Gimme Shelter (1970) dir. David Maysles, Albert Maysles, & Charlotte Zwerin
“Jagger, you prick!” I’ll never forget the first time I watched Gimme Shelter, the Maysles brothers’ harrowing 1970 documentary about the Rolling…
Articles by
Oscar Goff
FIVE QUESTIONS: Filmmaker Ben Balcom
While our focus here at Boston Hassle is, understandably, the Greater Boston area, it should go without saying that the rest of…
Duck Soup (1933) dir. Leo McCarey
As a kid, I was always more into the Marx Brothers than the Three Stooges. When I tell people that, I generally…
Interstellar (2014) dir. Christopher Nolan
In my Best of 2016 Year-Ender list, I coined (to the best of my knowledge) the phrase “Sci-Fi Weepie” to describe Denis…
REVIEW: First Reformed (2017) dir. Paul Schrader
In the closing chapters of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, his essential 1998 celebration/indictment of the 1970s’ “New Hollywood” generation, film journalist Peter…
Captain America: Civil War (2016) dir. Joe & Anthony Russo
At this point, it’s not exactly cutting insight to point out that Marvel Studios rules the entire goddamn planet. When Avengers: Infinity…
Night of the Lepus (1972) dir. William F. Claxton
There comes a point in the career of any film writer where they discuss their own personal “Origin Film.” An origin film,…
BUFF20 INTERVIEW: ‘MY NAME IS MYEISHA’ director Gus Krieger & star Rhaechyl Walker
If you attended opening night of the Boston Underground Film Festival— or if you followed along with the Hassle’s Festival coverage over…
BUFF20 REVIEW: MexMan (2018) dir. Josh Polon
At the risk of sounding glib, the worst thing about being a creative type is being a creative type. For every thrill…
BUFF20 REVIEW: Ghost Stories (2017) dir. Jeremy Dyson & Andy Nyman
So let’s talk about spoilers. For many critics, the current, borderline pathological aversion to spoilers is something of a bane. If there’s…
BUFF20 REVIEW: The Theta Girl (2017) dir. Christopher Bickel
In my review yesterday of My Name Is Myeisha, the opening night selection of the Boston Underground Film Festival, I noted that…
BUFF20 REVIEW: My Name Is Myeisha (2018) dir. Gus Krieger
Did you ever have that kind of a dream / Where you open your mouth, but you just can’t scream? This refrain…
