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...the” Boston Marathon happens in February, and requires 24 hours, not 26 miles, of endurance. Every year since 1976, a few hundred fans have spent one full day enjoying the best and worst of the last century’s science fiction cinema. The festival??s location has changed since the event first began—moving from the old Orson Welles Theatre in Cambridge (which burned down in the mid-80s) to West Newton to its present Davis Square home. And each year’s event has a different theme (this year?...
...early 80s, and his working-class dramas inspired other local filmmakers, such as Christine Dall and Randall Conrad—a husband-wife duo whose 1981 film “The Dozens” won an award at the U.S. Film and Video Festival, the Sundance Film Festival??s predecessor. Egleson was also an early admirer of Ben Affleck, casting the actor in his 1981 film, “The Dark End of the Street...
...juxtaposition of shots of the family going about their everyday business with rapidly moving images of explosions playing behind them on the television screen is particularly memorable. The scene seems to speak to the superficial images of violence that fully constitute Palestine in the minds of many Americans. The festival??s organizers sought to counteract what they see as a one-sided portrayal of Palestinians in news media. “The Palestinian narrative is missing from the mainstream here in the USA, where all we get is second-hand processed images whose purpose is to dehumanize Palestinians...
...month leading up to the release has been busy and interesting as people find out about the movie.Last March “Frontrunners” premiered at South by Southwest, an annual film festival in Austin, Texas. Earlier this month, the movie was screened at The New Yorker Festival??a three-day event in New York featuring writers, artists, intellectuals, and performers—where Zisiadis sat on a panel about the film.“The tons of Facebook friend requests and private messages have been coming in, which is alternately joyful and disconcerting...
...heavy hitters who will be playing a deconstructive jazz version of music by 90s indie rock band Pavement. “From a music point of view I think it’s going to be incredibly rich,” executive producer Larry Simpson said. Though the festival??s main objective is to provide unbridled entertainment, organizers are confident that the bacchanalia it encourages does not hinder the appreciation of the music at the heart of the festival. “The festival is a big joyous party for the city of Boston,” Simpson...