Indie Film Archives

Indie Film Series | Tangerine (2015)

In our final episode of Indie Film, we take a closer look at Sean Baker's wild and often hilarious portrait of life on the streets of L.A.... Read More

Indie Film Series | Wendy and Lucy (2008)

Kelly Reichardt heralds a return to realist indie filmmaking with her Great Recession-era portrait of Wendy, a young homeless woman... Read More

Indie Film Series | Funny Ha Ha (2002)

Getting back to basics, Andrew Bujalski (unintentionally) launched the mid-2000s mumblecore movement with his critically acclaimed debut... Read More

Indie Film Series | Poison (1991)

Concocted in the furious depths of the AIDS crisis, Todd Haynes' Poison signaled not only the arrival of a major talent in American indie... Read More

Indie Film Series | Stranger Than Paradise (1984) and She’s Gotta Have It (1986)

This podcast episode discusses two seminal works of 1980s New York-based indie film, Jim Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise" and Spike... Read More

Indie Film | Chan Is Missing (1982)

Two cabbies search for the mysterious Chan in Wayne Wang’s wry, observational portrait of early 80s San Francisco. The film heralded a... Read More

Indie Film | Girlfriends (1978)

Amidst the upheaval of the movie brat generation in 1970s Hollywood, women gained greater agency as directors, writers, and editors.... Read More

Indie Film | Killer of Sheep (1977)

In "Killer of Sheep," Charles Burnett crafts a moving and humanistic portrait of Black life in South Central Los Angeles unlike anything... Read More

Indie Film | Night of the Living Dead (1968)

The second episode of our Indie Film podcast series focuses on George A. Romero's low-budget tale of the undead. Read More

Indie Film | Little Fugitive (1953) and Shadows (1958)

We launch our new DPAC Casts series, Indie Film, with a closer look at two seminal works of the postwar era: Little Fugitive and Shadows. Read More