Independent Film Festival of Boston 2008
Here’s what I’m seeing this year at the Independent Film Festival of Boston Wednesday, April 23rd 7:30pm – “Transsiberian” – Somerville Theatre Friday, April 25th 6:45pm – “Second Skin” – Somerville...
View ArticleReview: Transsiberian
The Independent Film Festival of Boston opened yesterday at the Somerville Theatre with the new Brad Anderson film “Transsiberian”. Anderson has a pretty good record so far, with Next Stop Wonderland,...
View ArticleReview: Second Skin
“Second Skin” is a documentary focusing on gamers who play Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games (MMORPGs). It follows a few small groups of gamers distributed around the country, all playing...
View ArticleReview: Big Man Japan (Dai-Nipponjin)
“Big Man Japan” is a faux-documentary which follows a year in the life of the current “Big Man Japan”, Masaru Daisatou. Japan has employed a members of Masaru’s family for several generations as the...
View ArticleReview: Nerdcore Rising
“Nerdcore Rising” is a documentary following the first national tour of the Godfather of so-called “Nerdcore Rap”, Damian Hess, a.k.a. href=”http://frontalot.com/index.php/”>MC Frontalot, and his...
View ArticleReview: The Greening of Southie
“The Greening of Southie” documents the construction and design of the Macallen building in South Boston. Macallen is Boston’s first residential “green” building, and the goal in desigining it was to...
View ArticleReview: Frontrunner
“Frontrunner” follows the presidential campaign of Dr. Massouda Jalal, a woman who ran in the 2004 Afghanistan presidential election. The film moves from her impressive performance in the 2002 interim...
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