I honestly didn’t know what to expect. Everything I’d heard about ‘Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey’ had been positive, I’d heard it’d be moving, I’d heard it would make me cry. I can say with 100% certainty, ‘Being Elmo,’ moved me to tears. You spend most of the film smiling from ear to ear, and …
‘BEING ELMO: A Puppeteer’s Journey,’ an amazing new documentary chronicling the path of Kevin Clash, the man behind Elmo, kicked off the 9th Annual Independent Film Festival of Boston. With a sold out house, and Elmo in attendance, it was a great way to start off an amazing festival. This years fest features over 90 Narrative, Short, and Documentary …
Tonight begins my favorite part of living in Boston, the first night of the Independent Film Festival of Boston, and what better way to start it off then with ‘Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey.’ The film tells the story of puppeteer Kevin Clash, and his journey from a 9 year old inspired by Captain Kangaroo …
Rolling Stones called ‘Color Me Obsessed,’ one of the seven best new music documentaries of the year. The film is the first documentary about famed 80’s indie-rock band The Replacements. Director Gorman Bechard set out to make a film unlike other “where are they are now” style music docs. “This is a band that for …
With all the feature length goodness, it is easy to miss some of the great shorts that are featured at IFFBoston. One we want to highlight in particular is from director Larry Cohen, ‘Ice Hockey.’ The film follows a day in the life of Danny, a high school hockey defenseman. School, girls, and his next-door …
Sahkanaga Teaser from Gran Gran Pics LLC on Vimeo. Inspired by the 2002 Tri-State Crematory scandal in the Appalachian foothills of northwest Georgia, where over 300 bodies were discovered strewn about the property in various stages of decay, ‘Sahkanaga’ imagines the event from a teenager who stumbles upon the first body. The filmmaker, John Henry …
‘Raising Renee’ from Newton MA based filmmakers Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher tells the story of artist Beverly McIver and her promise to take care of her mentally disabled sister Renee when their mother dies – a promise that comes due just as Beverly’s career is taking off. The trailer paints an emotional yet heartwarming …
Green – a film by Sophia Takal – Trailer from Sophia Takal on Vimeo. ‘Green,’ winner of the SXSW Chicken & Egg Emergent Women Director Award will be having its East Coast Premiere at the Independent Film Festival of Boston. The film, which also stars its director Sophia Takal is drama about the toll jealousy …
This black comedy from director Chris Brown has quite the captivating trailer. The film tells the story of Fanny, an obsessive-compulsive who lives in a group home and works at a candy factory about to go bankrupt. Fanny brings this secret to the Christmas dinner, where she reconnects with her self-absorbed sister Annie and …
‘Windfall’ from director Laura Israel tells the story of Meredith, a community in upstate New York, and a proposal by a developer looking to supplement the town’s failing economy with 40 industrial wind turbines. At first attracted to the idea, the townspeople grow increasingly alarmed as they discover the impacts of what the proposed windmills …