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After a period of relative dormancy in the 21st century, the Western genre has exploded in recent years. Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone helped to reignite a passion for a genre that has fallen short of matching the superhero blockbusters and fantasy TV shows that ruled the 2010s. Aside from Django Unchained (2012), True Grit (2010), The Hateful Eight (2015), and a few odd others, Westerns simply failed to break into the public consciousness. Yellowstone broke that trend, as its 2018 premiere helped to launch the show into an empire. There are now several spin-offs airing and several more in development.

Yet, as beloved as the Yellowstone universe is, it comes nowhere close to matching previous genre greats. The Golden Age of Hollywood produced thrilling Westerns that were popular enough to dominate the industry as a whole. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly...

Top brass at the Provincetown International Film Festival (Piff) have announced the award winners of this year’s festival.

As previously announced, David Cronenberg was presented with the 2014 Filmmaker On The Edge Award and took part in a conversation with Piff resident artist John Waters at Town Hall.

Debra Winger was on hand to receive the Faith Hubley Career Achievement Award and took part in a conversation with film professor B Ruby Rich.

Patricia Clarkson was presented with the 2014 Excellence in Acting Award.

The festival ran from June 18-22 and the 2015 edition is set for June 17-21.

The winners:

HBO Audience Award / Best Narrative Feature: One Chance, David Frankel;

HBO Audience Award / Best Documentary Feature: Alive Inside, Michael Rossato-Bennett;

HBO Audience Award / Best Short Film: Kehinde Wiley: An Economy Of Grace, Jeff Dupre;

The John Schlesinger Award, presented to a first time documentary or narrative feature filmmaker: Keep On Keepin’ On, Alan Hicks;

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The Independent Film Festival of Boston [1] recently released their full line-up and it's a doozy. Sundance favorites such as The Future [2] and Submarine [3] will be there, along with awesome documentaries like Being Elmo [4] (With Elmo In Attendance!!!) and Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times [5]. I'm looking forward to films I wasn't able to catch at Sundance and SXSW, such as the legal documentary Hot Coffee, the heartbreaking How to Die in Oregon, and the new fascinating Conan O'Brien film. Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins [6] also looks like it will rock the house. The full line-up is below. The festival is April 27th through May 4th, and it's one of my favorite movie events of the year. If you live anywhere in New England, I invite you to come and check it out. You can follow IFFBoston on Facebook for updates [7] or buy your passes now [8]! Narrative Features 13 Assassins...