REVIEW: Photograph (2019) dir. Ritesh Batra
A momentary portrait between strangers in Mumbai's busy streets
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REVIEW: Teen Spirit (2018) dir. Max Minghella
"Singing, but have it in fluorescent colors"
REVIEW: HELLBOY (2019) dir. Neil Marshall
A demon devil man tries to be a good boy in this R-Rated revamp
WENT THERE: Conversation with Park Chan-wook @HFA
The revered South Korean director discussed about film influences, deception, and laughing
WENT THERE: Sundance Film Festival Shorts @ICA
Seven short films selected from this year's festival program tour
REVIEW: Liyana (2017) dir. Aaron & Amanda Kopp
In a 2009 TED talk, Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie presented “The Danger of a Single Story,” which implicated the vast amounts…
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) dir. Mamoru Hosoda
1/26 @HFA
FILM SERIES: Holiday Adjacent
12/14-12/20 @ BRATTLE
REVIEW: Shoplifters (2018) dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
In the loud, prosperous explosion of Asian media representation and discussion this year, one may notice the backbone of family embedded in…
(7/25 & 7/26) LÉON: THE PROFESSIONAL (1994) DIR. LUC BESSON @SOMERVILLE
In what TAXI DRIVER (1976) gave to Jodie Foster, LÉON: THE PROFESSIONAL (1994) paved, to say the least, an interesting pathway for…
(5/23) THE KID (1921) DIR. CHARLIE CHAPLIN @BRATTLE
There are little words needed to introduce who The Tramp is (though I’m sure there are theoreticians who can speak for an…
(5/22) INCENDIES (2010) DIR. DENIS VILLENEUVE @FCC
Immersed in culture (film locations include Canada and Jordan) and critics’ approval (it was thought to be a shoo-in for the Academy…
