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Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #65. Felix van Groeningen’s Beautiful Boy
Beautiful Boy
His film career was launched with the Directors’ Fortnight preemed The Misfortunates (2009), and international audiences discovered him via the Oscar nominated for...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #66. Gareth Evans’ Apostle
Apostle
Making a name for himself with high-octane contributions in the shape of The Raid: Redemption, V/H/S/2 and The Raid 2 (with The Raid 3...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #67. Michael Mayer’s The Seagull
The Seagull
He appeared on the film scene with A Home at the End of the World (2004) and Flicka (2006) and then....disappeared. A full...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #68. Maryam Keshavarz’s Vulture Club
Vulture Club
You couldn't have asked for a better calling card in her 2011 narrative feature. Circumstance debuted at Sundance and was a critical darling,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #69. Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased
Boy Erased
While we give the advantage Nash (Gringo is sitting in our #84 spot) in terms of who between the two has a better...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #70. Hannah Fidell’s The Long Dumb Road
The Long Dumb Road
One of the last items to enter the Sundance film festival, Hannah Fidell visited Park City with A Teacher (review) in...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #71. Ondi Timoner’s Mapplethorpe
Mapplethorpe
Now in her second decade in filmmaking you'd think Ondi Timoner doesn't have much more to prove, but Mapplethorpe is her debut in the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #72. Casey Affleck’s Light of My Life
Light of My Life
Likely to be mentioned in the same conversations as Debra Granik's Leave No Trace, it'll be hard for Casey Affleck's to make...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #73. Craig William Macneill’s Lizzie
Lizzie
Craig William Macneill's got his debut with 2015’s The Boy (read review) and it wasn't that much more time after that he landed into...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #74. Dan Fogelman’s Life Itself
Life Itself
With all the intersecting ensemble threads promised for his sophomore film, hopefully Dan Fogelman will better manage the puzzles pieces as we weren't...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #75. Jesper Ganslandt’s Beast of Burden
Beast of Burden
The only filmmaker to be featured on both of our 2018 Most Anticipated lists, perhaps it's a good thing that the release...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #76. Sam Levinson’s Assassination Nation
Assassination Nation
Sam Levinson offered us one of the best films of 2011 with his directorial debut --- we called it “a bitter, nasty, angry film about...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #77. Jason Reitman’s Tully
Tully
A tad bit higher up on our charts than The Front Runner (#91 on our list), this Diablo Cody scripted dramedy went in production...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #78. Andrew Bujalski’s Support The Girls
Support The Girls
In a filmography that includes 2002’s Funny Ha Ha, 2005’s Mutual Appreciation, 2009’s Beeswax, 2013’s Computer Chess (read review) and 2015’s Results,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #79. Jennifer Fox’s The Tale
The Tale
After decades of documenting powerful women and their stories, docu filmmaker made the jump into narrative for her first time in May of...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #80. Riley Stearns’ The Art of Self Defense
The Art of Self Defense
Riley Stearns' 2013 Sundance preemed short, The Cub along with the 2015's SXSW preemed feature debut Faults which we called "deviously...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #81. Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy
Mandy
Canadian helmer Panos Cosmatos found a lot of fanfare stateside for his debut film in 2010’s Beyond the Black Rainbow, so naturally the XYZ...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #82. Matthew Ross’ Siberia
Siberia
Matthew Ross didn't waste much time putting his sophomore film in place, after debuting 2016's Frank & Lola at Sundance (read review) he tapped...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #83. Yen Tan’s 1985
1985
Known for 2013’s Pit Stop (Sundance selection), last April, Yen Tan returned behind the camera for a his fifth feature modeled on the award...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #84. Nash Edgerton’s Gringo
Gringo
He might have a background in back breaking stunt man work (more than two decades worth), but in our books, this Aussie's true vocation...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #85. Paul Dano’s Wildlife
Wildlife
We've been charting his perfs well before the likes of Reichardt and PTA brought him in as a supporting character, Paul Dano who has...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #86. Emma Forrest’s Untogether
Untogether
She started off as a journalist in her teens. She became a best-selling author in her young adulthood, moved into screenwriting and landed on...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #87. Anthony Mandler’s Monster
Monster
He might have been itching to direct a project as early as 2013 with the book to screen project of Tokyo Vice with Daniel Radcliffe, but...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #88. Nia DaCosta’s Little Woods
Little Woods
With POTUS45 somewhat peeved with it's neighbor to the north, Canada nonetheless remains a sanctuary and is more friend than foe especially when...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #89. Olivia Newman’s First Match
First Match
Based on the 2000 award-winning short (it played at the New York Film Fest), shot in Brooklyn, the feature film version was workshopped...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #90. Meredith Danluck’s State Like Sleep
