BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 5/16/2018

Tim Estiloz interviews Mary Steenburgen for BOOK CLUB

Bob Chipman talks AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR spoilers

Daniel Kimmel reviews TERMINAL and BOOK CLUB

Evan Crean looks back over IFFBoston 2018

Jared Bowen talks to Bernie Weintraub and Peter DuBois about FALL at Huntington Theatre

Spoilerpiece Theatre reaches 200 episodes and talks BREAKING IN, LIFE OF THE PARTY and LU OVER THE WALL

Andrew Crump reviews LET THE SUN SHINE IN

Joyce Kulhawik looks at new productions of BROKELAHOMO! and LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!

BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 05/11/2018

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LIFE OF THE PARTY

“Unlike previous comedies from McCarthy and Falcone, LIFE OF THE PARTY does contain enough jokes to get some kind of response from viewers.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“It’s no masterwork, obviously, but what the film does achieve is a memorable differentiation from its imitative origins.” – Greg Vellante, Spectrum Culture

“…an uneven mess, but for a Melissa McCarthy vehicle it’s a vast improvement over most of her previous movies.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

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LET THE SUNSHINE IN

“The blend of artistry and genre is breezy and dense at the same time, a film worth enjoying for its surface charms and studied for its deeply personal reflections on intimacy.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

 

 

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“Nobody does drugs in LU OVER THE WALL, but watching it you get the sense that everyone responsible for making it might have.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

 

 

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 5/2/2018

Max Covill talks Summer Movies for It’s The Pictures Podcast

Jared Bowen shares his WGBH Art Picks

Jake Mulligan reports from IFFBoston 2018

Sean Burns covers Paul Schrader, GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI and IFFBoston 2018

Bob Chipman looks back at THE THIN MAN

Joyce Kulhawik reviews ON YOUR FEET

Andy Crump looks back on IRON MAN, breaks down new Criterion discs and reviews THE LEGEND OF CULEBRA, MRS. HYDE

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY THERE and SUPER TROOPERS 2

Daniel Kimmel reviews SUPERCON

BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 04/27/2018

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“…as much a fantastic amusement park ride as a cinematic experience, with an engaging cast doing an incredible job of not getting lost in the proceedings.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“Packed to the brim with familiar Marvel flaws but so earnest in it’s tonal dissonance, AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR is a remarkable, sometimes frustrating, and endlessly entertaining behemoth of an undertaking, and it’s one that will require an immediate revisit.” – Allyson Johnson, The Young Folks

“AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR is neither a classic or one of the best Marvel movies we’ve seen, but it’s a good, solid flick that gets the job done overall.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“Though I am not usually too shy about spoilers, I do think INFINITY WAR particularly benefits from audience ignorance, so I’ll leave it here. The film is engaging, entertaining, and dark enough for me to get a kick out of the reveling evil on screen.” – Deirdre Crimmins, Film Thrills

 

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“What to make of this flick? Paradoxical, self-abnegating, smacking of both sullied biography and ironic farce, GODARD MON AMOUR is, in a way, the perfect biopic of its titular subject.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston

“This is a work that is constantly in pursuit of such purpose. It periodically finds what it’s looking for, yet consistently loses itself along the way.” – Greg Vellante, Spectrum Culture

“Someday, another director might try their hand at the Sisyphean task of figuring out the honest to goodness truth of the man. Until that day, we have Hazanavicius and the well-intended failure of GODARD MON AMOUR.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

 

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“This isn’t a bait and switch—more just a switch.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

“Overall, what you get from GHOST STORIES is a satisfying cinematic experience.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential