Sentences with phrase «opening film of»

Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi («A Separation,» «The Past»), coming off his foreign language film Oscar win for «The Salesman,» is already back with his next effort «Everybody Knows» set to serve as the opening film of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in May.

Leading the pack as the opening film of the festival (which is also its world premiere) is Rian Johnson's new Sci - Fi thriller Looper.

The 2016 Cannes Film Festival is about six weeks away, and today the opening film of this year's highly prestigious festival was announced.

And now, thanks to the opening film of the Boston Underground Film Festival, I now know that I...

This is actually the opening film of the festival, and it's about a juvenile delinquent and the judge (Deneuve) presiding over his case.

Screen International reports that Tom Tykwer's latest, «The International,» has been named the opening film of next year's Berlin Film Festival.

House of Wax — 3D (André de Toth, 1953) Opening film of the Halloween Horror Marathon, Kinodvor, Ljubljana, October 31st.

the opening film of the 66th Berlin Film Festival.

Although I saw it in London, a special mention and congratulations to all involved for Borg vs McEnroe, which is being release by Curzon in the UK on 22 September (book now) and enjoyed its world premiere as opening film of the festival tonight, with Shia LaBeouf on the red carpet.

as opening film of the 66th Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin on February 11, 2016.

The movie, which cost an estimated $ 160 million to make, still is the fifth - highest opening film of the year so far, behind Universal's «Jurassic World» ($ 208.8 million), Disney's «Avengers: Age of Ultron» ($ 191.3 million), Universal's «Furious 7» ($ 147.2 million) and Universal's «Minions» ($ 115.7 million).

The 41st Annual Ghent Film Festival announced last month that «The Loft» will be the opening film of the festival.

Grace Of Monaco (which stars Nicole Kidman) had previously been announced as the opening film of the festival.

Magic In the Moonlight, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, has been selected as the opening film of the 40th edition of the Deauville American Film Festival, held in Deauville France.

That gentle wryness, coupled with an ensemble heavy on French A-listers, should make this one of her more commercially viable outings following its premiere as the opening film of the Directors» Fortnight at Cannes.

Not exact matches

Cast Martin Short as the Canadian ambassador, Molly Parker as his tart - tongued aide and Christopher Plummer as the entire nation of Iceland — you've got the opening - night film for next year's Toronto International Film Festival.

The Disney film shattered box - office records over the weekend, edging past «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» to set the highest opening weekend of all time.

Analysts were forecasting weekend sales of $ 41 million to $ 47 million for the Spielberg film, a respectable opening for a movie with a production budget set at $ 150 million to $ 175 million by people with knowledge of the matter, and additional millions in marketing costs.

«The Interview,» the Sony Pictures film about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, opened in more than 300 movie theaters across the United States on Christmas Day, drawing many sell - out audiences and statements by patrons that they were championing freedom of expression.

First opened by the Zelepos family on Main Street in Mystic, Conn., this seaside establishment serves as the backdrop to the 1988 film of the same name, starring Julia Roberts.

For most of the films that were offered in both two and three dimensions this summer, the enhanced versions accounted for less than 50 % of opening weekend revenues.

The opening scene of «Spectre,» the latest James Bond film, centers on a Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) parade shot on location in Mexico City.

It went on to become the highest - grossing film in the US over President's Day weekend, highest opening all - time for an R - rated movie, and the highest - grossing for the month of February.

That makes her death even more tragic, but in the first «Guardians of the Galaxy,» it's still an emotional moment that opens the film.

With the exception of the third film, «Tokyo Drift,» each opening weekend has been bigger than the last.

The first superhero blockbuster film of 2018 is gearing up for a huge box - office opening this weekend.

Eight years after James Cameron «s Avatar premiered and became the highest - grossing film of all time, a theme park replicating the film's locale has opened at Walt Disney World.

First announced in 2012, the Avatar theme park was intended to open alongside Cameron's sequel of the film, but the director has since delayed the movie until 2020.

Analysts knew the film version of the book would do well, but they didn't quite expect this: The Hunger Games raked in US$ 152.5 million on its opening weekend, the third - best for any movie, ever.

In other words, the two groups both said they were testing Twitter's predictive ability; in reality, they both examined the accuracy of predictions using tweets and additional data sources like movie openings in theaters and film ratings on International Movie Database and Rotten Tomatoes.

Every element of films or drama just be open to ideas and sometimes you get ideas as you're going and it's great to be able to incorporate them because you're not glued into one thing.

Those numbers took many by surprise (the film's $ 60 million opening weekend was well above early predictions of $ 40 million).

NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana - made films are being shown alongside the work of filmmakers from across the world at the New Orleans Film Festival, which opened Thursday night with a red - carpet showing of the Louisiana - shot thriller «The Paperboy.»

While AI may not necessarily be as nefarious as the intelligent computer system Skynet from the popular Terminator film franchise, the use and potential of AI has come a long way and opened a multitude of possibilities.

Seeing a severed hand as one of the opening shots of a film meant for families probably would have been a difficult conversation to have with children too young to recall 1980's «Empire Strikes Back.»

The film surpassed Frozen's record of $ 67.4 million to earn the biggest debut ever for a non-Pixar Disney animated film, and it also scored the fourth - highest March opening weekend in box office history.

That puts the Sony Pictures film on pace to swing to a $ 120 million opening, short of the record - breaking $ 151 million debut of 2007's Spider - Man 3 but according to Variety topping even the sunniest expectations for the film, which stars 21 - year - old actor Tom Holland in the title role.

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

The film opened in more than 300 movie theaters across the U.S. on Christmas Day, drawing crowds of people who said they were championing freedom of expression.

In entertainment, Texas Guinan, a former silent film star from Waco, Texas, partnered with a gangster and opened one of Manhattan's first nightclubs, starring as its raucous, wisecracking hostess.

The film opens just before the unveiling of the Macintosh, in 1984.

So in 2011, he began filming the show with Channel 4, a «fly - on - the - wall drama» following the love lives, arguments and parties of his friends who were (and still are) constantly visiting London's best restaurants, bars, shops and club openings.

The second act of the film opens with Jobs preparing to introduce the NeXT computer, in 1988.

The opening of «The Last Crusade,» which portrays a young Indiana Jones (played by the late River Phoenix), plays like a standalone short film.

The Big Short, the film adaptation of Michael Lewis» book of the same name about the causes of the financial crisis, opens in UK cinemas this weekend.

Soderbergh was very open about feeling that he had lost the plot with those films, but they're still highly fascinating documents of a frustrating moment in global politics, featuring a stellar performance by Benicio Del Toro.

In the works since early September, the UA deal has left Wagner and Cruise «completely open right now» to all varieties of film projects, Wagner told TIME, «ranging from high concept to smaller, character - driven films.»

A sex film of Reilly and his Chinese girlfriend was sent to GSK board members — including the chief executive Andrew Witty — which blew open the scandal.

His lawyers claimed in court papers on Friday that the adult film actress — who allegedly had an affair with him beginning in 2006 — has violated a confidentiality agreement at least 20 times, opening her up to damages of $ 20 million.

The first four months of 2018 saw the third highest - grossing movie of all time and the highest opening weekend ticket sales ever achieved by a film.