Iffboston 2017 - Buzz Talk & News

Not going to lie - it's satisfying to get my write-ups of IFFBoston 2017 finished up just before refilling my plate with another film festival. I have not done that often enough of late. It's a bit odd to finish up with night #7, though - there wou...

Best two-screening day of the film festival, although perhaps the worst photography. I was kind of undecided what I was going to watch Monday night, and I joked on Twitter that I opted for Gook because I would be able to just go into the theater wh...

Another long day, this one kicking off with Sleight before getting to the festival itself, but thankfully the Sunday schedule at IFFBoston tends to give a little more time for getting back and forth between venues if you need it, even if the MBTA has...

Not included: Love Off the Cuff, where I caught the early show at Boston Common because, beloved local film festival or no beloved local film festival, I'm not missing the new Pang Ho-cheung movie. Sure, it wound up playing for another two or three...

Doing a quick skip to the end for IFFBoston postings because closing night film Band Aid is opening in some cities this weekend. Not Boston - it kind of looks like the festival was it, between what looks like a quick turnaround to VOD and the Kendal...

I had some pretty rough 9pm shows at IFFBoston this year. It wasn't all bad, but out of the eight days, there were two without late shows, two I liked, two I actively disliked, and two shoulder-shruggers where I suppose I could have gotten a couple...

I don't set out to curate days at film festivals; it's just that this sort of thing can happen when you're there on a pass and not building around certain films: The thing that strikes your fancy for the 7pm film also strikes your fancy at nine, and...

Another IFFBoston already completely in the books, and I'm just starting to get the reviews posted, because this ain't my job, evident from the member pass I purchased my own self rather than the press pass I've had in previous years. This puts me t...