Indie

The Visit Trailer Interrogates An Alien Visitor

Behold the befuddling, yet enticing trailer for Michael Madsen’s The Visit. Part of the 2015 Sundance lineup, this is the first look we’re getting at the mockumentary that asks how the world would respond to alien life. Here’s the official synopsis from Sundance: The Visit / Denmark, Austria, Ireland, Finland, Norway (Director: Michael Madsen) —…

Trailers Meredith Woerner Dec 11

Stuck In The Sound – Pursuit

Who doesn’t enjoy getting lost in a big budget action adventure flick; maybe even pretending you’re the swashbuckling hero, if just for a little bit. Well, French indie rock quartet, Stuck in the Sound, took those cinematic fantasies a step further in Pursuit, the title track from their identically-named 2012 album. Watch, you’ll see.

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jun 14

Why Alien Invasion is the Perfect Metaphor for Growing Up Black in America

Keith Josef Adkins’ The Abandon follows five African American men who go on a camping trip together, only to find out that aliens have invaded the planet. The webseries (which we featured in our “crowdfund this” roundup) raised $8000 on Indiegogo, and the first episode launched around Christmas. https://gizmodo.com/crowdfund-a-film-about-the-last-soviet-microstate-a-vi-5924268 Adkins, a former staff writer on…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jan 15

Million dollar Firefly-inspired movie will film in 2012: UPDATED

Firefly is coming back… sort of. Fox hasn’t come to its senses and commissioned a new season of Joss Whedon’s ground-breaking space opera. But at least one man is doing his part to keep the story alive. UPDATED: No Firefly link! In an interview with The Westmorland Gazette writer and director Rick McLeod revealed his…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 8

No Budget Indie Film Has Grossed $200K in iTunes Sales

Here’s a story that everyone will love, except Hollywood. An Indie film, made with absolutely no money and a DSLR camera, has grossed over $200,000 and climbed into iTunes Top 100 Movies. The movie, For Lovers Only, is a romance flick produced by brothers Mark and Michael Polish. The pair used a Canon 5D and…

Movies Kelly Jul 21

A Steampunk Dominatrix Movie, Without the Steampunk

What happens if you’re making a movie about steampunk vixens who enslave men, but you can’t get any steampunk costumes or props? You get creative. And add a fire-breathing mechanical dragon. According to The AV Club, an indie science fiction short — which is hoping to launch a full-length movie — is filming right now…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jun 22

Know Your Trolls: A guide to troll science from the director of TrollHunter

Norwegian horror film TrollHunter looks set to be one of the summer’s coolest movies, so we were excited to learn more about the film’s mythology. Director André Øvredal shared some exclusive concept art, and answered our pressing questions. Like: How do you kill a Raglefant troll? Why does a Tusseladd troll have 3 heads? How…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 5

Fandor Wants to Be Your Indie Movie Streaming HQ, Because Netflix Is Like Sooooo Mainstream

We love Netflix streaming more than some of our own family members, and it does have a pretty great catalog—but what about smaller films? More artsy films made by Swedish teenagers, depicting a single rose as it blossoms and slowly shrivels (metaphor for the global recession, duh!)? If you’re looking for some of the terrific…

Movies Sam Biddle Mar 9

Gorgeous look at Ti West’s Innkeepers “a ghost story for the minimum wage”

Ti West’s classic ghost story, The Innkeepers, is building up a lot of buzz following their SXSW debut. The recent release of this gorgeous poster has us even more excited. Plus, watch the trailer for The Corridor, which we hope is better than Stephen King’s Dreamcatcher. The Innkeepers Folks have been talking about Ti West’s…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 6

Harrison Ford wants Indiana Jones to die

Harrison Ford has a serious death wish for all his iconic characters. It’s common knowledge that Ford always wanted Han Solo to die in Return of the Jedi, and now he wants the same for Indiana Jones. ShowbizSpy is reporting from inside sources that Ford is ready to kill off Indiana: “Harrison thinks it would…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 20

First gooey footage from Vessel’s in-flight alien attack

We’ve been following the work of Clark Baker’s short film Vessel ever since we laid eyes on his monster on a plane creations. But now the film has wrapped, and we’re got first ever footage of the mile-high alien. https://gizmodo.com/down-with-crappy-cg-aliens-support-a-real-monster-5540362 Since we last reported on Vessel, they’ve wrapped principal photography (check out a few stills…

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 26

Is Barry Levinson making a movie about tongue-eating parasites?

Vague reports about Barry Levinson’s new science fiction film Isopod have led us to hope like we never have before. Will the nasty parasites that bite off the tongues of fish FINALLY be getting their own feature film? Of course this is all wild speculation and wishful thinking at this point, but we have been…

Movies Meredith Woerner Aug 11

Sharpen your #2 pencils… to stab in your neighbor’s eye the Exam trailer is out!

