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Film Interview: WJIB Owner Featured in IFFBoston Documentary Short

April 27, 2017
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Derek Frank’s film tells the story of radio station owner Bob Bittner, whose one-man network has generated a cult following.

Film Review: “A Quiet Passion” — A Personal View of Emily Dickinson

April 25, 2017
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Cynthia Nixon is a great Emily Dickinson, so deeply angry, so heartbreaking in her fool’s life of stoic suffering.

Film Review: “Phoenix Forgotten” — Retro Science Fiction

April 25, 2017
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If you have a hankering for a new “found-footage” film, then Phoenix Forgotten will feed your retro-appetite.

Film Preview: The Wide-Ranging Documentaries at the Independent Film Festival Boston

April 24, 2017
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There are documentary films for all tastes this year.

Film Review: “Free Fire” — A Tsunami of Gunshots

April 22, 2017
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While calling this Ben Wheatley’s most violent film may be debatable, Free Fire is absolutely the one most riddled with gunshots.

Film Review: A “Colossal” Mistake

April 18, 2017
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Writer-director Nacho Vigalando blows to bits his love story and morphs his movie into a totally bonkers horror flick.

Film Review: “Tommy’s Honour” — A Golden Boy of Golf

April 17, 2017
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Seeing the rugged minimalism of golf in its infancy was very appealing.

Film Review: “Get Out” — A Different Kind of Horror Flick

April 14, 2017
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Get Out owes much to the small but precious film genre that dares to cultivate bizarre and hip satire.

Film Interview: “A Quiet Passion” — Terence Davies Pays Homage to Emily Dickinson

April 13, 2017
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Director Terence Davies read four biographies of Emily Dickinson; the details of her life he remembered became the basis for his screenplay.

Film Review: “Frantz” — The Changeable Color of Grief

April 3, 2017
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Frantz explores the complicated emotions generated by the aftermath of a catastrophic war.

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