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Film Review: “Sinners” — Next to Godliness

April 19, 2025
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It takes spine to mash things up this boldly, and the bravery of auteur director Ryan Coogler’s storytelling is breathtaking.

Film Preview: “Planet at 50” — Unspooling Treasures from an Important Japanese Film Archive

April 9, 2025
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Planet’s holdings include nearly 20,000 film prints, as well as ephemera such as posters, scripts, and film magazines.

Film Review: Trans Valuation at Wicked Queer 41

April 4, 2025
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Director Victoria Verseau’s Trans Memoria is an oneiric, brutally frank meditation on the pains and rewards of transgender surgery.

Film Review: “The Ballad of Wallis Island” — Wandering Off-Key

April 2, 2025
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Heartwarming themes of love lost and the emotional power of music are undercut by a script constructed for the sake of dramatizing ideas rather than characters.

Film Review: “Bob Trevino Likes It” — Finding an Inspiring New Lease on Life

March 28, 2025
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Tracie Laymon’s comic drama about the serendipitous connection between a 25-year-old woman whose sense of self is fraying and a man stymied by loss is both entertaining and profound.

Doc Talk — Salem’s lot

March 27, 2025
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The best documentaries of 2025 can be seen at the Salem Film Fest.

Film Review: Charles Burnett’s “The Annihilation of Fish” — An Odd Couple in Love

March 26, 2025
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Despite “The Annihilation of Fish”’s warmth and optimism, it’s a wonky film.

Film Reviews: A Dispatch from the 25th Boston Underground Film Festival (Part 2 of 2)

March 25, 2025
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We return to my coverage of the 25th annual Boston Underground Film Festival, our own little local celebration of oddballs, freaks, and celluloid weirdos of all sorts.

Film Review: “Misericordia” — Empathy Rules

March 23, 2025
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Director Alain Guiraudie’s latest film is a darkly hilarious, polymorphously perverse paean to compassion.

Film Reviews: A Dispatch from the 25th Boston Underground Film Festival (Part 1 of 2)

March 22, 2025
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Considering the current political climate and its accompanying cultural backlashes, BUFF’s (continued) commitment to diversity in film feels especially pointed in its 25th incarnation.

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