Words like ‘charismatic’, ‘persuasive’ and ‘influential’ belong to a set of adjectives that carry both a positive and negative connotation when describing the current leader of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. Many people exhort a great deal of time demonizing and/or idolatrizing the man who once tried to swindle his way into presidency.
2007 marks an important milestone for the Independent Film Festival of Boston. The festival is turning five, and plans are already underway for special events. Screenings, panels, and parties will again unfurl around Boston, Cambridge and Somerville.
“Haunting” is the word that comes to mind when watching Ray Lawrence’s third feature film Jindabyne. It took two decades to make, but the final product is a potent vision derived from Raymond Carver’s short story “So much Water, So Close to Home.”