Leave No Trace (2018) dir. Debra Granik
See one of the best films of 2018 at the Brattle Theater this Sunday, June 2nd at 7:00 pm. I reviewed Leave No…
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REVIEW: Detective Pikachu (2019) dir. Rob Letterman
This review is probably going to come across as inherently biased. As someone who as never stopped playing the Pokémon video games…
REVIEW: Shazam! (2019) Dir. David F. Sandberg
The DCEU (DC Comics Extended Universe… not a great acronym) has had some very obvious growing pains. When you start off with…
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…
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: 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…
REVIEW: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) dir. Dean DeBlois
It feels like a small miracle that Dreamworks Animation, purveyors of such ‘classics’ as Shrek the Third and the Penguins of Madagascar, has produced one of…
BOSTON SCIFI INTERVIEW: ‘LAKE ARTIFACT’ DIRECTOR BRUCE WEMPLE & ACTORS CHRIS CIMPERMAN, CATHARINE DADDARIO,...
Last Saturday, I was lucky enough to interview director Bruce Wemple and the cast of Boston Sci-Fi Festival premiere film Lake Artifact. We…
Kyle Amato’s Year-End Wrap Up
Kyle Amato is a regular contributor to Film Flam, as well as the co-host of the internet’s premiere Ethan Hawke-themed podcast, Hawke…
REVIEW: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse (2018) dir. Bobb Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, & Rodney Rothman
You can be forgiven for rolling your eyes at yet another Spider-Man movie. The latest actor to don the suit, Tom Holland,…
REVIEW: The Favourite (2018) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
Yorgos Lanthimos does not do normal. What, at first glance, could seem like a standard costume drama about a long dead monarch,…
REVIEW: Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) dir. Rich Moore
To start, I must say that no matter what I do, this review will be biased. Wreck-It Ralph is one of my…
