“I suck at the thing I love,” shouts Tom Dong (Kelly Sry) at Steve Driver (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) near the end of Mope, which made its East Coast premiere at the 2019 iteration of the Boston Underground Film Festival. Tom makes this declaration with an unusual confidence and clarity (both for the character and for anyone […]
ROPEFUL ROMANTIC: ‘THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY’ IS THE BDSM LOVE STORY AUDIENCES DESERVE
Strickland is a filmmaker of rare talent, a technically gifted craftsman who relies heavily on artistic instinct.
KEEP 35MM ALIVE!: AN INTERVIEW WITH “OUT OF PRINT” DIRECTOR JULIA MARCHESE
This relationship with classic film may sound familiar to Hub moviegoers who frequent our many repertory and art house theaters, a sentiment which brings Marchese to Boston to present her film in person at Emerson’s Bright Family Screening Room this Friday, January 29.
STATE OF PLAY: MFA SHOWCASES THE DIVERSITY OF IRANIAN FILM
For the uninitiated, experiencing an entirely new cinematic style can be a lot to take in, so we’ve organized this year’s slate into two categories: those made in Iran with full knowledge and support from the authorities, and those made subversively or under conditions of questionable legality.
INTERVIEW: IRANIAN DIRECTOR SHAHRAM MOKRI, ‘FISH & CAT’
Director Shahram Mokri will appear at the Museum of Fine Arts this Saturday, January 17 to present his unique blend of horror, comedy, existentialism, and experimental film, Fish & Cat. As fans of the film, we reached out to Mokri to discuss his film, the world of Iranian cinema and the role of horror within it, and many other […]
SIENNA MILLER TALKS WAR ON THE HOME FRONT IN ‘AMERICAN SNIPER’
“I have a huge empathy for not only the people in service who deserve enormous respect and gratitude, but also the people left behind who are sacrificing their lives and their partners’ for the benefit of all of us.”
THE FIRST ANNUAL ROMNEY AWARDS
From Annie to Exodus: Gods and Kings, Interstellar to The Theory of Everything, we celebrate all that is soulless in prestige film.
MORE MIDDLE-EARTH: THE CONCLUSION OF PETER JACKSON’S TRYING TRILOGY
Eru help us all if Peter Jackson ever decides to adapt War and Peace.
GENDER EQUAL GENRE: WOMEN FILMMAKERS SPOTLIGHTED AT ETHERIA FILM NIGHT
The next time you hear someone blame a conspicuous gender imbalance in a given field on a lack of “qualified female applicants,” hold that dude’s feet to the fire and point him to Etheria Film Night, a celebration of women’s contributions to genre filmmaking.
BOYS AND CURLS: ‘BAD HAIR’ EXPLORES THE COLLISION OF ADOLESCENCE, MASCULINITY AND SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS
One of the more frustrating ordeals our society subjects children to is the way we categorize their behavior into personality types we’ve created before they’ve had any time to figure out who they are for themselves. How pointless it is to tell a girl who doesn’t like dresses that she’s a “tomboy,” or a boy […]
