Independent Films

After Winter Comes Spring
directed by Helke Misselwitz
American Movie
directed by Chris Smith
An Ideal Husband
directed by Oliver Parker, adpated by Parker from the play by Oscar Wilde
Animal Farm
directed by John Stevens
Anniversary Party, The
written and directed by Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming
Apostle, The
directed by Robert Duvall
Being John Malkovich,
directed by Spike Jonze, written by Charlie Kaufman
Billy the Kid
directed by Jennifer Venditti
Boogie Nights
written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Book of Life
directed by Hal Hartley
Boys Don't Cry
directed by Kimberly Pierce
Buffalo '66
directed by Vincent Gallo
Capturing the Friedmans
directed by Andrew Jarecki
Cecil B. Demented
directed by John Waters
Cradle Will Rock
written and directed by Tim Robbins
Croupier
directed by Mike Hodges
Crumb
directed by Terry Zwigoff
Dogma
written and directed by Kevin Smith
Drop Dead Gorgeous
directed by Michael Patrick Jann
Election
directed by Alexander Payne
The Farm : Angola, USA
directed by Jonathan Stack and Elizabeth Garbus
First Love, Last Rites
directed by Jeese Peretz
Full Frontal
directed by Steven Soderbergh
George Washington
directed by David Gordon Green
Ghost Dog
written and directed by Jim Jarmusch
Gosford Park
directed by Robert Altman
Hamlet
adapted for the screen and directed by Michael Almereyda
Hoop Dreams
a film by Steve James, Frederick Marx and Peter Gilbert
House of Sand and Fog
directed by Vadim Perelman
Hustle & Flow
written and directed by Craig Brewer
Insomnia
directed by Christopher Nolan
It's So Much Nicer Wherever We Are Not
directed by Michael Klier
Jesus' Son
directed by Alison Maclean
Judy Berlin
written and directed by Eric Mendelsohn
Last Days of Disco, The
directed by Whit Stillman
Limbo
written and directed by John Sayles
Limey, The
directed by Steven Soderbergh
Magnolia
directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Man Who Wasn't There, The
directed by Joel Coen, written by
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Maria Full of Grace
written and directed by Joshua Marston
Mysterious Skin
written and directed by Gregg Araki, based on a novel by Scott Heim
Newton Boys, The
directed by Richard Linklater
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
directed by Joel Coen, written by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
Ocean’s Eleven
directed by Steven Soderbergh, screenplay by Ted Griffin
Palookaville
directed by Alan Taylor
Pecker
directed by John Waters
Pleasantville
written and directed by Gary Ross
Psycho
directed by Gus Van Sant
Public Housing
directed, edited and produced by Frederick Wiseman: A look at Chicago's poor
Pulp Fiction
directed by Quentin Tarantino
Raising Victor Vargas
written and directed by Peter Sollett
Regeneration
directed by Gillies Mackinnon
RKO 281
an HBO original film directed by Benjamin Ross and written by John Logan
Rushmore
directed by Wes Anderson, written by Anderson and Owen Wilson
Saturday, Sunday and Monday Morning
directed by Hannes Schönemann
Sicko
directed by Michael Moore
An exchange on Michael Moore's Sicko
Simone
written and directed by Andrew Niccol
Simple Plan, A
directed by Sam Raimi
Sin Nombre
written and directed by Cary Fukunaga
Songcatcher
written and directed by Maggie Greenwald
Smoke Signals
directed by Chris Eyre
Storytelling
written and directed by Todd Solondz
Sugar
written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
Thin Red Line, The
written and directed by Terrence Malick
Touch of Evil
directed by Orson Welles
Traffic
directed by Steven Soderbergh, written by Stephen Gaghan
Trans
directed by Julian L. Goldberger
21 Grams
directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Velvet Goldmine
directed by Todd Haynes
Welcome to the Dollhouse
directed by Todd Solondz
Wendy and Lucy
 directed by Kelly Reichardt, written by Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond
Why Make a Film About People Like Them?
directed by Thomas Heise
You Can Count on Me
written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan
Your Friends & Neighbors
written and directed by Neil LaBute  

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