Film
Film Feature: From the Sewers, With Love — BUFF’s New Directors Bring the Underground Back to Boston
“It’s spring; we rise again. BUFF’s back, we’re bringing hell with us. The underground is back.” — Phil Healy, co-director of the Boston Underground Film Festival
Film Review: Echoes of Passion — Arnaud Desplechin’s “Two Pianos” Plays on the Keys of Loss and Love
Here’s a drama that explores with uncommon pathos the ways that people confront—with grace or with fury—what they’re compelled to give up.
“Hoppers”‘ climax is a valuable reminder that none of us — from mammal to ant — are safe from the fury of a Mother Nature we have badly wronged.
The film’s intellectual friskiness is everywhere, and at times it takes centerstage at the expense of the story.
Reviews of “Josephine,: the film that won Sundance’s top award for 2026 and of “Aanookibijigan” and “The Gallerist”.
“Sirāt” is a heart-stopping, surreal reflection of our contemporary moment.
“Deepfaking Sam Altman” is an entertaining, off-beat deep dive into the hands-on tech needed to generate deepfakes. It also sounds the alarm about the growing imitative power of AI.
Director Baz Luhrmann’s exhilarating documentary-concert film gives us Elvis in his prime.
Admiring looks at a wealth of illuminating documentaries in this year’s gathering.
The ratio between fantasy and real life felt off in this uneven film version of Kander and Ebb’s 1990 musical.
Cultural Commentary: Death by Incorporation — Why Do Bean-Counters Run Arts Boards?