Film
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.
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.
Faith is a very elusive thing in the transcendent “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell.”
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.
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 …
The Cairnes brothers explore how the analog media trickery of a bygone era may illuminate our current obsession with what is real.
This year’s Salem Film Fest spotlights the price of being a rebel.
“Love Lies Bleeding” is a glorious work of sweaty, dusty, pulp filmmaking.
Noora Niasari’s personal involvement elevates “Shayda” above melodramatic Lifetime fare: this is a compellingly warm tribute to the Iranian director’s mother.
Walking a fine line between fiction and documentary, director Sacha Polak has fashioned a film that is achingly real because it evokes life’s unpredictability.
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