Steve Head, Charlie Nash and Bob Chipman break down the Boston Area repertory screening scene for December 2016. Enjoy!
BOFCA Repertory Podcast – December 2016
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Monthly Archives: November 2016
BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 11/30/2016
John Hanlon looks at GILMORE GIRLS
Allyson Johnson reviews FLASH, SUPERGIRL and interviews EDGE OF SEVENTEEN’S Kelly Fremon Craig
Bob Chipman talks SUPERGIRL and TITANIC
Monica Castillo talks MOANA and Disney Princesses
Spoilerpiece Theatre talks MOANA, RULES DON’T APPLY and BAD SANTA 2
Kristofer Jenson presents the Boston Reel Rep Roundup
BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 11/25/2016
MOANA
“2016 has turned out to be quite a good year for animation, and “Moana” is a worthy addition to the honor roll.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
“MOANA presents audiences with a lush cinematic world that they’ll wish they could explore for themselves, but more importantly, it pushes the “princess movie” past its traditional boundaries to portray an honest, invigorating tale of a girl’s self-actualization.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
“Lonergan nails the gruff, emotionally constipated way that men of a certain stripe (particularly here in the Northeast) express a complex array of emotions exclusively through busting each other’s chops.” – Sean Burns, The Artery
“Lonergan is extraordinarily attuned to the way people talk and has a knack for casting just the right performers to mine both pathos and humor from his peerless dialogue.” – Brett Michel, The Improper Bostonian
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS
“An admirable effort by all involved, NOCTURNAL ANIMALS ends up being one of those films that’s more fun to talk about afterwards than it is to actually watch.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality
ALLIED
“ALLIED’s innovations point to the future of cinema, but its pleasures are in the fundamentals.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality
“Zemeckis and screenwriter Steven Knight tread a carefully wrought path that negotiates between wartime drama, spy-thriller potboiler, and domestic fluff, while steering well clear of comedy (this is, thankfully, not a fresh spin on MR. AND MRS. SMITH).” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston
RULES DON’T APPLY
“…a film that’s not unwatchable, but it’s hardly the capstone of a distinguished career.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP
Kristofer Jenson looks at DEMON and offers a new Boston Reel repertory breakdown
Sean Burns reports on Kenneth Lonnergan and MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
Andy Crump reviews BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, KATI KATI and THE BEEKEEPER AND HIS SON
Bob Chipman talks Nintendo Switch
Greg Vellante reviews PUNCH-DRUG LOVE Criterion and interviews Kenneth Lonergan
Allyson Johnson reviews LION and ALWAYS SHINE
Max Covill looks at Chinese movie production influence
BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 11/18/2016
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
“To its credit, the movie comes across less as an opportunity to squeeze every last dollar out of the franchise and more like Rowling has many more stories to tell in a universe she hasn’t yet finished exploring.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
“These fantastic beasts inhabit a world where the sun doesn’t exist and CGI is a way of life.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential
“For everything that works in the film, there are two things that don’t, and those things all tie back to how laborious it must be to lay the foundation for the next four films in the series. (Yes, four.) ” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine
“Sometimes the magic of unadulterated and inspired storytelling is all you really need, and Rowling’s control of this craft is something fierce.” – Greg Vellante, Forces of Geek
BLEED FOR THIS
“This is a middleweight movie with some nice moves, but no real knockout punch.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston
“Because of the high level of fiction featured all throughout it, it’s impossible to seriously consider BLEED FOR THIS to be any sort of actual biography.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential
BILLY LYNN’S LONG HALFTIME WALK
“It’s all as misguided as the special filming process utilized by director Ang Lee who shot this at 120 frames per second (rather than the standard 24 per second rate) which most audiences will never get to see.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
THE LOVE WITCH
“…if THE LOVE WITCH overstays its welcome, it at least has the courtesy to be ravishing to behold.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine
“The film is deeply feminist and embraces camp as a means to carry deeper theoretical messages, and uses sexual magic as a metaphor for male anxiety and female empowerment.” – Kristofer Jenson, C-Ville Weekly