budget.

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Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali is reportedly in talks to be part of a small - budget British film which will also have Hollywood veteran Anthony Hopkins

Garant and Lennon, who have made plenty of money writing major studio films like Night at the Museum, put this movie together independently on a small budget.

Are you excited to see what Roland Emmerich can do with the limitations of a small budget, or are you getting sick of found footage films?

Given that our protagonist is romantically entangled with an initially reasonably - well - functioning member of the undead, this rom - zom - com is closer to last year's Warm Bodies than Shaun of the Dead but Baena has at his disposal a much smaller budget than the former (apparently just $ 2million) and his film has a significantly tighter focus.

As well as working on big budget Hollywood Movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Naomie Harris (Jane) continues to choose challenging and exciting roles in smaller and more diverse films such as THE FIRST GRADER.

Working with a smaller budget, it's basically a four - character film which wouldn't suffer too much from being staged in a theatre — featuring unusually long dialogue scenes in diners, restaurants and motel rooms, with staccato rhythms and masculine posturing borrowed from David Mamet, another of Anderson's key, acknowledged influences.

This small film doesn't boast much in the way of cinematography, musical score, even London doubles as Paris with some CGI for budget restraints.

Although the film was surprisingly successful at its time of release, making more money than anticipated considering its very low - budget and small distribution, it is still not talked about enough today.

Synchronicity — Sci - fi can be a tricky bet at smaller festivals like this (especially when you hear them being compared to much larger budget and classic films like Blade Runner), but TAD has chosen a few good ones the last couple of years and with director Jacob Gentry's track record of The Signal behind him, there's at least some solid talent involved.

Although «Unsane» might require an unusual taste for both high and lowbrow cinema, and its approach may strike celluloid purists as anathema (fear not, Chris Nolan, there's still a place for actual film in the hearts of most movie lovers), Soderbergh's 27th film strikes as an immediate cult hit — the kind whose small budget will ensure success ad infinitum.

Also interesting is how most of the film's sequences and ideas are lifted from better and much smaller - budgeted films.

He's at the cusp of stardom, essentially, with leading - man good looks and an ineffable quality of fearless integrity that allows him to back away from the big - budget blockbusters in which he has found himself of late to take a small role in a small film, just because it's important to him.

The film itself is really good, but Jordan went back to make smaller films after that and with an estimated budget of just about # 8 million, BYZANTIUM fits that bill.

I could only imagine how hard it was to put together a film of this magnitude with such a small budget.

Having just made one smaller feature and independent shorts prior, how different of an experience was it for you to make your first big budget studio film?

Although all of its dramatic elements don't work and it may be quite too much for a mainstream audience, it's nice to see a wildly funny small budget film that delivers exactly what it promises and doesn't pander to the masses.