REVIEW: La Flor (2018) dir. Mariano Llinás
How can one describe La Flor? It’s a movie with a 14-hour runtime. It’s a movie screened over three nights, the longest…
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INTERVIEW: ‘Infinite Santa 8000’ director Michael Neel
The holidays may be over, but there’s never a bad time for a good bit of Yuletide counterprogramming. To that end, the…
WENT THERE: Sundance Film Festival Shorts @ICA
Seven short films selected from this year's festival program tour
INTERVIEW: ‘Life After Flash’ star Sam Jones and director Lisa Downs
Of all the gloriously excessive sci-fi blockbusters released in the wake of Star Wars, few are as fondly remembered as 1980’s Flash…
(2/8-2/18) The 44th Annual Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival
Congratulations! You have successfully completed another voyage around the sun in this, the dystopian alternate-timeline earth we’ve all come to know and…
REVIEW: Liyana (2017) dir. Aaron & Amanda Kopp
In a 2009 TED talk, Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie presented “The Danger of a Single Story,” which implicated the vast amounts…
REVIEW: American Dharma (2018) dir. Errol Morris
“People keep asking me, ‘Why did you make this movie?’” said Errol Morris, the award-winning documentarian, following a preview screening of his…
The Gayest Ladies in Film 2018
Nicola McCafferty is part of the Film Flam team at Boston Hassle and the co-host of the Horror Movie Happy Hour podcast….
BIG 3 FILM: Boston Science Fiction Film Festival
THE BOSTON SCIENCE FICTION FILM FESTIVAL Fri 2/8–Mon 2/18 @ Somerville Theatre (and elsewhere) Visit bostonscifi.com for pass & ticket info February…
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) dir. Mamoru Hosoda
1/26 @HFA
FILM FLAM ROUNDTABLE: Our Favorite Moviegoing Experiences of 2018
As part of the Hassle’s ongoing year-end celebration, the Film Flam team will convene each Friday for the rest of January to…
Oscar Goff’s Top Ten Films of 2018
Oscar Goff has been the managing film editor for Boston Hassle and the Boston Compass since 2015, and has been writing for…
