A Beautiful Now is a compendium of every indie movie cliché about unhappy, confused twenty-somethings. It’s the kind of movie where one character says, “Why do you hate me?” and the other replies “Because you love me.” At another point, someone asks, “Does [life] ever turn out the way we want it to?” That’s pretty much the eternal […]
Tag: independent films
Cement Suitcase
Loveable losers who hate their lives are a staple of independent films. Stack up all the movies about them and the pile would probably reach all the way to Mars. In a way, though, it makes sense. If you don’t have the budget for explosions, shootouts, and CGI creatures, what can you put in to grab the […]