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The 10 Best Indie Films Of 2014

2014 was one hell of a good year for indie film - so good in fact, that for this year's list I'm ready to discount any pre-2014-Oscar releases in somewhat resolute confidence that I'll still have badass set of movies on my hands by the time the dust has cleared.
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Published: Jan 8, 2015 10:19 am

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5) The Grand Budapest Hotel

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At this point you either love Wes Anderson or you don’t. While his filmmaking style has developed – The Grand Budapest Hotel representing the latest zenith in Anderson’s particular brand of choreographed eccentricity – the basic boundaries remain the same: the dialogue is snappy, the colours saturated and the whole movie filled with an oddly loving sense of contrivance.

While it may not win over many anti-Andersonites, The Grand Budapest Hotel‘s rampant box office success opened up his work to new audiences and ended up leading the line in a boom year for independent cinema at large. Spearheaded by a barnstorming Ralph Fiennes performance, Anderson’s homage to the works of Stefan Zweig ran like clockwork, its intricate and bonkers scenes punctuated by perfect touches of detail that owe a debt to everything from Buster Keaton to the classic Ealing comedies.

It’s frenetic, relentlessly paced, absolutely gorgeous and – above all – a whole lot of wacky fun.

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Film lover. Tea drinker. Nicolas Cage apologist.
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