BIG 3 FILM: Grrl Haus
Wednesday, 12/12 @ Brattle Theatre, 8:00pm (doors at 7:00)
Film
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REVIEW: Shoplifters (2018) dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
In the loud, prosperous explosion of Asian media representation and discussion this year, one may notice the backbone of family embedded in…
Child’s Play (1988) dir. Tom Holland
Long before Scream laid down the law on horror cinema’s “very specific formula,” it was accepted as a truism that iconic slashers…
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: Prospect (2018) dir. Christopher Caldwell & Zeek Earl
There’s been a dry spell of good sci-fi movie offerings at the cinema of late … well… in general, actually. So, with…
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…
The Eccentric World of Director Adam Pivacek and the Filming of BEACH BOOTY MASSACRE
Satirizing an entire generation of hipsters while paying homage to shlock horror classics of old, Adam Pivacek takes us inside the labors and loves of filming “Beach Booty Massacre” with zero budget.
REVIEW: The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018) dir. Robert D....
As hard as it is to believe, it’s now been over a decade since the release of Grindhouse, Quentin Tarantino and Robert…
BIG3 FILM: Wang Bing
11/9 & 11/10 @ the HFA
The Fly (1986) dir. David Cronenberg
Three years prior to The Fly, David Cronenberg directed multiple movies that depicted morbid body horror. Shivers, Videodrome, and Scanners all showed off…
Back to the Future Part II (1989) dir. Robert Zemeckis
The original Back to the Future is one of my all-time favorite films. It’s exciting, memorable, funny, and warms my heart with…
REVIEW: Suspiria (2018) dir. Luca Guadagnino
When it was announced in 2008 that Suspiria, Dario Argento’s legendary blacklight poster of a horror film, would be receiving a remake,…
