BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 8/12/15

Jaskee Hickman looks at SAMBA

Joyce Kulhawik reviews THE RUNNER

John Black looks at ASSASSINATION

Bob Chipman looks at Forgotten Video-Game Heroines

Sean Burns reviews COP CAR and PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID

Sam Cohen reviews THE END OF THE TOUR

Jared Bowen looks at WAITRESS and David Lynch

Monica Castillo reports on AWKWARD Season 5

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks FANTASTIC FOUR and SHAUN THE SHEEP

Andy Crump looks at HOUSE and the Best of Criterion’s New Releases

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 8/5/2015

Sean Burns looks back at Robert Altman’s POPEYE and reviews LISTEN TO ME MARLON

Bob Chipman was profiled in The New Yorker

David Riedel looks at A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE

Andy Crump reviews BEST OF ENEMIES and PAULO COELHO’S BEST STORY

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION

Charlie Nash reports from Fantasia International Film Festival: I AM THOR, A CHRISTMAS HORROR STORY, HARUKO’S PARANORMAL LABORATORY and THE BLUE HOUR

Deirdre Crimmins reports from Fantasia International Film Festival: JERUZALEM, OBSERVANCE, CASH ONLY and CHERRY TREE

BOFCA REPERTORY PODCAST – AUGUST 2015

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BOFCA’s Bob Chipman and Steve Head examine the wide variety of films playing on the Boston-area repertory scene for the month of August, 2015

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BOFCA REVIEW ROUNDUP 7/31/2015

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATIONMISSION

“The summer movie we’ve been waiting for: filled with action, exotic locations, and enough plot twists that you simply can’t check your brain at the door.” – Daniel Kimmel, North Shore Movies

“Prince Tom is on screen, at an operatic scale yet again. None shall sleep.” – Jake Mulligan, Dig Boston

“The way Cruise and Ferguson dispatch baddies clearly stronger than them is balletic, shooting people the way Astaire and Rogers danced: cheek-to-cheek.” – Sam Cohen, Under The Gun

“For a wildly fun, mindless night out at the movies don’t miss MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION.” – Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce’s Choices

“Not much of a thought in its head but impeccably crafted nonetheless and always delightful to watch.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

“If nothing else, “Rogue Nation” has the sense to stick with what the “Mission: Impossible” movies do best.” – Kilian Melloy, EDGE

“Proves to be one of the year’s best blockbuster action movies thus far.” – Tim Estiloz, El Mundo Boston

“Clearly falls short of Ghost Protocol, but there is some fun to be had if you can accept the lack of depth that we’re asked to watch.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

 

VACATIONVACATION (2015)

“Instead of relying on sight gags and absurdist humor (there’s an incest gag in the original film, people), Vacation follows a new family versed in more smarm than charm.” – Sam Cohen, Under The Gun

“Nothing in Vacation is spectacular, but you’ll most likely feel satisfied with what’s there after you’ve finished watching it.” – Jaskee Hickman, Cinematic Essential

“The original is much better. In fact, all four of the original Vacation movies – National Lampoon’s Vacation, European Vacation, Christmas Vacation and even Vegas Vacation – are better.” – John Black, Boston Event Guide

 

A LEGO BRICKUMENTARYBRICKUMENTARY

“Directors Kief Davidson and Daniel Junge manage to capture the essence of what makes playing with these colorful plastic bricks so entertaining (some would say addictive) to those who do.” – John Black, Boston Event Guide

 

PHOENIX 2013PHOENIX

“A masterful melodrama that pays loving homage to cinema’s past.” – Charles Nash, EDGE

“…a German movie that is smartly and emotionally written, is beautifully acted, has a camera in the right spot with the right lighting in scene after scene and asks that the audience think for itself instead of leading it around by the dick.” – David Riedel, Santa Fe Reporter

 

 

SUGARTHAT SUGAR FILM

“The sight of the filmmaker munching on a sandwich of sugar cubes and spooning up sugar from a shockingly full cup is comical, but also revolting. He makes his point.” – Kilian Melloy, EDGE

 

irrational-man-woody-allen-810x486IRRATIONAL MAN

“Woody is famously averse to taking vacations, but sitting through IRRATIONAL MAN you’ll wish he’d try — just to give us one.” – Sean Burns, Spliced Personality

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 7/29/2015

Jake Mulligan looks at screwball comedy via Howard Hawks and HIS GIRL FRIDAY

Andrew Crump reviews FELT

Steve Head talks ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

Deirdre Crimmins looks back at TANK GIRL

Monica Castillo and Sean Burns contribute to Indiewire’s Hypothetical Documentary Sequels roundup

Kilian Melloy reviews A GAY GIRL IN DAMASCUS

Joyce Kulhawik reports on the Woods Hole Film Festival and reviews SAVING KITTY

Bob Chipman belatedly revisits TERMINATOR GENISYS and BATMAN

Jared Bowen interviews Will Lyman

Spoilerpiece Theatre assembles for THE TRIBE, PIXELS, SOUTHPAW and INFINITELY POLAR BEAR

Derek Deskins pens a letter to Adam Sandler