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Film Review: “I Saw the TV Glow” — Nostalgia Trap

May 5, 2024
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“I Saw the TV Glow” is nothing short of astonishing, a defining moment in queer cinema in the making and proof positive that Jane Schoenbrun is one of our generation’s most needed filmmakers.

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Film Review: “Nowhere Special” — Searching for a Heart of Gold

May 4, 2024
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The relationship between the two leads keeps Nowhere Special grounded in what is the film’s moving core — a high-stakes love story between a father and a son.

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Film Review: “The Old Oak” — Still Standing Tall

May 4, 2024
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Veteran British director Ken Loach turns over a new leaf in “The Old Oak”.

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Film Review: “Challengers” — Match Point

May 4, 2024
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“Challengers” is an exploration of eroticism in the broadest sense: the eroticism of competition, the sensuality of sport, and the messiness of human relationships.

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Film Reviews: DocTalk at the Independent Film Festival of Boston — Bands of Outsiders

May 1, 2024
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Documentaries celebrating communities shine at the Independent Film Festival of Boston.

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Film Preview: Independent Film Festival Boston — Two By Two

April 30, 2024
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Want to see some excellent new films? How about in pairs?

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Film Interview: At the IFFB — “Road to Ruane” Pays Tribute to Boston’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Benefactor Billy Ruane

April 30, 2024
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“Billy Ruane built a legacy, and 14 years after his death you can still feel his presence in local clubs. He fermented a scene that still lives on today.”

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Book Review: “Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir” — A Rehash

April 21, 2024
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The best part of the Silver/Ursini book is the padding, the last forty pages in which the two authors go past “Double Indemnity”‘s release to contextualize it within the generic stream of “film noir”.

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Film Review: “Sasquatch Sunset” — Creatures of Nature, Walking Proud and Standing Tall

April 19, 2024
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“Sasquatch Sunset”‘s directors claim they were interested in respecting the universal connection between man and nature, albeit with plenty of humor.

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Book Review: “Hollywood’s Imperial Wars” — Darkness Visible

April 16, 2024
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“Hollywood’s Imperial Wars” is at its best as a bold and informative survey of the movies that the studios felt it was “credibly possible” for them to make after Vietnam.

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