WILLIAM’S TOP TEN FLICKS OF 2018
WL Freeman is part of the Film Flam team at Boston Hassle. They are a video artist and writer with a degree…
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WENT THERE: Autumn Sonata with Liv Ullmann in Person
On Sunday, September 16th, actress, writer, director, and humanitarian Liv Ullmann gave a Q & A following a screening of Ingmar Bergman’s Autumn…
REVIEW: Madeline’s Madeline (2018) dir. Josephine Decker
“What you are experiencing is just a metaphor.” Or so we are told to at the top of Josephine Decker’s latest, Madeline’s Madeline, a…
REVIEW: The Third Murder (2017) dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest opens on a chilling murder bathed in dark shadows, punctuated by spurts of blood and the orange…
Mortal Kombat (1995) dir. Paul W.S. Anderson
‘TEST YOUR MIGHT.’ In 1996, director Paul Thomas Anderson released his debut feature, Hard Eight, the start of a career which would culminate…
Ganja & Hess (1973) dir. Bill Gunn
In 1969, playwright, actor, and author Bill Gunn became the second ever Black person to direct a film for a major Hollywood…
REVIEW: Personal Problems (1980) dir. Bill Gunn
An unearthed treasure.
REVIEW: Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
The mundane becomes divine.
REVIEW: Ready Player One (2018) dir. Steven Spielberg
A subversive take on fandom stained by the odorous influence of a neckbeard.
REVIEW: Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) dir. Steven S. DeKnight
I saw Guillermo del Toro’s original Pacific Rim movie opening weekend with a co-worker and his little brother. We were hyped out…
Strange Days (1995) dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Enter Kathryn Bigelow’s 1995 film Strange Days on its wavelength, and a fire will ignite in your stomach. You’ll be revolted, excited, cowed, and…
Southland Tales (2006) dir. Richard Kelly
“It had to be this way.” “I know.” American films have not been as audacious since Richard Kelly’s 2006 magnum-opus Southland Tales. In…
