Back when I wrote about the trailer for (500) Days of Summer, I immediately declared my love for it. Which means I had to go into this screening more cynical than I would have otherwise. In reality, I can’t allow my love to be given that easily. In fact, my notes start out a little […]
A quick story from last night’s Boston premiere of Paper Heart, a super sweet film starring comedian Charlyne Yi (as a version of Charlyne Yi) and Jake Johnson (as director Nick Jasenovec).
In the film, Charlyne has a blossoming relationship with Michael Cera (playing a version of himself, of course). It’s no secret that the pair […]
Saturday night at the 2009 IFFB featured two top-flight films screening simultaneously at the celebrated Somerville Theater: Ondi Timoner’s chaotic doc We Live In Public and Jonathan Hock’s warm ode to pitcher Luis Tiant, The Lost Son of Havana.
I’d seen the latter, and planned to attend We Live In Public. But we (this intrepid moviegoer plus patient wife) got […]
Hopefully, you’re already enjoying Boston’s Independent Film Festival but if you still don’t know which films to choose, here are a few more recommendations for ya:
:: Breaking Upwards - The couple in this film, realizing it’s just not working out, decide that instead of going cold turkey without each other, they’ll just do it a […]
We don’t just limit ourselves to Boston. In NY, there’s another big film festival going on with a huge vault full of films to see, including some of our IFFB recommendations (In the Loop and Lost Son of Havana about Red Sox Pitcher Luis Tiant*).
Their full list of films can be found here. But what […]
