It’s quiet on the indie front. Oscar contenders linger in theaters ahead of the March 2 Academy Awards ceremony that will close the book on 2024. The Indie Spirits unspool tomorrow. The Berlinale, with prizes to be handed out Sunday — along with Sundance last month and SXSW next — are planting cinema’s new crop of independents. Neon is out with horror The Monkey, which appears to be scaling the heights in wide release. Anora is still on screens. A24’s The Brutalist continues its run. Relative newcomer Universal Language by Matthew Rankin, from Oscilloscope, expands to 24 screens from two...