Indie
SXSW Film Review – The Frontier
When characters sit down and hash out their problems, I ask myself two questions: 1) Why are they now confronting their issues? And 2) What compels them to stay instead of running away? The real world is filled with broken relationships and missed opportunities. More…
READ MOREFilm Review – Loves Her Gun
“A young woman deals with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after surviving a violent mugging.” If you were to be glib and create a Twitter sized plot summary, this could easily describe the independent film Loves Her Gun.
READ MORELists – Top 5 Movies That Nobody Talks About…Unless They’re Always Talking About Them
Though cinema is generally experienced in a communal setting, it has a very personal effect on its viewers. Everyone has their favorite movies, and in the wake of the Tarantino generation—led by the Pied Piper of niche film excavation and exaltation—many people are constantly on…
READ MOREFilm Review – Blue Is The Warmest Color
Blue Is The Warmest Color is finally releasing in the U.S., after winning the top prize in May at the Cannes Film Festival: the Palme d’Or. Director/co-screenwriter Abdellatif Kechiche puts Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos into a film about finding your soulmate, yourself, love, and…
READ MOREFilm Review – Zero Charisma
Zero Charisma seems like a curious choice for Nerdist Industries’ first foray into movie production. Not on the outset, of course. The story of an overgrown nerd with a penchant for pop culture references and a no-bullshit attitude seems right in the wheelhouse. But this…
READ MOREFilm Review – Mother of George
Kierkegaard once said that marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and the weather—they’re altogether incalculable. This might have been a fitting epigraph for Andrew Dosunmu’s new film, Mother of George. While in many…
READ MOREFilm Review – Short Term 12
It must be unnerving growing up in the foster care system. The people you thought would be there are gone, you’re surrounded by strangers, and your days are filled with confusion, fear, and anger. I wasn’t raised in foster care, but for a while my…
READ MOREFilm Review – Downloaded
Anyone here still remember Napster? It’s boggling to realize that we are now more than a decade removed from the hoopla caused by two teenagers who just wanted to create an online community for sharing music. Little did Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker know that…
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