Tag: indie

  • Celeste & Jesse Forever

    Celeste & Jesse Forever

        Childhood sweethearts Celeste and Jesse promised each other they would be together forever, but after six years of marriage they call it quits.  But they never really plan to move on with their lives as Jesse just moves out to the studio in the backyard of their L.A. house and they still share all their meals together.  Their…

  • SLEEPWALK WITH ME

    Matt Pandamglio desperately wants to be a stand up comedian but his lame material sucks so bad that he gets booed off the few rather sad gigs he can muster.  He’s in total denial not just about his ‘career’ but also about his struggling relationship with Abby his vivacious girlfriend, but when he actually starts…

  • KEEP THE LIGHTS ON

    This is a very tender and realistic story that plots a loving relationship between two very likable guys in Manhattan through all it’s highs and lows over a decade starting in 1998. There were sadly more of the latter but this well made movie’s particular take was both honest and refreshing, and the fact that…

  • HELLO LONESOME

    Three separate and unrelated stories about three couples that have no plot to speak off, and the only common denominator is that there are all lonely in their different ways.  As odd as it sounds (and is!) film-maker Adam Reid’s far from perfect debut movie has just enough endearing moments to make it watchable. Bill is…

  • SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED

    The editors of a Seattle magazine are desperately clutching at straws to find enough stories to fill their next issue. Jeff, one of the journalists, mentions an anonymous advert that he has spotted asking for a time-travelling companion.  It reads ‘must bring your own weapons’ and finishes with ‘safety not guaranteed’. Given the go-ahead to…