How indie genres differ from multiplex genres
"Drama," "comedy," and "documentary" mean different things on the indie circuit than they do at a multiplex. Indie drama tends to be character-driven, slow-paced, and often international; indie comedy tends to be small-cast, dialogue-heavy, and skeptical of jokes-per-minute optimization; indie documentary spans cinéma vérité, archival essays, hybrid nonfiction, and increasingly first-person work.
The hubs above index the films currently in rotation across each strand, with directors and cities surfaced for each. They are useful as starting points if you are new to a genre, and as taxonomic shortcuts if you are looking for a particular kind of evening. Quarterly genre essays from working critics are a useful supplement to the hub pages. Repertory programmer interviews will frequently illuminate the curatorial logic behind a given genre slate.
For more general browsing, see the full film catalog or the cities directory.