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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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Madeline’s Madeline

We’ve heard so much about director Josephine Decker’s puzzle of a wonder since it premiered at Sundance, and we’re absolutely stoked that it’s showing at IFFBoston given that our next chance to see it wouldn’t come until July. Madeline’s Madeline tells a story of a troubled young girl named, duh, Madeline (Helena Howard), whose mother (Miranda July) believes that she might be getting in a little too deep on a theater production directed by an oddly exploitative director (Molly Parker). Is it meta? You bet your ass it’s meta! It’s a metaphor for the filmmaking process, and boy howdy do we need more of those. Anyways, this film got the kind of raves from the sorts of stuffy critics who normally scare off certain audiences, but the cultural touchstones that certain people compared it to — Lynch, Sleep No More, dance — have us deeply intrigued.

‘MADELINE’S MADELINE’ :: Thursday, April 26 at The Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square in Somerville, MA :: 9:45 p.m., all ages, $12 to $20 :: Advance tickets

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