boston area events of note: thursday, january 8th forest henderson the new collisions the lights out sir q @ great scott saturday, january 10th head automatica radio 4 @ great scott sunday, january 11th whistlejacket voxhaul broadcast local natives the union line @ tt the bears monday, january 12th varsity drag the rationales nate rogers (ex-scamper) @ tt the bears thursday, january 15th illinois @ great scott thursday, january 15th the raveonettes @ the paradise friday, january 16th dear leader hallelujah the hills faces on film @ the paradise saturday, january 17th the rosebuds the love language the fatal flaw @ the middle east downstairs sunday, january 18th frightened rabbit @ great scott sunday, january 18th department of eagles @ the brattle theatre saturday, january 24th longwave wheat bon savants @ great scott saturday, january 24th arts at the armory benefit mission of burma the neighborhoods @ the somerville theatre saturday, january 24th vic chesnutt elf power @ the middle east tuesday, january 27th annuals jessica lee mayfield what laura says @ the paradise friday, january 30th andrew bird loney dear @ the orpheum tuesday, february 3rd heartless bastards @ great scott wednesday, february 4th the pretenders @ the orpheum thursday, february 5th illinois mean creek you can be a wesley (cd release) @ great scott wednesday, february 11th the godfathers @ the middle east down friday, february 13th los campesinos! @ the paradise saturday, february 14th animal hospital travels (cd release!) arms & sleepers mary page @ pa's lounge sunday, february 15th the pains of being pure at heart pants yell! the depreciation guild @ the middle east upstairs sunday, february 15th fujiya & miyagi @ the paradise wednesday, february 18th m. ward @ the somerville theatre saturday, february 21st norm macdonald @ the wilbur theatre monday, february 23rd witch (j. mascis) earthless @ tt the bears tuesday, february 24th jason isbell & the 400 unit deer tick ferraby lionheart @ tt the bears tuesday, february 24th ben kweller the watson twins @ the somerville theatre tuesday, february 24th tapes 'n tapes wild light @ the paradise wednesday, february 25th comedian eugene mirman 'the will to whatevs' book tour @ the brookline booksmith thursday, february 26th jimmy eat world 'clarity 10th anniversary tour' @ the new house of blues thursday, february 26th blizten trapper alela diane @ the paradise saturday, february 28th swirlies! gregory & the hawk @ the middle east up saturday, february 28th fountains of wayne (acoustic) everyday visuals (acoustic) @ the paradise saturday, march 7th airborne toxic event alberta cross henry clay people @ the paradise wednesday, march 11th fleetwood mac @ the garden saturday, march 14th throwing muses screaming females 50 foot wave @ the middle east downstairs saturday, march 14th a.c. newman (new pornographers) with dent may & his magnificent ukulele @ the paradise sunday, march 29th morrissey @ the house of blues visit tourfilter for more shows |
Wednesday, September 07, 2005 The 2005 Boston Film Festival Even though the 2005 Boston Film Festival starts this Friday, the website still isn't fully updated. Fortunately, the full lineup finally appeared online a few days ago, and tickets just went on sale. It runs through Tuesday the 13th, and while it may be the 21st annual edition, this year's schedule feels a tad thinner than recent ones. Maybe I'm just spoiled by the ever-increasing excellence of the springtime IFFBoston, or how good last years 20th anniversary fest was, but choosing from 17 feature-length films over five days underwhelms, and none of them really jump out and grab me yet. In past years I've been excited about the guest of honor, an actor or director who receives the "Film Excellence Award". It's recently been presented to Steve Martin, William H. Macy, and Kevin Spacey. This year? It looks like it goes to director Ben Younger... for directing Boiler Room and Prime? Hmmm. Would make a little more sense if it was going to Prime's Meryl Streep, so maybe Younger is accepting it for her. (and, of course, I reserve the right to edit this if that's the case). Maybe I'll be more psyched up for the fest after I see a couple films that interest me, like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang or Four Lane Highway, Swimmers or North Country. There's a bunch of interesting documentaries on tap, too, and I may check out Buddy or Casting About. Locally-produced independent film Touched, will open this year's fest on Friday, Sept. 9 at 8pm at Loews Theatres Boston Common (where the entire event is taking place). Director (and Newton native) Tim Bogart and star Jenna Elfman will take questions after the screening. Randall Batinkoff, Samantha Mathis, Diane Venora, and Bruce Davison round out the cast. A new award for Best Documentary will be presented this year, and it'll be named in honor of the late David Brudnoy, who passed away last December. Beloved around New England, Brudnoy was founder of The Boston Society of Film Critics, chief movie critic for The Tab newspapers for more than two decades, an extremely popular and successful radio talk-show-host, and a professor at Boston University. (update 9/8: The first ever award will go to Buddy, about former Providence, RI Mayor Buddy Cianci.) Other films that will be showing at the 2005 Boston Film Festival: "Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang" (Boston debut)It's very cool that nearly all of this year's screenings feature Q&A sessions with filmmakers, definitely a higher proportion of them than past years. You can download a full .pdf file with dates and descriptions right here, and to buy advance tickets online, head to Fandango. Adult tix are $10 plus a $1 service charge. I just grabbed a couple for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which I'm betting will sell out first. ![]() Post-script to a post: I occasionally feel like I've got some kind of weird blog-based sympatico thing going on with Frank and his Toronto-based Chromewaves. More than once I've got a subject in my draft folder that he covers (mo' fully, of course) the very same day. He'll write something reflecting my exact thoughts on a band (like his recent DCFC post), or mention the Toronto stop of a Boston rock show that I'm excited about. He's got my comic-book obsession covered, shares my long-standing Richard Thompson love, and hell, he named his site after one of my favorite Ride songs. And so last week I start to write-up this here post about the impending Boston Film Fest, and the daily Chromewaves missive appears in my RSS reader... previewing the Toronto Int'l Film Festival, of course. I stand in CW's ever-present shadow. And it's a fine place to be. But If I ever start posting something new every single damn day, you'll know that I've either been cloned or lost my job... (And, of course, I wrote that last bit before I found out Frank actually just lost his. Sorry 'bout that, chief.) $blog_id=112550439798983676; $blog_mail="bsearles@gmail.com"; $file_name=$PHP_SELF; global $blog_id, $blog_mail, $file_name; include ("blogkomm/module/blogkomm_show_link.php"); ?> |
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