The 20th annual Boston International Film Festival returns in person
The Boston International Film Festival (BIFF) returns this year with a live, in-person celebration for its 20th anniversary. Each year,…
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683 Days Dark: Emerson’s Bright Lights Series returns to in-person screenings for Spring 2022 season
“We come to this place for magic” That’s right. Emerson College’s Bright Theater. Almost 700 days after their Spring 2020…
Titane: Murder, Cars and Daddy Issues
“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
New 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
Boston 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)
Lesley University is hosting its annual film festival (LUIFF) virtually this year, beginning Saturday, April 24 through Monday, April 26….
Brattle Theatre: A Year of Virtual Screenings
In the past year of operating during the pandemic, the Brattle Theatre has developed a refined virtual program that not…
Documentary Filmmaking: One Long Journey to the Boston Underground Film Festival
Mike 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
In 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.