Midway through Li Ruijun’s “Return to Dust” (Chinese: 隐入尘烟), we see a husband and wife planting crops together. The wife…
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BlueThe fictional town of Ebbing, Missouri takes centerstage in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Martin McDonagh’s gritty story of one…
Riga, Latvia. January 2, 1991. The OMON Special Units of the USSR Ministry of the Interior occupy the city’s press…
Road movies that serve as narrative device for the lead characters’ development are a dime a dozen. Independent films, in…
With its main theme of miscommunication, “Nude Tuesday” is a weird, trippy, and funny film about the universality of emotions—from…
Imagine a model employee working on a regular morning at a cleaning company. She feeds her newly bought fish after…
“When was the last time you saw him?” a woman asks offscreen as the short film “The Resemblance” opens. We…
Awards season has come to an end; and as it always does it ends with the most prestigious award of…
As the Oscar nominations were announced on the morning of February 8, 2022, one thing became clear. For all the…
We’re pleased to host our ‘Independent Film Awards’ a fourth-straight year, especially during a second year overshadowed by Covid-19. With…