Sentences with phrase «with indie hit»

Mike achieved fame with indie hit Thomas was Alone, a simple yet addictive puzzle game narrated by Danny Wallace.

With the indie hit The Unfinished Swan, explore a mysterious all - white landscape by splatting paint to reveal the world around you.

Don't Think Twice is the latest film written and directed by comedian / actor / filmmaker Mike Birbiglia, who made his feature directing debut with the indie hit Sleepwalk with Me in 2012.

Those are two of the three PlayStation 4 titles for the month, along with indie hit Downwell, which is a PlayStation Vita game that's also available on PS4 via cross-buy.

The guys who brought us Resolution have a twisted tale to tell... Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead left quite an impression on the world of horror with their indie hit Resolution, and now they're back with Spring, a romantic tale of horror that hides a monstrous secret.

With the indie hit «Obvious Child,» writer - director Gillian Robespierre and star Jenny Slate somehow proved you could cobble together something messy, funny, sad and romantic out of the impending termination of a pregnancy, and, I suppose, the rarely addressed condition known as «pee farting.»

Not exact matches

This film is desperately deep in its trite fluff, but with its hint of indie flavor, it does try a bit, at least in the technical department, with Alexander Gruszynski delivering on a few pretty points in cinematography, while Michael Penn hits some charmingly perky licks in his score.

With a clear ambience sound that only goes away whenever the viewing perspective is switched into the deaf daughter's, this newest indie horror renaissance smash - hit offers silent storytelling dependent on informative newspapers rather than expositional words.

Recently, she hosted the third season of «Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner» for the Si TV Network.New York Newsday raved over her performance in the indie hit «Woman Thou Art Loosed» calling her portrayal of an ex-con recovering addict «Haunting «Six Page Pictorial in the new Las Vegas National Magazine «Player» released Jan 2006Studied Shakespeare at «The Actors Circle Theatre» in Los Angeles and received a standing ovation for her portrayal of «Miss Alma» in Tennesee William's «Summer and Smoke «Running Scared, the film she had a supporting lead in with Paul Walker, is the Top Ten DVD Rental of the month.

The film definitely hits some familiar notes with this type of indie - comedy, but I think it's a really damn good movie that sort of flew under everybody's radar.

From»80s - era classics to indie gems, Greta Gerwig's breakout hit shares some crucial DNA with a slew of other charming films.

We always like to end our weekend box office reports with a little reminder to «Support your local indie theater, boys and girls,» and with the roster of films hitting art house and repertory cinemas in 2011, it was an especially great time to stray away from the sticky floors and text friendly megaplexes.

He hit the scene with his no - budget indie Slacker in 1991.

One of the biggest Sundance hits of 2015 was a small - budget indie comedy about an aspiring high school filmmaker and his friendship with a sick classmate entitled Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.

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.

My Life as a Dog: Criterion Collection Unrated Available on DVD and Blu - ray Swedish with English Subtitles Before cranking out hit films like The Cider House Rules and Chocolat, Swedish director Lasse Holstrom hit the scene big - time with this little indie about a boy who goes on a journey of discovery when he is sent away to give his dying mother some rest.

Director: Allison Anders: She's been commercial (directing episodes of the first season of Sex In The City - though no one knew at the time it would be the hit it is) to a total indie freak (even with the upcoming Things Behind The Sun).

With indie - film admirers Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow at the helm, De Palma holds forth with bracing candour on his hits (Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Mission: Impossible, The Untouchables), his misses (The Bonfire of the Vanities, Casualties of War, The Black Dahlia) and his excursions in excess (Scarface, Body Double, Murder à la Mod and much moWith indie - film admirers Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow at the helm, De Palma holds forth with bracing candour on his hits (Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Mission: Impossible, The Untouchables), his misses (The Bonfire of the Vanities, Casualties of War, The Black Dahlia) and his excursions in excess (Scarface, Body Double, Murder à la Mod and much mowith bracing candour on his hits (Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Mission: Impossible, The Untouchables), his misses (The Bonfire of the Vanities, Casualties of War, The Black Dahlia) and his excursions in excess (Scarface, Body Double, Murder à la Mod and much more).

Nanjiani is coming off the hit indie The Big Sick, which he co-wrote, executive produced and starred in, earning an Oscar nomination for his writing efforts along with wife Emily V. Gordon.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the indie comedy hit «Napoleon Dynamite» with writer - director Jared Hess and star Jon Heder participating in a live commentary screening and conversation on Monday, June 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bing Theatre on the LACMA -LSB-...]

NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL: After debuting at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, James Gray «s long - awaited follow - up to his indie hit «Two Lovers,» had its showing with press and industry folks at the New York Film Festival today.

If that had happened, sure, the film would have been a guaranteed box office hit (rather than the indie darling this has the potential to become) but he probably wouldn't have filled the character with quite the pathos that Duplass does.

HOLLYWOOD LIFE — Zoey Deutch, 22, is hitting the big screen in a major way with her new indie drama, Flower, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday, April 20, in New York City.

Writer - director Finn Taylor scored a minor cult hit with his quirky, eccentric comic thriller, Cherish, which generated some indie buzz for its unique, infectious energy, including getting a good review from yours truly.

