Indie Game: The Movie

Indie Game: The Movie
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Directors Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky follow multiple independent game developers as they feverishly work in their home offices to meet demanding deadlines set by large gaming distributors.

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The First Time

The First Time
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A serendipitous encounter between two teenagers forces the pair to reevaluate their current relationships as they both find an undiscovered spark in one another they can’t seem to ignore. … read more

Sleepwalk With Me

Sleepwalk With Me
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First spawned as an off-Broadway one-man show, Sleepwalk With Me is a translation of Birbiglia’s comedy act adapted for the silver screen, polished to perfection with the help of Ira Glass.  … read more

Declaration of War

Declaration of War
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Romeo and Juliette meet at a party and quickly fall in love. In no time, they move in together and find themselves pregnant. Early on, they fear that something is wrong with their son Adam—he cries incessantly, he keeps vomiting up his milk and doesn’t seem to be learning things as fast as his peers. A series of tests confirm the young parent’s fears: their son has a brain tumor.  … read more

Compliance

Compliance
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Based on a true event, Compliance takes place in an Ohio fast food joint called Chickwich. In the midst of a rush, manager Sandra receives a call from a police officer informing her that one of her employees has stolen money out of a customer’s purse. The officer instructs Sandra that she needs to hold the employee in the back room until they can arrive, but then decides it will be easier for everyone if Sandra starts the investigation herself. … read more

Shut Up and Play the Hits

Shut Up and Play the Hits
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Directors Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace were interested in making a film about the calculated and controlled demise of LCD Soundsystem because they wondered why. “Why would Murphy, at the height of LCD’s career, decide to disband?” … read more

Kid-Thing

Kid-Thing
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Ten-year-old Annie is an aimless child with an emotionally absent father who lives outside of Austin. Her dad is a goat farmer who spends his time scratching lotto cards, shooting fireworks with his dim-witted friends and competing in demolition derbys. He doesn’t do much parenting. Annie fills her time with a variety of destructive activities such as smashing birthday cakes, hucking dough at cars, paint-balling dead cows and wandering the woods near her home … read more

About The Pink Sky

About The Pink Sky
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The story is undoubtedly a unique one, as is the execution. Filmed in black and white and completely void of a musical soundtrack, About The PInk Sky might seem to deceive with its title, but upon completion of the film, I found that it was a conscientious and poetic decision. … read more

Red Hook Summer

Red Hook Summer
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A spoiled teenage vegan from Atlanta, who goes by the alias Flik, is dropped off at the doorstep with his estranged preacher grandfather, Enoch, so he can spend the summer receiving guidance at his local church. … read more

Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear
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As a professional body builder, you would think Dennis Petersen wouldn’t be afraid of anything, but once you place him near a member of the opposite sex, he shuts down and his social anxiety surfaces. To make matters worse, he lives with his overbearing mother who becomes physically distraught at the thought of Dennis having another woman in his life, which is why he lies about his attempts at dating.

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