indie movie

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By the early 2000s, Sundance films like “Napoleon Dynamite” and “Little Miss Sunshine” were becoming box office hits, sending the indie movie aesthetic further mainstream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

Redford's passing caused an outpouring of grief from the US filmmaking community -- many of whose leading lights got their start at the indie movie festival he created, including Quentin Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

A24 rose from “small budget indie movie studio” to “one of the most respected brands in cinema” on a reputation for treating filmmakers like auteurs.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2025

And this was actually supposed to be more of a smaller indie movie that Wayfarer was going to completely do independently.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2024

But if the “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood” director is correct about the impending revival of the indie movie theater, that prediction will clearly take awhile to come true.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2021