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Category Archives: Indy

“Indy” movies of the type that play in Arthouses. Not necessarily independent.

March 27th, 2013: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Crime, Heist, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged before they were famous, cops, diamond heist, diner, double cross, Edward Bunker, Harvey Keitel, Laurence Tierney, Los Angeles, Michael Madsen, Miramax, mix-tape soundtrack, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Steve Buscemi, Steven Wright, the declining years, Tim Roth, torture, undercover

February 24th, 2013: Trees Lounge

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Leave a comment Posted in Addicition, Arthouse, Comedy, Drama, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day Tagged alcoholic, Anthony LaPaglia, bar, bartender, Carol Kane, character study, Chloe Sevigny, Daniel Baldwin, Debi Mazar, ice cream truck, Kevin Corrigan, Mark Boone Junior, Michael Imperioli, Mimi Rogers, Samuel L. Jackson, Seymour Cassel, triple threat

February 13th, 2013: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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2 Comments Posted in Arthouse, Black Comedy, Comedy, Indy, Movie of the Day, Romance, Sci-Fi, Speculative Sci-Fi Tagged Charlie Kaufmann, David Cross, Elijah Wood, Focus Features, Jane Adams, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Gondry, Tom Wilkinson

January 8th, 2013: (500) Days of Summer

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Indy, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball, Workplace Tagged Clark Gregg, Fox Searchlight, hipsters, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, karaoke, mix-tape soundtrack, MPDG, musical interlude, non-linear timeline, Zooey Deschanel

November 27th, 2012: Milk (2008)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Biopic, Drama, Indy, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film Tagged activists, assassination, Best Actor, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, children of famous people, Danny Elfman, Diego Luna, Emile Hirsch, Focus Features, gay rights, Gus Van Sant, James Franco, Josh Brolin, mayor, murder, San Francisco, Sean Penn, stock footage

November 2nd, 2012: Once Upon a Time in Mexico

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Crime, Espionage, Event Film, Hit Man, Indy, Movie of the Day, Sequel, Spaghetti Western Tagged Antonio Banderas, Cheech Marin, children of famous people, CIA, Columbia Pictures, corrupt cops, corrupt politicians, corruption, Danny Trejo, Day of the Dead, Dimension Films, double cross, Enrique Inglesias, Eva Mendes, homage, Johnny Depp, mariachi, Mexico, Mexico City, Mickey Rourke, Pedro Armendariz Jr., revolution, Robert Rodriguez, Ruben Blades, Salma Hayek, Troublemaker Studios, Willem Dafoe

September 6th, 2012: It Came From Kuchar

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Documentary, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day Tagged 8mm, brothers, California, film clips, film history, filmmaking, George Kuchar, homage, insanity, low-budget, Mike Kuchar, New York City, outsider artist, San Francisco, The Bronx, twins, underground films

August 6th, 2012: The Big Lebowski (1998)

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Buddy Flick, Comedy, Crime, Detective, Fish-Out-of-Water, Indy, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Slapstick, Spoof, Stoner Tagged Aimee Mann, art, artists, Ben Gazzara, bowling, California, Carter Burwell, David Huddleston, dream sequence, Ethan Coen, film within a film, Flea, Jeff Bridges, Joel Coen, John Goodman, John Turturro, Jon Polito, Julianne Moore, Kenny Rogers, kidnapping, Los Angeles, mix-tape soundtrack, nihilists, Peter Stormare, Philip Seymour Hoffman, PolyGram, porn, porn stars, ransom, Roger Deakins, Sam Elliot, sex offender, Steve Buscemi, stoners, Tara Reid, Vietnam veterans, Working Title Films

July 25th, 2012: Ghost World (2001)

Jul25 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Adaptation, Indy, Coming of Age, Movie of the Day, Based on a Comic Book Tagged Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Terry Zwigoff, Daniel Clowes, David Kitay, Thora Birch, Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas, Stacey Travis, Dave Sheridan

July 22nd, 2012: The Limey

Jul22 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Arthouse, Crime, Indy, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Revenge Tagged Artisan Entertainment, Barry Newman, Bill Duke, California, Cockney slang, daughter, double cross, drug dealers, drugs, ex-con, father, father-daugther relationship, Lesley Ann Warren, Los Angeles, Luis Guzman, Nicky Katt, Peter Fonda, record industry, sins of the father, Steven Soderbergh, Terence Stamp

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