Sentences with phrase «smaller indie films»

The screenplay category is notorious for giving smaller indie films a chance for recognition that they may not receive anywhere else on Oscar night.

Eisenberg had such passion for Rollers, a small indie film, that he not only maintained his commitment to the role throughout its two years of fundraising but also helped its producers with casting choices and other key decisions.

We cover everything from the biggest blockbusters to the smallest indie films the way you want, unlike the snooty critics across the world.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople star Julian Dennison goes from being in a small indie film to being front and center in a huge big budget spectacle.

I remember seeing Brianna Hildebrand for the first time in a small indie film called First Girl I Loved which premiered at Sundance in 2016.

* Asked how he feels about going from very small indie films to a massive, effects - driven fantasy / comedy, Green said: «Well, just like probably all of you guys like to see different kinds of movies every week — a little of this, a little of that — it's fun professionally to, like, get in the ring and design creatures and have guys in suits and puppets and just, y ’ know, bring in all this stuff... I remember when I was a kid, and if something like «Behind The Scenes of Return of The Jedi» would come on, I'd just be glued to the screen, wishing that one day I'd be able to get my hands dirty doing something like that.

Making The Irishman is on a whole other scale than the small indie films Netflix has worked on so far.

By far the best surprise of the small indie films was Onah's Dara Ju.

Actress Greta Gerwig has parlayed her deft touch playing blond oddballs in small indie films into work with an impressive roster of filmmakers including Woody Allen, Ivan Reitman and Whit Stillman.

Jon Favreau, who made the first two Iron Man movies, adapted a less established comic book for Cowboys & Aliens, which bombed, before rebounding with the smaller indie film Chef, which he also starred in (playing a frustrated cook in a barely veiled allegory about Favreau struggling to deal with criticism and creative interference).

We cover everything from the biggest blockbusters to the smallest indie films the way you want, unlike the snooty critics across the world.

Not exact matches

Below are 50 additional noteworthy films — including both big - budget tentpoles and smaller indie and foreign films — that either have confirmed 2013 release dates or seem extremely likely to reach theaters this year.

A small but bracing breath of fresh air; if a little under - told, its problems at least stem from a creative gait that's refreshingly out of lockstep with the Hollywood - ized regurgitation of indie film convention.

She appeared with Kevin Costner in Message in a Bottle before going on to make the independent film Happy, Texas, the supernatural thriller Stir of Echoes with Kevin Bacon, and Can't Stop Dancing, a comedy in which she acted alongside Margaret Cho and Janeane Garofalo.She had a fine turn in the well - reviewed indie Ghost World, and a small turn in the infamous turkey The Adventures of Pluto Nash.

Sure, it's a small, indie type film, but the action seems so over drawn and drawn out that you wonder how it would present over two or three acts.

Obviously this doesn't mean there'll be absolutely NO smaller films, but in an era where 500 Days of Summer is considered indie, my hopes aren't exactly high.

The indie market has become increasingly challenging as small films without recognizable names are having a tougher time luring the public away from their Netflix queues.

Small indie flicks about estranged relatives coming together via deception on behalf of one of the parties which ultimately results in a long - delayed reconciliation has become of the most basic formulas for non-studio films, which makes sense considering you could film one in the living room of a small house and produce an Oscar - winner if the script and performances are strong enSmall indie flicks about estranged relatives coming together via deception on behalf of one of the parties which ultimately results in a long - delayed reconciliation has become of the most basic formulas for non-studio films, which makes sense considering you could film one in the living room of a small house and produce an Oscar - winner if the script and performances are strong ensmall house and produce an Oscar - winner if the script and performances are strong enough.

Freestyle Digital Media has debuted an official trailer for an indie comedy titled Bernard and Huey, from director Dan Mirvish (co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival), which premiered at a few small film festivals last year.

Still, in smaller, quieter films, like those by indie director Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud, Midnight Special), Shannon has been restrained and therefore palatable, his excess reduced to a manageable (and very watchable) simmer.

With steady small - screen employment, Tierney took chances on a number of indie films, including a contemporary adaptation of Macbeth titled Scotland, Pa. that was written and directed by then - husband Billy Morrissette.

Fortunately for us, counter-programming is a beautiful thing, and while the multiplexes may be a war zone from now until Labor Day, the smaller movie theaters out there are going to be bustling with indie movies and some of the best foreign films as of late.

