Buffoween Day Four: Blood and Flesh, Daniel Isn’t Real
And so we’ve made it to the end to the first annual Buffoween, the Boston Underground Film Festival’s abundantly welcome expansion into…
Film Review
REVIEW: Midnight In Paris (2019) dir. Roni Moore & James Blagden
A night to be remembered, glowing with glamour, grandeur and glory. Prom is known across the nation as a rite of…
BUFFOWEEN DAY THREE: Tammy and the T-Rex, Blood on Her Name
For the most part, genre film festivals play by the same general playbook as “straight” festivals: they serve as a showcase for…
BUFFOWEEN, DAY TWO: Born of Woman, The Golden Glove
Welcome back! In case you’re just tuning in, I’m covering each night of the Boston Underground Film Festival’s first annual Buffoween series….
BUFFOWEEN DAY ONE: Extra Ordinary (2019) dir. Mike Ahern & Edna Loughman
As any longtime reader of the Hassle’s film section will know, few events are nearer or dearer to our hearts than the…
REVIEW: Pain and Glory (2019) dir. Pedro Almodóvar
Rightfully hailed as Spain’s finest director, Pedro Almodóvar returns to the screen with the intimate and tender portrait of male loneliness Pain…
REVIEW: Parasite (2019) dir. Bong Joon-ho
"Wow, this is so metaphorical!"
REVIEW: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) dir. Joachim Ronning
Let’s just get this out of the way: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is not a good movie, or one that should even…
REVIEW: The Lighthouse (2019) dir. Robert Eggers
"Yer fond of me lobster, aren't ye?"
REVIEW: Lucy in the Sky (2019) dir. Noah Hawley
There’s a moment part way through Lucy in the Sky in which the protagonist learns that a major character has had a…
REVIEW: The Laundromat (2019) dir. Steven Soderbergh
In 2015, a whistle-blower under the guise of “John Doe” leaked a series of documents accusing various businesses and billionaires of money…
WENT THERE: Boston Women’s Film Festival – Narrative Shorts by Women (2019)
Screened Saturday, September 28, 2019 @ MFA Harry and Mildred Remis Auditorium
