After Hours (1985) dir. Martin Scorsese
Many moons ago, when I was a shiftless twentysomething working in the CD/DVD department of a Major Chain Bookstore, I was approached…
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INTERVIEW: The International Pancake Film Festival
We’re big fans of the International Pancake Film Festival here at the Hassle; for the past decade founders Damon Bishop and Cara…
The NeverEnding Story (1984) dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Did I like The NeverEnding Story? It’s a question I’ve pondered, off and on, for the last couple of decades. I certainly…
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) dir. Roger Corman
As a ten-year-old, if you had asked me the funniest movie of all time, there’s a good chance I would have confidently…
River’s Edge (1986) dir. Tim Hunter
River’s Edge is a bleak fucking movie. Its view of the state of adolescence in the mid-1980s is acrid enough to make…
REVIEW: Baby Driver (2017) dir. Edgar Wright
Edgar Wright has been positioned to take over Hollywood for over a decade now. He fits the role: an affable, energetic movie…
Vanishing Point (1971) dir. Richard C. Sarafian
Earlier this year, in my review for Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire, I invoked Richard C. Sarafian’s drive-in masterpiece Vanishing Point as a…
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) dir. Chuck Russell
It can be difficult to fathom in today’s cinematic landscape, but there was a time when superhero movies weren’t a thing. Prior…
In Cold Blood (1967) dir. Richard Brooks
“Who would kill four innocent people in cold blood for a radio, a pair of binoculars, and forty dollars in cash?” “These…
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) dir. Lotte Reiniger
It should go without saying to anyone reading this section, but let’s take a moment to appreciate what a special institution we…
INTERVIEW: Help Fund Christopher Alan Maloney’s New Doc IN GOD WE TRUMP
To make a drastic understatement: we live in unusual times. The past six months (and, let’s be honest, the years leading up…
BIG 3 FILM: Cage Against the Machine
CAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE: A BURLESQUE TRIBUTE TO NICOLAS CAGE Sat May 6 @SOMERVILLE THEATRE 8PM – $15 How did Nicolas Cage…
