Indie Film Release Guide: June 22nd [An ONTD Original]

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This is the second underwhelming week of indie movie releases in a row, which is a shame because I am really not here for Jurassic World: The Remix. Thankfully, I've still got a few indie releases from past weeks to catch up on, and I hope you do, too!

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: June 15, June 8, and June 1.

Damsel

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Stars: Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, David Zellner, Nathan Zellner
Written and directed by: David & Nathan Zellner
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Western
Plot: It's the Wild West, circa 1870. Samuel Alabaster, an affluent pioneer, ventures across the American frontier to marry the love of his life, Penelope. As his group traverses the west, the once-simple journey grows treacherous, blurring the lines between hero, villain and damsel.
What you should know: Pattinson & Wasikowska previously starred in Maps to the Stars together.
Opens in: LA, NYC



Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town

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Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Haley Joel Osment, Carrie Coon, Lakeith Stanfield
Written and directed by: Christian Papierniak
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Plot: A woman at rock bottom must find her way across Los Angeles in order to crash her ex-boyfriend's engagement party.
What you should know: ONTD's new girlfriend apparently carries this otherwise mediocre film.
Opens in: Select cities

The King

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Director: Eugene Jarecki
Genre: Documentary
Storyline: Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, a musical road trip across America in his 1963 Rolls Royce explores how a country boy lost his authenticity and became a king while his country lost her democracy and became an empire.
What you should know: The director was nominated for a Golden Eye award at Cannes 2017.
Opens in: NYC, LA

The Catcher Was a Spy

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Stars: Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti, Connie Nielsen, Mark Strong
Writer: Robert Rodat
Director: Ben Lewin
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Plot: A major league baseball player, Moe Berg, lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services.
What you should know: Based on the book by Nicholas Dawidoff
Opens in: NYC, LA

Boundaries

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Stars: Vera Farmiga, Christopher Plummer, Lewis MacDougall, Christopher Lloyd
Written and directed by: Shana Feste
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Plot: Laura and her son Henry are forced to drive her estranged, pot-dealing, carefree father Jack across country after being kicked out of a nursing home.
What you should know: It’s Rated R for drug material, language, some sexual references and nude sketches, and that seems insufficient for an R rating if you ask me.
Opens in: NYC, LA

Beach House

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Stars: Willa Fitzgerald, Murray Bartlett, Orlagh Cassidy, Thomas M. Hammond
Written and directed by: Jason Saltiel
Genre: Thriller
Plot: Emma's quiet beach retreat takes an unsettling turn with the arrival of an enigmatic artist out of her mother's past. He challenges, enthralls, and frightens her, as she comes to suspect him of a terrible crime.
Opens in: NYC, LA

The Icarus Line Must Die

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Stars: Joe Cardamone, Charlotte Cardamone, Pearl Charles, Ariel Pink
Writer: Joe Cardamone, Michael Grodner
Director: Michael Grodner
Genre: Drama
Plot: The Icarus Line Must Die is a dramatic narrative feature set against the backdrop of the current LA music scene. The film tracks Joe Cardamone, front man of The Icarus Line, as he navigates his way through the ups and downs of the modern music landscape.
Opens in: LA

Racing Colt

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Stars: Brian Beacock, Bree Bee, Michelle Dunker, David Atkinson
Writer: Scott Damian
Director: Scott Damian, Heather R. Provost
Genre: Drama
Plot: A personal assistant struggles to get an aging "has been" movie star through a tumultuous shoot of a highly anticipated film.
Opens in: LA

Araby

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Stars: Aristidis de Sousa, Murilo Caliari, Glaucia Vandeveld, Renata Cabral
Writer: João Dumans, Affonso Uchoa
Director: João Dumans, Affonso Uchoa
Genre: Drama
Plot: Andre is a young boy that lives in an industrial neighborhood in Ouro Preto, Brazil, near an old aluminum factory. One day he finds a notebook from one of the factory workers.
What you should know: It’s been nominated for and won several international film awards. Also, it’s in Portuguese.
Opens in: NYC

Also opening: Incident in a Ghostland(Trailer), Never Steady, Never Still (Trailer), Distorted (Trailer), 6 Dynamic Laws for Success (in Life, Love and Money) (Trailer)

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What are you gonna go see this weekend, ONTD? See anything recently you'd like to discuss?