On this week's Little Gold Men podcast, Katey Rich, Richard Lawson, Mike Hogan, and Joanna Robinson take a look at the films that are working to stay in the race, from the aforementioned Get Out to smaller efforts like The Lost City of Z or even the summer indie success story The Big Sick.

When the action does hit it is as clean and fun as any film with a $ 175 million budget and the Marvel brand slapped on it can expect to be, and is all the more impressive coming from a director who had only made small indie dramas (see Wattsâ $ ™ Cop Car if you havenâ $ ™ t).

Reaching back a little to the modern American indie explosion of the eighties is Spike Lee's debut feature «She's Got ta Have It» (1986) and a small library of Roger Corman seventies film arriving, including «Rock «n» Roll High School,» «Caged Heat» and «Crazy Mama.»

Most people would reasonably assume the process of writing of a massive AAA game is notably different from writing a smaller indie game, much as Hollywood blockbusters normally involve numerous writers as opposed to small, personal films.

The indie awards ceremony is a high - profile stepping stone for smaller films, and an interesting predictor of what's to come.

Smaller films such as Moonlight, Fences, and Hidden Figures proved to us that not only are there great films being made in the indie scene, but also by black through white people.

It would seem that a film like Jackie would best fit with a smaller but high - profile indie distributor rather than a Warner Brothers so let's cut them out.

Once you get past Pixar's «Coco,» it's a weak year for major - studio animated films; that's why the Globes voters will probably give two of their nominations to smaller indie works, «The Breadwinner» (it's executive produced by Angelina Jolie!)

The indie film is still seeking to fill smaller roles as it gears up for production in mid-July.

Freestyle Digital Media has released an official trailer for an indie psychological thriller titled A Good Dream, the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Mahum Jamal, which premiered at a few smaller film festivals last year.

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.

His creative choices have varied between live theater, mainstream Hollywood films and smaller indie vehicles.

From small roles in the likes of Oscar baity films, such as Zero Dark Thirty and, le sigh, Parkland, to larger roles in unsung indie hits Humpday and Safety Not Guaranteed, and simply as the reliably affable straight man, Pete, on The League, it's easy to admit that Duplass has got range.

I hate to write negative film reviews for small films that are clearly made with passion and scraped together on a shoestring budget, but I also hate to watch indie films that are clearly lacking vision and give my beloved horror genre a bad name.

The only exceptions I've ever seen to this have been a few very small, indie Spanish films but those are very much the exception and their goal is to show everything with English subtitles as well.

One such fringe production is Thor: Legend of the Magical Hammer, a film released straight to DVD today as a Walmart exclusive by small indie studio ARC Entertainment.

Known for smaller, critically acclaimed indie comedy films like What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Waititi joked that Marvel Studios «didn't care» about their movies anymore because they hired him — but the partnership was ideal considering his storytelling skills.

Into the White Rated R for language Available on DVD and Blu - ray Since Harry Potter we've seen much of Hermione and Harry in various films, but Ron (Rupert Grint) has chosen much more obscure projects like this little indie about British and German airmen shot down over snow - covered Norway and forced to cohabitate in a small mountain cabin until it is safe to travel.

But the hardworking actor did his best work in smaller indie and genre films.

Bryan Singer Indie Work: Singer's first film «Public Access» (about a drifter who causes an uproar in a small town through its local cable station) didn't get a distributor, but it did win the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1993, and thus managed to grab Singer some attention.

As a small low - concept piece, its lack of wider distribution makes sense, but this wouldn't be out of place in a theater among other personal indie films defying tidy classification.

Made on a small budget, with recognisable, though indie - ish actors, this film is about love and regret, posing the characters and audience with the questions - what personal mistake would you go back and change if you could?

Indie film goddess Greta Gerwig makes her solo directorial debut with this «hella tight» noughties throwback coming of age comedy - a sweet and wistful ode to mothers and daughters, growing pains, and the ups and downs of small - town adolescence.

In the hands of a less capable filmmaker than writer - director Raymond De Felitta, the epic comic - tragedy of it could merely have referred to the film itself, which is laden with the potential to be everything that such small, personal, indie filmmaking is: self - conscious, sentimental, precious.

His career started out with small, more personal indie films like «George Washington» and «Undertow» and has recently evolved into more Hollywood fare.

Memorable storytelling is happening all over the film industry, from Hollywood's box - office - busting superhero smashes to small, innovative indie experiments.