The 5. 0 Indie Films We Want To See In 2. With the avalanche of 2. Top Ten lists petering out and the Sundance Film Festival a mere two weeks away from introducing what could be this year’s “Beasts of the Southern Wild” or “Sleepwalk With Me,” it’s time to stop reflecting on the past year’s cinema and start getting excited about this one’s. Because if the 5. Indiewire’s editors listed below are any indication, it looks like a very promising year ahead.From the work of Steve Mc.

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Queen, Lars Von Trier and Sofia Coppola to the inspirations of Julian Assange, Linda Lovelace and David Sedaris (not to mention double doses of on- screen magic from Tilda Swinton and Ryan Gosling), here are 5. Indiewire’s staff are most excited to see: “1. Years a Slave”Director: Steve Mc. Queen. Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Paul Dano. Distributor: None yet. Release Date: None yet, but it will likely surface at Cannes.

Why It Might Be a Must- See: British director Steve Mc. Queen first gained serious critical acclaim in 2. Hunger,” which he followed up with the 2.

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Shame,” an unnerving portrait of sex addiction. Here, he adapts Solomon Northup’s remarkable account of being kidnapped and sold into slavery for a dozen years in the middle of the 1. The material is inherently suspenseful and harrowing, since Northup provides a detailed account of slavery’s brutal nature in the Deep South. But it’s Fassbender’s penchant for creating disquieting atmosphere that’s well positioned to make this spectacular survival tale come to life and possibly provide one of the more accurate recreations of slavery life in America.

Take that, “Django Unchained.”) It also could provide a bigger showcase for Ejiofor, a great underrated character actor. Eric Kohn]“Admission”Director: Paul Weitz. Cast: Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Nat Wolff. Distributor: Focus Features. Release Date: March 8. Why It Might Be a Must- See: All eyes will be on “Admission” to see if the film solidifies Tina Fey as a bona fide movie star that can succeed in projects where other people are calling the shots. American Pie” director Paul Weitz has the reins on this one, and it is the first major film in which Fey will not play to her comfort zones (“Mean Girls,” of course, was written by Fey; “Baby Mama” saw her with pal and Golden Globe co- host Amy Poehler; and “Date Night” played the comedy broad and straight).

As “3. 0 Rock” ends, we want all the Fey we can get! Bryce J. Renninger]“After Tiller”Directors: Martha Shane & Lana Wilson. Distributor: None yet.

Release Date: Debuts at this month’s Sundance Film Festival. Why It Might Be a Must- See: One of the most divisive issues in contemporary American life — abortion — has gotten the documentary treatment before. Recently, there was Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s Sundance doc “1. Delaware,” which was tense enough. Here, Shane and Wilson are dealing with a topic even more intense than an abortion clinic across the street from a Christian clinic that tries to convince women to have their babies; “After Tiller” investigates the four American doctors still performing third- trimester abortions in the aftermath of George Tiller’s 2. With unprecedented access, Shane and Wilson may have made one of the most provocative documentaries of the year.

Bryce J. Renninger]“August: Osage County“Director: John Wells. Cast: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan Mc.

Gregor, Juliette Lewis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Abigail Breslin, Chris Cooper, Sam Shepard, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson. Distributor: The Weinstein Company. Release Date: TBA, but surely in a prime awards season slot late in the year. Why Might It Be a Must See: The Weinstein Company is surely aiming for Oscar with this adaptation of Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize- winning 2. Letts also adapted his plays “Bug” and “Killer Joe” for the big screen). With a remarkable cast that includes Streep and Roberts (as mother and daughter!), the film — written by Letts and directed by “The Company Men” helmer Wells — is a darkly comic family saga set in Oklahoma. Cinematic adaptations of award- winning plays don’t always work (see “Carnage,” “Proof,” “The History Boys”), but with this high- caliber cast it’s difficult not to be optimistic.

Peter Knegt]“Before Midnight“Director: Richard Linklater. Cast: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke. Distributor: None, but that will change very soon.

Note: This is corrected from original listing of “Warner Brothers”). Release Date: Premiering at Sundance this month, no theatrical date has been set (but if they’re smart whoever picks it up will have it out for Summer). Why Might It Be a Must See: This might just be the must see, as far as I’m concerned. The second sequel to Richard Linklater’s beloved 1. Before Sunrise” (and first to his perhaps even more beloved 2. Before Sunset”), “Before Midnight” reunites us with Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) almost two decades after they met on a train bound for Vienna. Now in their early forties, “Midnight” finds them reuniting in Greece and likely facing a time contraint related to 1.

Frankly, the less known the better as we enter the third chapter of one of the great love stories of American indie cinema. Peter Knegt]“Beneath”Director: Larry Fessenden. Cast: Daniel Zovatto, Bonnie Dennison, Chris Conroy. Distributor: Chiller.

Release date: None yet, but it could find a way into SXSW’s midnight lineup. The Chiller network has already lined up a deal to broadcast the movie.

Why It Might Be a Must- See: Seven years have passed since indie horror guru Fessenden’s last feature, the global warming cautionary tale “The Last Winter,” which itself arrived five years after Fessenden’s “Wendigo.” The director likes to take his time on projects while fostering a new generation of filmmakers inclined toward spooky narratives, like Ti West. But Fessenden, an outspoken environmentalist, is also guided by activist impulses, which makes the various monsters populating his movies into potent symbols. Beneath” follows a group of high school seniors stuck on a rowboat and attacked by man- eating fish, which sounds like the cheesy backbone for anyone but Fessenden, whose track record suggests he can deliver something alternately spooky and insightful.

Eric Kohn]“The Bling Ring”Director: Sofia Coppola. Cast: Leslie Mann, Emma Watson and Taissa Farmiga. Distributor: None yet, but expect that to change shortly. Release Date: Likely sometime this summer should it find a distributor. It’s rumored to open in France during June via Pathe. Why Might It Be A Must See: Following her Venice award- winning quiet character study “Somewhere,” Sofia Coppola is back with “The Bling Ring,” a film that on paper seems like fresh ground for the Oscar- winner.

While still centered on the wealthy class like “Lost in Translation,” “Marie Antoinette” and “Somewhere,” “The Bling Ring” is essentially a crime caper, a genre Coppola has never mined before. The film is based on the true story of a group of rich Californian teens who decided to start a heist gang and begin robbing celebrity’s houses (including those of Lindsay Lohan and Megan Fox). Lohan doesn’t star, but Emma Watson does, along with Leslie Mann in a project that’s has nothing to do with Judd Apatow.

Nigel M. Smith]“The Butler”Director: Lee Daniels. Cast: Alex Pettyfer, Alan Rickman, John Cusack, Robin Williams, James Marsden, Liev Schreiber, Forest Whitaker, David Oyelowo, Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard, Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jesse Williams, Melissa Leo, Mariah Carrey and Oprah Winfrey. Distributor: The Weinstein Company.

Release Date:  Likely sometime in the fall to capitalize on awards season. Why Might It Be A Must See: That cast. There’s no film coming out in 2.