Ezra Haber Glenn

Film Review: “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” — Act Now!

April 9, 2023
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For these eco-warriors, it’s payback time: they didn’t start this fight, but they are determined to finish it.

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Notes from (Boston) Underground Part I: BUFF’s “The Dunwich Horrors” Local Shorts Program

March 27, 2023
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In order to appreciate this smorgasbord of schlock by independent filmmakers from around New England, it’s best to understand the program in context

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Film Review: “Amsterdam” — Fast Friends, Broken Bodies, Strong Spirits

October 4, 2022
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As its plot unfolds, Amsterdam treats us to a strangely magical form of visual and verbal storytelling, both humorous and hard-edged, by turns sweet and shocking, with richly curated frames and bright spirited dialogue.

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Film Review: Wait for It… “Hold Your Fire”

September 30, 2022
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At a time when the nation is taking stock of the failures of our history of urban policing and looking for some new approaches, the lessons of Hold Your Fire are needed more urgently than ever.

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Film Review: “Barbarian” — Scarebnb

September 13, 2022
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As with many horror and action films (and probably much of real life), the build-up is better than the eventual resolution/climax.

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Film Commentary: Diamonds in the Rough — One Perfect Moment from “Infinite Storm”

June 25, 2022
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Years from now, I’m sure I will have forgotten nearly everything about Infinite Storm, but this one scene will still stick with me.

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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2021

December 23, 2021
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Our demanding critics choose the best films (along with some disappointments) of the year.

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Film Review: “Encounter” — A Solid Genre-Spanner

December 17, 2021
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This “father and sons on the lam” film adeptly blends genres (in this case: sci-fi plus thriller). It is well assembled, emotionally compelling, and beautifully shot.

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Film Review: “Belfast’ — Black and White and Rosy All Over

November 16, 2021
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Belfast is overly sentimental and drenched if not drowned in nostalgia, but it’s also very sweet, uplifting, well-paced, beautifully shot, and competently assembled.

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Film Review: “Terra Femme” — Only Connect…

November 3, 2021
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Collectively, Terra Femme’s footage provides a window — or really, a suite of windows — that allows us to view a bygone world through the eyes of silent female gazers.

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