Review
The spirit of Frederick Wiseman lives on at the IFFBoston.
A Boston-based ensemble blends Indian classical forms with contemporary dance to probe birth, patriarchy, and migration.
A rigorously faithful “Stranger” that nonetheless reframes the novel’s moral center in worthy, modern ways.
Mike Rivard’s rotating collective has blended dub, jazz, Moroccan trance, funk, electronica, hip-hop, and prog into its heady stew.
Two standout releases showcase adventurous composition, tight ensemble interplay, and the next wave of trumpet-driven jazz.
Turn the lake into a lotus pond and you can take it from there.
Jubilant collages, TV motifs, and immersive rooms celebrate 25 years of Black artist Derrick Adams’s inventive practice.
A sharp, locally grounded dramedy that captures the contradictions of suburban Southern California — and the steep cost of survival for young women.
A retrospective of four films by those two Hungarian artists unfolds as a monochromatic monolith of mud, misery, human folly, and inexorable corruption.

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