Upcoming Boston-Area Movie Festival Stuff

[bryant]

Noted:

The Zombie Marathon, at the Somerville Theate. Movies include Shaun of the Dead, Fido, I Walked With A Zombie, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, Zombie, and Dead Alive. I suspect that’s the full list, since it’s a 12 hour marathon and that’s 7 movies. No Romero? Shocking, but perhaps Diary of the Dead will sneak onto the program or something.

Second, the Brattle Theater’s Boston Fantastic Film Festival is coming soon, like weekend after next. Announced movies: Trapped Ashes (review), The District (review), The Signal (review), Murder Party (review), The Devil Dared Me To (review, read down a bit), and yay Zebraman (review).

I really want to catch Zebraman; Miike’s kaiju work has been way cool in the past. The District also seems really intriguing, and perhaps The Signal. The others I could take or leave, excepting Trapped Ashes, which from all the reviews looks intolerable.

Originally published at Imaginary Vestibule.

Comments

[head58.livejournal.com]

Wow, that zombie fest looks tempting. And the only one of them I've seen is Dead Alive, which was one of the most horrible things I have ever seen.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

This reminds me that the Cork Film Festival is on next weekend, but I can't even tell what I might want to see! Very sad.

[michele-blue.livejournal.com]

I'm totally looking forward to zombies.

I'm also excited about seeing The Signal; I've read a bunch about it, and it sounds intriguing.

[aelfsciene.livejournal.com]

I really need to look into Bay-area film festivals, because they must be happening, and you always post about such awesome-sounding films. My Netflix/search list is out of control, I have to tell you.

I may have to get my hands on a few of those and have my own zombie-fest, now that I have a home I can invite people over to. ^_^

[bryant]

Oh yeah. The Bay Area is great for movies.

http://www.sfiff.org/ is the biggie. There's also one in Mill Valley that's coming up soon and is very good:

http://www.mvff.com/node/2633

Asian American Film Festival: http://www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org/

And the big gargantuan list is here: http://www.sfmission.com/sf_film_festivals.htm

[roniliquidity.livejournal.com]

Oh my. Chances are high we will be at the zombie marathon. Particularly since not 5 minutes ago I was talking to a friend who has recently discovered how much she likes zombie movies and can't get enough of them.