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The next entry on our way to building the 50 Favorite Indie Films list is…
Indie film lover Richard Thomas submits this indie “heard ’round the world” for your vote consideration. Thanks Richard for the submission!
With a title like Sex, Lies and Videotape, the viewership [Read More…]
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Today’s submission to the 50 Favorite Indie Films is from Jonathon, by far our youngest reader and movie lover that I know of! Jonathon is 11 years old and he wants you to consider…
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JP, my friend, you’ve done it again. Every time we talk about film or books you always drop something I’ve never heard of in my lap! Today we’re talking about the 2003 indie film Kontroll.
Holding down a solid 7.7 on IMDB and certified fresh with 82% on Rotten Tomato this Hungarian film has [Read More…]
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So this one has been in the queue for quite a while and I simply forgot about it. Sorry Lyndee! But fear not, it has been rediscovered and will be duly served immediately!
When the trailer teases with “…a shocking mind stretching experience of sight. And space. And sex.” and stars the gender bending icon David Bowie there’s simply no way to not hunt down this film and give it the full undivided attention an indie film deserves.
Lyndee writes:
It’s the only [indie] film that year after year, decade after decade, remains #1 on my list. It’s just a great unexpected story that kept viewers thinking way past seeing it. The patents were fictitious but look at our CDs and digital cameras; they weren’t that far off. In 1976, it was totally out there! Throw in the spectacular cast of David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark et al. and the allure of the cut vs. uncut versions; everything was aligned for an incredible and unforgettable film.
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Today’s selection is Christopher Nolan’s ultra-dark, highly influential second film, the psycho-noir, Memento.
Memento is the story of Leonard (Guy Pearce), a former insurance investigator on the trail of his wife’s killer. The major issue with Leonard’s hunt for the killer is that every time he goes to sleep, or becomes overly stressed, he loses his memories from the previous days due to an injury he sustained during the attack and murder of his wife. So as a means of keeping track of clues to the identity of the murderer, Leonard tattoos the most pertinent information regarding his investigation onto his body, making him look like a human little black book crawling with names, addresses, telephone numbers, and random notes.
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Now get the hell down in the cellar. You can be the boss down there, but I’m boss up here!
Today’s submission is from Kim Curtis and her Most Loved Indie Film is Night of the Living Dead (1968)! Good choice Kim! This is one of my favorites, even though I am a fan of the quicker, angrier zombies of this modern interpretation, there is no denying that the slow tide of impending doom of these original screen zombies is absolutely terrifying.
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Cube, a near perfect blend of horror and sci-fi with an abundance of intrigue, is one of my all time favorite indie films, and probably the most mainstream on my list. It throws together seemingly random strangers in a desperate and dangerous circumstance, each of whom are significant to the collective’s survival. Their initial reactions of confusion, suspicion, and fear for their safety when they awaken [Read More…]
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The story of Reservoir Dogs—a film about a diamond heist gone horribly wrong—is really the story of a man who would be king: then aspiring writer-director Quentin Tarantino. Quoted as saying, “When people ask me if I went to film school, I tell them, ‘No, I went to films.'”, Tarantino transformed a passion for film and entertaining through the medium into an empire of deep storytelling and magnetic characters.
In fact, Tarantino has enjoyed [Read More…]
