Chef expands to theaters in Boston today, May 16. Check your local listings for showtimes. Our obsession with celebrity isn’t as fresh as the media often portrays it to be. We have been vociferously consuming the strangers that grace our screens for ages. We raise them on pedestals and they lived in a realm so …
Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself airs Friday, May 16, on PBS’ American Masters series. Check local listings for times. The allure of celebrity is the unknown. We imagine their lives to be filled with so much more than our own, luxurious extras and experiences that can only be had by the select. Our curiosity captivates …
Neighbors opens in theaters nationwide today, May 9. Check your local listings for showtimes. My parents were pretty strict when it came to abiding by the MPAA rating system. Many of my friends hustled off to see whatever new releases flooded the mall’s multiplex, while I sat quietly cursing that judgmental R. This limitation forced …
Tough Bond is available on iTunes, Video-On-Demand, and in theaters in US and Canada today, May 6. Check your local listings for showtimes. The only place to consume film used to be the theater. The sticky floors, creaky seats, and overpriced concessions are still the preferred method of consumption, but with the proliferation of the internet …
Steven Knight joins the audience at the Independent Film Festival of Boston to talk about his film LOCKE, starring Tom Hardy. Great insight into the filmmaking process, for those who haven’t seen the film, there are some light spoilers in the end of the video. Read our full review here.
It’s more than volleyball. 9-Man is an intense sport, utilizing some of the rules of volleyball, its a street sport that started in China, and became popular in immigrant Chinese communities in the United States.
For many students entering film school, “The Filmmaker’s Handbook” is their first purchase at the bookstore. Essentially a bible for film students, this “The Filmmaker’s Handbook” was co-written by Ed Pincus, the main subject of the movie “One Cut, One Life.” An intimate and personal film, “One Cut, One Life” is filmmaker Lucia Small’s story …
The simple act of reading a plot description can easily skew your predisposition one way or the other. Going into a film with the bare minimum of understanding can occasionally yield fantastic results. The film landscape is a varied one, and the deluge of blockbusters are merely a screen blocking some decidedly different fare.
Following the screening of DEAR WHITE PEOPLE at IFFBoston Justin Simien talks about his film, how he used twitter to workshop a character, and more in this excerpt from the festival’s Q&A. Read our full review of DEAR WHITE PEOPLE here.
I’m fascinated by risks in broadcast television. Probably because it isn’t something you see too often. Television is an expensive medium and despite investments; It’s completely supported by advertisers, and it is hard to justify any risk taking without the fear of losing your investors. In “Life on the V: The Story of V66,” the …