James Gunn gave a great Q&A Monday night at the IFFBoston presented screening of “SUPER,” his new film, featuring actors Rainn Wilson, Ellen Paige, and Kevin Bacon. Gunn touches on how he got such a great cast of actors, the challenges of the production, comments on the comparisons to “Kick-Ass,” and has some advice for …
We recently announced IFFBoston’s 2011 film lineup – today they announced two films that have been added to the official festival lineup. The first is “Another Earth,” an independent Sci-fiction film from Director Mike Cahill – his feature narrative debut. The film stars Brit Marling, and William Mapother (Lost), and makes its New England premiere …
The Independent Film Festival of Boston has announced their lineup for the 2011 festival. The 9th Annual Festival opens April 27th, and ends May 4, 2011, as in years past, screenings will take place at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square, the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, and the …
‘Teenage Paparazzo’ is a great documentary from actor Adrian Grenier about 14 year old Austin Visschedyk, a young paparazzo. Going into the film, I wasn’t sure what I was going to see, I’m familiar with Grenier as an actor, but as far as his directing skills, I was curious to see what he’d done with …
The 2010 Independent Film Festival of Boston concluded this past Wednesday with a last-minute addition to the lineup, Jean Pierre Jeunet’s MICMACS, selling out the show in less than 48 hours. IFFBoston enjoyed its best year yet in terms of attendance, filmmaker attendance, and audience reaction. Following the conclusion of the festival the audience awards …
The world of Jean-Pierre Jeunet has gotten a little big larger. After the original closing night film for the 2010 IFFB was pulled, organizers scrambled to find a replacement. And with Jeunet’s latest offering, it was the perfect and quirky choice. As the movie opens, a young boy named Bazil finds himself without a father …
Going into a lot of these films this week at IFFBoston, I’m never sure how I’m going to feel after. When I read the description and various PR on ‘My Suicide,’ I found myself quite intrigued. Suicide is a difficult subject to breach even today, and its great to see a film tackle this heavy subject, …
Sometimes, I just want to use just a few words in a movie review. Maybe that’ll land me in the Guinness Book of World Records for shortest film review ever. If I could do that for ‘The Parking Lot Movie,’ I’d make my review either, “See this,” or perhaps I’d write the even briefer review…”Awesome!” …
‘Erasing David’ is a compelling and quite frightening documentary that brings to light the reality that even if you wanted to, it would be impossible to erase your digital foot print. The director and the main focus of ‘Erasing David,’ David Bond, set out to find out just how much information about him is out …
The Independent Film Festival of Boston announced today that the Closing Night film of the 2010 festival will be the New England Premiere of Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s latest masterpiece, MICMACS. This visually stunning, highly imaginative film by this internationally celebrated director is in the vein of his previous works: AMELIE, DELICATESSEN, and CITY OF LOST CHILDREN. …