Now in its 21st year, the city’s coolest cinematic happening returns this week with another eight days of screenings, May 1-8, at Greater Boston’s finest independent theaters, showcasing 39 features and 55 shorts from all over the world.
. “By yourself, you’re missing a whole aspect of the film. I think there’s something about being in a room where the only source of light is coming from a story.”
“There's something embedded within us where we’re hard-wired to come together and share stories,” Tamm adds. “That’s the core of what this festival is about.” Sure, it might be more convenient to stream stuff on your own timetable, but Campbell insists that “a big screen and a good sound system allow you to be absorbed in a way that you can’t when you’re staring at your television or laptop or, god forbid, your phone. Besides, where else are you going to hear Sean Burns cackling at the new Catherine Breillat film?”Hey, some movies inspire strong reactions. Especially films directed by Catherine Breillat.
Local filmmaker Mark Phinney memorably dramatized his own struggles with food addiction in 2013’s “Fat,” so no points for guessing what he confronts in “” . Mike Mitchell stars as a neurotic, Boston area filmmaker — naturally named Mark — who confronts his most self-sabotaging instincts in this touching story of a guy learning to get out of his own way.
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