Directed by Max Barbakow. US, 2020, 89 minutes. Available with subscription on Hulu.
Film
FILM REVIEW: “THE KILLING FLOOR”
Directed by Bill Duke. US, 1984, 118 minutes.
FILM REVIEW: “THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND”
Co-written and directed by Judd Apatow. US, 2020, 136 minutes.
FILM REVIEW: SOME “RANDOM” MOVIES
On short films and other artworks recently made by the "Random Acts of Flyness" crew.
STATUS REPORT: BOSTON FILM UPDATES, 4/17/20
Since just about every “local film institution” has news to share, it’s not possible for me to cover the full breadth of things in case-specific articles like those linked above. So every month or so we’ll also be publishing a more general list of updates, beginning with this one.
STATUS REPORT: INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON, 4/12/20
On the status of the Boston area's major independent film festival during the COVID-19 pandemic.
STATUS REPORT: COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE, 3/30/20
The fate of an iconic movie theater, plus that of its programming and personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
INTERVIEW: KASI LEMMONS
Kasi Lemmons is an American filmmaker whose pictures include Eve’s Bayou (1997), The Caveman’s Valentine (2001), and Harriet (2019). Her most recent work is as a director and executive producer on Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (2020), a four-part miniseries released on Netflix earlier today. The first two installments of Self Made are directed by Lemmons, and the last two are directed by DeMane Davis.
STATUS REPORT: THE MULTIPLEXES, 3/19/20
SELF-MADE: THE DEDICATION OF BOSTON DIRECTOR DEMANE DAVIS
DeMane Davis, Self-Made, Madam C.J. Walker, Netflix, Ava DuVernay, Shonda Rhimes, Shondaland, Blair Underwood, Octavia Spencer, Boston, Daniel Laurent, Roxbury