Now that summer blockbuster season is over, we move on to the next phase of the entertainment calendar: prestige movie season. Taking place from September 20–23, the 34th annual Boston Film Festival (bostonfilmfestival.org) is a harbinger of this time-honored tradition, presenting plenty of films and documentaries you may be seeing on year-end best-of lists as well as 2019 Oscar ballots. Regardless, movie buffs can look forward to experiencing many outstanding narratives, special guest appearances by actors and filmmakers strolling the red carpet (including Thora Birch, Debby Ryan and Tate Donovan), a handful of U.S. and world premieres, and lots of local flavor, all centered around the ShowPlace Icon Theatre in the Seaport District (for opening and closing night screenings, pictured) and the Emerson Paramount Center's Bright Family Screening Room in the Theatre District.
