Baltic Cinema BBFF Dispatch # 3: Renovation and Rolling Papers I am convinced [Renovation] is a masterpiece.
Baltic Cinema BBFF Dispatch # 1: Fränk, Borderline, and Flesh, Blood, Even a Heart Part of the 2026 Boston Baltic Film Festival
Baltic Cinema A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer’s Eve Depending on who you ask, A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer’s Eve might be the all-time Latvian classic.
Palestinian Cinema Interview: Michael Maria, Boston Palestine Film Festival Director of Programming "There is still this hope for moving beyond and for Palestinian liberation."
Palestinian Cinema Boston Palestine Film Festival 2025 Interview: Sepideh Farsi The Boston Palestine Film Festival runs with a mix of in-person and online availability from October 17 through October 26. Click here for the schedule and ticket info, and watch the site for Joshua Polanski’s continuing coverage. Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk is one of the
Toronto International Film Festival 2025 Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Just like fruit, the longer franchises persist, the greater chance they have of spoiling.
Baltic Cinema GO TO: Faithful unto Death (2024) dir. Ivars Zviedris Faithful unto Death will be having its North American premiere this Saturday, May 17, at the West Newton Cinema.
Reviews GO TO: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024) dir. Soi Cheang And Soi Cheang’s Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, the star-studded crime actioner, is the most culturally relevant film to originate from Hong Kong last year.
Boston Hassle INTERVIEW: Director Kelsey Egan on ‘THE FIX’ and Engaging with Criticism "YouTube and TikTok are the demise of cinema"
Reviews REVIEW: Harbin (2024) dir. Woo Min-ho The opening foreshadows the scale of the task ahead: to assassinate their colonizer and the Prime Minister of Japan, Itō Hirobumi
Essays Year Ender: Joshua Polanski's Top Ten Films of 2024 In a year darkened by ethnic cleansing, global conflict, and hopeless elections, it’s beautiful that beauty, more than depravity, captivates the minds of our best artists.
12:12: The Day Interview: 12.12: The Day Director Kim Sung Soo "This is how history continues its ongoing dialogue with the present and reflects why I continue to make films based on history."
Reviews REVIEW: Conclave (2024) dir. Edward Berger Conclave, to my pleasant surprise, is a deep film of faith and hope.
