Indie Film Release Guide: June 1st [An ONTD Original]

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This week is pretty weak for big studio releases - Johnny Knoxville's Action Point is the only new thing in theaters. So if you’re all caught up on Solo and Deadpool 2, here are most of the films from smaller studios being released today.

Note that some of the movies listed are in their first week or two of limited release in the USA, so it may take them a few more weeks (or months) to show up in your local arthouse theater or on VOD. Check out the posts from the past few weeks for more movies that may have just opened near you: May 25, May 18 and May 11.

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Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Betty Gabriel, Richard Cawthorne, Michael M. Foster
Written and directed by: Leigh Whannel
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Plot: Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when Grey, a self-identified technophobe, has his world turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant called Stem.
What you should know: That’s not Tom Hardy, it’s the other Tom Hardy. The one who was in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Opens in: Wide release



American Animals

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Stars: Evan Peters, Ann Dowd, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner
Written and directed by: Bart Layton
Genre: Crime, Drama
Plot: Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.
What you should know: The film is based on a true story.
Opens in: NYC & LA

Breath

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Stars: Elizabeth Debicki, Simon Baker, Richard Roxburgh, Rachael Blake
Writer: Gerard Lee, Simon Baker, Tim Winton
Director: Simon Baker
Genre: Drama, Sport
Plot: Two teenage boys, hungry for discovery, form an unlikely friendship with a mysterious older adventurer who pushes them to take risks that will have a lasting and profound impact on their lives.
What you should know: Set in 1970’s Australia, based on the novel by Tim Winton.
Opens in: NYC

A Kid Like Jake

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Stars: Priyanka Chopra, Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Octavia Spencer
Writer: Daniel Pearle
Director: Silas Howard
Genre: Family, Drama
Plot: A Brooklyn couple has always known that their four-year-old son is more interested in fairy tale princesses than toy cars. But when his preschool director points out that his gender-nonconforming play may be more than a phase, the couple is forced to rethink their roles as parents and spouses.
What you should know: Based on the play written by Daniel Pearle.
Opens in: NYC & LA

All Summers End

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Stars: Tye Sheridan, Kaitlyn Dever, Pablo Schreiber, Annabeth Gish
Written and directed by: Kyle Wilamowski
Genre: Drama
Plot: After a summer prank goes awry, a teenage boy falls in love while grappling with his guilty conscience.
What you should know: Tye Sheridan is the guy from Ready Player One.
Opens in: NYC & LA

Rodin

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Stars: Vincent Lindon, Izïa Higelin, Séverine Caneele, Bernard Verley
Written and directed by: Jacques Doillon
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Plot: An account of the famous French sculptor's romance with Camille Claudel.
What you should know: It’s in French, and the reviews are not great!
Opens in: NYC & LA

Adrift

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Stars: Shailene Woodley, Sam Clafin,
Writer: Aaron Kandell, Jordan Kandell, David Branson Smith
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Plot: Based on the true story of survival, a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.
What you should know: ONTD’s fave potato Miles Teller was originally attached to this project, but he dropped out.
Opens in: Wide release

Social Animals

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Stars: Josh Radnor, Noel Wells, Fortune Feimster, Aya Cash
Written and directed by: Theresa Bennett
Genre: Comedy
Plot: A childless, single, broke, stoner attempts to salvage her failing business and love life while falling in love for the first time with a married man.
What you should know: Direct from Fortune Feimster’s twitter: “It was written/directed by a woman and the crew was mostly female so would love to see it get some support.”
Opens in: NJ, CA and available on demand

The Texture of Falling

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Stars: Benjamin Farmer, Maria Allred, Patrick D. Green, Julie Webb
Written and directed by: Maria Allred
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Plot: A filmmaker reeling from a recent professional dejection meets a pianist experiencing his own artistic crisis.
Opens in: NYC, and available on demand

Hooked

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Stars: Conor Donnally, Sean Ormond, Terrance Murphy, Jared Sandler
Written and directed by: Max Emerson
Genre: Drama
Plot: A homeless, smartmouthed teenage prostitute travels from New York City to Miami, desperately seeking a better life with his boyfriend.
What you should know: The director is best known as a YouTuber, so do with that info what you will.
Opens in: LA, and available on demand June 5

Nossa Chape

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Director: Jeff and Michael Zimbalist
Genre: Documentary
Storyline: Tracks the rebuilding of the Chapecoense football club in Brazil after an airplane carrying the team crashes on Nov. 28, 2016, and left all but three of the players dead.
What you should know: The film premiered at SXSW and was well received.
Opens in: NYC, LA

Veere Di Wedding

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Stars: Kareena Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar, Shikha Talsania
Writer: Nidhi Mehra, Mehul Suri
Director: Shashanka Ghosh
Genre: Comedy
Plot: Coming of age story about four childhood friends who reunite in Delhi ten years after they’ve gone their separate ways.
What you should know: It’s in Hindi.
Opens in: Major Cities

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What are you seeing this weekend? Seen anything lately?