Sentences with phrase «received films of the year»

Once the mumblecore queen, she's now stepped behind the camera and made one of best - received films of the year.

They're among the best - received films of the year — both critically and commercially.

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Hollywood's biggest names, from box office superstars to indie film up - and - comers, were delighted to discover their own box of hand - crafted John Kelly Chocolates tucked inside the coveted «swag bags» they received at an exclusive pre-Oscar gifting suite at L'Ermitage Hotel in Beverly Hills this year.

Finally, Rosalie Burgher, who recently received a state Senior of the Year award for her years of service to the Olive Free Library and other community organizations, nominated local engineer, former film technician and anti-fracking organizer Jim Sofranko, with a second from his wife.

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Though Vanilla Sky's sometimes surreal trappings found the film receiving a mixed reception at the box office, the same could not be said for the following year's massively successful sci - fi chase film Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg, or of the historical epic The Last Samurai, directed by Edward Zwick.For his next film, Cruise picked a role unlike any he'd ever played; starring as a sociopathic hitman in the Michael Mann psychological thriller Collateral.

Another distributor that goes for the quantity and quality approach, Magnolia had one of the year's most popular documentaries in Blackfish and one of critics» favorite foreign films in The Hunt, even as its percentage of films receiving positive reviews dropped from 50 % in 2012 to 45 % last year.

All of these films were made independently (only one, the poorly received The Guru (1969), has been made for a studio during the course of Merchant and Ivory's years together), and ably demonstrated the kind of technical expertise the filmmakers were capable of achieving with a very limited budget.

With that many releases, it is unsurprising that the quality varies considerably, though it almost doesn't matter when you release a film as good as Oscar best picture front - runner Boyhood, the only new film since the launch of Metacritic 15 years ago to receive a perfect 100 Metascore.

Many of the most controversial and exciting films of the 20th century are westerns, such the Outlaw with Jane Russell in her memorable film debut - shelved for years before finally receiving approval - to many of our Spaghetti Westerns for their portrayal of explicit violence.

Warners» success rate (of films receiving positive reviews from critics) dropped from 39 % in 2014 to just 16 % last year, while the studio's average Metascore declined by four points.

But, though we graded Lionsgate a «D» in 2015 — a year in which just three of its films received positive reviews from critics — the quality of the studio's output actually appears to be increasing, albeit slightly.

Here's a quick, fun clip that seems to capture the tone of Submarine, a film that received solid notice at Sundance this year and will hopefully be released by The Weinstein Company sometime this year in the U.S. (a U.K. release is set for March 18).

McQueen is best known for his feature films Hunger (2008), Shame (2011), and 12 Years a Slave (2013), all of which received high critical praise, and the latter of which won the Oscar for Best Picture.

Beyond the Black Rainbow (d. Panos Cosmatos) When the dust settles and the smoke clears, I do wonder if guys like Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and Pascal Laugier won't finally get their due as the spearhead of a horror revolution, the two of them landing with new films in the same year that Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon received a round of applause for their genre - hating The Cabin in the Woods.

One of the only other outright sci - fi films in this year's Sundance line - up, Robot and Frank stars Frank Langella as a curmudgeonly old man who receives a caretaker robot (seen above).

One of the most controversial films of 2013 was the French film Blue is the Warmest Color, which received top honors winning the Palme d'Or at this year at the Cannes Film Festival.

After I saw it at the Toronto film festival last September — where Rudolph and Willis said they were proud of having made it even if nobody saw it — it received nominal runs in New York and Los Angeles, cities where viewers and critics are regarded by distributors as being more demographically significant than those in Chicago, and then early this year it came out on video.

Filmmaker Ana Lily Armipour has been receiving acclaim ever since her Iranian vampire fairytale A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night premiered at Sundance last year, and she's found a pair of fitting partners to produce her next film.

Von Trier's subsequent foolhardy remarks notwithstanding, Melancholia was received with the warmest embrace by the international (and particularly North American) press of any von Trier film in the 15 years since Breaking the Waves.

Among the films that received multiple votes, Sony Pictures Classics» «The Rider» stood out as one new movie that, for now, isn't a part of this year's Oscar conversation.

With a promised 1,000 additional hours of content in 2017, a major focus this year and beyond is their ability to both penetrate the original film world, and receive recognition for their efforts from Academy members at the Oscars — something that Amazon can now boast about after Casey Affleck scored a Best Actor win for Manchester by the Sea.

Pirates of the Caribbean is the first film ever released under the Walt Disney Pictures brand to receive higher than a PG rating (the film is rated PG - 13), and the team assembled to make the film is a virtual Who's who of hot properties: Director Gore Verbinski had a huge hit last year with the spook fest The Ring, Writers Terry Rossio & Ted Elliott were the writing team behind Shrek, Actor Johnny Depp is so extremely selective in his roles no one would ever imagine he'd do a Disney film, Orlando Bloom is fresh off the Lord of The Rings Trilogy, Geoffrey Rush has at least one Academy Award under his belt, and Keira Knightley has become a hot property after her performance in the run away indie hit Bend It Like Beckham.

It looks set to be a woozy slice of southern gothic, packed with atmosphere and sensuality and will receive a high - profile premiere at this year's Cannes film festival.

These three films have received the most critical acclaim of mainstream releases this year while also performing very well at the box office.

