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.
Film Festivals
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.
Tribeca Taps Samantha Bee for ‘Full Frontal’ Talk
Samantha Bee discussed her excellent Full Frontal, attending the political conventions and voting in the New York primary at Tribeca.
The Show of Shows: Tribeca Film Festival Review
The Show of Shows: 100 Years of of Vaudeville, Circuses and Carnivals utilizes archival footage to deliver the wonders of the big top.
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.
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.
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.
Gdynia Film Festival 2015: New Polish Cinema Overview + ‘Karbala’
The 40th Gdynia Film Festival, the most prestigious film event in Poland, has the fortune to be taking place in a hugely significant and successful year for Polish cinema.
“Insider Access” to Disney Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ Meant Bonus Features
Fathom Events early screening of Disney Pixar's Inside Out put (what might be) future DVD special features on the big screen for film fans.
Cannes 2015: Woody Allen’s ‘Irrational Man’ Is More of the Same
The 2015 Cannes Film Festival finds Woody Allen mining the same tropes of crimes and misdemeanors that he does with each film.