There Were No Gods Left

Fritz on Fridays

Fritz on Fridays: Ministry of Fear

Fascists being everywhere in (formerly) Allied territory and secret international rings of fucked-up criminal elites no longer feel that farfetched. The clandestine seance of the fascist Mothers of Free Nations members could have taken place on Little St. James or North Fox Island.

David Lowery

Mother Mary

David Lowery doesn’t give easy answers, and that’s part of what makes the film special.

In Review Online

Desert Warrior

The marketing touts Desert Warrior as the film to finally put Saudi Arabia on the map of global cinephilia. It certainly is the biggest.

No Gods Left Exclusive

“I Played with the Devil Inside Me”: An Interview with Raitis Stūrmanis on Red Code Blue

Bombs, mustaches, and a journey into acting.

Palestinian Cinema

Q&A with Director Annemarie Jacir on Palestine 36

"I hope that connection is the light in all this darkness."

Fritz on Fridays

Fritz on Fridays: The Science-Fiction Films of Fritz Lang with Ayesha Khan

"Metropolis not only brought this to life for the moving pictures, it also stretched the idea of what cinema is about and capable of."

Russian cinema

A Russian Winter

Destined for controversy.

The Rapidian

Project Hail Mary

Just like the prayerful title, “Project Hail Mary” is incredibly optimistic.

Baltic Cinema

Political Filmmaking, Ex-Boyfriends, and Gay Propaganda: An Interview with Alise Zariņa on Flesh, Blood, Even a Heart

"No need to hit somebody with an axe."

Baltic Cinema

Boston Baltic Film Festival: Q&A Panels & Interview on Lithuanian Films

Videos from the Boston Baltic Film Festival 2026

Baltic Cinema

Interview: Romas Zabarauskas on The Activist

“You’re going to get me in trouble!”

Baltic Cinema

The Arvo Pärt Trilogy

Part of the 2026 Boston Baltic Film Festival

Aurora Aksnes

AURORA: What Happened to the Earth?

A boorishly conventional record of the final performance of her multi-year tour.

Baltic Cinema

To Be Continued & To Be Continued. Teenhood

Part of the 2026 Boston Baltic Film Festival

Fritz Lang

Fritz on Fridays: Cloak and Dagger

We still need this warning. Fearfully so.

Baltic Cinema

BBFF Dispatch # 3: Renovation and Rolling Papers

I am convinced [Renovation] is a masterpiece.

Baltic Cinema

BBFF Dispatch # 2: Aurora and Red Code Blue

The old swallows the new.

In Review Online

The Bluff

Pirates, spit, and Frantz Fanon.

Baltic Cinema

BBFF Dispatch # 1: Fränk, Borderline, and Flesh, Blood, Even a Heart

Part of the 2026 Boston Baltic Film Festival

Interview(ed)

Upspoken Cinema: Interview With Joshua Polanski (Discursions in Time Film Club)

Slow cinema is diverse and it holds multitudes.

In Review Online

Worldbreaker

There is very little in Worldbreaker worth advertising.

Fritz on Fridays

Fritz on Fridays: Moonfleet

Fritz Lang’s lone film for kids.

Palestinian Cinema

Q&A with Palestinian-American Director Cherien Dabis on All That’s Left of You

Jordan’s submission for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards

Palestinian Cinema

All That’s Left of You

History doesn’t wait to be made.

63rd Ann Arbor Film Festival

63rd Ann Arbor Film Festival: Traveling Tour

Experimental and avant-garde cinema is intentionally maverick and boundary-pushing—and the best and most engaging films on the traveling tour do just that.