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15 Most Anticipated Films of TIFF 2014
Yes, it’s that time of year again. As the summer begins to wind down, cinephiles begin to flock to Canada as the Toronto International Film Festival kicks off another year. With almost 300 feature-length films playing over 11 days...
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“Brain Spotting” With Michael D. Cohen
It Was You Charlie, directed by Emmanuel Shirinian, follows Abner (Michael D. Cohen), a graveyard shift doorman with a lot on his mind: He’s plagued by suicidal thoughts, haunted by the memory of a car accident that claimed the life of...
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Way Too Indiecast 3: Anticipated TIFF Films & New Festival Policy
We discuss all things TIFF 2014 in this episode of the Way Too Indiecast, including new policies which could hurt the festival.
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Way Too Indie’s 20 Essential Fall Films
With the Oscars looming on the horizon, it’s time for filmmakers, actors, and studios to bring out the big guns and fight to nab one of those wee golden fellows. For cinema-goers, the fall season is the best time...
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The Trip to Italy
What an extraordinary, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: Two actors are being paid to eat at the most lavish fine dining restaurants in Italy, tracing the Amalfi coast in a MINI Cooper and soaking up the gorgeous sun-drenched scenery. It’s a glorious thing. A wondrous...
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The Congress (Cannes Review)
In more than one way Ari Folman’s The Congress reminds me a lot of last year’s Cannes film Holy Motors. The most obvious way is how both films can be said to be about the future of cinema. In...
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Life of Crime
A particularly muted Elmore Leonard adaptation, Daniel Schechter‘s Life of Crime has real value in its cast and their skillful performances, but the remaining elements of the film, while not disastrous, lack focus and flair, eliciting half-hearted shrugs and soft laughs. It’s like...
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Pepe Danquart Talks Twin Psychology, His Wartime Odyssey ‘Run Boy Run’
A Jewish boy named Srulik fights to survive as he evades Nazis in wartime Poland, posing as a Christian named Jurek. Run Boy Run, Oscar-winning filmmaker Pepe Danquart‘s wartime odyssey, is a childhood adventure that doesn’t attempt to shield us from the...
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Ira Sachs Walks Us Through the Seasons of Love in ‘Love is Strange’
Releasing this Friday, Ira Sachs‘ Love is Strange is a ballad of two lovers named Ben and George (played by John Lithgow and Alfred Molina, respectively) who, when forced to sell of their NYC apartment due to George losing his job,...
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The Strange Little Cat
Want to know the definition of beguiling? Look no further than The Strange Little Cat. Ramon Zürcher’s debut feature definitely lives up to both of its title’s adjectives. At 69 minutes in length, it’s so brief it barely even qualifies...
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Texting Dramatized in the ‘Men, Women & Children’ Trailer
There’s little to be heard in the trailer for the latest feature film from writer/director Jason Reitman outside of The Plaintain’s hazy cover of the Donna Summer disco classic “I Feel Love.” Men, Women & Children fades between shots...
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Giveaway: ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ Surprise and Delight Kit
Are you a fan of Jim Jarmusch? Are you a fan of vampires? Are you a fan of free stuff? Well you’re in luck! We’ve teamed up with Sony Pictures to offer three lucky Way Too Indie newsletter subscribers...
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Way Too Indiecast 2: Best and Worst of Summer 2014, Fall Preview
Episode 2 of the Way Too Indiecast was spent looking back at the best and worst movies of summer 2014. Plus, looking ahead at fall films.
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To Be Takei
It’s hard “shocked” when information about a celebrity’s past is revealed. Nowadays information about someone gets dredged up by the TMZs of the world and distributed ad nauseam across social media. Plus, there is very little a celebrity could...
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