My favorite time of year is upon us, the Independent Film Festival of Boston 2010 is just around the corner. And the best just got better, the festival has expanded to eight days this year! The festival starts Wednesday April 21st, and ends Wednesday, April 28th.
The Opening Night film for the 2010 Festival will be [...]
I talk about Second Skin a lot on here, you know, the documentary that everyone needs to check out that premiered at IFFBoston?
Producer Peter Brauer just released a music video that he made towards the end of shooting ‘Second Skin,’ called ‘Level Up’ starring World of Warcraft player Zealous1. The song was used in the [...]
We just announced that documentary ‘Second Skin,’ one of my favorite films from IFFBoston ‘08 was coming to DVD after a limited theatrical release. Those of you who want to see the film immediately, can check it out right now on Hulu.com! With limited commercial interruption of course!
IFFBoston 2008 fav ‘Second Skin,’ is finally seeing a DVD release! The film will come to DVD after a limited theatrical run in select cities. The film first screened at South by Soutwest in 2008, and then did a tour of various festivals around the country.
500 Days of Summer will be making its European premiere at the 62nd Locarno Film Festival. The film stars Joseph Gordeon-Levvitt and Zooey Deschanel, and was directed by Marc Webb.
I was fortunate enough to see this film at IFFBoston 2009, and my review can be read here. The film will be screening out-of-competition at the [...]
Opening with a poem recited by con artist historian Ricky Jay, Rian Johnson’s follow-up to his first movie, “Brick,” takes off in the first few moments and heads on a whimsical, and entertaining flight.
The movie tells the story of brothers Stephen and Bloom, two life-long con artists. Stephen is the mastermind, working every angle while [...]
The 7th Annual Independent Film Festival of Boston has come to a close last night at the Coolidge Theater, screening ‘World’s Greatest Dad,’ directed by Bobcat Goldthwait.
This years festival was an overwhelming success. Boston had one of the best weekends weather wise so far this year, but that didn’t stop the lines at the Somerville [...]
Dark comedy is something incredibly difficult to pull off. I always think that it’s many the movie that, only after looking at it and deciding that it’s just completely offensive, the filmmakers decide to tell everyone that they planned it that way all along and that it’s a dark comedy. “World’s Greatest Dad,” written and [...]
IFFBoston has released the winners of the 2009 Jury Awards:
Narrative:
Grand Jury Prize: CHILDREN OF INVENTION
Special Jury Prize: BEESWAX
Documentary:
Grand Jury Prize: CRUDE
Special Jury Prize: UNMISTAKEN CHILD
Honorable Mention: THE WAY WE GET BY
Short Film:
Grand Jury Prize: INSTEAD OF ABRACADABRA
Special Jury Prize: I AM SO PROUD OF YOU
Congratulations to all the winners! Tonight is the closing night of [...]
“The best way to respond to bad advertising is to make good advertising.” That’s how director Doug Pray introduced his most recent movie, “Art & Copy” at the IFFB. The movie is a study of the history of advertising over the last 50 years, starting in the 1960s and moving into today.
‘Birdwatchers’ tells the story of a group of natives called the Guarani-Kaiowà from Brazil who decide they no longer want to live on the reservation, and want to take back the land that is rightfully theirs.
As long as there have been movies, there have been critics. Those well versed in the language and art of cinema, explaining to even the most novice reader or viewer why they’ll like one movie over the other. Gerald Perry’s film, “For the Love of Movies,” follows American criticism from the birth of sound, to [...]