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FILM: AN ARGUMENT FOR WATCHING LOCALLY
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ART HOUSED: ONLY THE YOUNG
“There’s no one to stop us,” says Kevin Conway, a gangly, spontaneous young skateboarder and one of the three central teens in Elizabeth Mims and Jason Tippet’s luminous coming-of-age documentary set in a squalid desert suburb. Continue reading
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Tags: Documentary, DocYard, elizabeth mims, Film, garrison, Jason Tippet, kevin, Only the Young, skye, watch
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FILM PICK: ONLY THE YOUNG @ BRATTLE THEATRE
The struggles of adolescence are a common theme in indie films, and Only the Young—the latest in the DocYard series at the Brattle—grabs that theme by the balls. Continue reading
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Tags: Betting the Farm, Call Me Kuchu, Cambridge, Documentary, DocYard, El Huaso, Film, Harvard Square, Informant, Issue 15.3, MOO Milk, Only the Young, Planet of Snail, Ricky on Leacock, The Brattle Theatre
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FILM PICK: BETTING THE FARM @ BRATTLE THEATRE
OK, not so much “grim and gritty” as “educational and inspirational.” Continue reading
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DEFEND YOURSELF!: BEN FOWLIE
“We wanted to find a way to bring people together for a screening, go to a bar afterward for a discussion, really bring together and foster a community. So that’s how it started—it started 3 years ago and it’s grown ever since.” Continue reading
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Tags: Brattle Theatre, Documentary, DocYard, The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of José González
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ART HOUSED: BOMBAY BEACH
The Brattle recently screened Alma Har’el’s luscious, genre-jumping documentary Bombay Beach as part of the theater’s winning Docyard series. And like the squalid desert beach itself, her film is eerie, unfamiliar, beautiful and very exciting. Continue reading
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ART HOUSED: CAMPAIGN
Next Monday the fine, keen-eyed folks at the DocYard will be presenting Kazuhiro Soda’s Campaign, a tickling observation of local politics in Japan. Continue reading
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ART HOUSED: SPACE COAST
Last Monday the DocYard scoured the videotape-strewn vault of vintage independent documentary films to discover Space Coast, a fuzzy, perfectly bizarre, utterly human portrayal of the weary folks of post-Space Race, 70s repression-era Cape Canaveral. Continue reading
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Tags: Brattle, Documentary, DocYard, Film, Mary Bubb, McElwee, Negroponte, Papa John Murphy, Space Coast, Wille Womack
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THE REDEMPTION OF GENERAL BUTT NAKED @ BRATTLE THEATRE
Take a good long chuckle at the title of Brattle Theatre’s latest offering for their The DocYard series, The Redemption of General Butt Naked. That’s worth at least a smirk, admit it. Continue reading
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Tags: Brattle Film, DocYard, Issue 13.31, Liberia, Redemption, The Redemption of General Butt Naked
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DIG THIS: HIGH RISE
Of all the nifty superlatives Brazil can boast (largest beach-front garden! Woo!) there’s also quite a few that are a lot less nifty (former murder capitol of South America. Boo.) Continue reading
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DOCYARD ANNOUNCES SUMMER SERIES
Documentary lovers rejoice, for The DocYard, Boston’s premier documentary film screening series, has announced its program lineup for Summer 2011. Continue reading
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