Little Ashes is one of summer’s little films that might make it big

Kansas City Star countdown the summer’s little films that might make it big

Summer traditionally belongs to the big tent pole pictures, the franchise titles that feature superheroes or raunchy comedy or wisecracking cops or spaceships.

But here in River City audiences have a tradition of embracing little offbeat movies during the summer and nurturing them for many weeks. Last year the local art-house scene had big-time hits in the documentary “Young @ Heart,” in the indie drama “The Visitor” and in the French thrillers “Tell No One” and “Roman de Gare.”

Which little off-the-grid movies will find a loyal audience this été? Here are the prime suspects. Where possible we’ve given opening dates (which are subject to change), but mostly these flicks will sneak in when you least expect them.

Listed third in the list

“Little Ashes”: A pre-“Twilight” Robert Pattinson plays young surrealist artist Salvador Dali in this speculative-but-inspired-by-fact examination of his possibly homosexual relationship with poet Federico Garcia Lorca (

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