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

By Nick Johnstonon

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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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Thursday, October 26 @ 7:30 p.m.

IFFBoston’s Fall Focus comes to an end with the new film by Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths), which will undoubtedly be one of the largest draws of the entire mini-festival. Frances McDormand stars as Mildred Hayes, a woman whose world is turned upside down when her daughter is raped and murdered by an unknown assailant. The fuck-up police department can’t (or, worse, won’t) find a lead, so after nine months, Hayes puts up three billboards outside of her hometown castigating them for their failures, and stirs up a ton of controversy. We’ve heard absolutely nothing but excellent things about this film, after having sadly missed it at both TIFF and Fantastic Fest, where it was pulled off the schedule, especially with regards to McDormand’s performance. Get your tickets early, as this one will go fast.

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IFF Boston Fall Focus :: Sunday, October 22 through Thursday, October 26 at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St. in Cambridge, MA :: Various times, all ages, $13 for the public, $11 for Brattle members :: Ticket info :: IFFBoston website :: Featured image via A24

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