pAs we near the end of the millenium, a new influence takes hold of noir - Sundance-era American indies. Comedy, absurdism and heightened worlds begin to intersect with tales of crime and desperation. Our two films tonight both came out in 1998, and both show that influence. emZero Effect /emupdates Sherlock with a post-Tarantino vibe, while emThe Big Lebowski /emsees the Coens set their own inimitable, endlessly quotable course./ppbr/ppstrongRecommendations:/strong/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/the-banshees-of-inisherin/" rel="nofollow"emBanshees of Inisherin/em/a/ppFred - Charlotte Wells: a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/laps/" rel="nofollow"emLaps/em/a, a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/blue-christmas-2017/" rel="nofollow"emBlue Christmas/em/aem, /emamp; a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/aftersun/" rel="nofollow"emAftersun/em/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p