Everyone says they love "indie cinema," but ask five film lovers what that actually means and you'll get six different answers. For some, it's the curated cool of A24, Mubi, or Neon, the prestige-adjacent houses that operate just far enough outside the studio system to keep their street cred while still chasing Oscar gold. For others, "independent" means grainy student films uploaded to YouTube in 720p where they quietly fade into algorithmic oblivion. Sure, all indie films technically live under the same roof (no studio bumper, no IP), but they're not exactly equals at the family reunion.

This brings us to "D(e)ad," a new autobiographical dark comedy written by and starring Dropout fan favorite Isabella Roland ("The Sex Lives of College Girls") and directed by veteran multi-hyphenate C

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