Both the jury and audience awards have been handed out for the 2009 Indpendent Film Festival of Boston.  The winners are as follows:
Narrative Feature:
Grand Jury Prize Winner: CHILDREN OF INVENTION directed by Tze Chun
Special Jury Prize Winner: BEESWAX directed by Andrew Bujalski
Audience Award Winner: STILL WALKING directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Documentary Feature:
Grand Jury Prize Winner: CRUDE [...]

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 [...]

“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. 

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 [...]

Assuming the mantle of dictatorship and oppression from his father in 1994, Kim Jong Il, the current “Dear Leader,” of North Korea has picked up where Dad left off: torturing, starving and murdering his own people in an effort to keep control.  “Kimjongilia,” is a testimonial of those lucky enough to escape, and the harrowing [...]

If one is to learn anything from the writing of Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett, it’s that detecting is a lonely business.  For John Rosow, the main character in Noah Buschel’s “The Missing Person,” he knows that fact all too well.

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 [...]

In 1985, Slapshot formed in Boston, Massachusetts.  Before even performing live, the anticipation for the band was high.  One writer said they were a “great live act,” before they ever stepped foot on a stage.  The group’s origins come from Boston’s hardcore scene, but the band never stayed within those lines, choosing to lead rather [...]

If relationships and break-ups weren’t hard enough, try making a movie about yours with your girlfriend.  Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones decided that they should break up.  However, instead of breaking it off, they decide to have days off and days on with each other, stretching out the break-up process to make it easier to [...]

Director Bestor Cram has won awards for his previous films “You Don’t Know Dick,” and “Unfinished Symphony.”  His most recent movie, “Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison,” goes back to the recording of the music legend’s 1968 live album.  The movie screens at the IFFB, Friday, April 24th.

‘Encounters at the End of the World,’ is the latest documentary from filmmaker Werner Herzog. And what a wonderful way to close out the sixth annual Independent Film Festival of Boston. ‘Encounters,’ is a fascinating, riveting and moving look at the people and animals that live in Antarctica.

What happens to reality TV contest stars once the show is over? If they’ve won, isn’t everything supposed to be easy for them?