Sentences with phrase «released acclaimed films»

Sometimes, though, festivals are put together to celebrate a certain theme or genre, with the moviegoing public allowed to enjoy previously released acclaimed films.

Not exact matches

In 2016, critics cited the Oscars» snub of Netflix's critically acclaimed drama «Beasts of No Nation» as evidence that the industry was «turned off» by Netflix's business model, which debuts films on the streaming service simultaneously with theatrical releases.

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.

Recent and upcoming releases include the romance - horror hybrid Spring; the hotly - anticipated The Look Of Silence, Oppenheimer's companion piece to The Act Of Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist); The Keeping Room, from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe, filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animals.

Danish director Thomas Vinterberg has been on a bit of a losing streak since his acclaimed 1998 film The Celebration, but The Hunt landed on several best - of - 2012 lists a year ago, and this summer's U.S. release found many critics hailing the drama as a return to form.

It has an intoxicating quality of emotional wonder it shares with the acclaimed (but not yet released) Sundance hit «Call Me by Your Name,» as well as a talky intimacy that recalls Richard Linklater's «Before» films.

Danish director Vinterberg has been on a bit of a losing streak since his acclaimed 1998 film The Celebration, but some critics found this «unsettling» and «devastating» new film a return to form, and it will get a limited U.S. release this May.

Only two other distributors released more films last year, and they didn't come anywhere close to the same amount of critical acclaim.

DICK DINMAN SALUTES GARY COOPER»S BLU «THE HANGING TREE»: Producer / host Dick Dinman and Warner Home Video's Senior Vice President of Classic and Theatrical Marketing George Feltenstein celebrate the Warner Archive's lustrously restored Blu - ray release of THE HANGING TREE one of legendary superstar Gary Cooper's most unjustly forgotten masterworks and actress Joan Leslie (who at the tender age of 16 costarred with Cooper in SERGEANT YORK) and acclaimed director Michael Anderson (who directed Cooper's final two films) regale Dick with their praise of Cooper's uniquely invisible acting technique.

Bong Joon - ho, director of the critically acclaimed Snowpiercer, releases new images from his upcoming Netflix film Okja.

Instead, the film's notoriety and acclaim came in the years to follow, not only with audiences and critics learning to appreciate the film upon repeat viewings but with the release of multiple different cuts and remasterings of the original 1982 version, which have been released periodically in the decades since.

HollywoodNews.com: «Smash His Camera,» the acclaimed new documentary from Academy Award winning director Leon Gast (When We Were Kings), has just released the official poster for the film.

With Jeremy Saulnier's hugely - and rightfully - acclaimed thriller Blue Ruin out now on US screens and the UK release impending a trio of clips from the film have arrived online.

Recently, the Warner Archive Collection released two lesser - known James Stewart films that offer a unique and unusual perspective on the actor from an especially fertile period just as he was attaining national recognition and acclaim.

The critical acclaim and the buzz that followed was enough to convince TriStar Pictures to bump the film from its initial August release date all the way up to the end of June.

The filmmakers have assembled a stellar cast, including Felicity Jones, nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in The Theory of Everything; Diego Luna, who was featured in 2008's Oscar - winning Milk and 2013's Elysium; Ben Mendelsohn, recently nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Bloodline and co-starring in the upcoming Mississippi Grind; Donnie Yen, Hong Kong action star and martial artist who starred in Ip Man and Blade II; Jiang Wen, who co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the award - winning Let the Bullets Fly and Devils on the Doorstep; Forest Whitaker, recently featured in the critically - acclaimed Lee Daniels» The Butler and winner of an Academy Award for his leading role in 2006's The Last King of Scotland; Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006's Casino Royale; Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance - capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon - to - be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November; and Riz Ahmed, who was recently featured in Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA - winning film Four Lions.

As the Tribeca Film Festival takes over New York with exciting future releases, moviegoers across the country are treated to an eclectic mix of critically acclaimed films now playing in theaters.

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

The film earned a ton of initial critical acclaim, but dropped like a rock during the season after failing at the box office in wide release.

As both the studio's only successful and acclaimed release of 2017 and a film that deals with unreported crimes of a sexual nature, Wind River clearly stands to lose the most from the Weinstein scandal.

Rialto's past releases include Renoir's Grand Illusion, both in 1999 and in a new 4K restoration for its 75th anniversary in 2012; Carol Reed's The Third Man; Fellini's Nights of Cabiria (for the first time in its «director's cut»); Jules Dassin's Rififi; Godard's Breathless, Contempt, Band of Outsiders, Masculine Feminine, Le Petit Soldat, Alphaville, and the U.S. premiere of his Made in U.S.A.; Kurosawa's Ran; Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie; Jacques Becker's Touchez pas au Grisbi; Bresson's Au Hasard Balthazar and Diary of a Country Priest; Resnais» Last Year at Marienbad; the U.S. premiere of the original, uncut Japanese version of Godzilla; the U.S. premiere of the complete, uncut version of Jean - Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge; the U.S. premiere of Melville's Army of Shadows, which became the most critically - acclaimed film of 2006; the U.S. premiere of Claude Sautet's Max et les Ferrailleurs; and Robin Hardy's definitive cut of The Wicker Man.

While Scott Cooper («Crazy Heart «-RRB- doesn't have any previous work with the festival, he's got plenty of acclaim, and the film's been done for a while (there was talk of releasing it late in 2012).

