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2015 Independent Spirit Awards

13/1/2015

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by Joyless Staff
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The Awards Season is upon us! Although we at Joyless Creatures are critical of their importance and relevance, there's no denying the power that national awards ceremonies wield. These little hunks of metal can go a long way toward determining a filmmaker or actor's future, and though they are notoriously bad at choosing films that will go down in history as classic masterpieces, they are a fun way to watch a lot of rich people suffer through each other's company or drunkenly swear on live television.
The Film Independent Spirit Awards are just one set among many, but in advance of its February 21 awards ceremony, the Walker Art Center is offering free, members-only screenings of films nominated for Independent Spirit Awards in four categories: Best Feature, Best First Feature, Best Documentary, and the John Cassavetes Award. Sadly, these screenings are only open to members of the Walker Art Center or IFP Minnesota. (Then again, individual memberships start at $55, so it might be worth your while if you make it to all 20 films.) Below are the films among them that have made it under our critical microscope over the last year.

It Felt Like Love
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Directed by Eliza Hittman
January 13, 6pm
John Cassevetes Award
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Review by Matt Levine
Love Is Strange
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Directed by Ira Sachs
January 13, 8pm
Best Feature
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Review by Geoffrey Stueven

Selma
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Directed by Ava DuVernay
January 14, 8pm
Best Feature
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Review by Daniel Getahun
Nightcrawler
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Directed by Dan Gilroy
January 20, 8pm
Best First Feature
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Review by Matt Levine

Blue Ruin
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Directed by Jeremy Saulnier
January 27, 6pm
John Cassevetes Award

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Review by Kathie Smith
Citizenfour
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Directed by Laura Poitras
January 27, 6pm
Best Documentary
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Review by Kathie Smith

Test
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Directed by Chris Mason Johnson
January 28, 6pm
John Cassavetes Award
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Review by Nina Slesinger
Dear White People
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Directed by Justin Simien
January 28, 8pm
Best First Feature
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Review by Daniel Getahun

20,000 Days on Earth
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Directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard
February 3, 6pm
Best Documentary
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Review by Kathie Smith
Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
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Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
February 3, 8pm
Best Feature
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Review by Matt Levine

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
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Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour
February 4, 8pm
Best First Feature
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Review by Lee Purvey
Obvious Child
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Directed by Gillian Robespierre
February 10, 6pm
Best First Feature


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Review by Matt Levine

Boyhood
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Directed by Richard Linklater
February 10, 8pm
Best Feature


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Review by Daniel Getahun
Whiplash
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Directed by Damien Chazelle
February 11, 8pm
Best Feature
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Review by Eliza Summerlin
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16/4/2021 12:16:04 pm

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