The Mafu Cage premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1978 and was distributed across much of Europe in the ensuing years. However the film didn’t gain such traction in the U.S., where it was briefly, and unsuccessfully, rebranded as an exploitation film under the new title Don’t Ring the Doorbell
SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN: ON THE COOLIDGE HALLOWEEN HORROR MARATHON
The concept of a “playlist” has traditionally been linked to music, but you’ll find analogues for it strewn throughout film culture. Repertory programs are something like an equivalent. But a closer relative—the closest—would be one-sitting movie marathons. In this city, a number are held annually: The Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival hosts 24 hours of consecutive […]
JUMPING INTO THE FIRE: AN INTERVIEW WITH SASHA LANE
Sasha Lane’s first role brings her cross-country
FEEDING FRENZY: ANIMAL-SLASHER CINEMA, POST-AMITY ISLAND
Jaws rip-offs sighted at 12 o’clock
ROAD RAGE: “HIGHWAYS TO HELL” AT THE COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE
On the Coolidge’s program of vehicular horror films
THE SEVEN SEES: UNDERRATED VENUES TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON
Tired of going to the same music venues? Us too.
DIG THIS: BACK TO THE FUTURE, HAND IN HAND GALLERY, BOSTON VEGETARIAN FOOD FESTIVAL
“If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour… you’re gonna see some serious shit.”
DIG THIS: HONK! FESTIVAL, BLAIR WITCH, AND DIIV
This week it’s all about making some noise!
SCARE SEASON: A WHITE-KNUCLE PEEK AT THE CORE AND HORROR TO COME TO HUB SCREENS THIS FALL
If you’re measuring by body count, though, the Coolidge Corner Theatre is the biggest menace of the scare season this year.
FARCE TO THE FUTURE: THREE GENERATIONS OF COMEDY FILMMAKERS RELEASE LATEST
A judge and a detective get involved as the seventh and eighth wheels, because this is that type of movie—the type of comedy they might’ve made in the ’30s, when detectives and judges were always walking into farcical scenes at the wrong time.
