What sets Trash Night further apart from similar “B movie + commentary” screenings is its welcoming, egalitarian nature.
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.
OPEN HAUS: “GRRL HAUS CINEMA” TAKES OVER THE BRATTLE ONCE AGAIN
In the coming weeks we’ll be publishing often about our “highlights of 2016”, but there’s one event I can add to the list ahead of time. Last year we attended an evening of screenings hosted by Grrl Haus Cinema at the Brattle Theatre—and the program is back at that same location tonight, just over a year later, […]
WATCH THE THRONE: ON PRINCE’S RAREST FEATURE
When we lose one of our most beloved artists, the nature of popular culture demands that we collectively pick one work to define them. Unfortunately we’ve experienced this multiple times in recent months: With Bowie, we heard “Starman” in the streets and on the stump, then with Cohen, it was “Hallelujah” late on Saturday […]
CONFLICT OF INTEREST: ON “SONITA”, WHEREIN THE DIRECTOR IS THE CO-STAR
The two shots that bookend the title card of Sonita [2016] tell entirely different stories. First, before we see the film’s name, we see its namesake: Sonita Alizadeh, a teenage Afghani refugee living in Iran and receiving an education on behalf of a NGO. She’s rapping her own lyrics to a captivated audience of […]
AS RED AS THE DEVIL’S… : “BELLADONNA OF SADNESS” AT THE BRATTLE THEATRE
Belladonna of Sadness gets revived at the Brattle
STILL B.U.F.F.: GUIDE TO THE 2016 BOSTON UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
Your Guide to the 2016 Boston Underground Film Festival
STRANGE DADE: ON KELLY REICHARDT’S “RIVER OF GRASS”
On Kelly Reichardt’s Floridian time capsule
DOC’S ORDERS: SPRING PROGRAMMING AT THE DOCYARD
Spring programming at the DocYard
DIG THIS: 1984, WISH YOU WERE THERE, AND JASON ROHRER
So what Big Brother is watching? Probably jealous you’re having fun.
