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Bernie
Movie | Brett Riss | December 3, 2012Directed by Richard Linklater and co-wrote by Richard Linklater and Skip Hollandsworth, Bernie was recently nominated for best feature of the Independent Spirit Awards. I had intended to watch this movie when it came out in August but life...
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Sundance Film Festival 2013 Lineup Announced
Film Festival | Dustin Jansick | November 30, 2012One day after the Film Independent Spirit Awards announced the nominations for films from the 2012 festival run, Sundance is ready to kick off the festival season for 2013. On Wednesday, Sundance Film Festival announced the Competition Lineups. One...
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Barbara
Movie | C.J. Prince | November 30, 2012In 1980s East Germany, Barbara (Nina Hoss) is showing up to her first day of work at her new job. After applying to leave the country, the police have forced Barbara to move from her job as a doctor...
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Giveaway: Win Beasts of the Southern Wild on Blu-ray
News | Dustin Jansick | November 29, 2012We are giving away two Blu-ray copies of Beasts of the Southern Wild to a couple of our Facebook and Twitter followers. See how to enter to win this giveaway here.
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Transatlantic Coffee
Movie | Amy Priest | November 29, 2012From the first few seconds into the opening sequence of Transatlantic Coffee, I was hooked. The beautiful shots, the soulful melody of Alix Paige and expert use of lighting all blend together perfectly in setting the tone for this...
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Silver Linings Playbook
Movie | C.J. Prince | November 28, 2012David O. Russell continues his transformation into a mainstream prestige director with Silver Linings Playbook, an enjoyable crowd-pleaser that puts 2012’s other romantic comedies to shame. Russell’s transition from fare like Three Kings and I Heart Huckabees is not...
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2013 Independent Spirit Award Nominations
Awards | Dustin Jansick | November 27, 2012Film Independent announced the nominations for the 28th annual Independent Spirit Awards this morning by Zoe Saldana and Anna Kendrick. Last year many of the award winners went on to win Oscars but I suspect that will be a...
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Laurence Anyways
Movie | Dustin Jansick | November 27, 2012Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan is back with his third film Laurence Anyways, which attempts to show that gender is not everything when it comes to a relationship. The film did well at the Cannes Film Festival this year as...
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Little Miss Sunshine
Movie | Amy Priest | November 26, 2012For a film based upon a dysfunctional family’s struggle across America to enter their daughter into a beauty pageant – Little Miss Sunshine should go down in history as a modern classic; an absolutely wonderful cinematic release. With an...
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Cyber Monday Giveaway: Lola Versus and Hoffa Blu-ray
News | Dustin Jansick | November 26, 2012We have a Cyber Monday Blu-ray giveaway for our followers on Facebook. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has teamed up with Way Too Indie to give away a Blu-ray copy of Lola Versus and Hoffa. In addition to the...
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Arbitrage
Movie | Dustin Jansick | November 23, 2012Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage is a riveting thriller that works without being wholly original, insetad it relies on a solid script backed by a fantastic lead performance by Richard Gere.
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Way Too Indie’s Best Albums of 2012
Features | Whitni Ciofalo | November 21, 2012This year brought a handful of new releases from indie greats—Of Montreal, Andrew Bird, The Shins, The Mars Volta, M. Ward, Jack White, Regina Spektor, Animal Collective, David Byrne & St. Vincent, the Avett Brothers, Cat Power, the xx,...
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Doomsday Book
Movie | Dustin Jansick | November 21, 2012Doomsday Book is a Korean anthology film from directors Kim Ji-woon and Yim Pil-sung. It was originally supposed to have three directors as it has three chapters but the two collaborated on one together when the other director dropped...
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The Comedy
Movie | C.J. Prince | November 20, 2012Fans of awkward comedy will get a lot more than they bargained for with Rick Alverson’s The Comedy, a hilarious and tragic character study that brutally tears apart the worst aspects of hipster culture. Swanson (Tim Heidecker), a 35...