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American Independents

American Independents

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American Independents
  • A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

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    Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour • Horror • 2015 • US • Farsi with English subtitles
    Starring Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh

    Ana Lily Amirpour burst onto the scene with this black and white Iranian vampire Western, which premiered at Sundance and won a Gotham Award for Breakthrough Dir...

  • Chained for Life

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    Directed by Aaron Schimberg • Arthouse • 2019 • US • English
    Starring Jess Weixler, Adam Pearson, Charlie Korsmo

    In Aaron Schimberg’s brilliantly oddball tragicomedy, Jess Weixler plays a movie star “slumming it” in an outré art-horror film being shot in a semi-abandoned hospital. Cast opposite ...

  • Keep the Change

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    Directed by Rachel Israel • Comedy • 2018 • US • English
    Starring Brandon Polansky, Samantha Elisofon, Jessica Walter

    This off-kilter New York romantic comedy does something radical in casting actors with autism to play characters with autism. When David is mandated to attend a social program, s...

  • It Felt Like Love

    Movie

    Directed by Eliza Hittman • Drama • 2013 • US • English
    Starring Gina Piersanti, Giovanna Salimeni, Ronen Rubinstein

    In this unflinchingly honest and refreshingly unsentimental coming-of-age story from Eliza Hittman ("Never Rarely Sometimes Always"), 14-year-old Lila spends a languid Brooklyn s...

  • Little Fugitive

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    Directed by Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin, Ray Ashley • Drama • 1953 • US • English
    Starring Richard Brewster, Winifred Cushing, Richie Andrusco

    Widely regarded as one of the most influential films of American independent cinema and nominated for an Academy Award, “The Little Fugitive” is a charming ...

  • The Wanderers

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    Directed by Philip Kaufman • Drama • 1979 • US • English
    Starring Ken Wahl, Karen Allen, Linda Manz

    Featuring a golden oldies soundtrack and a talented cast of young up-and-comers, this cult classic from Phillip Kaufman follows the exploits of an Italian-American gang in the Bronx in 1963, turni...

  • Obit.

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    Directed by Vanessa Gould • Documentary • 2017 • US • English
    Featuring Bruce Weber, Margalit Fox, William McDonald

    The first documentary to explore the world of obituary writers, "Obit." focuses on the legendary team at 'The New York Times', who approach their work with journalistic rigor and ...

  • The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden

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    Directed by Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine • Documentary • 2013 • US • English
    Featuring Cate Blanchett, Sebastian Koch, Diane Kruger

    Darwin meets Hitchcock in this true-crime tale of paradise found and lost. Fleeing conventional society, a Berlin doctor and his mistress start a new life on uninh...

  • Prey for Rock & Roll

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    Directed by Alex Steyermark • Drama • 2003 • US • English • Mature Content
    Starring Gina Gershon, Drea de Matteo, Lori Petty

    This fist-pumping LGBTQ+ touchstone and rock and roll cult classic stars the electrifying Gina Gershon as Jacki, a rocker who worries she may never make it big. Along with...

  • Poison

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    Directed by Todd Haynes • Arthouse • 1991 • US • English
    Starring Edith Meeks, Larry Maxwell, John Leguizamo

    Winner of the Grand Jury Prizes at both the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals, "Poison", directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes ("Carol"), is a groundbreaking American indie f...

  • Songs My Brothers Taught Me

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    Directed by Chloé Zhao • Arthouse • 2015 • US • English
    Starring John Reddy, Jashaun St. John, Irene Bedard

    Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao's debut feature captures the subtleties of a marginalized existence. Johnny, a restless Lakota teen, and his little sister Jashaun live with their mother on...

  • Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over

    Movie

    Directed by Beth B • Documentary • 2021 • US • English
    Featuring Lydia Lunch, Thurston Moore, Kembra Pfahler

    "Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over" by Beth B is the first career-spanning retrospective of Lydia Lunch’s confrontational, acerbic and electric artistry. As New York City’s preeminent No...

