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Justin Simien's satire Dear White People on Amazon Prime

‘Dear White People’ – a sharp social satire on Peacock

!Featured, African-American cinema, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, DVD, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Have You Seen...?, Peacock, satire, Streaming Movies, Sundance Winner, SVOD, young adult 05/15/2023 Sean Axmaker

The feature debut of director / writer Justin Simien, is a sharp, smart, ambitious satire of race, racism, privilege, prejudice, and power at an Ivy League college.

‘To Sleep with Anger’ – a devilish Danny Glover on MUBI

!Featured, African-American cinema, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Have You Seen...?, MUBI, National Film Registry, Streaming Movies, Sundance Winner, SVOD 03/09/2023 Sean Axmaker

Charles Burnett explores the collision of rural Southern Black culture and folk superstitions with middle class African-American urban life in this landmark American indie drama.

‘The Killing Floor’ – integrating the union on Criterion Channel and MUBI

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Bill Gunn directs this independent feature, shot on location in Chicago, dramatizing the struggle to unionize the meat packers during World War I.

Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau star in the film by Donna Deitch

‘Desert Hearts’ – an American indie landmark on Criterion Channel

!Featured, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, Criterion, Criterion Channel, Directed by Women, drama, DVD, Romance, Streaming Movies, Sundance Winner, SVOD 02/12/2023 Sean Axmaker

Donna Deitch directs this story of women in love, set in 1959 and starring Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau, which won an award at Sundance.

‘The Guilty’ – a rivetting Danish thriller on HBO Max

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, DVD, Have You Seen...?, International Cinema, Max, Mystery, Sundance Winner, suspense, SVOD, thriller 01/30/2023 Sean Axmaker

Actor Jakob Cedergren carries this drama about an Emergency Services operator who receives a call from a woman in trouble and has to solve a mystery with only a phone.

‘Fruitvale Station’ on Prime Video, Hulu, HBO Max, and Peacock

!Featured, based on a true story, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Have You Seen...?, Netflix, Peacock, Streaming Movies, Sundance Winner, SVOD 01/28/2023 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

The debut feature of ‘Black Panther’ director Ryan Coogler dramatizes the true story of a young black man (Michael B. Jordon) killed in an unprovoked shooting in 2009.

Anya Taylor-Joy in Robert Eggers' 'The Witch.'

‘The Witch’ – Puritan horrors on HBO Max and free on Kanopy

!Featured, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, DVD, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Free, Halloween, historical, horror, Kanopy, Max, religion, Streaming Movies, Sundance Winner 10/29/2022 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

The debut feature by Robert Eggers is a primal horror film rooted in the fear and superstition of early 17th century New England and introduced Anya Taylor-Joy.

Last chance: ‘Frozen River’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, Directed by Women, drama, DVD, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Have You Seen...?, Max, socially aware cinema, Streaming Movies, Sundance Winner, SVOD 09/25/2022 Sean Axmaker

Courtney Hunt directs Melissa Leo to an Oscar-nominated performance in this powerful drama of two women tossed together by necessity.

Michael Fassbender stars in the darkly absurdist frontier odyssey 'Slow West'

‘Slow West’ – Michael Fassbender on the frontier on HBO Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Free, Kanopy, Max, Streaming Movies, Sundance Winner, SVOD, western 09/15/2022 Sean Axmaker

Kodi Smit-McPhee plays a Scottish immigrant who followes the girl he loves to 19th century America in this darkly absurdist frontier odyssey.

‘Whiplash’ – music as warfare on HBO Max

!Featured, Academy Award, American Independent Cinema, BAFTA winner, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Film Independent Spirit Awards, Max, music, Streaming Movies, Sundance Winner, SVOD 08/01/2022 Sean Axmaker

J.K. Simmons swept the awards season for his performance as a ferocious music teacher in Damien Chazelle’s drama set in the world of college stage band competitions.