Independent Film Festival Boston
Across two October weekends at the Brattle, the expanded 27-film series offers Boston audiences early looks at new work by Lee Chang-dong, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Martin McDonagh, Pedro Almodóvar, and more.
Part four of a run-down of live-action narrative shorts. As usual for the IFFBoston, the quality is high, with intriguing subject matter and technical polish.
Part three of a run-down of live-action narrative shorts. As usual for the IFFBoston, the quality is high, with intriguing subject matter and technical polish.
The spirit of Frederick Wiseman lives on at the IFFBoston.
This year’s Independent Film Festival Boston kicks off this week, and it offers a grand selection of must-see indie films that set audiences free from the soulless product of corporate franchises.
“Billy Ruane built a legacy, and 14 years after his death you can still feel his presence in local clubs. He fermented a scene that still lives on today.”
A rundown of three narrative programs and one documentary program. We just might see these directors’ names on future IFFBoston features.
What lifts Resurrection above the standard victim-becomes-avenger routine is a preposterous — in a wonderfully sick way — claim that gives the movie a welcome touch of giallo unpredictability.
This time around, as both a writer and director, Paul Schrader has a found a story, and the artistic restraint, to convey his elevated vision.

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