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IFF Boston’s Fall Focus features telepaths, samurai, and Greta Gerwig

The leaves are turning, there's a crispness to the air, and all those damn students are back: Yes, that's right, it's fall. And with the season comes a small screening series from the the good folks at the Independent Film Festival Boston.

For a few days starting Sunday (October 22), IFF Boston will be taking over the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge and showing some of the most interesting and buzz-worthy films on the release calendar for the rest of this year. We've got new films from Greta Gerwig, Richard Linklater, Martin McDonagh, and Takashi Miike amongst others, and everything else still looks and sounds absolutely drool-worthy. We've previewed the schedule for you, and included links to some of our reviews to the films playing the fest that we saw at some other festivals for your perusal as well.

Kick ass and support a local fest, will you?

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Thelma
Wednesday, October 25 @ 9 p.m.

Joachim Trier’s latest, a thriller about a young woman whose epilepsy might actually be something a bit more super-powered, is a really fascinating riff on Carrie and other works of teenage telepathy. We saw it back at Fantastic Fest (though it also played to unanimous praise at TIFF) and quite enjoyed it, and we think you will too. From its evocative setting to the fantastic performance of its lead, Eili Harboe, it’s an early Halloween treat from the people at IFF Boston for you. Just be warned: If you’re epileptic yourself, you might want to sit this one out, as the strobe effects will cause discomfort for even the least photosensitive in the audience.

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