Boston Underground Film Festival 2017: ‘Fraud’
Fraud is not merely an economic crime, it's also the mode of being in the modern age.
Short Ends and Leader
‘The Chamber’ Keeps the Drama and Suspense Going
The Chamber is the filmic equivalent of a fairground ride, the stimulation of emotion over ideas.
‘Two O’Clock Courage’ Is Only a Quarter to Noir
This is a solid minor crime lark that tips its fedora to basic noir tropes.
We Destroyed New York Long Ago with ‘Deluge’
Here’s a rediscovery for fans of old-school physical effects and early sci-fi talkies: 1933 disaster film Deluge.
Ken Russell’s ‘The Boy Friend’ Razzle-Dazzles ’em
Russell loves the homely spit-and-bailing-wire reality as much as the polished eye-popping fantasy of theatre.
Stuck in the Middle: Relationship Tangles in ‘Somewhere in the Middle’
This, here, is 90 minutes spent with the kinds of people you take special care to avoid in your workplace, your neighbourhood, or just about anywhere in your everyday life.
Black Comedy Comes in Many Colors in ‘What a Way to Go!’
A widescreen '60s splash of groovy death humor.
On Truth and Dark Turns in ‘Tickled’
The tickling wormhole seems to be getting deeper...
Crooks, Cops, Rocks and Airplanes: ‘The Sicilian Clan’
After being mostly buried for decades, a Eurocrime caper emerges into the Blu.
Paranoia’s on the Wing in ‘No Highway in the Sky’
James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich star in an early airplane disaster picture.
Rediscovered ‘Something Wild’ Is a Provocative Button-Pusher
This is a daring independent film about the damages wrought by an unspeakable crime.
Hart of the Western: ‘Wagon Tracks’
William S. Hart is the original strong silent type.