IFFBoston Review: Transsiberian
The Independent Film Festival of Boston kicked off with a bang this evening with the East Coast premiere of Brad Anderson’s ‘Transsiberian,’ a thriller set during a journey between China and Moscow.
The Independent Film Festival of Boston kicked off with a bang this evening with the East Coast premiere of Brad Anderson’s ‘Transsiberian,’ a thriller set during a journey between China and Moscow.
What better film to act as the opening night offering for the IFFB than ‘Transsiberian?’ Apart from the local ties of the director, (Brad Anderson lived for a while in Somerville and shot his ‘Next Stop Wonderland,’ and ‘Session 9,’ in the area,) several of the film’s producers are also Boston residents. ‘Transsiberian,’ tells the …
Before the last 5 years, living in Boston, one felt very much removed from the world of film. The festivals here were lower key, the projects that came to the city were few and far between. Something changed. Maybe the world got smaller. Boston no longer feels so removed from that world.