Arlington pilot bankrolls festival film

Arlington pilot bankrolls festival film

Airport security kicked as ‘theater’ By Darren Garnick Boston Herald September 15, 2010 Are sweaty feet keeping us safe? Nine years after the 9/11 attacks, Arlington businessman Fred Gevalt is infuriated he has to go barefoot as he walks through the airport metal...
Denis Lehane: The (gritty) town

Denis Lehane: The (gritty) town

Why is so much of Boston in fear that the city is being typecast by fiction writers and filmmakers as a thugapalooza? By Dennis Lehane Boston Globe September 18, 2010 With the release of “The Town” stories in the Boston media have examined (or ginned up, depending on...
Denis Lehane: The (gritty) town

Robbed of its new image? Charlestown hopes not

Affleck’s new film is the talk of the Townies By Billy Baker Boston Globe September 18, 2010 When Pat Owens was growing up, there were a lot of stereotypes about Charlestown kids, but his least favorite was this: “You’re from Charlestown? Oh, you must be a bank...
Arlington pilot bankrolls festival film

Eliza Dushku enjoys being a (mean) girl

By Inside Track Boston Herald September 17, 2010 Much to her chagrin, “Locked In” bad girl Eliza Dushku won’t make the red carpet scene at her flick’s world premiere at the Boston Film Festival tonight. “I have a lot of guilt and shame about it,” the Watertown homegal...
Denis Lehane: The (gritty) town

‘Girlfriend’ a hit at film fest

By Mark Shanahan & Meredith Goldstein Boston Globe September 17, 2010 We thought it was cool when “Girlfriend,’’ an indie film shot entirely in Wayland, made it onto the bill at the Toronto International Film Festival. But even cooler is the fact that the film...
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...