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Richard Linklater on How to Handle Talkers in His “Don’t Talk” PSA for Alamo Drafthouse
News | Dustin Jansick | July 10, 2014Have we ever mentioned how much we love Alamo Drafthouse here at Way Too Indie? This small theater chain from Austin, TX constantly ranks as one of the best theaters in the world. And for good reason. The theater...
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A Family Leaves Home to Explore the World in The Nomadic Family Project
News | Bernard Boo | July 9, 2014It’s an exciting time right now in the wonderful world of crowdfunding. I mean, it doesn’t get much more bonkers than a potato salad Kickstarter which, as of this writing, has raked in a mind-numbing $71,540, right? I know how...
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Watch: Trailer for Ridley Scott’s ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’
News | Ananda Dillon | July 8, 2014Christian Bale‘s Moses calls down a world of hurt for Joel Edgerton‘s Rhamses in the freshly released trailer for Ridley Scott‘s new biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings.With plenty of graphic effect, the plagues have never looked so threatening...
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Trailer: Cantinflas
News | Zachary Shevich | July 8, 2014Mexican actor Mario Moreno was one of the pioneers of what’s considered the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, the South of the Border answer to Charlie Chaplin. Moreno, more commonly known as Cantinflas, spent half a century as an...
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‘The Conjuring’ Spinoff ‘Annabelle’ Set for October Release
News | Ananda Dillon | July 7, 2014It appears the weekend of October 3rd is going to be quite creepy this year. If the psychological suspense of David Fincher’s Gone Girl isn’t your style, (check out the new trailer released today), then a feature-length film starring the...
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Watch: Fincher Puts His Eerie Mark on ‘Gone Girl’ in New Trailer
News | Ananda Dillon | July 7, 2014Always a master at handling ominous material, 20th Century Fox has released a new trailer for David Fincher’s Gone Girl. The highly anticipated novel adaptation stars Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike as Nick and Amy Dunne, a married couple...
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Trailer: The Skeleton Twins
News | Zachary Shevich | July 7, 2014SNL-alums Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader confront harsh realities in the upcoming release from Roadside Attractions The Skeleton Twins. Writer/director Craig Johnson (previously of True Adolescents) won the Walt Salt Screenwriting Award along with his co-writer Mark Heyman (Black...
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William H. Macy Reveals on Twitter He’s Joined Mel Gibson Film
News | Zachary Shevich | July 7, 2014Fargo & Shameless star William H. Macy took to Twitter recently to announce he’s joined Mel Gibson in director Jean-François Richet upcoming film Blood Father. The film’s synopsis, as found on IMDB, reads, “An ex-con reunites with his estranged...
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Teaser Trailer and Images for Adam Wingard’s Throwback Thriller ‘The Guest’
News | Dustin Jansick | June 27, 2014A teaser trailer and still images are now available for consumption from director Adam Wingard’s (You’re Next) throwback thriller The Guest. Collaborators Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett continue their streak of blending genres together with The Guest, mashing the...
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LAFF 2014 Closing Night: Jersey Boys
Film Festival | Ananda Dillon | June 21, 2014A little more on the biopic spectrum than a lavish stage-to-screen production as most cinematized musicals tend to be, Jersey Boys evokes the same nostalgia putting on a record of The Four Seasons would illicit but tends to lose steam...
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LAFF 2014: Dear White People
Film Festival | Ananda Dillon | June 21, 2014Before Wednesday’s Los Angeles Film Festival Gala Screening of Dear White People, director Justin Simien, along with exec-producer Stephanie Allain, told white members of the audience that they were absolutely “allowed to laugh”. An ominous sort of joke, but...
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LAFF 2014: They Came Together
Film Festival | Ananda Dillon | June 18, 2014Those who understand and appreciate the humor of David Wain and Michael Showalter have no doubt been anticipating They Came Together, the first film the duo has worked on together since Wet Hot American Summer, their TV endeavors aside....
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LAFF 2014: Libertador: The Liberator
Film Festival | Ananda Dillon | June 18, 2014As a vast majority of the world tuned in to the World Cup Sunday, I was treated to an equally lively South American production. Libertador, or The Liberator, is a large-scale saga portraying the early years and successful liberation campaign...
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LAFF 2014: The Two Faces of January
Film Festival | Ananda Dillon | June 18, 2014The Los Angeles Film Festival continued its Gala screenings Tuesday with The Two Faces of January. First time director Hossein Amini has proven he understands the art of calculated and slow-building periodic drama as the screenwriter of subdued gems The Wings of...