(above: Kristine Kujath Thorp in "Sick of Myself")
Boston’s Underground Film Festival continues until March 26 and I’ve been able to catch four excellent features being showcased at Harvard Square’s Brattle Theatre. Go here for more information and ticket sales.
If you liked last year’s “The Worst Person in the World” or “Triangle of Sadness,” you’ll love Kristoffer Borgli’s Scandinavian dark comedy “Sick of Myself.” (One...
(above: "Mami Wata")
The Museum of the Moving Image’s annual First Look Festival returns March 15 to March 19 in Astoria, showcasing over two dozen unique international and domestic films, with some screenings making their U.S. or New York premieres and featuring filmmaker appearances in person. MOMI says the “guiding ethos of First Look is discovery…” and that principle is well represented by special events...
Two brilliant recent graphic novels about monsters.
Published earlier this year, Barry Windsor-Smith has been working on this graphic novel for 35 years and met...
The popularity of the Korean Netflix series "The Squid Game" and the distinctive uniforms worn by its characters have propelled sales for Squid Game...
Barry Forshaw is a British writer who specialises in crime fiction. He has written many books, including “British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia”, “The Rough...
Start your introduction to detective fiction by reading three classics of the genre and then comparing them to their best film adaptations, two of which are among the best of Film Noir.