Sentences with phrase «social thriller»

The «Get Out» director made headlines last year when he said he'd be following up his breakout debut with at least four more social thrillers.

Jordan Peele's social thriller about the literal horrors of bodily racism is still one of 2017's most unforgettable films.

Get Out was a fantastical horror movie that hit a little too close to home; after the film's $ 250 million success, Peele revealed that he wanted to make a series of social thrillers, mining the genre he's so quickly perfected.

The 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations have been announced and Jordan Peele's completely different but also masterful social thriller Get Out, scored five nods in total including Best Director and Screenplay for Peele, as well as Best Picture, Actor, and Editing.

JP: I'm totally hooked on writing - directing; I've got other social thrillers I've been working on that I'd like to direct.

Following the success of Get Out, which grossed over $ 200 million on a $ 5 million budget and received unanimous acclaim, Peele signed a first - look deal with Universal Pictures, who will produce the director's next film, an untitled social thriller he also penned.

The zeitgeist - y social thriller earned six MTV Movie and TV Awards nominations on Thursday, in such categories as movie of the year, best actor for lead Daniel Kaluuya, and best fight against the system (or «the artist formerly known as best fight»).

Throughout the press tour for his film, Peele repeatedly mentioned that he had more social thrillers in store that he'd like to make.

Description: Farhadi described it as an «emotional social thriller.»

While social thrillers are relatively common in the genre, as director Jordan Peele acknowledged in a Playboy interview in 2014: «It is one of the very, very few horror movies that does jump off of racial fears.

«It was very emotional,» said Peele, the comedian - turned - director who made his directorial debut with the race - themed social thriller, made for a modest $ 4.5 million, about a young African American man (Kaluuya) who goes to meet his white girlfriend's family only to find himself trapped in a sinister nightmare.

But Peele's eerie social thriller has been slowly building momentum in the past few awards ceremonies.

Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, K. Austin Collins and The New York Times» Wesley Morris are lured deep into the suburbs under false pretenses to discuss the pivotal social thriller Get Out, directed by Jordan Peele and starring Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams.

The producers of Get Out, Jordan Peele's masterfully resonant social thriller, are in the race, nominated for outstanding film producer in a group that also includes several other films that have dominated the awards - season circuit, including Call Me by Your Name, Lady Bird, and The Shape of Water.

Kaluuya picked up a nod for his role in Get Out, Jordan Peele's stirring social thriller, which also picked up a slew of other nominations, including best original screenplay, best director, and best picture.

In the tradition of the best classic social thrillers, Get Out takes a topic that is often approached cerebrally — casual racism — and turns it into something you feel in your tummy.

Glover and director Hiro Murai seemed to directly call out Jordan Peele's Oscar - winning social thriller in one shot where all of the white office workers appeared motionless, almost zombie - like, and staring directly at Earn.

Peele has a few more social thrillers up his sleeve.

The comedian's directorial debut, the excellent social thriller Get Out, catapulted him to blockbuster success — delivering smart commentary on modern racism, crushing box office myths, and teaching viewers to never trust people who eat Froot Loops one at a time.

He's already prepping his next social thriller, but this time the budget will be five times larger than the $ 5 million micro-budget he worked with for his first film.

The young Iranina helmer Ali Asgari depicts the conflict of young generation with traditions veiled as coming - of - age doubling as a mild social thriller

Jordan Peele's social thriller about an interracial relationship gone nightmarishly awry is already a film for the ages.

It's clear that Peele is drawing on a long tradition of social thrillers and horror films.

In a previous interview, Peele revealed he had «four other social thrillers that I want to unveil in the next decade.»

Under the deal, Universal is developing Peele's next film, an untitled social thriller, which he will write, direct and produce based on his original idea.

Jordan Peele's social thriller earned an incredible 99 % from 295 reviews, beating the likes of «The Big Sick,» «Dunkirk,» «Wonder Woman,» and «Lady Bird.»

Jordan Peele's social thriller Get Out earned earned 5 nominations and James Mangold's Logan earned 3 nominations (including a Best Supporting Actor nod for Patrick Stewart's portrayal of Professor X), while Guillermo del Toro's sci - fi romance The Shape of Water stole the show with a dominating 14 nominations.

Paulina's unfathomable actions, and the limits of social justice, are examined unflinchingly in this «social thriller» of will and sacrifice.

I define «social thriller» as thriller / horror movies where the ultimate villain is society.

Writer - director Jordan Peele classifies his low - budget $ 4.5 million directorial feature debut, estimated to make $ 25 million to $ 30 million in its opening weekend, as a «social thriller.»

Peele has described it as a «social thriller.»

Musicians, comedians, film programmers and writers discuss Jordan Peele's smash - hit «social thriller»

Though Get Out was marketed as a haunted house movie, director Jordan Peele promoted it as a «social thriller».

The director's «social thriller» is considered to be in the running, but it's a long shot for several reasons.

Sure, he was recreating the so - called «Get Out Challenge,» where fans of his uniformly praised «social thriller» (as he terms it) recreate that scene from the movie.

Jordan Peele, the mastermind of «Get Out,» a social thriller about American racism, became the first African American to earn producer, director and writer nominations for a single film; the academy nominated a female cinematographer, «Mudbound's» Rachel Morrison, for the first time in its 90 - year history; and Greta Gerwig became just the fifth woman recognized as a director, feted for her wry, observational coming - of - age story «Lady Bird.»

Although there is one upside to the Golden Globes classifying Jordan Peele's hit «social thriller» Get Out as a comedy — namely, that it's more likely to win big awards in that less competitive category — there are also several compelling reasons to oppose the decision.

The social thriller has brought in more than $ 133 million in the U.S. alone.

He calls it a social thriller, right?

NEW YORK (AP)-- The 27th annual Gotham Awards appeared headed for a sweep for Jordan Peele's social thriller «Get Out,» but the sensual coming - of - age tale «Call Me By Your Name» swooped in to take best feature film at the first major soiree of Oscar season.

The 27th annual Gotham Awards appeared headed for a sweep for Jordan Peele's social thriller «Get Out,» but the sensual coming - of - age tale «Call Me By Your Name» swooped in to take best feature film at the first major soiree of Oscar season.

So it was a social thriller.»

The website has released its 100 best reviewed movies of 2017, with Jordan Peele's social thriller «Get Out» topping the list this year.

If «Moonlight,» an indie film about a gay black man growing up in impoverished Miami, a movie made for $ 1.5 million, could win best picture, then why not «Get Out,» a social thriller examining race?

Universal Advantages: In many ways, Jordan Peele's social thriller is the movie of the year: a huge commercial and critical hit that has exceeded all expectations for a genre film that came out early in the year.

Foremost was Get Out, Jordan Peele's «social thriller» about a black man visiting his white girlfriend's parents» home for the weekend, which earned four nominations.

Baker: So I have to say what you've done with this social thriller of yours is incredible, it really is.

And it became looking at movies that have figured out the social thriller, so, «Rosemary's Baby,» «The Stepford Wives,» the way those movies made very elegant but fun statements about gender, that was a signal to me that you could pull that off with race.

An incredibly creative critique, Get Out weaves together tropes from horror and comedy to make a chilling «social thriller» that explores racism in 21st - century America.