Boston Underground Film Festival 2017: ‘Hounds of Love’
The captivity narrative in Hounds of Love explores the depths of a grisly co-dependence.
Valeriy Kolyadych
Boston Underground Film Festival 2017: ‘Fraud’
Fraud is not merely an economic crime, it's also the mode of being in the modern age.
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2016: ‘Let Her Out’
There are moments that peek out from the general blandness of this film, moments that display artistry and the potential for something greater.
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2016: ‘The Master Cleanse’
Making a film about juice cleansing doesn’t seem like the deepest mine of material, does it?
Albanian Hell is Cold in ‘Cash Only’
Though it may not be the most originally plotted crime drama, Cash Only executes its conceit with technical skill and emotional honesty.
Independent Film Festival Boston 2016: ‘High-Rise’
High-Rise may not reach the heights it aspires to, but the chaos of trying to get there makes for a good time.
Independent Film Festival Boston 2016: ‘The Lovers and the Despot’
An unbelievable story anchors The Lovers and the Despot, but a reluctance to frame it in an insightful way cripples it.
Independent Film Festival Boston 2016: ‘The Blackcoat’s Daughter’
Taut, brutal, and atmospheric, The Blackcoat's Daughter is a bold but slightly derivative effort from debut director Osgood Perkins.
Independent Film Festival Boston 2016: ‘The Anthropologist’
Spry and crisp, The Anthropologist is a solid documentary that avoids bearing the weight of the austere pessimism surrounding climate change.
Independent Film Festival Boston 2016: ‘Under the Shadow’
Set in war-torn Iran, Under the Shadow executes satisfying scares against the backdrop of an intelligent social drama.
‘Dreams Rewired’ Makes Valuable Connections to the Past
Spoken in the language of our time, weaved in visual poetry, and deep in its reach, this film documents a world barreling towards a technological revolution.
Boston Underground Film Festival 2016: ‘Wendigo’
Wendigo is an artful examination of the role of myth in shaping our understanding of a chaotic world. It's also terrifying.
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