IFFBoston 2014 Spotlight: The Search for General Tso
You’d be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t love Chinese food, but have you ever wondered just how/when Chinese food got so Americanized?
You’d be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t love Chinese food, but have you ever wondered just how/when Chinese food got so Americanized?
IFFBoston 2014 kicks off the evening of April 23rd at the Somerville Theatre with BENEATH THE HARVEST SKY, directed by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly. The film premiered at Toronto last year, and tells the story of two best friends, that are looking to leave their industrial town in Maine, and dream of moving down …
A coming of age comedy directed by Nat Fixon and Jim Rash, “The Way, Way Back,” stars Liam James as 14-year old Duncan. On summer vacation with his mother Pam (Toni Collette) and her obnoxious boyfriend Trent (Steve Carrell). An introverted fellow, Duncan finds his way to a water park, where he befriends Owen (Sam Rockwell), …
It’s finally here, the end of award season, the glitziest, the glamorous, the Superbowl of movies, Academy Awards. The great contributors at LonelyReviewer.com got together and decided to list our picks for a few categories.
Rubberneck is an incredibly fascinating character-driven film about obsession and infatuation, directed by Alex Karpovsky, and written by Karpovsky and Garth Donovan. Shot entirely in Massachusetts, it tells the story of Paul Harris, a research scientist who works on the outskirts of Boston. After a weekend tryst with a co-worker, his unreciprocated desires gradually turn …
The intro-logline to the documentary One Night Stand sounds like a 24 hour film festival – it chronicles the creation of 4 musicals from blank page to live stage in just 24 hours. With appearances by Rachel Dratch, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Richard Kind – Variety says that the film “Perfectly conveys the creative insanity …