The first days at the Independent Film Festival Boston ‘15 gave us a look at films opening throughout summer.
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CREATIONISTS: CREATE BOSTON STEPS IT UP IN YEAR FOUR, STAYS TRUE TO ORIGINS
Fast forward four years and as many versions of the unique-to-Boston day of food, music, drinking, and interactive art, and you have an event that joins both worlds in a single collective whole.
SPECIAL ONLINE BONUS: PANDEMIC PICKS
We asked Pandemic to team up with us with some Twitter analysis to our annual DigThis Awards ...
FAST TIMES: OLIVERY ASSAYAS’ LATEST EULOGIZES POP CULTURE PAST
Clouds is directed by Olivier Assayas, who’s recently marked himself as a chronicler of cultural shifts.
BETTY BAM!: KHARMS-INSPIRED WORK FROM IMAGINARY BEASTS CONFUSES AND DELIGHTS
I was still struggling to come to grips with what I had just seen, and wondered aloud how I’d be able to coherently write about it.
FARM TO STAGE: SURREAL CELEBRATION OF THE 20TH CENTURY BY WAY OF CHAGALL
But don’t let the deep musings scare you away. Klein promises that the performance is anything but boring, even for those who aren’t history buffs.
URBAN RENEWAL: GRAFFITI ART GIVEN LONGER LIFE IN NEW EXHIBIT
These vibrant works of art will be allowed to exist without the threat of eradication.
IFF-Y PROGRAMMING: A RUNDOWN OF THE 2015 INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON
If you were to customize a calendar by marking off the events most integral to Boston film culture, there’s one week you’d highlight a shade deeper than the rest: The Independent Film Festival Boston.
RAPPY ANNIVERSARY: MIND SPRAY CELEBRATES A YEAR OF COLLECTIVE RESIDENCY
Mind Spray works in Boston because there’s a huge amount of talent, but there’s also a huge lack of cohesion or community among the talented artists in the city.
INTERVIEW: “EX-MACHINA” DIRECTOR ALEX GARLAND ON THE BULLSHIT OF FILM CULTS
Most claims to artistic ownership of a film boil down to marketing plots and ego trips. In other words, they’re total bullshit.