Seven new independent films are vying for your attention this week.
Indie Weekend: 'Weekend,' 'Incendiary,' 'Sholem Aleichem'
Retro Scene: 'The Thing' at Texas Theatre
John Carpenter's 1982 version stands alone as a horror classic.
Review: 'Restless'
Two teens deal with grief and death in Gus Van Sant's lyrical romantic drama.
Review: 'Drive'
Ryan Gosling stars a stunt driver by day and a getaway driver by night. With Albert Brooks, Carey Mulligan, Ron Perlman, Bryan Cranston, and Oscar Isaac.
Indie Weekend: 'Amigo,' 'Circumstance,' 'Sector 7 3D'
John Sayles at war, two young Iranian women in love, and a Korean monster on an oil rig, plus two new wide releases of note.
Retro Scene: 'The Deer Hunter' at Texas Theatre
Robert De Niro headlines an exceptional cast in Michael Cimino's controversial Vietnam-era epic.
Review: 'Contagion'
An all-star cast battles a mysterious virus in Steven Soderbergh's above-average thriller.
Indie Weekend: 'Higher Ground,' 'Shaolin,' 'Bellflower'
Spiritual journeys, a thriller, and a drama provide a great menu of cinematic fare.
Review: 'Bellflower'
An aggravating, disturbing, entirely distinctive vision.
Indie Weekend: '5 Days of War,' 'Sex and Zen,' 'Good Old Fashioned Orgy'
Sex and war battle against unpreviewed wide releases over the long Labor Day weekend.
Dallas Film Weekly 