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2014 Spirit Award Nominations Announced
Nominations for the Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced this morning by Octavia Spencer, who was probably happy to announce that Fruitvale Station (a film she is in) picked up 3 nominations. But the film with the most nominations...
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A Touch of Sin
The opening of Jia Zhangke’s A Touch of Sin shows a conversation communicated entirely with violence. A migrant worker (Wang Baoqiang) travelling on his motorcycle is stopped by three young men in an attempt to rob him. The man...
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Giveaway: Dallas Buyers Club Soundtrack & Focus Features Blu-ray set
Inspired by true events, a Texas cowboy (Matthew McConaughey) named Ron Woodroof has his life turned upside down after being diagnosed as HIV-positive and given just 30 days to live. To help support Dallas Buyers Club (now playing in...
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Weekend Streaming Recommendations: Only God Forgives, Brick, & More
Welcome the feature where I recommend 4-5 under watched, under-appreciated or films that I just personally love. My goal is to take the hassle out of deciding on which film to stream on the plethora of streaming sites that...
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Cut To Black
Cut to Black, Dan Eberle’s fourth feature length film, charts the well-travelled waters of a 1940’s film noir style with (despite a few divergences,) surprising freshness. Staring Eberle himself as the hard-boiled, hard-drinking ex-detective Bill Ivers, the story follows...
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The Broken Circle Breakdown
A major success in its home country of Belgium (and the country's submission for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars), The Broken Circle Breakdown is prime material for audiences craving more sombre and dramatic content during this fall's awards...
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Trailer: The Past
Garnering heaps of positive buzz (and awards) after running through a slew of festivals is Asghar Farhadi’s sixth film, The Past. Farhadi earned Iran’s first Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film with his 2011 release, A Separation, and looks...
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The Lisinac Brothers Talk ‘Along the Roadside’, Celebrating Californian Diversity
In Along the Roadside, the debut feature by Zoran Lisinac, a young man from the Bay Area (Iman Crosson) and a colorblind German tourist (Angelina Häntsch) accompany each other on a road trip to a big music festival in Southern...
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Roulette
To say Roulette is dark film would be an understatement. The film holds nothing back as it shows the story of how three different individuals all arrive at the same place, rock bottom. Director Erik Kristopher Myers first began...
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Giveaway: The To Do List Prize Package
Way Too Indie is celebrating the recent Blu-ray and DVD release (Nov. 17th) of the raunchy throwback comedy film, The To Do List, which stars Aubrey Plaza, Rachel Bilson, Andy Samberg, and Bill Harder, by traveling back in time...
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Much like its successful predecessor, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire–directed by Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend) and based on the book series by Suzanne Collins–features rock-solid performances, great writing, and inventive action set pieces set in a sci-fi dystopia. The...
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Fill the Void
Turning 18 means different things in different cultures, but almost every culture agrees it’s an age of adulthood. In the religious culture of Orthodox Judaism, at 18 a young woman is preparing for the important ritual of marriage –...
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East Nashville Tonight
Originally attempting to film a documentary to promote touring country music songwriters, co-directors Brad and Todd Barnes (Peace Queer: The Movie, The Locksmith) ended up with their “hypothetical documentary”(as they describe it), East Nashville Tonight. The film is a...
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The Barnes Brothers Call ‘East Nashville Tonight’ Their ‘Hypothetical Documentary’
East Nashville Tonight, co-directed by brothers Todd and Brad Barnes, is hilariously summed up in the film’s official synopsis: In February of 2013, the Barnes Brothers attempted to shoot a documentary about the lives of Todd Snider, Elizabeth Cook...
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