Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party Of A Showgirl from AMC arrived suddenly this weekend to the delight of exhibitors and distress of quite a few distributors amid an explosion of indie fare from The Smashing Machine , Good Boy and Bone Lake in wide release to standout documentaries like Orwell: 2+2=5 , and Daniel Day-Lewis’ return to acting in Anemone .

Dogs are always first to sniff trouble as IFC’s supernatural Good Boy opens in 1,650 theaters. The feature directorial debut of Ben Leonberg that premiered at SXSW is a haunted house horror told through the eyes of a family dog — and starring the director’s own pooch, Indy. Written by Leonberg and Alex Cannon. When Indy’s owner Todd (Shane Jensen) leaves city life for a long-vacant family home in t

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