Directed by Azazel Jacobs, ‘Terri’ is the story of its titular character, played by Jacob Wysocki. 15 years old, overweight, dressed in pajamas, Terri feels like an outsider at his high school. Floating on through. He lives with his Uncle James (The Office’s Breed Bratton), who is definitely suffering from an affliction that is never …
I’d been worried about this one. For so many reasons. Tintin has been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. I’d read ALL the books, and recently gotten the box set of them as a gift. Them getting feature film treatment was something I’d always wanted to see, and I was glad that …
There have been many films in the past few years dealing with the reality’s of war, the recent film ‘Brothers’ come to mind. Howver, none have captured the idea of the “lost” soldier as well as writer/director Ryan Redford’s ‘Oliver Sherman.’ ‘Oliver Sherman,’ doesn’t delve into any sort of detail of exactly what war the …
The Independent Film Festival of Boston came to a close last night at the Coolidge Corner Theater with the screening of CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP. A week filled with 90 narrative, documentary, and short films, the festival as always, was a great success. While I’ve still got a few more reviews I’m working on, I …
‘The Future’ is Miranda July’s wonderful follow up to ‘Me and You and Everyone Else You Know.’ Following the screening Saturday night at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, July stuck around to answer some questions from the audience. In this video July talks about how the film transpired, and her own influences for the character …
‘The Future,’ is Miranda July’s follow up to her debut film ‘Me and You and Everyone We Know.’ It tells the story of Sophie (July) and Jason (Hamish Linklater), and their decision to adopt a terminally ill cat named Paw Paw. Their good intentioned decision is to prevent Paw Paw from being euthanized at the …
When we think of green energy, the first image that comes to mind are these large, beautiful, majestic windmills, spun by wind, generating clean, renewable power. Recently there has been quite a bit of debate in my home state of Massachusetts regarding a wind farm project on Nantucket Sound. Until seeing this film, I didn’t …
When I sat down for ‘Green,’ I didn’t expect that I’d be watching a horror film. Green is not horror in the literal way, much of what occurs is internal, but writer/director Sophia Takal takes us there through great editorial and visual decisions. Genevieve (Kate Lyn Sheil) leaves her (suggested as pretentious) Brooklyn community so …
‘Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story,’ is a memorial to Mark Sandman, the frontman of Boston based band ‘Morphine.’ The filmmakers were given complete access to the Sandman family’s archives, as well as to the band’s friends and family. ‘Morphine,’ began in Cambridge, MA, and was made up of Mark Sandman, Dana Colley, and …
Mickey (played by writer Louis Crugnali) steps out of a crashed car, his head bloodied, he heads towards a body that has been thrown from the vehicle. Getting down on his knees, he sees that his childhood best friend is most certainly dead. ‘The Mulberry Tree’ tells the story of Mickey, who is on the …