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IFFBoston Preview Part I: Southern criminals, teenage soldiers, absurdist suburbanites

If you're a Boston-baserd cinephile, this is undoubtedly one of the most exciting times of the year for you, as the Independent Film Festival Boston has returned with one of their strongest line-ups ever. Running from April 24 through May 1 at the Brattle, Somerville and Coolidge Corner Theatres, there's so many great movies showing at this year's Festival that we've had to split our preview up into three parts. Check back soon for our second and third pieces about this year's lineup, but for now, here are some choice cuts from the first three days of the festival's programming. Tickets and more information are available at the IFFBoston website.

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The Death of Dick Long

Thursday, April 25 at 9:30 p.m. at the Brattle Theatre

We’ve heard this A24 flick described to us as “a Southern-fried Fargo,” and if those words don’t get your heart a-racin’, buddy, you might just need to go get your ticker checked out. It’s about two small-time crooks who don’t want anybody to find out how the titular character met his maker, but more importantly, it’s directed by Emerson grad Daniel Schienert, who is pretty famous for being one-half of the directorial duo Daniels. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because those directors introduced the world to Daniel Radcliffe’s farting corpse back in 2016 with Swiss Army Man, and if you liked that, well, you should probably go and check this one out.

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