REVIEW: Us (2019) Dir. Jordan Peele
Us, The Girl Or The Shadow: Which Are You? As a preamble to the discussion of the film itself, I want to…
Fresh Single Premiere: Evan Greer – “Last iPhone”
'she/her/they/them' New Album Out on Don Giovanni Records April 5th!
Cult Fiction – demo
Cult Fiction’s Hatemaker off their demo album is a perfect anecdote for the angsty art nerds amongst us. In fact, this whole…
Interview with Palace Shaw and Ariana Lee of The Whitest Cube
On power in museums, institutional barriers, and plans for their podcast
Angel Bat Dawid – The Oracle
This album starts with a Dr. Yusef Lateef cover, who you may know taught out at UMASS and Hampshire College. A dream,…
Music
5 questions for NEW DAD (aka Michael Brodeur)
Carl Stone – Baroo
Parsnip / The Shifters – Hip Blister
Dee Parts – Dee Parts II
Angel Bat Dawid – The Oracle
Fresh Single Premiere: Evan Greer – “Last iPhone”
Film
BUFF REVIEW: Assassinaut (2019) dir. Drew Bolduc
REVIEW: Us (2019) Dir. Jordan Peele
BUFF REVIEW: Knife+Heart (2018) dir. Yann Gonzalez
BUFF REVIEW: Happy Face (2018) dir. Alexandre Franchi
BUFF INTERVIEW: Clickbait Directors Michael J. Epstein and Sophia Cacciola
BUFF REVIEW: A Lot Like Life (Animated Shorts)
Art
MARCH COMPASS: Art Big 3 // PATRON SAINT @ DISTILLERY GALLERY on 3/29
Went There: JP POC Pop Up Art Show
Interview with (Interdisciplinary artist, carpenter, and farmer) Bella Steele
WENT THERE: Love Superior, a Death Supreme @ Simmons University’s Trustman Gallery
Interview with Palace Shaw and Ariana Lee of The Whitest Cube
WENT THERE: Kathleen Ryan, Cultivator at the MIT List
5 questions for NEW DAD (aka Michael Brodeur)
The Hassle presents... PLAYLAND: THIS friday 3/29 @ Dorchester Art Project 10pm - 2am
BUFF REVIEW: Assassinaut (2019) dir. Drew Bolduc
And, finally, here we are: my last feature review from the 2019 Boston Underground Film Festival. As you can undoubtedly tell, it’s…
BUFF REVIEW: Knife+Heart (2018) dir. Yann Gonzalez
Dreamy, washed-out images of two beautiful men getting it on in an open field fill the screen in the opening scene of…
BUFF REVIEW: Happy Face (2018) dir. Alexandre Franchi
In 1932, Tod Browning had as safe a claim as anyone on the title of “Greatest Horror Director Alive”: following a string…
BUFF INTERVIEW: Clickbait Directors Michael J. Epstein and Sophia Cacciola
After Saturday’s screening of Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore, I sat down with the directors of Clickbait, Michael J. Epstein and Sophia…
March Compass: Zach’s Facts // When NIN scored a video game
In 1996, Trent Reznor, aka Nine Inch Nails, became the first star powered musician to compose a score for a video game,…
BUFF REVIEW: A Lot Like Life (Animated Shorts)
The animated shorts of the Boston Underground Film Festival are always a highlight. Each one brings something unique to the Brattle: some…
BUFF REVIEW: The Hole in the Ground (2019) dir. Lee Cronin
It says a lot, both about the audience and the studio, that the A24 logo at the beginning of BUFF’s secret midnight…
Boston Compass #109
The Peanut Gallery
@ The Elma Lewis 2018 Women in Community Arts Collectors Edition Trading Cards
Congratulations to these wonderfully smart and talented women. We are so proud our daughter, Hilken Mancini is one of…- @ Sun Parade – “Wunnanuthur times” and “Young Adult”
Shuggie Mtn Breakdown IS a great album. Thanks for your write-up! (You're opinion is weak: the new singles are the…
BUFF REVIEW: Mary Jane’s Not A Virgin Anymore (1998) dir. Sarah Jacobson – 2K...
Before last week, I had never heard of Sarah Jacobson’s sole feature film, Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore. Now I’m just angry…
THE GLOBE AND WBUR WANT YOU TO PAY $10 TO HEAR CHARLIE BAKER TALK...
Dear Reader, Here is the description of an event held […] Monday, March 11 at the new WBUR CitySpace facility in…
BUFF REVIEW: The Nightshifter (2018) dir. Dennison Ramalho
While introducing Saturday’s screening of The Nightshifter, the feature debut from Brazilian short film maestro Dennison Ramalho, a representative of BUFF explained…
BUFF REVIEW: The Unthinkable (2018) dir. Crazy Pictures (Victor Danell)
Disaster movies are a staple in the United States, and boy do we have an abundance of films to choose from. Armageddon,…
BUFF REVIEW: Canary (2018) Dir. Christiaan Olwagen
Every day is like survival, according to Culture Club, and this couldn’t be more true for closeted queer kids, particularly those in…
BUFF REVIEW: Tone-Deaf (2019) dir. Richard Bates, Jr.
Social media is a funny thing. Ostensibly, it allows an unprecedented window into people’s lives, a glimpse, in real time, into the…
Went There: Black Midi, Kal Marks & Rob Noyes at Great Scott
Joining the heralded “London's best band" Black Midi were two Boston local artists, Rob Noyes and Kal Marks.
BUFF REVIEW: Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records (2018) dir. Julia Nash
My friends often tease me for being a “physical media snob.” While the rest of the world consigns their entertainment options to…
The roped fellow at 18 Lincoln St would seem to be a modernized Gulliver...