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Focused on films: 23rd Independent Film Festival Boston features 90 movies in eight days

Anne Hathaway in "Mother Mary." (A24)

‘Mother Mary’: Style without salvation

Bob Odenkirk in Normal. (Magnolia Films)

A wildly unhinged ‘Normal’

Rebecca Marder and Benjamin Voisin is "The Stranger." (Music Box Films)

‘The Stranger’: Indifference on trial

Riz Ahmed in a scene from "Hamlet," directed by Aneil Karia. (Vertical)

Riz Ahmed anchors slimmed-down ‘Hamlet’

Mario (Chris Pratt) and Luigi (Charlie Day) in "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie." (Universal/Illumination/Nintendo)

A not-so-super ‘Mario Galaxy Movie’

Robert Pattinson and Zendaya in "The Drama." (A24)

‘The Drama’: Till doubt do us part

Marc Jacobs in a scene from "Marc by Sofia." (A24)

‘Marc by Sofia’: Clothes friends

André Ricciardi in a scene from the documentary "Andre is an Idiot." (Joint Ventures)

‘André Is an Idiot’: One man’s last laugh

Ryan Gosling in "Project Hail Mary." (Jonathan Olley/Amazon MGM Studios)

Rocket man: Ryan Gosling finds a friend in space