Not exact matches
an incredibly
independent actress, writer,
film maker, artist
of all
sorts.
Though the 85th Academy Awards are a mere day away, tonight an awards ceremony
of a different
sort took place to celebrate the best
of independent film.
A lot
of the guys that work at Amazon now are
sort of legends from the
independent film world in the States, and in particular New York.
Having been nominated at the 2012 Gotham
Independent Film Awards for «Best
Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You,» it seems only a matter
of time before someone picks up the movie, though Seimetz says she is sifting through distribution offers and trying to
sort out what will work best for her
film or rather what will be the best way to sell her
film.
Amy Seimetz («Upstream Color») Over the last few years, Amy Seimetz hasn't come anywhere near threatening to crack the mainstream, but has served as a
sort of «Zelig «- figure for a particular kind
of American
independent film, crossing paths with many
of the most notable players in the scene in some way or another.
In the days and weeks to come, Hollywood studios and
independent distributors will be releasing all
sorts of films that are crammed with producer credits.
Though the opening tracking shot
of Jackie moving forward suggests the
sort of independent toughness one associates with Grier from her earlier
films, here she is actually a struggling working woman rushing to get to her job.
But those in the know have been keeping tabs on Nichols since his breakout sophomore effort, the provocative apocalypse tale Take Shelter, and over these three
films (also including his debut, Shotgun Stories, and the moderately successful and excellent Mud), he has established himself as a strong Southern voice on the
independent scene, the
sort of director who makes you sit up and take notice whenever he announces a new project.
«We chose Robert Altman as our inaugural director, who really crystallizes and illustrates what we're all about here: talking about
film history, about filmmakers who were
independent and
sort of pushed the medium further, and Altman is emblematic
of all that stuff that we love.
SCREENED AT
INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON 2018: «Beast» is the
sort of movie that figures it can let a serial killer running loose in the community
sort of simmer in the background, confident that the psychological drama it's got running up front is more interesting.
Huffman's performance being the
sort of stunt in a minor
independent film that plays fast and loose with smug liberal paternalism should guarantee her an Oscar nomination — and it can't hurt that another Leonardo DiCaprio doppelgänger arrives post-Michael Pitt in the form
of Kevin Zegers, trailing a little pathos and a little inappropriate titillation on his thin shoulders.
The vengeful woman
of this
film is not a professional
independent woman but a reserved and oppressed girl, the
sort of apparently submissive Japanese girl who is traditionally esteemed as the ideal marriage partner.