State Like Sleep
Previously she got her docu game on with 2010’s The Ride (SXSW), but it's in the narrative shape that we've circled Meredith Danluck's...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #91. Jason Reitman’s The Front Runner
The Front Runner
With Tully dropping on April 20th, we look towards Jason Reitman's eight feature film as salient, dramatical potent possible second 2018 offering...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #92. Jeremiah Zagar’s We the Animals
We the Animals
Cutting his teeth in the docu and short form, Jeremiah Zagar (Emmy-nominated for 2014's Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart) shot We...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #93. Melanie Laurent’s Galveston
Galveston
There was once a time when True Detective’s Nic Pizzolatto's novel to screen adaptation had Matthias Schoenaerts attached in the lead and Danish helmer...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #94. Elizabeth Chomko’s What They Had
What They Had
A seasoned actress who wound up striking gold in more ways than one during the development of the project (Elizabeth Chomko had...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #95. Ethan Hawke’s Blaze
Blaze
You might want to keep an eye out for Ethan Hawke's fourth feature film, especially if you didn't buy the bottle, down on his...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #96. Max Minghella’s Teen Spirit
Teen Spirit
If the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree, perhaps, and that is the hope, Max will follow in footsteps of his...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #97. Justin Kelly’s Welcome the Stranger
Welcome the Stranger
Currently sitting on a pair of feature film items waiting for a film festival release, filmmaker Justin Kelly had his feature debut...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #98. Paul Schrader’s Dark
What the Film Gods giveth and Film Gods taketh away simply doesn't apply here. In the new year, we might have not one, but...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #99. Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Eighth Grade
Fore more than a decade, this spanking brand new entity on the American independent film sphere has been cutting his teeth as a comedian...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #100. Nijla Mu’min’s Jinn
Jinn
We begin our countdown with this micro-budget sized feature film debut revolving around identity issues in a acutely complex America. Nijla Mu’min pulls from her...
The Commuter | Review
Herrings on a Train: Neeson Fights the Good Fight in Half-Baked Transportation Thriller
You can see him in Berlin (Unknown, 2011), or see his...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: Picks 200 to 101
Last week, Nicholas Bell helped us ring in the new year with our Top 200 most anticipated world cinema items. We also highlighted our...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #1. Claire Denis’ High Life
High Life
French auteur Claire Denis has become one of the most prolific and revered international auteurs over the past thirty years, beginning with her...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #2. Lars Von Trier’s The House That Jack Built
The House That Jack Built
Despite recently weathering accusations of sexual assault against Bjork during the filming of his Palme d’Or winning Dancer in the...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #3. Paul Verhoeven’s Blessed Virgin
Blessed Virgin
Paul Verhoeven famously returned from a decade long absence with a bang in 2016, unveiling the controversial Elle (read ★★★★ review) at the Cannes...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #4. Leos Carax’s Annette
Annette
It will have been six years since Leos Carax’s 2012 masterpiece Holy Motors (read review) was unveiled at the Cannes Film Festival—itself a break from...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: # 5. Mia Hansen-Løve’s Maya
Maya
After winning Best Director at the 2016 Berlinale thanks to her exquisite Isabelle Huppert starrer Things to Come (read review), French director Mia Hansen-Løve finally...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #6. Andrey Konchalovsky’s Il Peccato
Il Peccato
A titan of Russian cinema, Andrey Konchalovsky famously cut his teeth as a writer for Tarkovsky (Ivan’s Childhood; Andrei Rublev) before breaking out...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #7. Carlos Reygadas’ Where Life is Born
Where Life is Born
Carlos Reygadas remains at the forefront of a new wave of Mexican auteurs who examine contemporary social ills while blending elements...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #8. Christian Petzold’s Transit
Transit
The most internationally recognized member of the Berlin School of filmmakers, Christian Petzold and his frequent collaborator, Nina Hoss, have presented some of contemporary...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #9. Jia Zhangke’s Ash is Purest White
Ash is Purest White
Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke has been internationally renowned since 2000’s Platform, which also was the auteur’s first collaboration with his wife,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #10. Peter Strickland’s In Fabric
In Fabric
British director Peter Strickland is responsible for three formidably distinct genre tinged recuperations of the past decade---and remains frustratingly underrated. Arriving with 2009’s...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #11. Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Wild Pear Tree
Wild Pear Tree
Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan returns with his first project since winning the Palme d’Or for 2014’s Winter Sleep. His eighth film,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #12. Lee Chang-dong’s Burning
Burning
About a year prior, South Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong was about to begin production on his sixth feature, Burning before abruptly announcing the project...
