See this film: Party Like It's a Verb at the Brattle

Given the topnotch film programs and local talent in the area, it's no wonder that Boston has been developing into a hotbed of independent filmmaking. Take, for example, Party Like It's A Verb, writer/director and B.U. graduate film school alumnus Rob Peyrebrune's "unromantic" comedy about a crotchety, suddenly single would-be lothario (Jeff Stern) who poses at a party as an Italian ambassador. He tries to pick up a girl (Giulia Rozzi), who doesn't quite buy his act. Made for $15,000 in exotic locations including Somerville, Cambridge, and New London, Connecticut, it debuts Thursday, March 1 at the Brattle Theatre. Cast and crew will be on hand to answer questions - and accept congratulations -at 40 Brattle St, Cambridge| 7:30 pm | $9.75 | 617.876.6837 or brattlefilm.org.