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Titane: Murder, Cars and Daddy Issues
By Gabriela Portugal“Titane” is a body-horror film through and through, but its commentary about sex and family is as central to the film as the gore.
Boston Asian American Film Festival
By Xinyan FuNew England’s largest Asian American film festival kicks off its five-day screening sessions on October 20. The 13th Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF) is completely virtual this year and allows its audience to view the movies within a designated viewing window from October 20 to October 24.
Boston LGBTQIA Arts Alliance Hosts Queer Time-Based Screening
By Victoria Mallorga HernandezBoston LGBTQIA Artists Alliance (BLAA) has teamed up with the Coolidge Corner Theatre to present a screening of queer time-based media this year.
Lesley University Film Festival (LUIFF)
By Lou BalikosLesley University is hosting its annual film festival (LUIFF) virtually this year, beginning Saturday, April 24 through Monday, April 26. The film students of Lesley University, under the guidance of professional festival programmer Kathleen Mullen, will be showcasing three nights of compelling and captivating films on the Vimeo streaming platform. Tickets are sold at Eventbrite… Read more »
Brattle Theatre: A Year of Virtual Screenings
By Anna BrosnihanIn the past year of operating during the pandemic, the Brattle Theatre has developed a refined virtual program that not only serves to keep the business up and running at a basic level, but functions well enough to earn them the title of 2020’s Best Virtual Movie Theater in Boston Magazine. Since 1953, The Brattle… Read more »
Documentary Filmmaking: One Long Journey to the Boston Underground Film Festival
By Mike SullivanMike Sullivan describes the years-long process filmmakers Jessica Barnthouse and Stacy Buchanan undertook in making their first feature documentary, Something Wicked This Way Comes. The film featured at this year’s Boston Underground Film Festival. A revised version of the doc, titled The Man in the Mask, will be showing at festivals later this year.
New Doc Explores Benefits of Restorative Justice Practice
By Marie-Emmanuelle HartnessIn Circle Up, Boston-based filmmaker Julie Mallozzi explores the power of peacemaking circles in restorative justice. She documents women using this indigenous practice to cope with extreme violence and loss. Marie-Emmanuelle Hartness met with Julie after a screening and Q&A at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge to discuss the film’s production and its use in activism.
New Doc about Charter Schools Exposes Insidious Effects on Education Equity
By Marie-Emmanuelle HartnessBackpack Full of Cash is a new documentary by Director and Activist Sarah Mondale. The film, which is co-produced by Vera Aronow, offers an unforgiving portrayal of the charter school movement in America. Marie-Emmanuelle Hartness was at the Boston screening and talks with Mondale and Aronow about making the film and about working with Nancy Carlson-Paige and her son, Matt Damon.
IFFBoston 2017 Review: City of Ghosts
By Evan CreanFilm critic Evan Crean reviews Matthew Heineman’s documentary “City of Ghosts,” which screened at the 2017 Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston).
IFFBoston 2017 Review: For Ahkeem
By Evan CreanFilm critic Evan Crean reviews Jeremy S. Levine and Landon Van Soest’s documentary For Ahkeem, which screened at the 2017 Independent Film Festival Boston (IFFBoston).