Les Misérables certainly looks strikingly different than most of the other Broadway musical - turned films released in recent years, thanks to some picturesque visuals and unusual camera angles conjured up by director of photography Danny Cohen (who received an Oscar nod for his similar work on King's Speech).

Two of the year's very best films receive their Polish premieres in the form of Kelly Reichardt's swoon - worthy Certain Women and Kenneth Lonergan's heart - wrenching Manchester by the Sea, while Clint Eastwood makes a smooth landing with the Tom Hanks - starring Sully.

Though Watership received a PG rating from the MPAA in 1978 (six years before the advent of PG - 13), the same rating applied to most new theatrical animation, it is not a film you'd feel comfortable showing a young child.

«Hello, My Name is Doris,» the most successful acquisition in the history of the SXSW Film Festival, received the 2016 SXSW Headliner Audience Award and was cited by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten independent films of the year.

The 24 - year - old actress received the first of her three Academy Award nominations 11 years ago: for director Joe Wright's film of Ian McEwan's novel Atonement, in which she played 13 - year - old Briony Tallis, who tells a lie about a rape which destroys two people's lives.

This was seemingly the case with the Dardenne brothers at this year's Cannes, where their latest film, The Unknown Girl, received a considerably more lukewarm response than the likes of Two Days, One Night and The Kid with a Bike, with some suggestions that the Belgian duo had finally reached a stage of auto - pilot writing and directing and others implying that the new film was their first outright failure.

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The Globe nominations were kind to other films coming out later this year: Both «The Wolf of Wall Street,» the account of a win - at - all - costs stockbroker premiering on Christmas, and «Her,» a dystopian tale of severed interpersonal relationships opening Dec. 18, received multiple nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., including selections alongside «American Hustle» for best comedy or musical motion picture.

It's been in a sort of dispute with Cannes over the festival's decision to disqualify films that don't receive theatrical releases from its vaunted Competition; last year Netflix had two movies in Competition: Noah Baumbach's «The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)» and Bong Joon - ho's «Okja.»

Some liked it less, but according to The Independent, it's Sofia's best - received film since Lost in Translation, and Kiki's being singled out as one of the breakout performances, if not the breakout performance — if you can call someone with a 20 year career in Hollywood a «breakout».

It should be one of the best received family films of the year and seems perfect for children.

The release of Skyfall marks the 50th year of the franchise and the film has received praise from fans and critics alike.

The film seems to be told through flashbacks, with Henson retelling her story of how she first met him and all the abuse she has quietly received over the years, before turning vicious and vengeful.

As for online film critics, reports of the decline of Internet advertising in recent years may leave them feeling as glum as a songwriter who just received a royalty cheque from Pandora.

Zero Dark Thirty, a movie about the hunt for, and eventual killing of, Osama (or Usama, as he should be called, as this film reminds us) bin Laden, has received mostly extremely positive reviews, and has even been called the best film of the year by some.

Agnes Varda, director of «Visages Villages (Faces Places),» which many considered the best film at this year's Cannes festival, where it played out of competition, received the Silver medallion from Telluride in 1977 (the fourth year of the Festival).

Hugh Jackman receives this year's Roger Ebert Actor of the Year Award for his performances as P.T. Barnum in the musical «The Greatest Showman» and Logan / Wolverine in the action film «Logan&raqyear's Roger Ebert Actor of the Year Award for his performances as P.T. Barnum in the musical «The Greatest Showman» and Logan / Wolverine in the action film «Logan&raqYear Award for his performances as P.T. Barnum in the musical «The Greatest Showman» and Logan / Wolverine in the action film «Logan».

In 2014, Whiplash took both awards, and this year we have another film taking the two honors as Nate Parker «s slave rebellion tale The Birth of a Nation was announced to receive both.

Let's start with Todd Haynes» «Carol,» one of the most generally acclaimed films of last year, and one that received six Academy Award nominations.

One of the breakout films from the festival circuit this year was the unexpected narrative debut from Maggie Betts (who received high praise for her documentary feature

In the span of only a few days, I received Mondo's first board game, a clever riff on John Carpenter's «The Thing» called Infection at Outpost 31, saw a Facebook ad for a screening of the 35 - year - old film hosted by the Chicago Film Critics Association, and read about a new Arrow Blu - ray release of the film coming in November.

The filmmaker is also coming off one of his better - received films in recent years in Big Eyes, so his X-Men-esque tale of super-powered outsiders might yet prove to be another fine addition to his larger body of work - not to mention, another memorably weird, yet heartfelt Burton movie about the experience of being an «unusual» outcast in our world.

The indie director of «Pariah» has already received buzz for her work and with films like «12 Years a Slave» and «Moonlight» scoring Oscar gold of the years, the film's strong ensemble could be just what it needs to bring it over the Years a Slave» and «Moonlight» scoring Oscar gold of the years, the film's strong ensemble could be just what it needs to bring it over the years, the film's strong ensemble could be just what it needs to bring it over the hump.

Park City — January 21, 2013: RADiUS — TWC proudly announced tonight that it has acquired North American rights to CONCUSSION, one of the most provocative and well received films at this year's Festival that is drawing endless comparisons to BELLE DE JOUR.

Already one of the most - anticipated films of the year, the superhero adventure received another boost with overwhelming positive reactions following its world premiere on Monday, which in turn triggered a surge in advance ticket sales.