Aside from Oscar-winners and Hollywood blockbusters, we at The Indiependent are all about supporting promising, hard-working and talented creatives that are aiming to carve their own career path in film. In this instance, we have Amber Bardell, a London/Surrey-based artist and filmmaker, who has created a 30-minute documentary entitled Art as Catharsis. As the title […]Read More
Focusing on the rich Park family and the poor Kim family who concoct a scheme to find jobs working for the Parks, Bong Joon Ho’s latest film Parasite is as much a film about architecture and levels as it is about the lives of families in different classes. The first shot we see is of […]Read More
On the rare occasion that Adam Sandler takes on a dramatic role, the opportunity to watch him really flex his well-documented acting muscles (see Punch-Drunk Love), is always a tantalising prospect. Combined with direction from the brilliant Safdie Brothers (Good Time), Uncut Gems, a wild thriller set within New York’s famed Diamond District easily possesses all […]Read More
After bursting onto the scene with cult classics such as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000), writer/director Guy Ritchie has tended to stray away from British gangster films besides 2008’s RocknRolla, so his foray back into the genre is a welcome return after a few hit and miss films over the last decade. With The Gentlemen, Ritchie modernises […]Read More
I wasn’t that excited to see 1917. Firstly, it’s a war film, which as a general rule I don’t get along with: patriotism, toxic masculinity, the waste of human life. And then the cast: stalwart after stalwart of the Serious British Drama Film, pale, male and stale. I despise war narratives that depict the Western […]Read More
In and amongst all the awards season chaos, it’s worth remembering that behind all the most-hyped films of the year are important films that simply go under the radar by not quite making the headlines. Director Destin Daniel Cretton’s Just Mercy is a perfect example of this. Focusing on the true story of renowned Civil Rights […]Read More
Cinema has been a lot this year. We’ve seen Robert Pattinson masturbating furiously in a stinky sea enclave, people burnt alive at a Swedish summer retreat, sad space travel, an imaginary Hitler, doppelganger-horror, pop-terrorism – even a space dungeon with a fuckbox. And so to end the year with quiet naturalism, a U-rated family drama […]Read More
There is something of an innocent quality strewn through Tomer Heymann’s latest documentary venture, which ultimately contrasts the film’s stark subject matter. Jonathan Agassi is the wunderkind of gay porn, an incredibly desirable but ultimately provocative star of adult movies who, at his height, was considered one of the greatest actors in porn. However, with […]Read More
After its debut at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, Claudio Giovannesi’s juvenile gangster flick Piranhas went on to win the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay, before playing the worldwide festival circuit; Sydney, New York, Gent. Making its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, Piranhas lives up to high expectations, as Giovannesi […]Read More
Despite a varied career that boasts a catalogue of brilliant films like Raging Bull, Hugo, The Wolf of Wall Street and Silence, it’s no secret that Martin Scorsese and the gangster film are a match made in heaven. In his latest directorial effort, with a helping hand from Netflix, Scorsese aims to meditate on his […]Read More
In the UK, up to 10,000 children are involved in drug smuggling between cities and rural areas. 14-year-old Tyler (Conrad Khan) is a fictional representation of these children. County Lines charts his journey from troubled school child to hardened drug mule with an unflinching level of observation. Unafraid to depict the graphic violence common within this […]Read More
With the likes of Moonlight and The Florida Project, it’s no secret that the indie film distributing colossus A24 is a fan of films set in the Sunshine State. Florida has a very particular aesthetic that always translates easily onto the big screen and writer/director Trey Edward Shults (It Comes At Night) has aimed to […]Read More
Since her debut with Water Lilies in 2007, Céline Sciamma has maintained her quiet dedication to the stories of women and queer individuals. Her second film, Tomboy (2011), captured the life of a gender-non-conforming child, whilst Girlhood (2014) focused on the challenges of female adolescence. With Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Sciamma turns her […]Read More
From its opening shots, you might be tricked into thinking that Knives Out is going to be your standard whodunnit. Isolated mansion in unspecified location? Check. A score replete with screeching strings? Check. Various creepy trinkets, dolls and weird paintings on the walls? Check. And yet, director Rian Johnson perfectly satirizes this Agatha Christie-esque setting […]Read More
When Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) surprisingly won the Oscar for Best Picture, it set the bar for films surrounding the concepts of family, parenthood, marriage and divorce. With his latest family-focused drama Marriage Story, writer/director Noah Baumbach (The Meyerowitz Stories) appears to have raised this bar to astonishing new heights. Marriage Story follows Charlie (Adam Driver) […]Read More
