Boston Underground Film Festival 2016: ‘Kill Your Friends’
American Psycho heads across the pond in a fun, albeit derivative, dark comedy about a sociopathic music label A&R man in the midst of the Britpop craze.
Valeriy Kolyadych
Boston Underground Film Festival 2016: ‘The Lure’
There's no denying the worthiness of The Lure's experimental qualities, but its characters get drowned in the music and never really find their way out.
The Annual Boston Underground Film Festival Returns With Oddities in Tow
The odd, the experimental, and the undervalued are brought together in a festival that offers a respite from the uniformity of modern, mass-market, film.
‘Ava’s Possessions’ Is a New Spin on Possession Horror
While underdeveloped in character and story, the originality of Ava's Possessions, as well as its decadent visual aesthetic, go a long way towards making it a unique and interesting take on a stale genre.
Horror-Thriller Film ‘Intruders’ Plays with the Home Invasion Genre
Director Adam Schindler’s home invasion film Intruders shows promise, but its’ lack of distinguishing features holds it back from being a better thriller.
Haneke’s ‘Code Unknown’ Manages Impact and Accessibility
Thematically and visually cohesive, Code Unknown displays Michael Haneke's talent as a filmmaker without alienating viewers hesitant to explore his darker films.
‘Body’ Feels More Dead Than Alive
There are glimmers of hope in Body, but it isn't executed as well as it could be and suffers from a lack of distinctiveness.
‘The Revenant’ Finds Beauty in the Brutality of Survival
With The Revenant, Alejandro González Iñárritu weaves a story both simple and complex, brutal and beautiful, and with a focused and impressive visual aesthetic.
‘The World of Kanako’ Is a World of Stylized Insanity
Intense violence and a willingness to experiment with genre and style make The World of Kanako a film fit for both the arthouse and exploitation crowds.
It Looks Like Most Rock Docs and Feels Like Most Rock Docs — It’s ‘I Am Thor’
He’s a tank that keeps on plowing through the fields in the face of opposing forces, and it’s somehow admirable and inspirational that he hasn’t given up.
‘Rebels of the Neon God’ Is Teenaged Angst Portrayed Perfectly
Tsai-Ming Liang's debut is compelling, beautiful, understated and undeniably stylish.