As winter settles in, the independent film scene is ablaze with anticipation for a stellar lineup of movies set to grace the screens at Angelika. From the haunting corridors of horror to the heartwarming tales of young protagonists, these films promise to be a diverse and captivating collection. Here’s a sneak peek into the most anticipated indie movies hitting theaters in winter 2024!

November:

Dream Scenario

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About the Film: “Cage is comedy gold in one of the year’s sharpest comedies yet.” (Hollywood Reporter). When hapless family man Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage – FACE/OFF) starts simultaneously appearing in the dreams of millions of strangers, his newfound stardom begins to take a darker turn as the dreams turn nightmarish. DREAM SCENARIO is a wickedly entertaining comedy from writer-director Kristoffer Borgli (SICK OF MYSELF) and producer Ari Aster (MIDSOMMAR).

Get Tickets: https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/film/dream-scenario

Priscilla

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About the Film: Academy Award winning director Sofia Coppola (LOST IN TRANSLATION) returns to the directorial helm with PRISCILLA – a stunning biopic depicting the meteoric relationship between Elvis Presley (Jacob Elordi – EUPHORIA) and Priscilla Beaulieu (Cailee Spaeny – ON THE BASIS OF SEX). Rated a bombastic 94% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes after its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, the Hollywood Reporter calls PRISCILLA “An impeccable union of director and subject.”

Get Tickets: https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/film/priscilla

Saltburn

Opening: 11/17/23

About the Film: The sophomore film from Academy Award winning director Emerald Fennell (PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN), SALTBURN follows an Oxford University student (Barry Keoghan – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN) who finds himself drawn into the charming and aristocratic world of his classmate (Jacob Elordi – PRISCILLA) when he is invited to the family’s sprawling estate for the summer. Entertainment Weekly raves, “Its endless visual and literary layers will bring its ardent admirers back to it again and again, because it is a triumph of the cinema of excess, in all its orgiastic, unapologetic glory.”

Get Tickets: https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/film/saltburn

Fallen Leaves

Opening: 11/17/23

About the Film: One night to find the ultimate love of their lives: two lonely people (Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen) meet by chance in the Helsinki night and try to find the first, only, and ultimate love of their lives – regardless of the obstacles life puts in their way. This gentle tragicomedy, previously thought to be lost, is the fourth part of Aki Kaurismäki’s working-class trilogy (Shadows in Paradise, Ariel, and The Match Factory Girl). “It’s a low-key treat with moments of real bliss.” (Time Out).

Get Tickets: https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/film/fallen-leaves

December:

Maestro

Opening: 12/01/23

About the Film: “This is not just a worthy tribute to one of the greatest figures in the American musical canon, but also one of the finest films of the year.” (Rolling Stone). Co-written by, directed by, and starring Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper (A STAR IS BORN), MAESTRO follows the tumultuous lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealeger Cohn Bernstein, played by Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan (PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN). A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.

Get Tickets: https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/film/maestro

Eileen

Opening: 12/01/23

About the Film: Based on the bestselling book by Ottessa Moshfegh, EILEEN follows a peculiar young woman (played by Thomasin McKenzie – JOJO RABBIT) who shuffles between her father’s dingy, emotionally haunted home and the prison where she works. When an intoxicating woman (Anne Hathaway) joins the prison staff, Eileen is taken – and her newfound confidant entangles her in a shocking crime that alters all. EILEEN is “Sultry, sinister, and wholly surprising.” (The Daily Beast).

Get Tickets: https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/film/eileen

The Boy and the Heron

Opening: 12/03/23 

About the Film: Rated a note-perfect 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, Hayao Miyazaki’s latest masterpiece is a TIFF and NYFF Official selection that is being heralded by critics as “a heart-swelling assertion of cosmic purpose” (Vanity Fair) and “jaw-dropping… a triumph” (The Daily Beast). Produced by Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki, the film features a musical score from Miyazaki’s long-time collaborator Joe Hisaishi. The theme song for the film “Spinning Globe” was penned and performed by global J-pop superstar Kenshi Yonezu.Through encounters with his friends and uncle, follows a teenage boy’s psychological development. He enters a magical world with a talking grey heron after finding an abandoned tower in his new town. Collider raves, “THE BOY AND THE HERON cements Miyazaki as a talent who will go down as one of the greatest directors ever.”

