Join us weekly as Rotten Tomatoes reports on what’s indie features are streaming. From promising releases by new voices to experimental efforts from storied filmmakers – or perhaps the next indie darling to go the distance for end-of-year accolades – we will break it all down for you here each week.
This week in our inaugural 2021 installment of Indie Fresh List, we have a theater adaptation about a famed night in history, a historical political documentary about MLK and the FBI, and newly available on VOD, a tale about a young woman going to extreme lengths to handle grief — and get vengeance. In our Spotlight Section, we have a recent drama starring The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby and a fantastical documentary about people with autism who are non-verbal. Catching up on some trailers that dropped while we were on hiatus, we have new clips featuring Zendaya, Daniel Kaluuya, Rosamund Pike, Trevante Rhoades, and Tilda Swinton.
Along with…
94% Alone (2020) , a thriller about a woman on the run who is stalked by a violent predator.
100% All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020) , a documentary that examines the fight against voter disenfranchisement.
98% David Byrne's American Utopia (2020) , a Spike Lee-directed concert documentary of Talking Heads frontman David Byrne’s live stage show.
64% Bad Hair (2020) , a horror film about a young woman who gets a killer weave.
97% Billie (2020) , a documentary biopic on famed jazz singer Billie Holiday.
98% One Night in Miami (2020) , a writer struggling to find story heads to a remote cabin to meet married friends and make potentially inspirational mischief between the couple.
73% Black Box (2020) , a thriller about a widower recovering from a traumatic brain injury who undergoes experimental treatment.
78% The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020) , a rom-com about an aimless twenty-something who creates an art exhibit to showcase items from past relationships as a means to find closure.
81% Charm City Kings (2020) , a drama about a young man who is seduced by the Baltimore street bike community.
89% The Climb (2020) , a comedy about a pair of best friends whose relationship is tested when one of them gets involved with a woman.
90% The Dark and the Wicked (2020) , a horror film about a pair of siblings who discover something sinister when they return to their childhood home to care for their dying father.
93% Another Round (Druk) (2020) , starring Mads Mikkelsen in Thomas Vinterberg’s dramatic comedy about four teachers who decide to drink at work.
92% Dear Santa (2020) , a documentary about the long tradition of the United States Postal Service’s Dear Santa program.
98% Disclosure (2020) , an in-depth documentary about trans performers on screen.
98% The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020) , about a middle-aged playwright who looks to re-invent herself by returning to her hip hop roots.
79% I Am Greta (2020) , a powerful documentary on climate activist Greta Thunberg.
69% Kindred (2020) – A young pregnant woman suspects the family caring for her has nefarious intentions for her unborn child.
76% Radium Girls (2020) , about a group of female dial painters who take on the system after they discover their employer has been knowingly infecting them with deadly radium.
93% Residue (2020) , about an Ethiopian filmmaker who heads home from school to find his community is unrecognizable.
96% Shithouse (2020) , a coming-of-age romantic comedy about a wild night on a college campus.
81% Synchronic (2020) , a sci-fi thriller about a pair of best friend EMTs who get caught up in a series of strange events while on duty.
98% Time (2020) , a documentary about a woman’s fight to free her husband from prison.
89% Unpregnant (2020) , a comedy about two former best friends who cross state lines to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.
89% The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020) , a dark comedy-thriller about a Sheriff who appears to be the only person not convinced the town is being terrorized by a werewolf.
Rosamund Pike plays a nefarious assisted living CEO who tries to con the wrong person (Dianne Wiest) and gets in over her head.
The Human Voice
Tilda Swinton stars in Pedro Almodóvar’s (Pain & Glory) first English-language film — and clocking in at 30 minutes, it’s a short one — inspired by the play of the same name by Jean Cocteau about a woman dealing with some personal issues in dramatic fashion.
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Recording artist-turned-actress Audra Day and Trevante Rhodes appear in this clip from the long-awaited biopic about Jazz legend Billie Holiday and her frequent legal troubles.
More than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
An examination and celebration of the unseen life of actor Pat Morita, who the world knew as the sage Karate sensei Mr. Miyagi.
A second trailer from the upcoming historical thriller Judas and the Black Messiah goes in-depth on the figures from the dramatized take on the assassination of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton; starring Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield.
Zendaya and Tenet’s John David Washington give us more on their characters in the soulful second trailer from Euphoria creator Sam Levinson’s shot-in-quarantine feature Malcolm & Marie.
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The Link LonkJanuary 16, 2021 at 05:35AM
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