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DIG 23.05 – 4/8/21

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FILM REVIEW: “PATTY HEARST”

Written by JAKE MULLIGAN Posted March 17, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Film

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ll be publishing a series of reports on the status of local film institutions and theaters, which began with yesterday’s ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Patty Hearst, Paul Schrader, Quarantine Cinema

STATUS REPORT: BRATTLE THEATRE, 3/14/20

Written by JAKE MULLIGAN Posted March 16, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Film

“When this first [began], I turned to Ned and said: If this becomes what I think it’ll become, then I don’t know how the Brattle survives this.”

On Wednesday, March 11, the team at the Brattle Theatre sent their first email regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, announcing ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Brattle Theatre

INTERVIEW: KELLY REICHARDT

Written by JAKE MULLIGAN Posted March 13, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Film


Kelly Reichardt is an American filmmaker whose latest film,
First Cow (2020), is now playing in Boston-area theaters. Adapted from Jonathan Raymond’s novel  ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: First Cow, Kelly Reichardt

FILM REVIEW: “LIGHT FROM LIGHT”

Written by JAKE MULLIGAN Posted February 28, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Film

Film Review: Light From Light
Written and directed by Paul Harrill. US, 2019, 82 min.
Brattle Theatre, Fri 2.28-Sun 3.1 (see brattlefilm.org for showtimes). 35mm.

Seeing it for the first time in years last Halloween, I was struck anew by the immense sense of cultural ennui foregrounded during the opening reel of Tobe Hooper’s Poltergeist (1982)—a ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Jim Gaffigan, Light from Light, Marin Ireland, Paul Harrill

FILM REVIEW: “INFLUENZA”

Written by JAKE MULLIGAN Posted February 23, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Film

Review: Influenza
Directed by Bong Joon Ho. South Korea, 2004, 27 min.

Available for rental or purchase at Grasshopperfilm.com.

If the Parasite (2019) sweep of this year’s Academy Awards has compelled you to see other movies by the great Bong Joon Ho, you’ll gladly find that it won’t require too much legwork. Each of Bong’s six previous ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Bong Joon-ho, incoherence, influenza, parasite, shaking tokyo, tokyo!

INTERVIEW: CHASE WHITESIDE

Written by JAKE MULLIGAN Posted February 10, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Film

Chase Whiteside is an American nonfiction filmmaker who recently co-directed, co-produced and co-edited his feature debut, América (2018), in collaboration with fellow director/producer/editor ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: America, Chase Whiteside, The DocYard

FESTIVAL PREVIEW: REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE 2020

Written by JAKE MULLIGAN Posted January 31, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Film

Preview: “Revolutions Per Minute Festival 2020”
Jan 31–Feb 2, 2020, University Hall 2300 and 4400 at UMass Boston.
Full schedule at revolutionsperminutefest.org. Free admission (donations suggested). 

Despite this next iteration being only the second hosted in the Boston area, the Revolutions Per Minute Festival already represents the single most expansive public offering of noncommercial cinema happening in the city on a yearly basis. And while it’s true that ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Brittany Gravely, Diana Barrie, Revolutions Per Minute Festival, Richard Tuohy, RPM Fest, Saul Levine

FILM REVIEW: “EVE’S BAYOU”

Written by JAKE MULLIGAN Posted January 24, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Film

Written and directed by Kasi Lemmons. US, 1997, 109 min.

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Eve's Bayou, Kasi Lemmons, The Caveman's Valentine

FILM REVIEW: “THE TASK”

Written by JAKE MULLIGAN Posted January 16, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Film

Review: The Task
Directed by Leigh Ledare. US, 2017, 118 min.
Available on Vimeo. Link to view at the artist’s website. 

Leigh Ledare’s nonfiction feature is set entirely in one room playing host to a “group relations conference,” which places a number of unrelated people in a multilayered circle as seen above. “During a sequence of small and large group meetings, the group ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Leigh Ledare, The Task

INTERVIEW: THEO ANTHONY

Written by JAKE MULLIGAN Posted December 21, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Film

Theo Anthony is an American filmmaker, writer, and photographer best known for his feature-length Rat Film (2017). His most recent work is the mid-length film  ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Subject to Review

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