Free Screening Includes a conversation with writer/directors Bridget Savage Cole & Danielle Krudy Blow the Man Down welcomes us to Easter Cove, a salty fishing village on the far reaches of Maine’s rocky coast, where door decorations and boat names, are just as eccentric as its residents. Grieving the loss of their mother and facing […]
Free Members-Only Screening Includes a special recorded intro with writer/director Kore-eda Hirokazu Legends of French cinema Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche join masterful filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda (Shoplifters, Still Walking) to paint a moving portrait of family dynamics in The Truth. Fabienne (Catherine Deneuve) is an aging French movie star who, despite her momentary lapses in memory, remains a […]
Free Film Independent Members-Only Screening Includes a conversation with writer/director Michael Winterbottom and actor Steve Coogan Greed tells the story of self-made British billionaire Sir Richard McCreadie (Steve Coogan), whose retail empire is in crisis. For 30 years he has ruled the world of retail fashion – bringing the high street to the catwalk […]
Includes a conversation with creator and executive producer Dave Holstein, series star Judy Greer and production designer Max Orgell Film Independent Presents the SHOWTIME® Screening Series Jim Carrey returns to KIDDING in his Golden Globe nominated performance as the iconic children’s television host, Jeff Pickles. The second season picks up moments after season […]
Includes a conversation with director Jeremy Teicher, actor/writer Nick Kroll and actor/writer Alexi Pappas Set against the splendor of the Winter Olympic Games, an intimate and unexpected love story develops between two lonely hearts, each at their own crossroads in life. Penelope (Alexi Pappas) is a first time Olympian and introverted cross-country skier, who, […]
Includes a conversation with author, writer and executive producer Megan Abbott and writer and executive producer Gina Fattore. Film Independent Presents the USA Network Premier Screening Based on the acclaimed novel by Megan Abbott, who serves as writer and executive producer along with Gina Fattore (Dawson’s Creek, Gilmore Girls, Californication), Dare Me […]
Includes a conversation with actor Valerie Pachner Based on real events, A Hidden Life, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, is the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter (August Diehl), whose conscious is tested when he refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat […]
Includes a conversation with director Kasi Lemmons Based on the thrilling and inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, Harriet tells the extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history. […]
Includes a conversation with director Lauren Greenfield Centered on the indomitable character of Imelda Marcos, The Kingmaker examines, with intimate access, the Marcos family’s improbable return to power in the Philippines. The film explores the disturbing legacy of the Marcos regime and chronicles Imelda’s present-day push to help her son, Bongbong, win the vice presidency. […]
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Includes a conversation with director Taika Waititi Writer director Taika Waititi brings his signature style of humor and pathos to his latest film, Jojo Rabbit, a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy (Roman Griffin Davis as JoJo) whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother […]
She risked everything to stop an unjust war. Her government called her a traitor. Based on world-shaking true events, Official Secrets tells the gripping story of Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley), a British intelligence specialist whose job involves routine handling of classified information. One day in 2003, in the lead up to the Iraq War, Gun receives a […]
Includes a conversation with director Paul Downs Colaizzo and actor Jillian Bell Hilarious, outgoing and always up for a good time, New Yorker Brittany Forgler is everybody’s best friend ― except maybe her own. At 27, her hard-partying ways, chronic underemployment and toxic relationships are catching up with her, but when she stops by a […]
From Academy Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar (“The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant,” “A Lion in the House,” “Seeing Red”) comes American Factory, a Netflix Original Documentary presented by Higher Ground Productions and Participant Media. The acclaimed film takes a deep dive into a post-industrial Ohio, where a Chinese billionaire opens a new […]
Includes a conversation with director Nanfu Wang China's One Child Policy, the extreme population control measure that made it illegal for couples to have more than one child, may have ended in 2015, but the process of dealing with the trauma of its brutal enforcement is only just beginning. From award-winning documentarian Nanfu Wang (Hooligan […]
Includes a conversation with directors Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz Peanut Butter Falcon is an adventure story set in the world of a modern Mark Twain that begins when Zak, a young man with Down syndrome, runs away from a nursing home where he lives to chase his dream of becoming a professional wrestler and […]
