A unique story of friendship, race, and self-discovery, Welcome to Pine Hill was born out of a chance encounter between filmmaker Keith Miller, and star Shannon Harper, who found themselves arguing over a lost dog one night in Brooklyn. The film had its world premiere at Slamdance last January, and won the Grand Jury Prize, …
Andrew Bird: Fever Year, winner of the Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Omaha Film Festival, and the Audience Award at the 20th Anniversary Noise Pop Film Festival will have its Boston Premiere at the Independent Film Festival of Boston, Thursday April 26th. The film is a feature length concert documentary that follows Andrew …
One of the best parts of the Independent Film Festival of Boston are the great Q&A’s that follow the film, last year featured the great Kevin Clash in an amazing Q&A for “Being Elmo.” We’re going to try to keep you guys in the know for who will be attending the screenings of their films …
The Independent Film Festival of Boston (IFFBoston) announced yesterday that the feature film ‘Booster’ was added to the festival lineup. Filmed in Boston, and directed by Boston native Matt Ruskin, ‘Booster’ stars Boston-based actors Nico Stone, Adam DuPaul, and Brian McGrail alongside legendary John Cassavetes and Wes Anderson collaborator, Seymour Cassel. Matt Ruskin, Seymour Cassel, and the rest of the …
My favorite time of year is upon is, the Independent Film Festival of Boston (IFFBoston) announced today the films that will be featured at the 2012 festival. The tenth annual festival will take place April 25- May 2, 2012. The festival will take place at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square, and …
A few months back we had a great interview with the filmmakers behind the short ‘Ice Hockey,’ a great film from Larry Cohen that had its debut at IFFBoston. To celebrate the completion of his next film, Cohen has released Ice Hockey to the internet! His follow up is called Brothers. A film that looks …
I wasn’t sure what to expect with “The Whistleblower.’ I hadn’t heard very much about the film, and I knew very little about the subject matter. However, I left the theater pretty much sure that this was one of the best films I’d seen during the entire Independent Film Festival of Boston. The film is …
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 …
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 …