“There was a huge amount of playfulness in the making of the movie. It didn’t necessarily come out frame after frame. But our teamwork, let’s say, or our just hanging out, was an important part of how it evolved.”
GRAND ACCOMPANIMENT: REPORTING FROM THE LATEST ‘FILM SCREENINGS’ HELD BY THE BOSTON POPS
“Like so many people of various generations, I’ve really grown up with his music,” says Lockhart, speaking over the phone. “I was a little intimidated when I had to come to Boston in 1995 and take over for him. He’s a very modest, very self-effacing human being. I’m so glad he’s still part of the Pops family.”
NIGHTMARE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
A documentary about how the idiot media helped elect a moron POTUS
RUMBLECORE: ALLSTON TO BE HIGHLIGHTED IN NEW FILM GUTTERBUG
This summer, director Andrew Gibson will begin work on a gritty indie drama with music from Nice Guys, Black Beach, The Symptoms, and more.
TRASHING THE THEATER
What sets Trash Night further apart from similar “B movie + commentary” screenings is its welcoming, egalitarian nature.
SPECIAL GUEST COLUMN: THE RIP OFF
As I wrote the script, I truly felt that it was going to be something big. What I didn’t know was that the story would go far, but without me or my consent.
THE LONG JOURNEY HOME
A new film aims to shatter stigmas around public housing
SPECIAL PREVIEW: INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON 2017
The nonprofit film series is entering its 15th year, and its 2017 iteration is spread across more than three screening locations, with programming that includes features, short films, fiction and nonfiction, panels and parties, innumerable filmmakers in person, all the works.
UPCOMING FILM + DISCUSSION: GATTACA 2017
When Andrew Niccol’s stylish futuristic thriller Gattaca hit theatres in 1997, it raised deep hypothetical questions regarding genetic supremacy that made for enjoyable parlor conversation.
HIGHLIGHTS: “HIDDEN FIGURES” AND “20TH CENTURY WOMEN”
Films set in specific periods of history necessarily broach at least two major subjects: the way that things have changed, and the way that they haven’t.
