The 5 indie films you must see this July
Indie Wire has 5 films you must see this July:
1. The Interrupters (July 29; The Cinema Guild)
What’s The Deal? “Hoop Dreams” director Steve James gives audiences one of the most acclaimed films to come out of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in “The Interrupters.” Capturing a period in Chicago when it became a national symbol for violence in America, it tells the stories of three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their communities from the violence they once employed.
2. The Future (July 29; Roadside Attractions)
What’s The Deal? Miranda July follows up her 2005 indie hit “Me and You and Everyone We Know” with “The Future,” hitting theaters this July after a warmly received festival debut at Sundance. An oddly charming, whimsical take on thirtysomething romance, the film stars July alongside Hamish Linklater as a couple whose relationship grows troubled with the arrival of an adopted cat.
3. Project Nim (July 8; Roadside Attractions)
What’s The Deal? Continuing a parade of substantial doc options this summer, James Marsh’s follow up to his Oscar-winning “Man on Wire” takes on Nim, a chimpanzee who became the focus of a landmark 1970s experiment that aimed to prove an ape could learn to communicate using sign language if raised and nurtured like a human child.
4. Terri (July 1; ATO Pictures)
What’s The Deal? Azazel Jacobs’ “Terri” will give the summer a nice jolt of awkward teen angst with its unique coming-of-age narrative. It stars newcomer Jacob Wysocki in director Jacobs’ considerably more accessible follow-up to 2008’s “Momma’s Man.” Wysocki plays Terri, an overweight teenager whose life takes a positive turn when his assistant principal (John C. Reilly) decides to take him on, leading them both on a path to self-discovery.
5. Tabloid (July 15; IFC Films)
What’s The Deal? “The Fog of War” director Errol Morris’s latest tells the tale former Miss Wyoming Joyce McKinney and the infamous “Case of the Manacles Mormon.” Part black comedy, part film noir, “Tabloid” tracks McKinney’s strange life in the British tabloids.
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