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    Boston Underground Film Festival 2023

    (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...

    MOMI First Look Festival 2023

    (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...
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    Four by Valentyn Vasyanovych at MOMI

    “If we don’t resist the Russian invasion,” Valentyn Vasyanovych told Leonardo Goi, “Ukraine will disappear as an independent state, and the countries of the...

    MOMI First Look Highlights

    The Museum of the Moving Image’s eleventh First Look Festival, devoted to “innovative new international cinema” takes place Wednesday, March 16 to Sunday, March...

    Yujiro Harumoto “A Balance”

    Yujiro Harumoto’s “A Balance” is both a sensitive Japanese family drama and a powerful indictment of the myth of balanced investigatory journalism and its...

    “Algren,” “La Dénonciation” streaming on OVID

    In Nelson Algren’s 1956 novel “A Walk on the Wild Side”, an old-timer tells the protagonist three rules for living: “Never play cards with...

    “The Olive Trees of Justice” (James Blue) 1963

    American filmmaker James Blue, though he died in 1980 at age 49, had a long and interesting career that is ripe for rediscovery. You...

    Streaming Films: January & February 2022

    Welcome to the first edition of our long scrolling monthly streaming showcase, in which I alert readers to the best films to check out...

    Miklós Jancsó Retrospective at Metrograph Theater

    In 2020 six of Jancsó’s films were restored by the Hungarian National Film Archive and they begin a theatrical run at New York City’s Metrograph theater January 14.

    “France” (Bruno Dumont) 2021

    I’ve always thought it was rude to ask celebrities to let you take a selfie with them but TV anchor France de Meurs puts...

    Watch “Dune” for Free This Thursday

    Beginning this Thursday, October 21, you can watch Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic 1965 novel "Dune" for free if you subscribe to...

    “Mulholland Drive” in 4K, Boxed Set

    Called the best film of the 2000s by poll conducted by Sight & Sound magazine, David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive" will be released in 4K...

    Kino Lorber Launches Free Streaming Channel

    Kino Lorber recently launched a free streaming channel. It's available on the web, as an app for Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, iOS, and...

    Barry Forshaw on Crime Fiction

    Barry Forshaw is a British writer who specialises in crime fiction. He has written many books, including “British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia”, “The Rough...