  • Running Off to the Circus: Paul Auster on Film

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    Directed by Spencer Ostrander, Theodore Rex King • Documentary • 2022 • US • English
    Featuring Paul Auster

    "Running Off to the Circus: Paul Auster on Film" is a career-spanning feature-length interview with the legendary author and director. In Part 1 Auster passionately discusses the formative ...

  • Test Pattern

    Movie

    Directed by Shatara Michelle Ford • Drama • 2020 • US • English
    Starring Brittany S. Hall, Will Brill, Gail Bean

    Part psychological horror, part realist drama, this exhilarating debut feature from Shatara Michelle Ford follows an interracial couple whose relationship is put to the test after a B...

  • Murder in Harlem

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    Directed by Oscar Micheaux • Drama • 1935 • US • English
    Starring Clarence Brooks, Dorothy Van Engle, Alec Lovejoy

    Oscar Micheaux’s remake of his own “The Gunsaulus Mystery” (1921) is based on the true-life murder of Mary Phagan. When a young woman is found dead in a factory office, a Black empl...

  • Downtown 81

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    Directed by Edo Bertoglio • Arthouse • 1981 • US • English
    Starring Jean-Michel Basquiat, Debbie Harry, Richard Weigand

    Shot in New York City in the eighties and written by Warhol associate Glenn O’Brien, "Downtown 81" features graffiti innovator and artist Jean-Michel Basquiat moving through th...

  • Ganja & Hess

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    Directed by Bill Gunn • Horror • 1973 • US • English
    Starring Duane Jones, Marlene Clark, Bill Gunn

    Flirting with the conventions of blaxploitation and horror, Bill Gunn’s revolutionary independent film is a highly stylized and utterly original treatise on sex, religion, and African American ide...

  • Rhythm Thief

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    Directed by Matthew Harrison • Independent, Drama • 1995 • US • English
    Starring Jason Andrews, Eddie Daniels, Kevin Corrigan

    Director Matthew Harrison, one of the most exciting American independent filmmaking talents to emerge in the 1990's, was awarded a Special Jury Recognition for Directing ...

  • Museum Town

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    Directed by Jennifer Trainer • Documentary • 2019 • US • English
    Featuring Meryl Streep, Nick Cave, James Turrell

    With appearances by artists ranging from James Turrell to David Byrne and narration by Meryl Streep, this documentary uncovers the history of how MASS MoCA became the largest museum ...

  • Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

    Movie

    Directed by Ric Burns • Documentary • 2020 • US • English
    Featuring Oliver Sacks, Temple Grandin, Atul Gawande

    A month after receiving a fatal diagnosis, esteemed neurologist Oliver Sacks sat down for a series of interviews in his apartment in New York City. For eighty hours, surrounded by famil...

  • Viva
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    Viva

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    Directed by Anna Biller • Comedy • 2007 • US • English • Mature Content
    Starring Anna Biller, Jared Sanford, Bridget Brno

    “Viva” is a cult retro spectacle about a bored 1970s housewife who gets sucked into the sexual revolution. Abandoned by her perfect Ken-doll husband, Barbi (writer/director A...

  • The American Nurse

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    Directed by Carolyn Jones • Documentary • 2013 • US • English
    Featuring Jason Short, Tonia Faust, Naomi Cross

    This heart-warming film follows the paths of five nurses in various practice specialties and explores some of the biggest issues facing America through their work. It is an examination o...

  • Coming Out Under Fire

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    Directed by Arthur Dong • Documentary • 1994 • US • English
    Featuring Salome Jens, Phillis Abry, David Barrett

    Arthur Dong’s award-winning films masterfully explore the LGBTQ experience and powerfully illustrate the many faces of the gay rights struggle in America. He dramatically reveals the...

  • Momma's Man

    Movie

    Directed by Azazel Jacobs • Comedy • 2008 • US • English
    Starring Matt Boren, Ken Jacobs, Flo Jacobs

    Bumped from a flight back to Los Angeles, Mikey returns to his childhood home, a cluttered, cocoon-like Manhattan loft presided over by his bohemian parents. Re-installed in a household saturated...