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 …
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 …
Boston’s Improv Asylum produced this funny Youtube short called, The Oscar Winning Boston Movie. I’d say it’s pretty well done, can you count the references?
The Boston crime movie has become a genre of its own, the past few years have seen ‘Mystic River,’ ‘The Departed,’ and Affleck’s own ‘Gone Baby Gone.’ ‘The Town,’ is another excellent addition to the genre, and shows Affleck becoming increasingly more comfortable in the directors chair. Sam Fuller once said that a movie has …
So, of course, besides running Lonely Reviewer.com, I’m also a filmmaker in my own right. And I recently participated in an fake trailer contest here in Boston, at the Brattle Theatre. The subject was “Labor Day,” and I created this fake trailer with a vague story and a lot of visual effects. Our video won …
‘Shutter Island’ Scorsese’s latest masterpiece is a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, and Ben Kingsley, based on the novel by Dennis Lehane. Set on Shutter Island in Boston Harbor, 1954, the film begins with two Federal Marshals on a boat, heading to Ashecliffe Hospital to assist in finding an escaped patient. Teddy Daniels (Leonardo …
‘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 …
IFFBoston has just about reached its midway point and I must say, this year is just has been just as fun if not even better then years past. The selections of films have been as great as expected, and just like anything of this sort, its great to be seeing films with people who have …
A coming of age story of a young wannabe high society “gentleman,” mentored by an older gentleman whose “been there.” Sounds like a film we’ve seen before. But I assure you, ‘The Extra Man,’ is much more fun, and a fresh take on an old theme, and executed with excellence. Directed by the husband-and-wife team …