Steve Head, Andy Hoglund and Bob Chipman break down a Halloween-heavy October on the Boston-area repertory screening scene in a special plus-sized podcast.
BOFCA REPERTORY PODCAST – OCTOBER 2016
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BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 09/30/2016
DEEPWATER HORIZON
“Overall, the film offers a lesson about respecting the realities of the world while keeping tastefully away from mere exploitation.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston
“DEEPWATER HORIZON is a prime example of what’s bad about movies of its kind: Even with a smaller scope, they naturally end up favoring the few instead of the many, and in doing so they fail to fully articulate the consequences of their depicted destructions.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine
“As far as tasteless theme park rides go DEEPWATER HORIZON isn’t terrible, but it also takes a galling sort of myopia to turn this particular story into a star vehicle with a happy ending.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality
“More than just a thrilling action movie, the end result is a moving testament to the 11 souls who lost their lives.” – Brett Michel, The Improper Bostonian
“In spite of some of the flaws that it has, DEEPWATER HORIZON is something that’s easy to recommend.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential
“The directing and editing gives us no sense of the space. It’s never clear where characters are in relation to each other and, often, in relation to the action. ” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
“Berg’s direction is almost poetic as he orchestrates the percolating problem at the ocean floor, tiny bubbles rising from the crust, a crack mirroring the rising tension beneath the facade of congeniality up on the surface.” – Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce’s Choices
“We got the outline of something superb when what we needed was a full picture.” – Allyson Johnson, The Young Folks
MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN
“Showing restraint is unusual for [Burton], and letting the inherent weirdness of the story do the work, he has turned out his best film since SWEENEY TODD.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies
BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 9/28/2016
Andy Hoglund looks back at Presidential biopics
Greg Vellante looks at A BIGGER SPLASH, CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR and THE PEOPLE VS O.J. SIMPSON
Allyson Johnson reviews THE DWARVENAUT
Spoilerpiece Theatre talks QUEEN OF KATWE and EIGHT DAYS A WEEK
Max Covill’s It’s The Pictures Podcast talks SULLY
Joyce Kulhawik on MACHINE DU CIRQUE
Deirdre Crimmins checks in from Fantastic Fest
Kristofer Jenson’s Boston Reel posts its Repertory Reccomendations
Andrew Crump reviews BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, LUKE CAGE, FREE STATE OF JONES and GOAT
John Hanlon talks Anthony Weiner
Bob Chipman talks The Five Movies Marvel Must Make
Derek Deskins looks at AUDRIE & DAISY
BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 09/23/2016
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
“Awash in chintzy CGI, the film has a sickly avocado sheen to it, as if it was color-corrected in post-production to look like a can of Bud Lime.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality
“Stylistically, this is a fun, if fluffy, movie — broadly realized and often absurd. In other words, it its the bill for its particular sub-genre of the action-adventure Western. What it lacks is true panache. This SEVEN won’t be galloping to classic film status.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston
“An old-time western with a modern sensibility. Unlike all too many remakes, it fully justifies its existence.” – Dan Kimmel, North Shore Movies
“THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN is entertaining all the way through.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential
“Deconstructionist realism has been the default for this particular genre long enough, and Fuqua’s approach here lands comfortably in the heightened-reality zone between HOPALONG CASSIDY and the original DJANGO.” – Bob Chipman, Geek.com
QUEEN OF KATWE
“Check, and mate: This Disney QUEEN has more to offer than a raft of “Princess” movies.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston
“Be inspired: see QUEEN OF KATWE, and bring your kids too– let them know it’s good to be the queen of your own destiny.” – Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce’s Choices
“…a quiet and sturdy installment to Nair’s impressive filmography and an under-the-radar delight for 2016.” – Allyson Johnson, Cambridge Day
GOAT
“GOAT could function as a great companion piece to SPRING BREAKERS if it decided on what movie it wanted to be. But instead, it’s a meandering attempt at exposing a nationwide sickness.” – Sam Cohen, Substream Magazine
“What [Andrew] Neel shows us isn’t fraternity. It’s a barnyard chorused by barking, braying and snarling, an animal house we’ll never want to go back to.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine
THE DRESSMAKER
“Ultimately, the film is a Saturday morning screwball meets Western meets melodramatic soap opera meets whatever else you decide to take from it.” – Greg Vellante, Edge Boston
STORKS
“If your child is old enough to know where babies come from, he or she is too old for STORKS.” – Dan Kimmel, North Shore Movies
BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 9/21/2016
Deirdre Crimmins looks ahead to Fantastic Fest
Max Covill talks The TIFF People’s Choice Award
Bob Chipman updates his Patreon and talks critics vs superheroes
Norm Schrager reviews THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT
Andrew Crump reviews OTHER PEOPLE, DEMON, BY THE TIME IT GETS DARK, THE DREAM PATH and talks Summer Blockbusters
Kilian Melloy reviews SUNDAY IN THE PARK, THE PRIDE & THE PASSION, NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH and TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME JUNIE MOON
Joyce Kulhawik looks at REGULAR SINGING, COMPANY and MARJORIE PRIME
Spoilerpiece Theatre talks BLAIR WITCH, DEMON and THE GET DOWN
Kristofer Jenson presents the Boston Reel Rep Roundup
Sean Burns on Somerville Theatre’s 70mm Festival