Sentences with phrase «while cult films»

Experimental cinema is represented through the Expanded Cinema section, while cult films are placed in the Midnight in Cinema block.

While cult films range from campy science fiction to highly graphic horror movies and just about everything in between, there are a few characteristics that most cult films share:

The silver - wigged ghost of downtown Manhattan, Andy Warhol, haunts the Merseyside banks at Liverpool's Tate (to 8 Feb) with silkscreens that appear to prefigure our age of narcissistic selfies; while cult film - maker David Lynch's paintings at Middlesbrough's MIMA (to 26 Mar) prove he is indeed a visitor from some dead cool retro - otherworld.

Not exact matches

While director and star James Franco's behind - the - scenes recreation of Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero's cult classic carries a lingering sense of «having their cake and eating it, too,» the film is less focused on mocking the failures of its source material.

It's not that it revitalizes a dead genre, but it does give a bit of new life and twist to the zombie genre, while also paying tribute to the classic cult films like Dawn of the Dead, Evil Dead, Mad Max, among others.

While many mainstream films fade from the public eye after the completion of their initial theatrical runs, the popularity of cult films continue to grow.

While The Discovery plays in many ways like a more effective version of the concept - choked Brit Marling / Zal Batmanglij movies, the cult scenes feel underdeveloped next to their film The Sound of My Voice, an intriguing but ragged thread left dangling as The Discovery turns towards more concrete, backstory - driven explanations for its characters» obsessions.

The movie could be summarized as «Rosemary's Baby if Rosemary were the head of the cult,» but while Roman Polanski's 1968 masterpiece is a rich, nuanced film that works (and disturbs) on multiple levels, Hungry Hearts never goes any further than preying on some pretty basic fears.

Original cast members Corey Feldman and Jamison Newlander present the first - ever screening of the cult classic's third film, in which the lost boys and girls of San Cazador prepare to party under the Blood Moon — while an alpha vampire conspires to turn these unsuspecting ravers into an army of undead.

While popular in New Zealand, these were mainly cult films for international audiences who had to purposefully seek out these quirky and raunchy examples of genre by the then - little known Kiwi auteur.

While a critical misfire at the time of its release, there is a following among action fans that pushed Point Break up to cult camp status, and no less than three films in recent years have paid major homage to it (Hot Fuzz, Brice de Nice, and Fulltime Killer).

While Broken Lizard did go on to create another feature films, including Club Dread in 2004 and Beerfest in 2006, the films themselves didn't have the same cult - following fanbase as did Super Troopers has achieved.

Pegg and Frost went on to co-write the lackluster extraterrestrial comedy «Paul» on their own (and Pegg appeared in two «Star Trek» pictures) while Wright made the stellar «Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,» a film which failed to connect in its initial release but has become something of an instant cult classic.

While one of the most forgotten of Robert Altman's films, it does have a cult following among his fans, and even Altman (Gosford Park, The Player) himself supposedly regards it as his personal favorite.

(I know that the film is destined for re-evaluation and cult elevation, so let's call a spade a spade while it's still permitted.)

While not likely to be a mainstream success, Jonze's fourth film and first original screenplay seems destined to be another cult favorite of the film community.

While The Big Lebowski is the Coen comedy that has spawned a cult following and seems to be endlessly quoted, Raising Arizona is, at the very least, that film's equal in terms of memorable characters and comic moments.

Other stars who have used the website to successfully fund their projects include actor Zach Braff, who raised a massive $ 3.1 million (# 2 million) in donations to make a sequel to his cult film Garden State, while Tv series Veronica Mars is heading to the big screen in a fan - funded film.

I did not care for this film at all, and while this is a good marketing push from A24, it's going to be forgotten, which is cool because it will be a cult classic even faster.

While Tank Girl has amassed a cult following over the last 20 years (it has the highest audience rating of any film on this list), it did not fare well with critics and performed horribly at the box office.

