The seventh annual Independent Film Festival Boston kicked off on Wednesday night with Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom, a romance tucked inside a comedy couched within a confidence scheme (a rom-com-con?). The romance, predictably, grows between a mark and one of the con men. The comedy is unexpected and liberally sprinkled throughout. While not integral to the plot, the humor is always welcome, never off mark and adds appreciably to the appeal of the film. The cons begin when the ...
Director Rian Johnson explains how he incorporated the destruction of some very nice buildings in Prague on a limited budget for his film, The Brothers Bloom - the Opening Night feature for IFFBoston 2009 - thereby "completely ruining the magic".
During Q&A on Opening Night at IFFBoston 2009, director Rian Johnson gives some background on Ricky Jay and his involvement in the evening's film, The Brothers Bloom.
After screening his newest feature, The Brothers Bloom, on Opening Night at IFFBoston 2009, director Rian Johnson discusses costume and production design during Q&A.
Following the IFFBoston 2009 Opening Night feature, The Brothers Bloom, Program Director Adam Roffman introduces the film's director, Rian Johnson, to an appreciative crowd.
Before the Opening Night feature for IFFBoston 2009, Program director Adam Roffman introduces Manging Directors Brian Tamm, Christine Harbaugh, Nancy Campbell and Dan McCallum and Volunteer Director Tania Lemos Eskin.
For IFFBoston's 2009 Opening Night, Program Director Adam Roffman welcomes the crowd.
At the Opening Night party for Independent Film Festival Boston 2008, I asked Managing Director Brian Tamm about the festival’s selection process and whether they keep any themes in mind when filling out the schedule. His response was: “We just try to select the best films we can. You guys [the press] tell us what the themes are.”
Well, let’s see what they came up with.
With the Opening Night thriller’s frostbitten Siberian north (Transsiberian) and the Closing Nig...
A Man Among Giants is, on its face, a documentary about what happens when the ultimate little guy runs for political office. Beneath that mask is a story beyond what you would expect from such a film.Most political documentaries take as their subject a charismatic, inspirational candidate full of vitality and out to change the world for the better. Usually told from the underdog’s perspective for a better dramatic effect, win or lose, their story gives the viewer insight into the political...
Outside the Closing Night party of IFFBoston, Managing Director Brian Tamm looks ahead to IFFB 09.
At IFFBoston, Eleven Minutes' Jay McCarroll learns the meaning of "direct-to-consumer sales over the Internet" and finds he already knows the answer.
After a screening of the documentary Eleven Minutes at IFFBoston, directors Michael Selditch and Rob Tate and subject Jay McCarroll are greeted by an enthusiastic audience.
At IFFBoston, prior to the screening of the documentary Eleven Minutes, Jay McCarroll (Project Runway) ends the introduction with an offer for the after-party... and beyond.
Prior to the screening of the documentary Eleven Minutes at IFFBoston, the directors - Michael Selditch and Rob Tate - are introduced to the audience, followed by the film's primary subject, Jay McCarroll (also of Project Runway, Season One), who entertains the crowd while giving away swag.
Liam Nolan, co-director of the Irish boxing documentary, Saviours, details how individual story lines were chosen for the film - and which ended up on the cutting room floor - in the fourth and final segment of this exclusive interview during IFFBoston.
Liam Nolan, co-director of the Irish boxing documentary, Saviours, brings us up to speed on what he and co-director Ross Whitaker are each working on now in the third segment of this exclusive interview during IFFBoston.
Liam Nolan, co-director of the Irish boxing documentary, Saviours, discusses how long it took to make the film and the relationship between filmmakers and boxers since the conclusion of filming in the second segment of this exclusive interview during IFFBoston.
Liam Nolan, co-director of the Irish boxing documentary, Saviours, describes the impetus for making the film in the first segment of this exclusive interview during IFFBoston.
Jay McCarroll (Eleven Minutes, Project Runway) unwinds with some IFFBoston volunteers in the Filmmakers' Lounge by singing / playing along to Blondie's Call Me with the video game / karaoke machine that is Rock Band.
Jay McCarroll (Eleven Minutes, Project Runway) unwinds with some IFFBoston volunteers in the Filmmakers' Lounge by singing / playing along to Blondie's Call Me with the video game / karaoke machine that is Rock Band.
