Supporting Indie Film
Written and directed by Scott Altman, an aspiring actress gets caught up in L.A.’s underworld. Starring: Wittie Hughes, Nicholas Lee, Roshema Purfoy, Helene Udy, Slim Khezri, ‘Melrose’ Larry Green and Jordan Destin.
Continue reading “Review: Red Carpet”
Co-directed by Powell Robinson and writer Patrick Robert Young, following a sister, claiming to be cursed, as she persuades her brother to embark on a cross country road trip to break her spell. Starring: Joey Millin, Madison West, Nadine Sondej-Robinson, Daniel Abraham Stevens and John Terrell.
Continue reading “Review: Threshold”
Written and directed by Christos Nikou, co-written by Stavros Raptis, amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities. Starring: Aris Servetalis, Sofia Georgovassili, Anna Kalaitzidou, Argyris Bakirtzis, Kostas Laskos and Babis Makridis.
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Written and directed by Bishrel Mashbat in his feature directorial debut, with time running out and desperate for cash, two Mongolian immigrants turn to crime as their only solution. Starring: Iveel Mashbat, Erdenemunkh Tumursukh, Mike Cali and Saint Ranson.
Continue reading “Review: In the Land of Lost Angels”
Written and directed by Mark Lewis, Jody, a lonely teenage girl, joins forces with Hannah, a disgraced track coach. Together, they spend a summer training for ‘The Pinnacle Games’, the biggest track and field competition on the East Coast. Starring: Yelena Friedman, Maggie Alexander, Scott Lewis, Josiah Schneider, Amanda Kristin Nichols, Tobin Cleary and Landan Cleary.
Continue reading “Review: Strider”
Written and directed by Lawrence Michael Levine, a filmmaker at a creative impasse seeks solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods summon her inner demons in intense and surprising ways. Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, Paola Lázaro, Grantham Coleman, Lindsay Burdge, Lou Gonzalez, Shannon O’Neill, Alexander Koch and Jennifer Kim.
Continue reading “Review: Black Bear”
Directed by Jesse Schluntz, an American Christian (Todd Morehead) with a deep love for Israel sets off on a journey across the Holy Land to confront his indifference toward the Palestinians and to search for the deeper truths behind one of the most perplexing and debated conflicts in the world. Along the way, he discovers the painful struggles of Jews, Muslims and Christians on both sides of the conflict.
Continue reading “Review: Hope in the Holy Land”
Written and directed by Samuel Van Grinsven, co-written by Jory Anast, a teenager explores his burgeoning sexuality through an obsession with anonymous, no-strings sexual encounters. Starring: Conor Leach, Simon Croker, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Anthony Brandon, Joshua Shediak, Ed Wightman, Patrick Cullen, Damian de Montemas and Samuel Barrie.
Continue reading “Review: Sequin in a Blue Room”
Directed by Andy Palmer and written by Carlos Alazraqui and Jill-Michele Melean, two rival mob families are transferred from the Witness Protection Agency by mistake to same city, Temecula, CA. Starring: Robert Belushi, Jill-Michele Melean, Vince Donvito, Erinn Hayes, Bret Ernst, Monique Coleman, Tara Strong, Carlos Alazraqui, Maurice LaMarche, Joseph D. Reitman and Gary Anthony Williams.
Continue reading “Review: Witness Infection”
Written and directed by Shaun Katz, co-written by Jb Sapienza, the story of the rise and fall of 90’s alt-rock, in the wake of Nirvana’s success. Starring: Joey Castillo, Martin Atkins, Marston Daley, Jim Coleman, Aimee Echo, Tim Cronin, Aaron Beam, Steve Albini, Chris Connelly, Jon Bunch and more.
Continue reading “Review: Underground Inc”
Written and directed by Celeste Bell and Paul Sng, co-written by Zoe Howe, the death of a punk icon and X-Ray Spex front-woman Poly Styrene sends her daughter on a journey through her mother’s archives. Featuring the voices of: Ruth Negga, Jonathan Ross, Kathleen Hanna, Don Letts, Neneh Cherry, Thurston Moore, Pauline Black, Vivienne Westwood and many more.
Continue reading “Review: Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché”