Crawford Saturday, April 26, 5:30 pm Somerville Theatre (rush tickets only) and Sunday, April 27, 12:00 pm Brattle Theatre Documentarian David Modigliani headed to Crawford, Texas, to find out how George W. Bush's presence impacted the tiny Texas town. Crawford did a lot for Bush, building his image as an ordinary small-town guy. And Bush did a lot for Crawford, boosting the local economy with his team and the media brigade that followed. Modigliani tries......

Unlike the Top 10 Most Commented stories, the top 10 favorites represented a selection of all the fun, the playful, and just plain odd that this city has to offer. You loved sex scandals at the local schools, Vendetta Gunn, and the local productions On Broadway and "BU Tonight." But we were really surprised at how much you loved … Barbie. Yeah, Barbie. 10. Arlington School System Turns Into Peyton Place 9. Boston Blotter: Penis......

You may not have noticed since they've been largely under the radar, but the Boston Film Festival starts this weekend at the AMC Loews Boston Common, and they have some good movies. The Boston Film Festival website has the full schedule, and Bostonist has pulled out some highlights: Lars and the Real Girl, Saturday, September 15, 7:30-9:30 Have you ever wondered what might happen if a fella bought a blow-up doll and actually fell in......

If you're looking to be touched, warmed and uplifted by a movie these days, don't go to the multiplex. You know this already, of course. Instead, make sure you live in a city where they host a film festival, where you might run into something as special as Dave McLaughlin's On Broadway, which premiered this weekend at the Independent Film Festival of Boston. It's the story of blue-collar Jack O'Toole (played by, yes, that Joseph......

Maybe you can't get tickets to Fenway anytime soon, but a little bit of baseball, international-style, will be coming to the Somerville Theater as part of the Independent Film Festival of Boston. Rumbo a Las Grandes Ligas will be making its East Coast debut on Monday night at the festival. The documentary by Jared Goodman explores the persaviveness and the love of baseball in the Dominican Republic, which produces a number of major leaguers-per-capita high......

On Broadway is premiering at the Boston Independent Film Festival today, Thursday, April 26, at 8:00 pm at the Somerville Theatre. Only rush tickets are available for the premiere, but, if you can't get in on the 26th, tickets are still available for Sunday, April 29, at 8:00 pm at the Somerville. And the Somerville has beer! The Boston Independent Film Festival pays tribute to its home turf with tonight's world premiere of On Broadway.......

The Boston Independent Film Festival runs from April 25 through May 1. You can get tickets at their official site. Punk's Not Dead will screen on Thursday, April 26, at 10:00 pm at the Somerville Theatre and on Friday, April 27, at 9:30 pm at the Brattle Theatre. Silver Jew will screen on Saturday, April 28, at 10:15 pm at the Coolidge, on Sunday, April 29, at 10:15 pm at the Coolidge, and Monday, April......

Speaking in Code is coming to the Enormous Room on Sunday, June 11. Speaking in Code is a feature-length documentary film about the international electronic, dance, and music scene – and specifically the people who make the whole thing move. Local folks including Amy Grill of Emerson College and Jason Redmond, executive director of Boston's Independent Film Festival are pushing big to make the movie a success. Right now it's a grass-roots effort. For $50......

Bostonist's going to see the movies about four-letter words and zombies, but we urge you to check out the rest of Boston International Film Festival, which offers samurai, crossword puzzles, giant Buddhas, and Pixies. Wednesday 4/19 Lost in Translation The Harvard Film Archive follows up Maggie Chung & Tony Leung's gorgeous, heartbreaking non-affair in Hong Kong with Scarlett Johansen & Bill Murray's equally beautiful, equally heartbreaking non-affair in Tokyo. But we might just stay home......

Do you want to meet The Daily Show's Rob Corddry? (Like Bostonist and Abigal Adams, a native of Weymouth, MA!) Because he's going to be at The Somerville Theater on Friday night along with Brant Serensen, Darren Goldberg, and the ever-funny DJ Hazard promoting their festival film Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story. It features Upright Citizens Brigade members and paintball. That's just one of the options that you, gentle reader, have at the Independent Film......