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.
Reviews Boston Palestine Film Festival (2023) Dispatch 3: Norwegian Co-Productions and Solidarity “Somebody watches something, they’re touched, and then [what]?”
Reviews Boston Palestine Film Festival (2023) Dispatch 2: Memories of the Land Palestinian cinema is unlike any other national or regional cinema.
Reviews REVIEW: AZRAEL (2024) dir. E.L. Katz You read that right: Azrael takes place in a post-rapture society.
Reviews GO TO: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (2003) dir. Gore Verbinski We took the Pirates of the Caribbean for granted and now we live with the consequences of our actions.
Reviews GO TO: 300 (2007) dir. Zack Snyder ...gives nearly any other film on this side of the century marker an insurmountable standard to claim the title as the most mythological storytelling display in 21st-century cinema
Reviews Review: The Watchers (2024) dir. Ishana Night Shyamalan Ishana Night Shyamalan’s The Watchers was one of my most anticipated films of 2024.
Reviews Review: Road to Boston (2023) dir. Kang Je-kyu Road to Boston tells the story of marathoner Suh Yun-bok (Im Si-wan) and his senior coach turned surprise teammate Sohn Kee-chung (Ha Jung-woo) as they compete in the 1947 Boston International Marathon.
Reviews Review: Pandemonium (2023) dir. Quarxx The first 20 minutes are excellent. And the final ten minutes work well enough. It’s the middle hour or so that just squashes all of the other good ideas.
Boston Hassle Interview: Rebel Moon VFX Supervisor Marcus Taormina Enjoy this glimpse into the creation of Rebel Moon.
Reviews Review: Crimson Snout (2023) dir. Luu Thanh Luan A perplexing quasi-pro-vegan horror film about a crazed demon dog.