While she's spent the past 22 years working with some of the most acclaimed indie auteurs, the release of «Irrational Man» this weekend finds the heralded «Queen of the Indies» hitting a milestone she never thought possible: A dream collaboration with Woody Allen.

The film was met with much praise when it premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and was picked up by Fox Searchlight, a studio known for indie hits like Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, and, of course, The Descendants.

An official theatrical trailer for cult favorite indie flick Bellflower has hit the web courtesy of IMDb, with an embed below from Twitch.

A hit at the London Film Festival, the film encouraged an assessment of the director's fiction and film work, and gave notice of a cinema with time for naturalistic performance and authentic space years before the indie directors» apparent invention of «quirky» American representations.

Last year, Amazon had a huge breakthrough success in their film division, with Manchester by the Sea becoming an indie hit, followed by a bunch of Oscar nominations (including Best Picture) and wins for star Casey Affleck and writer / director Kenneth Lonergan's screenplay.

COLIN FIRTH, «Eye in the Sky» — «The King's Speech» Oscar winner has his name attached to the indie surprise hit surveillance thriller with Helen Mirren, Barkhad Abdi, Aaron Paul and the late Alan Rickman.

It's another busy Friday with four new indie games and a new bundle deal hitting the Xbox One store.

The actor had a minor indie hit a few years back with «In Search Of A Midnight Kiss,» but it was his turn in last year's lo - fi genre smash «Monsters» that really started to turn heads.

Nintendo already had a ton of great games in development for the console and indie developers were lining left, right and centre to get their games on the console that was proving to be a hit with everyone.

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).

Indie developers Pocket Starship have hit the XBLIG scene with their freshman release, Rotor.

While we have our share of problems with the kinda twee, kinda cliche - indie - pop - song - rolled - up - into - a-movie indie flick, it picked up mostly strong reviews and managed to be a fairly modest sleeper hit on its release in 2008, winning the John Cassavetes Award at the Independent Spirit Awards the next year.

The comedy marks Favreau's return to the comedic roots he planted when he launched his career back in 1996 with the breakout indie hit, Swingers, which he wrote and starred in with Vince Vaughn.

Arriving nearly 40 years after the original «Rocky» became an indie sensation that surprised with a Best Picture Oscar win, the $ 35 million production is already a hit with critics (93 percent positive on Rotten Tomatoes).

My Dinner With Andre, directed by Louis Malle from a script by Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, who play fictionalized versions of themselves, became the surprise indie hit of 1981 and a cult film on the art house circuit.

Polytron, the studio best known for the indie games hit Fez, is launching a venture it calls Polytron Partners, designed to partner with other indie games and help bring them to market.

Originally released in 2015, the indie hit Axiom Verge brought players into an adventure that payed homage to the Metroid series with a deep emphasis on exploration and discovery, with the title set to arrive on the Nintendo Switch in the very near future.

And that makes the «Hunger Games» film vulnerable to a newcomer like «Creed,» which reteams writer - director Ryan Coogler and star Michael B. Jordan — who first worked together on the critically acclaimed low - budget 2013 indie hit «Fruitvale Station» — and brings them together with Rocky Balboa himself, Sylvester Stallone.

It features four «Bridesmaids» actors playing married couples with children: Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm are Missy and Ben, whose once - hot sex life is now cooling, while Maya Rudolph and Chris O'Dowd are the bickering Leslie and Alex. Writer - director Jennifer Westfeldt (the 2001 indie hit «Kissing Jessica Stein») casts herself as Julie, and Adam Scott (NBC's «Parks and Recreation») as Jason, two lifelong buddies who decide to platonically make a child and skip the whole strained - relationship thing.

Perhaps that should not have been too surprising, considering the unusually higher caliber of talent at the helm: scribe Mike White, who wrote (and starred in) the 2000 indie hit Chuck & Buck and director Jake Kasdan, who made his debut with 1998's underrated Zero Effect.

While the film is bound to be a hit with the indie genre crowd, this is a movie that should transcend that group.

Before hitting it big with his smash hit Three Kings, writer - director David O. Russell made his mark with small indie comedies like Spanking the Monkey and this cult gem, Flirting with Disaster.

When Hughes started production on The Breakfast Club in March 1984 with an indie - movie budget of $ 1 million (about $ 2.5 million adjusted for inflation), his debut feature Sixteen Candles wouldn't even hit theaters for another two months.

There's probably a world in which Christopher Abbott followed a sort of Joseph Gordon - Levitt career path — he's a good looking dude with a ton of indie cred thanks to appearances in movies like «Martha Marcy May Marlene,» and could have hit crossover heartthrob status thanks to playing Charlie on «Girls.»

One of the year's unlikeliest sequels, «T2 Trainspotting» reunites the cast of the 1996 indie hit «Trainspotting» with its director Danny Boyle and screenwriter John Hodge in a story that catches up with the restless Scottish heroin addicts of Irvine Welsh's original novel, 20 years later.

Unlike many directors we've listed previously who use the profile that an indie hit bestows to break into the bigger - budget bracket or even into Hollywood, Baker seems like a bona fide independent filmmaker, with a plucky, old - school lemons / lemonade attitude to moviemaking.