Ben Affleck and the North End Kids

“This Movie is Nothing if Not a Long Apology to the North End”

That was the quote in the Boston Herald from Ben Affleck during an interview for his “Made in Boston” movie, “The Town” opening this weekend. “The community is extremely powerful politically in the North End, whereas if you’re (filming) in Dorchester you wouldn’t be getting the same kind of push-back from the municipal authorities. So Read More…

“The Town” Pictures From Salem Street

Here are a couple of pictures from today’s shooting of “The Town” on Salem Street. More at A Different Perspective. (Send in your pictures or videos to info@northendwaterfront.org.)

Affleck’s “The Town” Films at Neptune Oyster

Yes, that was Ben Affleck filming at Salem Street’s Neptune Oyster today as he directs (and stars in) “The Town”, an adaption of Chuck Hogan’s Prince of Thieves. Also starring in “The Town” is Mad Men’s Jon Hamm (Don Draper and Rebecca Hall (“Frost/Nixon”). Affleck plays a bank robber in a love triangle with FBI Read More…