Boston Underground Film Festival 2009

Lorraine is a nonchalant nurse nonplussed by the banality of day-to-day existence. Everywhere she looks, strange people are putting on strange theatrical performances, displaying a range of cartoonish, predictable emotions, all in the name of love. Or whatever. About as enthusiastic as a broken handle towards her beau, Lorraine opts to change things up by jettisoning him and finding a roommate. The unlikeliest candidate of all, aspiring model Adrian, toddles into her life with all the pink and bubbly fanfare of an overeager ingénue. Disaffected and aloof, Lorraine goes about her bored day-to-day and discovers a burgeoning interest in moonlighting as a dominatrix. Meanwhile, Adrian slowly discovers that the real world is thoroughly peppered with sleazy opportunists. Playing a bit like the anti- Reality Bites , Modern Love is Automatic is a film about being in a rut, the color turquoise, mattress sales, tight black leather, Jack Tripper-style hijinks, and transcending apathy. Melodie Sisk delivers a brilliant, understated performance that embodies the spirit (or lack thereof) of discontentment with the excessive pointlessness of modern life. Or. I don’t know. - Nicole McConvery

BUFF enthusiasts and revelers, prepare to have your minds (and ears) blown! This year's opening party will be at TT the Bear's in Central Square (a quick T stop away from the Kendall Square Cinema)! Come ready to thrash, rock and groove to this eclectic lineup of live entertainment: Get Laid - raucous girl-fronted punk Uncle Monsterface - puppet rockers from NYC (beloved ex-Bostonians) BIG DIGITS - Boston's best hip hop/rap group of 2008 Each of these kickass bands complements highlights of our film program and we promise this will be a multimedia experience unlike any you've ever encountered. $10 (Festival Passholders get in free and get two free drink tickets, good for Harpoon UFO!) (extra incentive to buy one of our handy Fest passes!!!) Doors open at 9pm, party goes till we get kicked out at 2am 21+ Only Come and celebrate the kickoff of BUFF's biggest and baddest festival yet!