BOFCA REPERTORY PODCAST for SEPTEMBER 2015

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Bob Chipman, Steve Head, Megan Kearns and Sean Burns break down the Boston-area repertory film scene for September 2015!

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BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 08/28/2015

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WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS

WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS could have benefited from focusing on the relationships at play as well as actually attempting to create some type of friction throughout the film.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“Like the keystrokes of an electronic musician filled with self-importance and naivety, WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS is a track sampled from so many other artists it ends up being a complete tonal misfire.” – Sam Cohen, Under the Gun Review

 

downloadNO ESCAPE

“There’s something begrudgingly spectacular about the film’s commitment to nastiness. It’s mean, ugly button-pushing all-around – not even bothering to invent a fictional country nor to give any reason for the coup.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

“In the end, NO ESCAPE fails because the people behind it don’t know how to make a film that can captivate an audience.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“American Nuclear Family Exceptionalism is the fantasy on offer here, and everything else — thin plotting and cardboard characters included — function only in support of that wishful thinking.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston

 

diggingforfire-still2-kentosborne-samrockwell-jakejohnson-mikebirbiglia-stevebergDIGGING FOR FIRE

“…DIGGING FOR FIRE is so vapid I can only feel pity for the people who find it interesting.” – David Riedel, Santa Fe Reporter

“…the beats here aren’t written, they’re riffed.” – Jake Mulligan, Dig Boston

“DIGGING FOR FIRE is the kind of film where nobody learns anything, and where that lack of learning is supposed to feel conclusive.” – Andy Crump, Movie Mezzanine

 

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“The film focuses on the dramatic content of everyday situations…” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston

“LEARNING TO DRIVE fails to realize what the more meaningful story is within the film.” – Deirdre Crimmins, Cinematic Essential

 

z-for-zachariahZ FOR ZACHARIAH

“This is the sort of fiction that makes you look at real life through a slightly different filter: One that shows the beast lurking just under civility’s placid surface.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston

 

 

 

 

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 8/26/2015

Jaskee Hickman reviews the Wednesday new-release NO ESCAPE

Monica Castillo talks family, tradition and hair in Seventeen.

Kilian Melloy presents THE WOODSMEN

Bob Chipman talks Game Piracy, ranks movie monsters on CinemaSpection and digs deep into the original NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VACATION

Andy Crump interviews Dominic Monaghan and Molly Moon and reviews QUEEN OF EARTH

Sean Burns reviews THE MEND

David Riedel catches up on THE TRIBE

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks AMERICAN ULTRA, THE GIFT and CALL ME LUCKY

Joyce Kulhawik reviews new stage productions of WAITRESS and KINKY BOOTS

BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 08/21/2015

american-ultraAMERICAN ULTRA

AMERICAN ULTRA is a bloody, aggressive, fast and funny rampage through the streets of an unassuming small town unaware of anything that’s going on around them.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“You could, in theory, call this a reinvention. But you could also call it recycling.” – Jake Mulligan, Edge Boston

“…all Nourizadeh has done here is present us with a gorily refreshing Popsicle that wants to have its joint and take a drag off it, too.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

 

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“HITMAN: AGENT 47 is a completely forgettable movie complete with completely forgettable actors portraying completely forgettable characters.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“The movie plods along with the usual inane gunplay and explosions, offering some pretty scenery but not much else to hold your interest.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston

 

mistress-americaMISTRESS AMERICA

“Depending on your mood and sensibility you’ll find this either effervescent or annoying as hell.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

“…what the film anchors itself to is the genuine sisterly affection that grows between the two stepsisters-to-be.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston

“I couldn’t stop watching, laughing, and lapping up the fizzy promise of life channeled by this crazy dreamer.” – Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce’s Choices

 

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“…at times a bit hectic and overstuffed, but despite the clutter it’s an awesome ride that’s as likely to draw tears as laughter.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

“…a journey of healing and advocacy, about coming to terms with a horror almost impossible to imagine, and then trying to take all that pain and turn it into something positive.” – Sean Burns, Movie Mezzanine

 

 

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“For an industry that can barely manage to put women in leading roles, THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL casts a sexually brash 15-year-old as antihero, and succeeds.” – Monica Castillo, Paste Magazine

 

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“No matter how beautiful the film might be, it will be a tough sell for American audiences.” – Max Covill, Movie Mezzanine

“Gibran’s words are just as affecting to the ear as to the eye, but there’s very little substance present on the screen to properly weigh them.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

 

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 8/19/2015

Tim Estiloz previews his illustrations for the new children’s book TROUBLE ON THE LOOSE

Sean Burns reviewS FORT TILDEN

Bob Chipman performs a post-mortem on FANTASTIC FOUR

Kilian Melloy looks at the new video for Tom Goss’ BREATH & SOUND

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, PHOENIX and SHAUN THE SHEEP

Andy Crump on YOUTH, PRINCE and FINAL GIRL