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‘Doc of the Dead’ Director Alexandre O. Philippe Explains Why Zombies Are So Interesting
Interview | C.J. Prince | July 9, 2014In recent years the unthinkable has happened: zombies are finally mainstream. It wasn’t until the 1960s that zombies began to increase in popularity thanks to George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, but they’ve always been on the...
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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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‘Life Itself’ Director Steve James Feels Lucky to Have Been With Roger in His Last Days
Interview | Bernard Boo | July 8, 2014Timeless sports docu Hoop Dreams was famously one of Roger Ebert’s favorite films. It’s fitting, then, that its director, Steve James, is the man behind Life Itself, a stirring collection of memories from Roger and his loved ones woven together to give...
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Very Good Girls
Movie | Ananda Dillon | July 8, 2014A well iced cake can look quite pretty, but if it’s undercooked it won’t taste very good. Naomi Foner’s directorial debut Very Good Girls has some delicious icing, including excellent performances from Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen, and plenty...
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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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The Mainstream: June Recap & July Preview
Features | Ananda Dillon | July 7, 2014We may seem like reclusive budget-shirking obscure film enthusiasts over here at Way Too Indie, and well, some of us are, but we’re not living in any dark holes and far be it from of us to say that...
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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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Honour
Movie | Jonathan Andrews | July 7, 2014Honour, the 2014 British thriller and directorial debut of Shan Khan, tells the story of Anglo-Pakistani woman Mona (played by Aiysha Hart), who becomes the target of a family honor killing after backing out of an arranged marriage. When...
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Whitey: United States of America Vs. James J. Bulger
Movie | Nik Grozdanovic | July 4, 2014The opening to Joe Berlinger’s latest documentary is the format’s biggest staple: the talking head. Stephen Rakes, a mom-and-pop liquor storeowner and one of James Bulger’s extortion victims, recalls the night Bulger instilled the fear of death into him....
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Joe Berlinger Talks ‘Whitey: The United States of America v. James J. Bulger’
Interview | C.J. Prince | July 4, 2014Joe Berlinger has spent over 2 decades creating critically acclaimed documentaries, making him one of America’s leaders in documentary filmmaking. The Oscar-nominated director, responsible for films like Brother’s Keeper, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster and Crude, is most famous...
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Hellion
Movie | Bernard Boo | July 4, 2014Boasting grimy imagery, a primal, tightly-written script, and a breakout performance by a promising young newcomer, Kat Candler’s Hellion–an expansion of her 2012 short that tore up the festival circuit–is the best juvenile delinquent film since last year’s indie darling, Destin...