We’re dying to see a screening of this film in the states. The Exam shows what happens when you lock eight people in a room and tell them it’s a test. Bloodshed! Watch what happens in this new trailer. We love weird conspiracy films! Check for it at your local art house theaters and on…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 15

This year’s alien sleeper hit, Monsters, is coming to theaters at last

Good news: Gareth Edwards’ well-reviewed film about aliens quarantined in Mexico, Monsters, is getting a limited release. The film, which generated plenty of awesome buzz at SXSW, is coming to NYC and LA. On October 29th, Monsters will be released in select theaters in New York City and Los Angeles. The reviews for this alien…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 2

Down With Crappy CG Aliens, Support A Real Monster

A new short film, Vessel, is attempting to bring back real monsters, with an alien created out of practical effects. Support real monsters, and check out our exclusive gallery of Vessel’s new alien including creepy prosthetic limbs and bits! Vessel is a project after our own hearts. Shunning the recent crop of over CG-ed aliens,…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 17

Insecure Emo Robot Musician Needs Our Attention

Cybraphon is an interactive, internet-connected musical art project that’s sort of a riff on insecure emo bands—when more people online discuss it, it plays happier music, and when it’s not getting enough attention, it gets melodramatic. Created by Scottish musical collective Found, Cybraphon is basically a collection of mechanical instruments in a box, including some…

Social Media Dan Nosowitz Jul 29

Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl’s Wrist-Cutting Rally Is Deeply Disturbing

Giving the mangled women of Tokyo Gore Police a run for their buckets of blood, Vampire Girl and Frankenstein Girl battle, with blades and kicks — but first, the rally. The faint of heart: proceed no further. It’s probably NSFW. https://gizmodo.com/a-mutant-roll-call-for-tokyo-gore-police-nsfw-5039526 Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl is from Naoyuki Tomomatsu and Yoshihiro Nishimura (who are…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 9

Alien Life Invades Through Transmorphing BlackBerry? Wake Me When It’s A Transformer iPhone

If Transformers’ “shadow movie” Transmorphers has a Blackberry that morphs into a spiderbot, will the second Tranformers have a killer Decepticon iPhone baddie? Plus, check out the latest batch of Asylum ripoffs, shorts, and Rec 2 clips. Transmorphers: Fall of Man The official synopsis is: In this present day prequel, the robot invaders attack the…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 7

Moon Clip Recruits You To Join Sam Rockwell On The Space Mine

Critically adored space-isolation film Moon has released a new clip that explains all the intricate details as to why the future world needs you to become a Lunar Industries space miner. https://gizmodo.com/watch-sam-rockwell-go-stir-crazy-on-the-moon-5206014 Duncan Jones, who both directed and wrote this captivating feature, has only two stars in the entire movie. Sam Bell, played by Sam…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 1

Can Overly Indie Adam Balance His Voyager Space Probe Obsession With His Love Life?

We’ve overlooked this aggressively indie romantic comedy Adam, until now. Hugh Dancy plays the space-obsessed Adam, who’s afflicted with asperger syndrome and trying to find love with a girl who is not Zooey Deschanel. The feature, directed by Max Mayer, barely straddles the fence between “sweet little film” and “tired indie fodder being peddled with…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 29

Indie

The Visit Trailer Interrogates An Alien Visitor

Stuck In The Sound – Pursuit

Why Alien Invasion is the Perfect Metaphor for Growing Up Black in America

Million dollar Firefly-inspired movie will film in 2012: UPDATED

No Budget Indie Film Has Grossed $200K in iTunes Sales

A Steampunk Dominatrix Movie, Without the Steampunk

Know Your Trolls: A guide to troll science from the director of TrollHunter

Fandor Wants to Be Your Indie Movie Streaming HQ, Because Netflix Is Like Sooooo Mainstream

Gorgeous look at Ti West’s Innkeepers “a ghost story for the minimum wage”

Harrison Ford wants Indiana Jones to die

First gooey footage from Vessel’s in-flight alien attack

Is Barry Levinson making a movie about tongue-eating parasites?

Sharpen your #2 pencils… to stab in your neighbor’s eye the Exam trailer is out!

This year’s alien sleeper hit, Monsters, is coming to theaters at last

Down With Crappy CG Aliens, Support A Real Monster

Insecure Emo Robot Musician Needs Our Attention

Vampire Girl Vs. Frankenstein Girl’s Wrist-Cutting Rally Is Deeply Disturbing

Alien Life Invades Through Transmorphing BlackBerry? Wake Me When It’s A Transformer iPhone

Moon Clip Recruits You To Join Sam Rockwell On The Space Mine

Can Overly Indie Adam Balance His Voyager Space Probe Obsession With His Love Life?

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