The first trailer for upcoming music - drama Boychoir — the latest film from acclaimed director François Girard (The Red Violin, Thirty Two Films About Glenn Gould)-- has been released online by Informant Media, along with a new poster which we have for you here... In the film, 12 - year - old newcomer Garrett Wareing plays Stet, a rebellious -LSB-...]

Fresh off the limited U.S. release of his critically acclaimed film «12 Years A Slave» comes news that director Steve McQueen is looking to enter the TV arena.

Since its October release, the film has earned critical acclaim in nearly equal measure with warnings about its unflinching...

Finally, The Theory of Everything held up well enough for releasing company Focus Features, bringing in an estimated $ 2.5 million at the box office over the weekend, enough to gain a marginal profit against a $ 15 million budget... and still ahead of the critically acclaimed Wild, the Reese Witherspoon - starring film based on the memoir of Cheryl Strayed, which picked up a few theaters and some revenue in the form of an estimated $ 1.6 million.

Coincing with the announcement that Knight of Cups will receive its world premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival in February, FilmNation Entertainment has now released the first trailer for the film, which has been directed by acclaimed filmmaker Terrence Malick.

Helmed by Fleck, the film was released to widely positive acclaim and earned Ryan Gosling an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

It's a good week for new releases with plenty of the best, most acclaimed films of 2015 finally receiving the Blu - ray treatment.

Winning the Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival this year, the film is the highly anticipated English language debut of internationally acclaimed Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos and is set for general release in Ireland on 16th October.

Led by Michael Shannon, who has appeared in all of Nichols» films, the large cast is fantastic; although Joel Edgerton has received acclaim for his role in Nichols» Loving (also released this year), his laconic supporting performance here is arguably his finest work.

That situation has now changed with the release of Our Souls at Night, directed by Ritesh Batra whose recent film «The Lunchbox» received much critical acclaim.

A trailer has been released for the upcoming thriller Manhattan Night, which you can view below along with the poster for the film... The new thriller is based on the acclaimed New York Times Notable Book of the Year Manhattan Nocturne by author Colin Harrison, and stars Adrien Brody (Third Person, The Pianist) as «a -LSB-...]

While the reaction to his writing was somewhat stunted, Franco was gearing up to release what would come to be the most critically acclaimed film of his career.

The film is the latest effort and first studio production from critically acclaimed writer / director Jeff Nichols, whose previous releases include Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter and Mud.

Lionsgate has released a new trailer for A Hologram for the King, the upcoming film adaptation of Dave Eggers» acclaimed novel.

The film has won international acclaim since its release in April, in particular the performances of Michael Fassbender and Domhnall Gleeson.

Ever since the film won the Palme d'Or at Cannes (and the breathless acclaim of most, if not all, who saw it there), harsh words have been flying among Kechiche, his crew (who released a statement accusing the director of exploitive labor practices and general abuse of power), and the film's leads, Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos.

Unlike some movies in the award season conversation like The Shape of Water, Call Me by Your Name, and The Post, Dafoe's film, The Florida Project, has actually been released, nationally, in theaters and to general acclaim.

The film is the latest release from acclaimed filmmaker Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) and stars Frances McDormand as a woman who goes to war with local police, as she engages in a quest to avenge her daughter's murder.

Warner Bros. has released a new banner for Inherent Vice, the latest film from acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, The Master), which is adapted from the Thomas Pynchon novel of the same name.

Even with that NC - 17 rating, Fox Searchlight is releasing Steve McQueen's Shame, one of the edgiest yet highly acclaimed films this year, in its uncut form.

Following near - universal acclaim from critics (a staggering 98 % fresh on Rotten Tomatoes), the film proceeded to attract sizable crowds in limited release, buoyed no doubt by strong word of mouth.

The film is set to be released on 20 December 2013 in the USA, and has already been generating critical acclaim during the upcoming awards season, being nominated for no less than 7 Golden Globes including, Best Motion Picture, Best Actor — Christian Bale, Best Actress — Amy Adams, Best Supporting Actress — Jennifer Lawrence, Best Supporting Actor — Bradley Cooper and two nominations for director David O'Russell with Best Screenplay and Best Director.

Despite the sizable budget, it is an experimental film at its heart, although with an acclaimed director and well - known stars, perhaps it is too large a project to survive the scrutiny of those expecting much more from a major release.

Highly acclaimed and beloved Brooklyn - born filmmaker Darren Aronofsky is releasing his fifth feature film this weekend, titled Black Swan, starring the always wondefful Natalie Portman as well as Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey and Winona Ryder.

To celebrate what would have been Orson Welles» 100th birthday, Mr Bongo Films are releasing a collection of much sought after and rare films from the acclaimed director, including a brand new restored 50th Anniversary Edition of Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight.

20th Century Fox has given us another look at Aloha, the latest offering from acclaimed director Cameron Crowe, but releasing a 60 ″ sneak peek featurette for the film, which we have for you below after the official synopsis... SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Aloha here The director of Jerry Maguire, Cameron Crowe, brings us -LSB-...]

Before you pour the bucket of pig's blood on me, I want to first say I'm well aware Silence is adapted from Shūsaku Endō's novel of the same name, which was also turned into a film in 1971 that received worldwide acclaim upon release (another Scorsese remake of an Asian cinema classic!).

20th Century Fox has given us another look at Aloha, the latest offering from acclaimed director Cameron Crowe, but releasing a 60 ″ sneak peek featurette for the film, which we have for you below after the official synopsis...