"Notes After Long Silence: On Austrian and American Structural Film" will play at Umass Boston on Thursday, May 4th, at 8pm.
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DIG THIS: INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON 2023
The Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston) presents its 20th annual edition this week, with screenings at the Somerville Theatre, Brattle Theatre, and Coolidge Corner Theatre through May 3rd.
DIG THIS: “LOVE ON THE RUN” SEMINARS AT THE COOLIDGE
DigBoston film critic Jake Mulligan is back at the Coolidge Corner Theatre this month to lead two seminars as part of their "Love on the Run" program.
DIG THIS: DIG CRITIC TALKS “THIN MAN” ON 12/15 AT THE COOLIDGE
DigBoston critic Jake Mulligan will lead a seminar on "The Thin Man" before a 35mm screening this Thursday, December 15.
INTERVIEW: FREDERICK WISEMAN
Frederick Wiseman is an American filmmaker whose latest feature, A Couple (2022), opens at the Coolidge Corner Theatre on December 2.
DIG THIS: “ARIANA GERSTEIN: STILL/DISTILL” AT THE BRATTLE
RPM Fest and the Brattle Theatre will host "Ariana Gerstein: Still/Distill" tomorrow, September 25, at 2pm.
DIG THIS: FRIZZI 2 FULCI CONCERT AT THE COOLIDGE
Italian musician and film composer Fabio Frizzi will return to the Coolidge Corner Theatre on Saturday, September 17, to perform with his Frizzi 2 Fulci band.
DIG THIS: “BRITTANY GRAVELY: VIGNETTES OF TIME” AT THE BRATTLE THEATRE
RPM Fest and the Brattle will host "Vignettes of Time" on August 21 at 2pm.
INTERVIEW: B.J. NOVAK
"I’ve heard that it's harder to laugh on cue than it is to cry on cue. By the way, I did cry on cue in that movie, but the scenes were cut."
MOVIE DIARY: “BLANKET STATEMENT NO. 2” AT THE BRATTLE THEATRE
By Jodie Mack. 2013, US, 4 minutes. Screening at the Brattle Theatre as part of “Jodie Mack: Cabinet of Curiosities”, tonight, July 20, at 7pm.
FILM REVIEW: “THIS MUCH I KNOW TO BE TRUE”
Directed by Andrew Dominik. UK, 2022, 105 minutes. Screens at the Brattle Theatre on Wednesday, May 11th, at 8pm.
PROGRAM REVIEW: THE DOCYARD SPRING 2022
Brief reviews of "Rock Bottom Riser," "El Father Plays Himself," "A Thousand Fires," "After Sherman," and three short films by Morgan Quaintance.
FILM REVIEW: “THE LAST THING MARY SAW”
Written and directed by Edoardo Vitaletti. US, 2021, 86 minutes. Available with subscription on Shudder.
FESTIVAL REPORT: BUGS BUNNY FILM FESTIVAL 2021
Continues at the Brattle Theatre through February 27. All shows on 35mm, see brattlefilm.org for showtimes.
INTERVIEW: ALEXANDRE KOBERIDZE, DIRECTOR OF “WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SKY?”
"What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?" is streaming with subscription at MUBI.com.
FILM REVIEW: “POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ”
Directed by Celeste Bell and Paul Sng. UK, 2021, 96 minutes. Available on VOD.
MOVIE DIARY: “THE THING CALLED LOVE”
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich. US, 1993, 116/118 minutes. Available on DVD and VOD.
FILM REVIEW: “JACKASS FOREVER”
Directed by Jeff Tremaine. US, 2022, 96 minutes. Now playing at most local multiplexes.
FILM REVIEW: “SPENCER”
Directed by Pablo Larraín. Germany/UK, 2021, 117 minutes. Available on VOD.
HORROR BEAT: FALL 2021
Reviews of three new horror films—"V/H/S/94," "The Spine of Night," and "Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin."
NOTES ON: “NO TIME TO DIE”
The new Bond film delivers the kind of fan service that's now de rigueur for franchise movies. But who’s being serviced?
FESTIVAL REPORT: FIVE MORE FROM NYFF
Brief reviews of "C'mon C'mon," "I Want to Talk About Duras," "Red Rocket," "Ste. Anne," and "The Tsugua Diaries"—most of which are playing locally or virtually this week.
FESTIVAL REPORT: FIVE MOVIES FROM NYFF MAIN SLATE
Brief reviews of "Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn," "Benedetta," "Bergman Island," "Titane," and "Vortex."
FILM REVIEW: “THE VOYEURS”
Written and directed by Michael Mohan. Canada/US, 2021, 116 minutes. Available on Amazon.
STATUS REPORT: AGX FILM COLLECTIVE, 8/27/21
Through dark times, the AgX Film Collective has been much more than just a community darkroom.
FILM REVIEW: 9TO5, THE STORY OF A MOVEMENT
Directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert. US, 2020, 89 minutes. Available on GBH Passport and Netflix.
MOVIE DIARY: “HE GOT GAME”
Written and directed by Spike Lee. US, 1998, 136 minutes. Available on DVD, VOD, and to subscribers on HBO Max.
FILM REVIEW: “NO SUDDEN MOVE”
Directed by Steven Soderbergh. US, 2021, 115 minutes. Available with subscription on HBO Max.
FILM REVIEW: “ZOLA”
Co-written and directed by Janicza Bravo. US, 2020, 90 minutes. Opens theatrically on Tuesday, June 29.
FILM REVIEW: “STILL PROCESSING”
Directed and co-edited by Sophy Romvari. Canada, 2020, 17 minutes. Available with subscription on MUBI.