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

By Nick Johnstonon

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 Nightingale

Friday, April 26 at 7 p.m. at the Brattle Theatre

We got the chance to check out Jennifer Kent’s new film at Sundance earlier this year, and, well, let’s just say that this ain’t The Babadook, and this should probably require some serious soul-searching on your part before you decide to check it out. Boasting one hell of a trigger warning-worthy premise, in which a wronged Irish convict hires a tracker so that she can kill the men responsible for murdering her family, Kent’s movie is essentially a Come and See for the horrors of English colonialism on the populace of Australia during the late 1800s. This movie’s content may push some away (and understandably so) but those able to make it through the horrors that Kent puts on display are likely to find a brilliantly-crafted tale waiting for them. 

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