Today on indieWIRE: 'The Arbor,' Sean Penn as Robert Smith, Flicker NYC& More

Today on indieWIRE: Celebrating Super 8,Sean Pennas Robert Smith, the Titanic encourages bad taste and more.

• This Sunday marks the 10th anniversary ofFlicker NYC,New York's only Super 8 film festival.indieWIREspoke with festival programmer David Teague about why he believes so strongly in the medium."Super 8 provides a look you just can't approximate digitally,"Teague said."It offers something that can't be done in any other way."

• Clio Barnard's'The Arbor'is gaining attention for its use of lip-syncing in depicting the life of late British playwright Andrea Dunbar.indieWIREcaught up with Barnard to talk about her unconventional approach to the biopic genre.

• Eric Kohn was a big fan ofZeina Durra's 'The Imperialists Are Still Alive,'championing its groundbreaking depiction of post-9/11 Middle Eastern life."The first-time director's refreshingly credible portrait of a boho character with Middle Eastern origins rectifies the aforementioned canonical gap,"enthused Kohn,"in a witty, naturalistic generational snapshot."

• Kohn also reviewed'The Double Hour,'analyzing how successful it is in making use of the unexpected plot twist.Click hereto find out whether or not Kohn thinks the movie pulled off taking surprising narrative turns.

• Today brought an indieWIRE introduction tothree more Tribeca Filmmakers: read the interviews withMarie Losier, Joshua NealeandPaula Van Der Oest.

• Excitement has been brewing over pictures ofSean Pennas The Cure's Robert Smith in the upcoming'This Must Be the Place.'The Playlistraised the level of fervor by posting a clip featuring outtakes and footage of Penn in character.

• The sinking of theTitanicalmost 100 years ago not only made history but also lead to some seriously questionable depictions of the tragedy.Spouttakes a look at some of the entertainment industry's more notorious lapses in taste.

• Not sure which film to see this weekend? Check outThompson on Hollywood'srundown of noteworthy indie and foreign films hitting theaters this week.

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