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- Film Festival | March 10, 2014
SXSW 2014: Joe & Faults
Joe Director David Gordon Green returns to the indie festival circuit after last year’s Prince Avalanche with a new film starring Nicholas Cage and Tye Sherdian entitled, Joe. Named after one of the main characters (Cage), Joe is about...
- Film Festival | March 9, 2014
SXSW 2014: She’s Lost Control, The Heart Machine, & Creep
She’s Lost Control As a surrogate partner therapist, its Ronah’s (Brooke Bloom) job to try to heal people of their sexual intimacy issues through various sessions and stages of erotic contact (think Helen Hunt in The Sessions). While at...
- Film Festival | March 8, 2014
SXSW 2014: The Infinite Man
The Infinite Man It’s pretty hard to believe that The Infinite Man is Hugh Sullivan’s feature directorial debut as very few attempt to make a science fiction film in the independent world because of budget restraints. And only a...
- Movie | March 6, 2014
24 Exposures
Unlike his mainstream-ish crossover Drinking Buddies, Joe Swanberg returns to his less refined style in 24 Exposures, a film that is reminiscent of his earlier work by featuring girls in various stages of undress, non-professional actors, low-budget production values,...
- Film Festival | March 3, 2014
10 Most Anticipated Films At SXSW 2014
After last year’s surprise breakout film Short Term 12, many people are wondering if the SXSW Film Festival will premiere another indie sensation. Only time will tell if lightning will strike twice in Austin, but at the very least...
- Awards | March 3, 2014
2014 Oscar Winners
The big winner Oscar Sunday was Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity, winning seven awards including Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Visual Effects. Though for the second year in a row, the winner for Best Director did not go...
- Awards | March 1, 2014
2014 Spirit Award Winners
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave was unsurprisingly the big winner at the Film Independent Spirit Awards today with a total of five wins including, Best Feature, Best Director, Best Supporting Female, Best Cinematography, and Best Screenplay. There were...
- Features | February 28, 2014
10 Best Film Spirit Award Winners of All Time
Over the past 28 years the Independent Spirit Awards have recognized and awarded independent films that often get overshadowed during the popularity contest that surrounds most award shows. Many of the previous Spirit Award winners are now household names...
- News | February 28, 2014
Giveaway: American Hustle Original Soundtrack
David O. Russell’s American Hustle hauled in an impressive ten Oscar nominations this year, which tied Gravity with the most nominations for a motion picture. In order to commemorate the double digit Oscar nominated film, we are giving away...
- Awards | February 27, 2014
Oscars 2014 Predictions
Over the past several weeks we have provided an extensive individual breakdown for all of the major Oscar categories. Today we have compiled our 2014 Oscars Predictions on a convenient one sheet for you, along with links to our...
- Features | February 26, 2014
Way Too Indie Hangout #1 – Spirit Award and Oscar Predictions
In our first Way Too Indie Hangout video chat, Bernard Boo (writer), Dustin Jansick (editor-in-chief), and Ananda Dillon (editor), discuss the films that we have watched recently which include; Charlie Stratton’s In Secret (review), Eliza Hittman’s It Felt Like...
- Awards | February 24, 2014
Oscar Analysis 2014: Best Picture
Last week we predicted that Gravity’s Alfonso Cuarón would get the win for Best Director, so historically speaking that would mean Gravity should have a 73% chance of winning Best Picture because of how closely tied those categories are....
- Awards | February 21, 2014
Oscar Analysis 2014: Best Director
It requires a lot of restraint for me not to put down Steve McQueen as the director that should win the award on Oscar night. I believe he is one of the best upcoming directors of our time, so...
- Movie | February 19, 2014
Awful Nice
If you grew up with a sibling close in age as you there is a good chance you can attest that sibling rivalry is very much a real thing. This competitiveness between family members has been depicted a lot...
- Movie | February 18, 2014
Sick Birds Die Easy
If you spent the better part of the 00s listening the emo/indie bands on the Saddle Creek record label (Bright Eyes, The Faint, Cursive, Maria Taylor) like I have, there is a good chance you have seen the work...