The 23 Best Independent Movies of 2014

2014 has undoubtedly been an incredible year for cinema. From satirical comedies to engrossing thrillers to thematically heart-wrenching tales, independent films flourished this year and have portrayed some of the best performances and most original storylines we have seen in years. Whether you’re looking for a laugh, a scare, or an intellectually stimulating experience, it is bound to be found in one of the 23 indie films listed below. These are the films of 2014 that simply cannot be missed. 23. With her recent endeavors in sci-fi films, from Her to Lucy, Scarlett Johansson has proven herself to be a highly resilient and successful actress in the genre. In the film, Johansson embodies an alien predator who has taken the form of a human, using her sexually alluring nature to seduce men. Johansson’s character does this repeatedly, though the reasons for it are never made entirely clear. 22. 21. Films like Locke prove that a low budget should in no way coincide with mediocrity. 20. 19.

« Taxi Téhéran », un chef-d’œuvre contre l’oppression Jafar Panahi, toujours dans le viseur des autorités iraniennes, continue pourtant, armé de son seul courage, de raconter la réalité de son pays. Son nouveau film : « Taxi Téhéran » (Ours d’or du dernier festival de Berlin), ce mercredi en salles, est une merveille où l’intensité du regard critique n’a d’égal que l’humour ravageur et l’intelligence de la mise en scène. Depuis 2010 et son incarcération suite aux manifestations qui ont suivi la réélection de Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Jafar Panahi est condamné à ne plus réaliser de films, à ne plus accorder d’entretiens à la presse étrangère et à ne plus quitter son pays. Sous peine de vingt ans d’emprisonnement pour chaque délit. Soutenu par la communauté internationale du cinéma et bénéficiant de ce fait d’une relative médiatisation, le metteur en scène, avec les moyens du bord, n’a pas renoncé à exercer son métier et tourne clandestinement des films qui renseignent sur son sort et, surtout, sur celui de la société iranienne. Tourner dans la rue

NASA Posts a Huge Library of Space Sounds, And You're Free To Use Them Space is the place. Again. And SoundCloud is now a place you can find sounds from the US government space agency, NASA. In addition to the requisite vocal clips (“Houston, we’ve had a problem” and “The Eagle has landed”), you get a lot more. Many of these sounds were available before; I’ve actually used a number of them in my own music. Another thing: you’re free to use all of these sounds as you wish, because NASA’s own audio isn’t copyrighted. Let the space remixing begin. European Space Agency, your move. Update: ESA has started posting downloadable sounds on SoundCloud! Have you made music with space sounds? More Sounds Want more? It’s slower to browse, but there’s an even bigger library on Archive.org. NASA Audio Collection They’re all marked public domain (which is almost certainly the correct license for the above, not Non-Commercial Creative Commons). It gets weird. The University of Iowa has a selection of space sounds:Space Audio Comments 1. 2.