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IFFBoston Preview 1: Middle schoolers, art thieves, Jean-Michel Basquiat

It's hard to believe that it's already that time of year, but the Independent Film Festival Boston (henceforth referred to as IFFBoston), the city's largest gathering of the cinephiles, is upon us. This year's line-up is one of the best in recent memory, as it's positively chock-full of amazing and interesting titles, which will show from April 25 to May 2 at a variety of theaters across the city. Here's our first round of recommended titles, whose screenings span from Wednesday through Friday. We have a comedy director striking out on his own dramatic path, a bizarre and incredible art heist, an off-the-grid father and daughter, and the teenage years of the greatest artists of the 1980s. Be sure to come back tomorrow, when we'll be spotlighting films showing this weekend.

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American Animals

From our SXSW review: “One of the most dangerous things in the world is a group of bored white guys. You know the type: People convinced of their privilege and place in the world, looking to do something “memorable” in order fill the massive gaping holes at their core in order to be something other than the generic dumb fucks that they are. Normally this shit is contained to the frat house or and your garden-variety college campus, but occasionally it spills out into the world at large, which threatens the lives of other people, and Bart Layton’s new film, the Sundance hit American Animals is precisely about one of those times, a “true story” about four college-aged friends who, in 2004, attempted to pull off one of the most reckless and, frankly, ballsy art heists in American history.”

‘AMERICAN ANIMALS’ :: Thursday, April 26 at The Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square in Somerville, MA :: 7:00 p.m., all ages, $12 to $20 :: Advance tickets

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