‘The Escapist,’ is a film directed and co-written by Rupert Wyatt, and starring Brian Cox in a role specifically written for him. The film is about Frank Perry, a man serving a life sentence. Frank receives his first letter in 14 years thats inspired him to hatch a plan to escape from the prison. Frank …
‘The Answer Man,’ written and directed by John Hindman is a romantic comedy starring Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham, and Lou Taylor Pucci. The film tells the story of an author named Arlen Faber (Jeff Daniels), author of “God & Me,” a book of answers Arlen allegedly received from the Man himself.
‘Invisible Girlfriend’ is a fascinating documentary about bi-polar paranoid schizophrenic Charles, and his journey via biciycle from Monroe, LA to New Orleans to meet up with his girlfriend. Sound’s pretty straight forward right? It gets complicated once you realize Charlie’s girlfriend is invisible, and she happens to be Joan of Arc.
Bea Arthur, aged 86 passed away today at her Los Angeles home. She began her professional acting career Off Broadway, in the late 40s. In the early 70s, she was cast as the title character in the television series Maude, a spin-off of ‘All-in-the-Family.’ Arthur is probably best known for her work on the Golden …
The narrator states right at the beginning of ‘500 Days of Summer’ that this film is not a love story. You think, “Yeah right. It has a boy, a girl, and its about their relationship, how is that not a love story.” Well, I’ll further afirm the fact, that ‘500 Days of Summer’ is not …
‘Trimpin: the sound of invention’ is a feature length documentary from Peter Esmonde about musician/composer/inventor Trimpin. The timeline follows Trimpin as he is working on a performance with the Kronos Quartet, in which they will use many of Trimpin’s curious instruments.
‘Children of Invention’ is Tze Chun’s debut feature film, which was based on his short “Windowbreaker,” a short that played at the Sundance Film Festival.
I’d say we’re off to a great start. Tonight’s screening of ‘The Brothers Bloom,’ marked the beginning off the 7th annual Independent Film Festival of Boston.
‘I Need That Record’ is the first feature documentary from director Brendan Toller. His film is a documentary feature that takes a close look on why over 3,000 independent record stores have closed across the U.S. in the past decade.
IFFBoston will be opening this years festival with a film from Rian Johnson (Brick). The film is about two orphaned brothers Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and Bloom (Adren Brody) who grew up in foster homes to eventually become con men. While Stephen tries to plan an even bigger/better con, Bloom yearns to leave the shady business …