Lulu Wang is an American filmmaker whose second film, The Farewell (2019), will be released in various Boston-area theaters this week. The movie begins with Billi (Awkwafina), who lives in the US, learning that her Nai Nai/grandmother (Zhao Shuzhen), who lives in China, has been diagnosed with a terminal illness—and that, in line with local […]
IFFBOSTON 2018 REPORT #4: FIVE NARRATIVE FEATURES
These movies screened at the Independent Film Festival Boston 2018, which ran from April 25—May 2. NEVER GOIN’ BACK [2018], written and directed by Augustine Frizzell The primary source of pleasure in Never Goin’ Back is its details. Writer/director Augustine Frizzell has lent her lovely, slight comedy—about two teenage girls in Texas having an amusingly awful […]
IFFBOSTON 2018 REPORT #3: FIVE NONFICTION FEATURES
These movies screened at the Independent Film Festival Boston 2018, which ran from April 25—May 2. BLACK MEMORABILIA [2018], directed by Chico Colvard Chico Colvard’s Black Memorabilia succinctly documents the consistent, worldwide demand for antiquities displaying anti-black caricatures, holding them up as tangible examples of racism in contemporary life and culture. In visual terms, […]
IFFBOSTON 2018 REPORT #2: ON FILMS SCREENING 4.27
The Independent Film Festival Boston 2018 continues until Wednesday, May 2. A full list of films and programs scheduled for 4.27—and throughout the rest of the festival—can be found on their website. Friday, April 27 “Shorts Hereford: Documentary,” program includes DIANNA GOES TO THE FREE SPEECH RALLY [2018], directed by Dan Albright DIEGO […]
IFFBOSTON 2018 REPORT #1: ON FILMS SCREENING 4.25 & 4.26
Over the next two weeks, we’ll be publishing short-form reviews of films playing at the Independent Film Festival Boston 2018, which runs from Wednesday, April 25 to Wednesday, May 2. The films considered below are scheduled to play during the festival’s first two days. Wednesday, May 25—Opening Night EIGHTH GRADE [2018], written […]
TALKING SHOP: ON DE PALMA, HITCHCOCK, “DE PALMA,” AND “HITCHCOCK”
IFFBoston presents a Brian De Palma program that peeks backstage
