Archive for the 'independent' Category

Margot at the Wedding

Dvd release date: 02/19/2008
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Director: Noah Baumbach
Category: Independent
Rated: R
From Academy Award nominated writer/director Noah Baumbach (”The Squid And The Whale”) comes a daringly funny and bracingly honest exploration of the tender, absurd and sometimes excruciating relationship between siblings: “Played with an uncompromising fearlessness” by Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman and Golden [...]

Once

Dvd release date: 12/18/2007
Starring: Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova
Director: John Carney
Category: Independent
Rated: R
A serendipitous meeting on the streets of Dublin between a down on his luck Irish street performer and a poor Czech immigrant sparks a bond that plays out in this hip, modern day music film. “Once” follows the two as they write, rehearse and [...]

Year of the Dog

Dvd release date: 08/28/2007
Starring: Molly Shannon, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Mike White
Category: Independent
Rated: PG-13
Molly Shannon plays Peggy, a happy-go-lucky secretary who is a great friend, employee, and sister living alone with her beloved dog Pencil. But when Pencil unexpectedly dies, Peggy must find meaning in her life. John C. Reilly, Peter Sarsgaard, Regina King and Laura Dern [...]

Broken English

Dvd release date: 08/21/2007
Starring: Parker Posey, Drea de Matteo
Director: Zoe R. Cassavetes
Category: Independent
Rated: PG-13
Nora Wilder, a thirty-something Manhattanite plugging away at her job in a posh downtown hotel, can’t help but wonder what it is she has to do to find a relationship. After a series of disastrous first dates, she meets Julien, a quirky [...]

Sweet Land

Dvd release date: 07/10/2007
Starring: Alan Cumming, Ned Beatty
Director: Ali Selim
Category: Independent
Rated: PG
Inge (Elizabeth Reaser) is a feisty German mail-order bride who has come to Minnesota to marry Olaf (Tim Guinee), a young Norwegian immigrant farmer of few words. But in a post-WWI, anti-German climate, the local minister (John Heard) openly forbids the marriage. Inge and [...]