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Different Drum
In Kevin Chenault’s Different Drum (named after the Stone Poneys song), we follow two young ex-lovers as they take...
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Trampoline
It is hard not to have absolute admiration for independent filmmakers for their courage, style, and ability to...
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Interior. Leather Bar.
James Franco has been on an experimental film kick as of late with his rendition of the classic...
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Jordan Klassen speaks about his new album and the difficulties of touring
Americans, and especially some of the Texans I’ve met, have this weird illusion that Canada is completely the...
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Muscle Shoals
Since its birth, rock music has thrived on rumour and myth. For example, you don’t have to search...
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The Spectacular Now
Considering James Ponsoldt’s first two films (Off the Black, Smashed) deal with alcoholism, it comes as no surprise...
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Qwerty
Bill Sebastian’s Qwerty is a modest indie romantic comedy that does not attempt to be more than what...
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Everyday
Michael Winterbottom is a director who’s not afraid to fully commit himself to an idea that he likes....
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The Selfish Giant
After making the incredibly devastating pseudo-documentary The Arbor, Clio Barnard has returned with her own original story for...
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This Is Martin Bonner
Chad Hartigan’s This Is Martin Bonner won the Best of NEXT Audience Award last year at the Sundance...
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Nothing Without You
Having taken a short break from independent films for a short while, I was able to watch Nothing...
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Here Comes the Devil
One could say that Here Comes the Devil opens with a bang. Literally. The opening scene is striking;...
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Paradise: Hope
The last installment of the Paradise trilogy is Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise: Hope, a coming-of-age film about a teenage...
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Inside Llewyn Davis
The latest creation from masterminds Joel and Ethan Coen is about a folk musician named Llewyn Davis; a...
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Lenny Cooke
How is it possible that the #1 high school basketball player in America never ended up playing in...