Below, director / star James Franco, and actors Dave Franco, Ari Graynor, and Josh Hutcherson discuss how they brought the story behind the 21st century's biggest cult film to life, while the real Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero also pop in to give their thoughts.

Seventeen years later, indie filmmaker Miguel Arteta has delivered the film version, and while the novel's cult may prove hard to please, Youth in Revolt is a pleasant diversion from the lowest - common - denominator, airbrushed Hollywood teen sex comedy.

His next two are a sequel and a remake of two cult classic films in the hard sci - fi genre that will only continue to stretch your minds and cinematic intelligence with the upcoming Blade Runner 2049 starring Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, and a crap ton of other people while his next project is the Watchmen of sci - fi movies where people fear that a faithful adaptation and remake of Dune feels near impossible, but if there was somebody to do it, it's Denis.

Director Peter Strickland turned heads amongst cult film circles with his Berberian Sound Studio, a lushly realized tip of the hat to the classic giallo styles of the 1970s that honored the past while also working in Strickland's own unique...

Human 1980s anecdote machine Frank Henenlotter returns with Chasing Banksy, a comedic art heist caper film, while BUFF honors special guest and indie horror stalwart Larry Fessenden with a special presentation of his cult classic Wendigo, which will be screened in a glorious 35 mm print.

A medium talent at music in his youth, Danny, in the film's opening moments, is stuck in New York City traffic (made better by the nostalgic sounds of Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam's «Head to Toe» on the radio) while seeing his daughter (Grace Van Patten) off to film school at Bard following his recent separation from his wife.

Some other memorable moments that emerged while compiling this: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep (both Oscar - nominated) and Tom Waits on the downward spiral in Hector Babenco and William Kennedy's bleak «Ironweed»; John Huston's lyrical direction of the posthumously released adaptation of James Joyce's «The Dead»; the joyous Cajun -, zydeco -, R&B and gospel - flavored soundtrack of «The Big Easy,» gumbo for the ears; the consummate character actor John Mahoney breaking out (at least for me) in «Tin Men,» «Suspect» and «Moonstruck» and and Hunter delighting in «Raising Arizona,» «Broadcast News» and just about anything that came after; plus two British indies: Emily Lloyd as a cheeky 16 - year - old in David Leland's delightful comedy - drama «Wish You Were Here»; and one of the great cult films of the decade, Bruce Robinson's savagely witty «Withnail and I» with Richard E. Grant and Paul McCann.

While the behind - the - scenes aspects of making 2003's infamously terrible cult film The Room are undoubtedly entertaining (especially for those who are familiar with that movie), the reason James Franco's The Disaster Artist is elevated above mere nudging and winking is because of the co-dependent relationship at the center of the movie.

WHY: Christopher Landon's «Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse» desperately wants to be the next great horror / comedy, but while it boasts some great gore effects and inventive kills, the film is disappointingly short on laughs, despite being clearly influenced by cult classics like «Shaun of the Dead» and «Zombieland.»

And while that film is beloved today, it's definitely more of a cult classic.

Today, the film is considered one of the great cult classics of modern cinema — «the «Citizen Kane» of bad movies,» as Ross Morin dubbed it in 2008 while an assistant film professor at St. Cloud University in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Missing from the doc, however, are mentions regarding the peculiar movies that Flynn made while slumming in Cuba - «The Big Boodle,» and the docu - drama / cult films, «Cuban Story,» and «Cuban Rebel Girls» (both from 1959, made before his death).

There's some wasted narrative opportunity with Lowell, who's dropped and forgotten for most of the film only to resurface when he's needed again in the third act, but the the major missing element in comparison to those cult classics is that while Tragedy Girls is clever, it doesn't have much to say beyond a slew of quick - witted barbs.

They watched, memorized, and at times gleefully re-enacted thousands of films while locked inside, doting on stylish cult favorites like Reservoir Dogs.