Dustin Jansick
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Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master Movie Poster
We still do not know a whole lot about Paul Thomas Anderson’s highly anticipated film The Master. So far there has been two teaser trailers and news that Tom Cruise was unhappy about it’s portrayal of Scientology. But...
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Surviving Family
Directed by Laura Thies, Surviving Family is an indie film about a dysfunctional family and the struggles of facing the truths behind its troubled past. Accompanying the film is the appropriate tagline, “You can’t escape the family tree.” However,...
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Coachella Announces Music Festival Cruise
Well it looks like the rumors we reported were true, Coachella has announced a cruise ship festival named S.S. Coachella. Much like their landlocked festival in Indio, California this cruise festival will take place on two separate dates. ...
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Coachella Announcement Rumors: Location Change or Cruise
If you ever doubted the power and influence that the music festival Coachella has, this should clear that up. The people behind Coachella can cause the whole indie music scene on the web to go crazy with a simple...
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Ben Gibbard Will Release Solo Album ‘Former Lives’
Death Cab For Cutie frontman, Ben Gibbard, just announced he will be doing a full-length solo LP entitled Former Lives. The 12-track album will be released in the fall of this year and include previously unreleased songs from different...
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360
From the highly praised director Fernando Meirelles (City of God) comes 360, a film that shows how decisions in life connect a group of strangers to each other. The film is about forks in the road and how your...
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The Loneliest Planet
The Loneliest Planet is an experimental film that observes more than it explains and will ultimately test your patience as a viewer. The film is based on the short story by Tom Bissell entitled, Expensive Trips Nowhere. It definitely...
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Rid of Me
What Rid of Me was supposed to be was a film about a woman who is trying to figure out who she is, what it ends up being is an indie film trying to figure out what it is....
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Watch: Sleepwalk With Me Trailer
Comedian Mike Birbiglia writes, directs, and stars in Sleepwalk With Me, a film which is based on a true story about stand-up comedy. The film has made some big festival appearances which included the 2012 Sundance Film Festival where...
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a film about adapting to new circumstances and learning to trust from the most unexpected places. Converted into a screenplay by Ol Parker based on the novel These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach,...
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Watch: The Loneliest Planet Trailer
The Loneliest Planet has been reported that it is the kind of film that works best if you know the least about going into. The trailer wisely abides by this philosophy by not giving away any crucial spoilers and...
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Turn Me On, Dammit!
The traditional role of a teenage sex coming of age story tends to be centered around males but Turn Me On, Dammit! changes things up a bit by telling it from a female perspective. Adapted by the novel written...
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Watch: Compliance Trailer
Compliance received mixed reactions and has sparked some heated debates when it premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. The trailer for this controversial film, which some believe contains political allegories, has arrived online today. While we will...
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Way Too Indie’s Best Films of 2012 (So Far)
Now that we are half way through the year, the staff here at Way Too Indie has decided to come up with the Best Films of 2012…so far. There is a good chance our list could see some major...
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Moonrise Kingdom
Moonrise Kingdom is unmistakably a Wes Anderson film. It features presumptuous children who seem to be more intelligent and mature than the adults and a simple but whimsical storyline that is completely overshadowed by its presentation. Everything is exaggerated...