Featuring an all-star cast that includes Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, and Jim Jarmusch, this classic of American indie cinema cleverly captures the zeitgeist of ’80s New York. Long unavailable after winning the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, In the Soup shines anew in this gorgeous restoration.
Alexandre Rockwell’s inventive debut feature was shot amid NYC’s punk scene with a non-professional cast (including the director’s very own friends). A low-budget adaptation of Georg Büchner’s German text, this poignant psychological tale is newly restored after going largely unseen for decades.
Alexandre Rockwell’s twist on the road movie also happens to be the first feature shot by Wes Anderson’s cinematographer Robert Yeoman. Winning the Special Jury Prize at what is now known as Sundance, Hero shines through its emotionally rich cast of oddball characters and their quest for acceptance.
A truly independent vision of poverty in Los Angeles as experienced by a group of children, Little Feet is a lyrical cinematic paean to childhood, and a key entry into the lineage of city symphonies documenting the area: from Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep to Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups.
