(5/16 & 5/17) STAGE FRIGHT (2014) DIR. JEROME SABLE @COOLIDGE
I hate musical theatre. As someone with a background in the performing arts this may seem “out-of-character,” but I assure you musicals…
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(5/14) PAISAN (1946) DIR. ROBERTO ROSSELLINI @BPL-NORTHEND
Paisan (Paisà) is Italian slang for a fellow countryman, a compatriot, maybe even a “brother from another mother.” PAISAN is also the…
(5/10) INDUSTRY LAB NIGHT WITH USRT & FRIENDS @INDUSTRYLAB – PREMIERE OF FECUND BLESSINGS
Every once in a while, the forces of good gather together to regale us with all that is possible when creators gather together….
(5/9) STOP MAKING SENSE (1984) DIR. JONATHAN DEMME @SOMERVILLE
Do you like fun? No, really, do you? I’m serious. Because if you do – if you really, really do – then…
(5/7) ROME, OPEN CITY (1945) DIR. ROBERTO ROSSELLINI @BPL-NORTHEND
Early in my film education, as is likely the case for others, I studied Italian Neorealism. This movement came about in direct…
(4/30) AUTOMATED FUTURES (2014) DIR. ULYSSES PASCAL @MASSART
When I was approached by my good friend Matthew Doyle about the film he was sound designing for, I was instantly hooked….
(4/25 & 4/26) SPACE JAM (1996) DIR. JOE PYTKA @COOLIDGE
What do I need to say about Joe Pytka’s SPACE JAM? Really, doesn’t this movie just sell itself? This is perhaps one…
REVIEW: JODOROWSKY’S DUNE (2013) DIR. FRANK PAVICH @KENDALL
Very seldom does the Hollywood machine acknowledge let alone distribute films from the “not so normal” directors of the world. One such peculiar director is Alejandro Jodorowsky – who in the mind of this reviewer is perhaps the greatest visionary in film still working today. Jodorowsky’s films (EL TOPO, THE HOLY MOUNTAIN) contain occult imagery, surreal elements, and often the use of deformed actors. His movies are beautiful journeys into a strange world where magic is real and possible. He may perhaps be the inventor of the midnight cult film, a treat we now take for granted.
(4/13) POLICE, ADJECTIVE (2009) DIR. CORNELIU PORUMBOIU @HFA
When I first saw POLICE, ADJECTIVE at Kendall Square I was in high school. I admit that I found myself falling asleep…
(3/25) TRASH NIGHT VIDEO PRESENTS: CLASS OF 1999 (1990) DIR. MARK L. LESTER @BRATTLE
In 1990, there was a different Y2K fear than the one we lived through – the fear of adolescent delinquency beyond belief….
(3/13) SEVEN SAMURAI (1954) DIR. AKIRA KUROSAWA @SOMERVILLE
Akira Kurosawa has been acclaimed by Westerners as the greatest Japanese filmmaker and in turn criticized by the Japanese for being too…
(3/10) JUAN OF THE DEAD (2011) DIR. ALEJANDRO BRUGUÉS @COOLIDGE
In 2004, many of us squealed with delight as we watched Edgar Wright’s SHAUN OF THE DEAD – the next generation of…