Get Tickets: https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/film/the-boy-and-the-heron

Zone of Interest

Opening: 12/08/23

About the Film: “The Zone of Interest is Bone-chilling.” (FILM COMPANION). The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp. Written and directed by Jonathan Glazer (UNDER THE SKIN), THE ZONE OF INTEREST premiered to a near-perfect 95% fresh critics on Rotten Tomatoes. 

American Fiction

Opening: 12/15/23

About the Film: Premiering at TiFF to a resounding 94% fresh, Cord Jefferson’s directorial feature debut is “an extremely funny movie that lands some sharp blows, and a stellar feature debut from seasoned TV writer Cord Jefferson.” (Vox). Jeffrey Wright (THE FRENCH DISPATCH) stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write an outlandish “Black” book of his own, a book that propels him to the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.

Get Tickets: https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/film/american-fiction

All of Us Strangers

Opening: 12/22/23

About the Film: Premiering at a stunning 97% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, ALL OF US STRANGESR is “emotional and lyrical”, a “meditation on what it means to really be a human.” (Vox). From BAFTA nominated director Andrew Haigh (45 YEARS), ALL OF US STRANGERS follows the developing relationship between Adam (Andrew Scott – FLEABAG) and Harry (Paul Mescal – AFTERSUN), as Adam finds himself drawn to his childhood home – where his parents appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.

Get Tickets: https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/film/all-of-us-strangers

The Teachers’ Lounge

Opening: 12/25/23

About the Film: Rated 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, Ilker Çatak (I WAS, I AM, I WILL BE) co-writes and directs this ” lung-tightening scholastic thriller” (indieWire) that follows a teacher’s investigation into a series of thefts within the school – where one of her students is the main suspect. Starring Leonie Benesch (THE WHITE RIBBON), THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE “just might be the most nerve-shredding thriller of the year.” (Mashable). 

January:

Sometimes I Think About Dying

Opening: 1/26/2024

About the Film: Rachel Lambert (I CAN FEEL YOU WALKING) brings Kevin Armento’s play Killers to the big screen in SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING. The film stars Daisy Ridley (STAR WARS franchise) as Fran – a discontented women who spends her life often thinking about dying. But when she forms a connection with a new guy at work (Dave Merheje – VALARA), she’s faced with further considerations of what it means to be alive. “As odd as this sounds, Lambert took a story about depression and everyday mundane life and turned it into something refreshing, innovative, and humorous.” (Deadline Hollywood Daily).

Get Tickets: https://www.angelikafilmcenter.com/nyc/film/sometimes-i-think-about-dying

The Peasants

Opening: 1/26/2024

About the Film: The story of Jagna, a young woman determined to forge her own path within the confines of a late 19th century Polish village — a hotbed of gossip and on-going feuds, held together, rich and poor, by pride in their land, adherence to colourful traditions and deep-rooted patriarchy. When Jagna finds herself caught between the conflicting desires of the village’s richest farmer, his eldest son, and other leading men of the community, her resistance puts her on a tragic collision course with the community around her. 

February:

Perfect Days

Opening: 2/9/2024

About the Film:  Directed by Academy Award nominee Wim Wenders (THE SALT OF THE EARTH) and starring Kôji Yakusho (THE BLOOD OF WOLVES), PERFECT DAYS premiered to a 92% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film follows Hirayama, an utterly content toilet cleaner in Tokyo, as a series of unexpected encounters reveal his past – and the beauty of the everyday world around us. Vox raves, “Perfect Days is a poem of extraordinary subtlety and beauty.” 

They Shot the Piano Player

Opening: 2/23/2024

About the Film: A celebratory origin story of the world-renowned Latino musical movement Bossa Nova, the film captures a fleeting time bursting with creative freedom at a turning point in Latin American history in the ’60s and ’70s, just before the continent was engulfed by totalitarian regimes. 

Don’t miss out on the newest indie movies to hit theaters this coming winter – and stay tuned for more updates as winter rolls closer.