DISPATCHES FROM THE UNDERGROUND: Best of BUFF 2018
A collection of some of the best shorts from the 20th Boston Underground Film Festival, in preparation for the 21st! A/S/L –…
BUFF20
REVIEW: Let the Corpses Tan (2017) dir. Bruno Forzani & Hélène Cattet
I am speaking to you from the past. Specifically, I am writing less than 24 hours after seeing the New England premiere…
BUFF20 REVIEW: Top Knot Detective (2017) dir. Aaron McCann & Dominic Pearce
I grew up in Indonesia between 1995 and 2005. One of the memories I have from growing up there is watching an…
BUFF20 REVIEW: MexMan (2018) dir. Josh Polon
At the risk of sounding glib, the worst thing about being a creative type is being a creative type. For every thrill…
BUFF20 INTERVIEW: ‘THE RANGER’ director Jenn Wexler
The morning after the east coast premiere at BUFF20, I had a conversation with director Jenn Wexler about her first feature film,…
BUFF20 REVIEW: The Queen of Hollywood Blvd (2018) dir. Orson Oblowitz
The Queen of Hollywood Blvd is less a movie, and more of a bloodied, battered love letter to gangsters, crime, and what’s…
BUFF20 REVIEW: Ghost Stories (2017) dir. Jeremy Dyson & Andy Nyman
So let’s talk about spoilers. For many critics, the current, borderline pathological aversion to spoilers is something of a bane. If there’s…
BUFF20 REVIEW: Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017) dir. Issa López
Somewhere along the border– not between Mexico and the United States, but between fierce self-determination and warm and fuzzy sentiment– you’ll find,…
BUFF20 REVIEW: The Theta Girl (2017) dir. Christopher Bickel
In my review yesterday of My Name Is Myeisha, the opening night selection of the Boston Underground Film Festival, I noted that…
BUFF20 REVIEW: Pin Cushion (2017) dir. Deborah Haywood
Pin Cushion is a stylish little movie in the vein of the coming of age genre it riffs on, while remaining wholly…
BUFF20 REVIEW: My Name Is Myeisha (2018) dir. Gus Krieger
Did you ever have that kind of a dream / Where you open your mouth, but you just can’t scream? This refrain…
BUFF20 INTERVIEW: ‘LIQUID SKY’ Director Slava Tsukerman
In many ways, Liquid Sky was the cult movie of the ‘80s. Its outrageous new wave fashions and synth-heavy soundtrack, its eccentric…
