Film

Film Review: “No Other Land” — In The West Bank, Seizing Land and Smashing Cameras

March 29, 2024
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Watch “Five Broken Cameras” as “No Other Land” finds its way to festivals beyond Berlin. By then, the forced displacement of people in the West Bank will look gentle compared to the relentless siege of Gaza.

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Film Review: “Asphalt City” — Paramedics on the Mean Streets

March 29, 2024
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The director did his research: he rode with EMTs so the Asphalt City’s grim vision is real and convincingly ramped up.

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Film Review: “Problemista” — Immigration Blues

March 28, 2024
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In “Problemista,” Julio Torres has managed to make the trauma of the undocumented immigrant, struggling to stay in America, as amusing as it is agonizing.

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Film Review: “Mad Props” — Collectors on the Hunt

March 27, 2024
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This sweet, amusing documentary revolves around collectors (all eager males) who are crazy with nostalgia for the mainstream cinema of the late 1970s through the 1990s.

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Film Review: “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell” — Shell Shocked

March 26, 2024
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Faith is a very elusive thing in the transcendent “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell.”

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Film Reviews: Dispatch from the Boston Underground Film Festival (Part 2)

March 25, 2024
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Even if the closing film was a complete and utter bust, I had a blast seeing some really great movies with fantastic crowds. See you next year, and as always, stay weird Boston.

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Film Reviews: Dispatch from the Boston Underground Film Festival (Part 1 of 2)

March 23, 2024
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This time around, I decided to go all in and totally movie-pill myself by seeing all 12 films in the feature line-up at the expense of my own sanity. Just kidding …

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Film Review: “Late Night with the Devil” — Retro Occult Wizardry

March 22, 2024
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The Cairnes brothers explore how the analog media trickery of a bygone era may illuminate our current obsession with what is real.

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Doc Talk: Outsider Insights at the Salem Film Fest

March 21, 2024
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This year’s Salem Film Fest spotlights the price of being a rebel.

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Film Review: “Love Lies Bleeding” — Fatigued Existential Ruthlessness

March 14, 2024
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“Love Lies Bleeding” is a glorious work of sweaty, dusty, pulp filmmaking.

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