"Five Must-See Indies" from Entertainment Weekly
 

For what it's worth...

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,3...msthat,00.html

The Pianist
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Narc
Nicholas Nickleby
Talk to Her

I can't wait to see <b>Narc</b>.

Damn, I don't know about any of them. I must be out of touch...I love indies too!

just saw talk to her

looking forward to both the pianist, and narc

is narc going nationwide soon? When?

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Looks good.

The Pianist an indie? It cost $35 million, which might be small fry to Michael Bay, but considering the scope of the whole thing, I think it's obnoxious to consider it an independent production.

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I so want to beat the crap out of that guy in the Nicholas Nickleby ads. Looks like he deserves a good beatin'.

The term "indie" has basically taken on the meaning to describe any English language film that isn't typical Hollywood fare. You will see it to describe Punch-Drunk Love, Solaris, and Far From Heaven, despite the fact that they very much are products of the Hollywood studio system.

Of the list, I am definately looking forward to The Pianist and Rabbit-Proof Fence, and thanks to this weeks episode of Ebert and Roeper, Nicholas Nickleby. I hadn't even heard of that before today, but it looks pretty good.

I don't see what the price tag has to do with it - an independent film is generally considered to be one that was made independently of studio financing. So if Bill Gates decided to take $100 million of his money and make a movie, it would be (technically) an "independent" film.

Agreed - it looks awesome!

Star Wars films could be called "indies" as well. :D

Talk to Her (the new Aldomovar film) is very good.

I'll be checking out Rabbit Proof Fence sometime next week.

NARC is a good movie. Saw it a month ago or so at a screening.

The Pianist-This is a very good movie. I recommend it.
Rabbit-Proof Fence-Had a chance to see this a few months ago, but didn't because it just didn't sound very interesting to me.
Narc-This is a good movie. Great performance by Ray Liotta. I recommend seeing it.
Nicholas Nickleby-I'll probably watch this soon.
Talk to Her-I've never heard of this until this thread.

looking forward to all four i haven't seen.

TALK TO HER is a good piece of work and should probably be seen twice.

The Pianist - haven't seen, but will.

Rabbit-Proof Fence
Beautiful, meditative film that glides on the ethereal cinematography of Christopher Doyle.

Narc - haven't seen, and probably won't depending on word of mouth. The trailer makes the film look like another permutation of the Touch of Evil formula (but I don't trust trailers too much).

Nicholas Nickleby - haven't seen, and this is another that will need some strong word of mouth to get me into the theater.

Talk to Her
A great film that takes a lot of inventive routes to tell a smart story, with references from Buñuel to Hitchcock and then some.

and my own "Five Must-See Indies" (American):
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Secretary
Kwik Stop
Diamond Men
Tully

Technically that's true, but since studio films are usually associated with heftier budgets, independent films have come to be classified as low-budget, low-key productions. A sweeping tale of a man's life during WWII isn't exactly the type of film we think of when we hear the phrase "indie film".

Just got back from watching Rabbit-Proof Fence and it was amazing. It was truly touching and poignant. Go see it.

I agree. I just saw it tonight. On the surface it seems like it might be just another crime movie but it turns out its not.

I really want to see:

The Pianist
Narc
Rabbit-Proof Fence

Rabbit-Proof Fence looks fantastic...can't wait to see it - which unfortunately probably won't happen until it's out on dvd :(

Re: "Five Must-See Indies" from Entertainment Weekly
 

What the fcuk does EW smoke? These aren't 'indies' they are foriegn films:

The Pianist-Poland/UK/Germany
Rabbit-Proof Fence-Australia
Narc-?
Nicholas Nickleby-UK
Talk to Her-Spain

I saw it and it just didn't do a whole lot for me. It was a short movie (95 mins.) but I wasn't much interested in it.

The cinematography was gorgeous though.

Re: Re: "Five Must-See Indies" from Entertainment Weekly
 

Good question. One of those films is a indie Narc. the rest of them are foriegn films which most of the country has not or will never get to see at movie theaters.