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The New Frontier section is the one section that I normally don't plunge into (and that's a real shame). Call it lack of time, but more like lack of commitment - the films that come out of this section are usually of the groundbreaking kind. I think you need to be in a different headspace to appreciate each and everyone of these - hence why I tend to grab only one or two of these films each year. So far I've got my laser pointed towards Mange Ceci est Mon Corps (pictured above).

Underrated, overlooked, and mostly unknown, I’ve decided to highlight my four favorite award sections separately from today’s lengthy list of Indie Spirit noms. Why?...

Dysfunctional loving families undergoing reality checks, a paralyzed man checking out and a checklist of Dylan figures are the film narratives that have collected the most noms for the 2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Sparkling Fox Searchlight titles of Tamara Jenkins’s The Savages and Jason Reitman’s Juno each grab a significant amount of noms, but it is Todd Haynes’ I’m not There and Julian Schnabel’s The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

In a recent interview with The Lodger's writer/director David Ondaatje, IONCINEMA.com learned that actors Shane West and Simon Baker are among those...

A little less than a week left until the Sundance film festival reveals its entire line-up (Wednesday & Thursday of next week) we here at IONCINEMA.com headquarters like to guestimate the films that have fabulous chances at preeming at the event. Keeping track on all U.S indie developments is the name of our game, so without much further ado – here is a potential list of 20 films comprised of long shots, low probabilities and a couple of no-brainer picks (including a clumping of docu projects) that should be clamoring for attention.