Bunker Hill to Fenway: A Crook’s Freedom Trail

Bunker Hill to Fenway: A Crook’s Freedom Trail

NEW YORK TIMES Movie Review By A. O. SCOTT September 17, 2010 Somewhat less generic than its title, “The Town,” directed by Ben Affleck from a script he wrote with Peter Craig and Aaron Stockard, is a solid, minor entry in the annals of Boston crime drama. Not as...
Editorial: Boston on film: Whitey doesn’t live here anymore

Editorial: Boston on film: Whitey doesn’t live here anymore

Boston Globe Editorial September 16, 2010 For local filmgoers who want to see their community on screen, the bumper crop of Boston-themed movies should be a treat. Yet from “The Departed’’ to “Mystic River’’ to “Gone Baby Gone,’’ these films abound with dark tales...
For Ben Affleck, there’s no place like home

For Ben Affleck, there’s no place like home

By Roger Moore Boston Herald Reprinted from the The Orlando Sentinel September 14, 2010 Photo by AP “If you go, hit the Bunker Hill monument first.” Ben Affleck is talking about home – Boston. “There are bars – I’m not naming names...
Editorial: Boston on film: Whitey doesn’t live here anymore

Enjoying a night on ‘The Town’

By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein Boston Globe September 15, 2010 A host of Hollywood heavyweights hit Boston yesterday, gathering at friendly Fenway for a screening of Ben Affleck’s latest film, “The Town.’’ The movie’s A-list cast — Affleck, Jon Hamm (who...