– Essential Independents: American Cinema, Now –
At Palace Cinemas from 17 May 2016
From Penelope Spheeris to Kelly Reichardt; from Woody Allen to Alex Ross Perry; from Martin Scorsese to Paul Thomas Anderson; from Sofia Coppola to Lynn Shelton, and from John Cassavetes to Richard Linklater, the American independent film community continues to flourish and produce people, ideas, and cinema with a profound impact on the craft internationally.
Highlights of the festival include Opening Night event screening of Time Out Of Mind, starring Richard Gere; New York retrospective ‘Essential New York’, including a screening of Academy Award Winning Midnight Cowboy; ‘Essential Originals’ chapter with first feature films from well-known filmmakers including Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides; and films featuring some of the biggest names in the industry today including James Franco in Yosemite, Natalie Portman in Jane Got A Gun, Sam Worthington in The Keeping Room and indie darling Sarah Silverman gives a career defining performance in I Smile Back.
For the full line up and all information on the festival, visit the official website at www.essentialindependents.com.
For your chance to win, enter your details below and answer the following question:
One of the festival films, The Keeping Room, features Australia’s own Sam Worthington. He was recently seen on our screens in which film that also starred Jim Sturgess and Anthony Hopkins?
Entries close 6 p.m. AEST on 8 May 2016
David Edwards is the editor of The Blurb and a contributor on film and television