This was my first time voting for the Indie Spirit Awards and I have to say I enjoyed the process. It even led to a now abandoned project (though I did watch all the nominees). Below are my thoughts on the winners and what my choice would have been. BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM All That’s LeftContinue reading “Independent Spirit Awards 2025 : Winners and Who I Voted For”
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Reviewing Every Independent Spirit Award Nominee (2025): Sorry, Baby
Eva Victor (pulling triple duty as writer, director, and lead star) walks a tightrope in Sorry, Baby. This is a film about trauma, rape & societal response to it, sexual politics, and all those timely buzzpoints that are often the subject of oh so serious films. And yet, Sorry, Baby can be convincingly called aContinue reading “Reviewing Every Independent Spirit Award Nominee (2025): Sorry, Baby”
Reviewing Every Independent Spirit Award Nominee (2025): Splitsville, The Testament of Ann Lee
Splitsville Despite boasting Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona in its star cast (they also serves as producers), Splitsville barely made a mark in the cultural consciousness. With Neon’s busy slate, it is not a surprise, but it’s a damn shame because this is a damn great film. Right from the off, the film establishes itsContinue reading “Reviewing Every Independent Spirit Award Nominee (2025): Splitsville, The Testament of Ann Lee”
Reviewing Every Independent Spirit Award Nominee (2025): Eephus, Good Boy
Eephus Eephus is a film you can’t hate. This is a film about a ragtag bunch of town residents playing one final game at their beloved baseball pitch before it is converted into a school. The film keeps its approach modest, and any grandstanding message about this baseball game being their refuge or their reasonContinue reading “Reviewing Every Independent Spirit Award Nominee (2025): Eephus, Good Boy”
Reviewing Every Independent Spirit Award Nominee (2025): Warfare, Train Dreams
Warfare I’ll admit upfront that I am not a fan of Alex Garland’s films, whether he be a writer or director. The fact that he was only co-directing this one didn’t mean much beforehand because, as I said I don’t even vibe with films he only serves as a writer. However, it seems co-director RayContinue reading “Reviewing Every Independent Spirit Award Nominee (2025): Warfare, Train Dreams”
Reviewing Every Independent Spirit Award Nominee (2025): Blue Sun Palace, Dust Bunny
Blue Sun Palace Blue Sun Palace arrived with some acclaim when it debuted on the festival circuit but I was unconvinced throughout. The opening scene, and the first about half hour really, are not too shabby. Cheung (Lee Kang-sheng) and Didi (Haipeng Xu) are a makeshift but somehow functioning couple, he having a wife backContinue reading “Reviewing Every Independent Spirit Award Nominee (2025): Blue Sun Palace, Dust Bunny”
Sister Midnight Review
The opening stretches of Sister Midnight are dialogue-free and reveal a propensity for the silent gag. Start with the credits themselves, where the credit of the actor playing the husband (Ashok Pathak) is displayed where he should be, beside his wife (Radhika Apte). Instead, he is slumped over, sleeping, already a premonition of his roleContinue reading “Sister Midnight Review”
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