REVIEW: The Beach Bum (2019) dir. Harmony Korine
Harmony Korine is a filmmaker truly unlike any other, and one that defies all conventional ideas about what films can and should…
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REVIEW: HELLBOY (2019) dir. Neil Marshall
A demon devil man tries to be a good boy in this R-Rated revamp
REVIEW: High Life (2018) dir. Claire Denis
Who would have guessed Robert Pattinson had it in him? A mere decade after emerging as the wan, glittery face of the…
WENT THERE: Black Mother with dir. Khalik Allah @The Brattle
This past Monday I had the pleasure of attending an event at the Brattle Theatre in which the film Black Mother, by…
REVIEW: Shazam! (2019) Dir. David F. Sandberg
The DCEU (DC Comics Extended Universe… not a great acronym) has had some very obvious growing pains. When you start off with…
BUFF REVIEW: Assassinaut (2019) dir. Drew Bolduc
And, finally, here we are: my last feature review from the 2019 Boston Underground Film Festival. As you can undoubtedly tell, it’s…
REVIEW: Us (2019) Dir. Jordan Peele
Us, The Girl Or The Shadow: Which Are You? As a preamble to the discussion of the film itself, I want to…
BUFF REVIEW: Knife+Heart (2018) dir. Yann Gonzalez
Dreamy, washed-out images of two beautiful men getting it on in an open field fill the screen in the opening scene of…
BUFF REVIEW: Happy Face (2018) dir. Alexandre Franchi
In 1932, Tod Browning had as safe a claim as anyone on the title of “Greatest Horror Director Alive”: following a string…
BUFF REVIEW: A Lot Like Life (Animated Shorts)
The animated shorts of the Boston Underground Film Festival are always a highlight. Each one brings something unique to the Brattle: some…
BUFF REVIEW: The Hole in the Ground (2019) dir. Lee Cronin
It says a lot, both about the audience and the studio, that the A24 logo at the beginning of BUFF’s secret midnight…
BUFF REVIEW: The Nightshifter (2018) dir. Dennison Ramalho
While introducing Saturday’s screening of The Nightshifter, the feature debut from Brazilian short film maestro Dennison Ramalho, a representative of BUFF explained…
