To be honest, if someone told me that a local movie theatre was gonna leap into showing independent films, “Carmike” is not the name that would have sprung to mind. Nothing against Carmike – I’ve eaten enough popcorn and Butterfinger BBs in that place to choke a tiger shark – but of all the local theatres, they’ve always felt the most “mainstream.” Know what I mean?

Yet here I stand sit corrected. First there was all the indie goodness documented here. And now Carmike even has a little website set up to show you the upcoming independent films they’ll be screening.  Right now, you can see what’s showing into April, including Remarkable Power!, All Along, Bad for Business, and Altered Courses.

The website’s a little rough around the edges, but hey – the info is there. I’m assuming this whole initiative is to see how lucrative it can be for Carmike, but so what?