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40 Limited Releases to See This Summer

With The Grand Budapest Hotel, Only Lovers Left Alive, Under the Skin, and more, it's been a remarkably strong start to the year and things look to continue during the summer season as we count down the 40 must-see independent films....

[Review] The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Despite being flat, faceless, and altogether perfunctory, one can almost understand The Amazing Spider-Man's commitment to set up this superhero universe once a...

[Tribeca Review] Summer of Blood

A micro-budget midnight selection, Summer of Blood seems, apart from several contemporary references, an indie of another era. Written, directed and starring On...

[Tribeca Review] Virunga

Employing multiple modes of documentary storytelling, from talking heads, undercover reporting and on-the-ground war reporting, Virunga is a potentially paradig...

[Review] The Other Woman

The Other Woman is one of those lame comedies that pretends allegiance to the female demographic but spends most of its time toiling around in sub-moronic, play...

[Review] Gambit

In November 2012, a film called Gambit, starring Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz, was released into theaters in Britain. It grossed less than $2 million in the UK ...

[Review] Brick Mansions

A few months back I was watching a small indie thriller called Hours, and was surprised with a personal revelation; I’m going to miss Paul Walker in the movies....

[Review] The Machine

With so many writers and directors keen to give us a look at a future ravaged by an impending war between man and his creations, it's always a breath of fresh a...

[Tribeca Review] Alex of Venice

After working with Woody Allen, Noah Baumbach, Sam Mendes, Ben Affleck, and more, the perpetually employed Chris Messina has gathered a wealth of knowledge behi...