Supporting Indie Film
Written and directed by Joe Carnahan, co-written by Chris Borey and Eddie Borey, a retired special forces officer is trapped in a never-ending time loop on the day of his death. Starring: Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson, Naomi Watts, Will Sasso, Annabelle Wallis, Sheaun McKinney, Selina Lo, Michelle Yeoh and Ken Jeong.
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Written, directed by and starring Sol Roth, following a man, a camera, and a ticketing clock. Sol Roth is put through the ultimate acting audition, performing back-to-back parts spanning genres, characters, and stories across the full gamete of human emotion.
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Written and directed by Miranda Nation in her debut feature, struggling to accept the loss of her baby, Claire becomes suspicious of her husband’s relationship with a feisty young woman, Angie. Starring: Laura Gordon, Olivia DeJonge, Josh Helman and Rob Collins.
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Directed by Amy Poehler and written by Tamara Chestna and Dylan Meyer, based on the book of the same name by Jennifer Mathieu. Fed up with the sexist and toxic status quo at her high school, a shy 16-year-old finds inspiration from her mother’s rebellious past and anonymously publishes a zine that sparks a school-wide, coming-of-rage revolution. Starring: Hadley Robinson, Lauren Tsai, Alycia Pascual-Pena, Nico Hiraga, Sabrina Haskett, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sydney Park, Anjelika Washington, Josie Totah, Josephine Langford, Ike Barinholtz, Clark Gregg and Marcia Gay Harden.
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Written and directed by Jill Gevargizian, co-written by Eric Havens and Eric Stolze, a lonely hair stylist becomes obsessed with the lives of her clients and descends into murderous madness. Starring: Najarra Townsend, Brea Grant, Laura Kirk, Sarah McGuire, Jennifer Seward, Millie Milan and Kimberly Igla.
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Written and directed by Josh Trank, the 47-year-old Al Capone (Tom Hardy), after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past. Also starring: Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon, Al Sapienza, Kathrine Narducci, Noel Fisher, Gino Cafarelli, Mason Guccione, Jack Lowden and Kyle MacLachlan.
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Written and directed by Joe Chappelle, while working with a ruthless, steely-willed political veteran (Jamie Lee Curtis), top national security adviser Libby (Tika Sumpter) signed off on a controversial military action that was supposed to end the war on terror. An action that was taken under false pretences and resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians; four years later, Libby risks her life to expose their lie. Also starring: Ben Tavassoli, Jeff Hephner, Deanna Dunagan, Alex Weisman and Clarke Peters.
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Directed by Kyung Sok Kim and written by Rex Reyes, when a water contamination issue forces a trailer park to be closed, 8-year-old Jessie must come to terms with leaving everything and everyone she has ever known behind. Starring: Amanda Christine, Tucker Chandler, Cael Peter Cross, Arabella Frost and Margo Ferree.
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Directed by Lee Daniels and written by Suzan-Lori Parks, following Billie Holiday (Andra Day) during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher (Trevante Rhodes), with whom she had a tumultuous affair. Also starring: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Miss Lawrence, Tyler James Williams, Garrett Hedlund, Rob Morgan, Evan Ross, Erik LaRay Harvey, Natasha Lyonne and Leslie Jordan.
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Written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung, a Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of this new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home. Starring: Alan S. Kim, Yeri Han, Noel Cho, Steven Yeun, Youn Yuh-jung, Darryl Cox and Esther Moon.
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Written and directed by J Blakeson, a crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears. Starring: Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Dianne Wiest, Chris Messina, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Macon Blair, Alicia Witt and Damian Young.
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