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- Movie | April 14, 2014
Mistaken for Strangers
Considering Mistaken for Strangers centers around the well-known indie rock band The National (the title of the documentary comes from one of their songs), it would be safe to assume that fans of the band will get the most...
- News | April 11, 2014
Trailer: Wish I Was Here
The first trailer for Zach Braff’s Kickstarter funded film Wish I Was Here has arrived. The film quickly raised over $3 million on the popular crowdfunding site, which produced a bit of controversy during its premiere at the Sundance...
- News | April 10, 2014
Trailer: I Origins
Mike Cahill’s I Origins landed on my radar from the moment the film was announced. Mainly because the last time Cahill and Brit Marling teamed up together they knocked it out of the park with Another Earth. Adding to...
- News | April 9, 2014
Trailer: Oculus
Are you ready to be freaked out by a mirror? Mike Flanagan’s horror film Oculus is about an antique mirror that supposedly possesses people into committing murder. Two siblings attempt to prove the mirror is at fault for their...
- News | April 8, 2014
Trailer: Borgman
Alex van Warmerdam’s wonderfully bizarre film Borgman made its world premiere last year at Cannes. Trailer does a great job of capturing the strange nature of the film that is somewhat of a cross between Holy Motors and Dogtooth...
- Features | April 4, 2014
Way Too Indie Hangout #3 – Film Festival Experiences and Best Films We’ve Seen in 2014 (so far)
In our Way Too Indie Hangout #3, we discuss our experiences from festivals such as Cannes, TIFF, and SFIFF. Topics range from proper film festival etiquette, selecting our favorite seats, and if reactions are exaggerated during festivals. We also...
- Movie | April 3, 2014
Hide Your Smiling Faces
The title of the film serves as a grand forewarning for what unfolds in this atmospheric indie drama about adolescent siblings questioning their own mortality as they deal with tragedy. Daniel Patrick Carbone’s coming-of-age film features a highly allusive...
- News | March 26, 2014
Lollapalooza 2014 Lineup Revealed
The official lineup for the 2014 Lollapalooza music festival has been announced with Outkast, Arctic Monkeys, Eminem, Skrillex, and Kings of Leon as the headliners. The festival will take place in Chicago’s Grant Park on August 1-3 2014. Other...
- Interview | March 18, 2014
Cast and Crew of ‘Animals’ Speak About Never Giving Up On The Human Spirit
The story behind Animals is a brutally honest and intimate look at two young lovers who suffer from drug addiction. Based on true life experiences of David Dastmalchian, who not only co-stars in the film alongside Kim Shaw, but...
- Interview | March 17, 2014
Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice Talk About What Makes a Good Found Footage Movie
When a film has the name Mark Duplass attached to it, the film typically contains an in-depth look on human behavior with an empathic, yet slightly offbeat voice. Ergo, my interest is peaked whenever Duplass is involved with a...
- Movie | March 17, 2014
It Felt Like Love
It Felt Like Love is an indie coming-of-age story about a young girl’s sexual exploration from first-time filmmaker and writer Eliza Hittman. With the help of an incredibly talented young cast, Hittman delivers a brutally honest film that illustrates...
- Film Festival | March 14, 2014
7 Favorite Films From SXSW 2014
I was pleasantly surprised in the amount of quality films that I saw at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival, although I admit that I was fairly selective in the titles I wanted to see. My favorites range from time-traveling...
- Film Festival | March 13, 2014
SXSW 2014: Rubber Soul, Ping Pong Summer, & Open Windows
Rubber Soul Rubber Soul reenacts two in-depth interviews of John Lennon that were conducted ten years apart from each other. No words of Lennon’s were altered during this reconstruction, though the film does jump between the two interviews, sometimes...
- Film Festival | March 11, 2014
SXSW 2014: Before I Disappear & The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Before I Disappear Shawn Christensen converts his Academy Award winning short film featuring a man who discovers his motivation to stay alive into a full feature film with Before I Disappear. Richie (Christensen) is asked to turn the other...
- Film Festival | March 11, 2014
SXSW 2014: Frank & The Guest
Frank An aspiring keyboardist named Jon (Domhnall Gleeson) stumbles into an impeccable opportunity when he walks passed a band that just so happens to need a keyboardist after theirs recently tried to drown himself in the ocean. The best...