Film Reviews
Film Reviews | Filmmaking | Massachusetts | Technology
Planet Takeout: Documenting Both Sides of the Takeout Window
An effective coupling of bold field reporting with innovative technology, the documentary project Planet Takeout succeeds admirably in celebrating a unique, if often overlooked, cultural crossroads.
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Film Festivals | Film Reviews | New England
Filmmaker Ted Ryan shows us the kind of things we do for the movies we love.
Filmmaker Ted Ryan's ode to The Crash Reel, Lucy Walker’s film about the rise and fall of Kevin Pearce – a professional snowboarder whose career and life nearly ended when he suffered a traumatic brain injury during a 2009 training run before the Vancouver Olympics.
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Hidden Gem: The House at the Edge of the Galaxy
In this sci-fi short, a young boy is visited by a travel-weary cosmonaut and awakens to the magic waiting to be discovered in an old, abandoned house.
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Film Reviews | Filmmaking | Maine
Welcome to Lee, Maine: A Small Town’s Huge Loss
Perna Content, a production and marketing company based in Portland, Maine, has announced the release of a new documentary film, Welcome to Lee Maine, directed by Bill Perna.
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Film Festivals | Film Reviews | Massachusetts
The Boston Bike Film Festival: The Stories Behind the Biking
At the Boston Bike Film Festival, cycling documentaries face the challenge of putting civic issues on screen.
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Film Analysis | Film Reviews | Local Industry | Massachusetts
Boston on the Big Screen
With Boston taking a front seat at the Academy Awards on February 27th, it’s easy to see why more than just a tax credit has drawn filmmakers to its streets -- Boston has a film identity all its own.
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Film Festivals | Film Reviews | Massachusetts
Joey Pants Wins Over Woods Hole
David Pierotti offers his take on Joe Pantoliano’s new documentary, 'No Kidding, Me Too,' which broaches the taboo subject of mental illness.
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Film Analysis | Film Reviews | Massachusetts
The Instinct to Create
Marilyn Pennell recommends the documentary Who Does She Think She Is?, screening this month in Vermont at the Green Mountain Film Festival and Women’s Film Festival.
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Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy to Heat Up Woods Hole Film Festival
Marine biologist-turned filmmaker Dr. Randy Olson uses laughter as a vehicle for change.
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Secret, but Safe?
Secrecy's festival run continues to build steam. It screens this month at the Nantucket Film Festival.
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