Okay, so I’m two days late on my indie-film-per-month-in-theater resolution, but last night I saw “Fish Tank” by Andrea Arnold. It’s brilliant. It’s naturalistic, but has a structured, novel-like complexity that doesn’t come easy to film. The main character, Mia, is a complete badass (less than 5 minutes in, she head-butts another teen in the head and breaks her nose) but contends with a family and an environment that’s so tragic and so bleak you want to rescue her from the movie.

So, my 2010 resolution is to see one indie film in the theater per month and contribute to an artform I actually like a lot with more than places in my 500-movie-plus Netflix cue. This means: handing over cash and telling people about the movies I watch and like. First up: FISH TANK by Andrea Arnold.