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Film Preview: Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival 2023

February 15, 2023
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This is the event’s 48th year, making the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival the longest running genre festival in the country.

Film Review: “Marlowe” — A Whydunnit

February 15, 2023
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This is a Marlowe movie trying too hard to be a Marlowe movie. But it doesn’t have the heart to succeed.

Film Review: “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” — Marvel Rolls Out the Orwellian Doublespeak

February 15, 2023
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Ant-Man can no longer call out comic book movies for their bullshit because, as purveyor of prologue for the Marvel movies that will follow, the character is now too irredeemably full of bullshit himself.

Film Review: “Infinity Pool” — Body Double

February 14, 2023
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There’s still room for Brandon Cronenberg to grow as a horror director, but Infinity Pool should make his father proud. It’s a sensory nightmare of bodily dissociation and high class decadence that signals a promising start to 2023.

Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “The Persian Version” and “Eileen”

February 11, 2023
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The Persian Version and Eileen offer different takes on friction in the family.

Film Review: “Spoiler Alert” — A Comfortable and Comforting LGBTQIA+ Story

February 10, 2023
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Spoiler Alert is arranged to make the viewer feel snug, like a cup of hot cocoa on a cold winter day.

Film Review: “Close” — Feeling the Tragic Weight of the Human Condition

February 9, 2023
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Some might consider Close to be a depressing film, but its impressive understanding of human frailty and the power of forgiveness is revelatory.

Sundance Film Festival 2023, Dispatch #3: Magic Beneath the Surface

February 8, 2023
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Two horror-adjacent films at this year’s Sundance Festival — Sorcery and Animalia — were strikingly beautiful.

Film Review: “No Bears” — An Iranian Director’s Muted Act of Subversion

February 8, 2023
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Rather than coming across as angry or urgent, Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s No Bears feels muted, perhaps even subdued to the point of depression.

Film Review: “One Fine Morning” — The Ambiguities of Love

February 8, 2023
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One Fine Morning lives up to its sunny title, even if it’s a bit less optimistic than you might expect.

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