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 …
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 Future,’ is Miranda July’s follow up to her debut film ‘Me and You and Everyone We Know.’ It tells the story of Sophie (July) and Jason (Hamish Linklater), and their decision to adopt a terminally ill cat named Paw Paw. Their good intentioned decision is to prevent Paw Paw from being euthanized at the …
Joe Davis is a genius (most likely to the hindrance and detriment to what a lot of us would considered a quality life [though the whole eye-of-the-beholder thing probably applies, so I will concede that he may enjoy his life a lot more fully than I ever will, though I am a fairly happy guy]; …
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 …
‘Cyrus’ is the latest film from The Duplass Brothers, one of the groups behind an indie film movement called mumblecore. If you’re not familiar with the genre, its basically ultra-low budget films that foucs on relationships, using improvised scripts, and non-professioanl actors. Working up the ladder with films like ‘The Puffy Chair’ (which played at …
In 2008, as the Democratic party assembled in Denver, Colorado to nominate Barack Obama as their candidate, everything seemed to run smoothly. Or did it? AJ Schnack’s “Convention,” is the behind-the-scenes look at the convention, offering viewpoints as varied as the mayor’s office, a newly christened reporter on the political beat and a couple of …
‘Cyrus’ is the latest film from The Duplass Brothers, one of the groups behind an indie film movement called mumblecore. If you’re not familiar with the genre, its basically ultra-low budget films that foucs on relationships, using improvised scripts, and non-professioanl actors. Working up the ladder with films like ‘The Puffy Chair’ (which played at …
‘Perrier’s Bounty’ from Irish Director Ian Fitzgibbon is an intense, darkly funny thriller set in Dublin. The cast is excellent, starring the very talented Cillian Murphy, Jim Broadbent, Jodie Whittaker, and Brendan Gleeson. The film opens with Michael McCrea (Cillian Murphy) passed out on a coach, and an ominous narrator (Gabriel Byrne) setting the scene …
‘The Escapist,’ is a film directed and co-written by Rupert Wyatt, and starring Brian Cox in a role specifically written for him. The film is about Frank Perry, a man serving a life sentence. Frank receives his first letter in 14 years thats inspired him to hatch a plan to escape from the prison. Frank …