BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 5/8/2019

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks THE INTRUDER and the best of IFFBoston 2019

Deirdre Crimmins interviews Aaron Schimberg

Jake Mulligan looks at Harvard Film Archive’s “Cinema of Resistance”

Max Covill talks Disney on It’s The Pictures Podcast

Bob Chipman talks SONIC THE HEDGEHOG and the rebooted SHE-RA

Allyson Johnson reviews BLOW THE MAN DOWN

Robyn Bahr reviews THE SPANISH PRINCESS

Joyce Kulhawik reviews THE RETURN

Andrew Crump looks at new releases from Criterion and reviews ASK DR. RUTH

Jared Bowen looks at BLACK ODYSSEY BOSTON and VIETGONE

Transmundane Press interviews Daniel Kimmel on his new anthology contribution

BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 05/03/2019

F_D5_01292.NEFLONG SHOT

“The notion of these two as a cinematic couple seems beyond bizarre and yet, somehow, it works.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

 

 

ask-dr-ruth-headerASK DR. RUTH

“It’s normally the director’s job to chronicle their subject; [Ryan White’s] job is to keep up with his, as if he stepped into her path and wound up caught in her nonstop whirlwind of activity.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

“Dr. Ruth was a staple of 1980s and 1990s television and radio, and was a major cultural figure in the fight for being more open about sexuality. ASK DR. RUTH is a fitting love letter.” – Deirdre Crimmins, High-Def Digest

 

Knock_Down_The_House_01_19_59_04-1000x527KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE

“Compelling as the other stories may be, you kinda can’t help but spend them waiting for [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] to come back onscreen.” – Sean Burns, The ARTery

 

 

uglydolls-880x320UGLYDOLLS

“The characters are nice enough and the songs catchy enough, but the lackluster animation, ambiguous messaging, and forced humor make UGLYDOLLS something to be tolerated rather than celebrated.” – Deirdre Crimmins, High-Def Digest

 

0430_hersmell2-400x267HER SMELL

“By the time the film’s enormously cathartic closing concert sequence rolls around you really do feel like you’ve been to hell and back with these people, the emotional payoffs stay with you longer for being so intensely earned. HER SMELL lingers.” – Sean Burns, The ARTery

“…his really is a tour-de-force for Moss, playing a character who for much of the film is utterly unsympathetic.” – Daniel M. Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“In contrast to [Alex Ross Perry’s] other work, HER SMELL is compassionate, even tender…” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

Poster for the South Korean movie Savage with a man holding a rifle in the snowy wildernessSAVAGE

“Although it was a bit slow for my taste early, SAVAGE has enough moments to make you happy that you gave it a chance.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential