BOFCA MID-WEEK UPDATE 12/23/2015

Bob Chipman counts down Part I of his TOP TEN and looks back on A CHRISTMAS STORY

Andrew Crump looks at 45 YEARS, ASH VS EVIL DEAD and new Criterion releases

Joyce Kulhawik reviews NATASHA and PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks STAR WARS: EPISODE VII – THE FORCE AWAKENS

Sean Burns catches up on YOUTH

Kilian Melloy on SON OF SAUL

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 12/16/2015

STAR WARS – EPISODE VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS REVIEWS FROM BOFCA:
Bob Chipman
Evan Crean
Joyce Kulhawik
Kilian Melloy

Monica Castillo reports on her first trip back to Cuba

Jared Bowen catches up with THE DANISH GIRL and more

Spoilerpiece Theatre goes into YOUTH, CHI-RAQ, ROOM and LEGEND

Bob Chipman talks SUPER SMASH BROS and STAR WARS on Morning News

Andrew Crump reviews ASH VS EVIL DEAD, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, BOY AND THE WORLD and JESSICA JONES and rates the Top 15 TV Shows of 2015

Joyce Kulhawik looks at BUYER & CELLAR

BOFCA REVIEW ROUND-UP: 12/11/2015

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IN THE HEART OF THE SEA

“There’s no sense of direction here—as though Howard couldn’t figure out which movie he wanted to make, so he decided to make them all.” – Andy Crump, Paste Magazine

“We get it, the pen is mightier than the harpoon.” – Sam Cohen, Under the Gun Review

“It’s possible that IN THE HEART OF THE SEA will find lasting acclaim rather than fading pretty promptly into obscurity, but I’d wager neither hardtack nor a day’s rum on it.” – Kilian Melloy, Edge Boston

“Not only does this film’s “demon” look like the digital creation it is, but almost everything on land and sea looks like it was shot against a blue screen nearly 60 years ago.” – Brett Michel, The Improper Bostonian

“IN THE HEART OF THE SEA is so full of unnecessary and unconvincing green-screen work I wouldn’t be surprised if most of the actors shot their scenes on a soundstage in Burbank.” – Sean Burns, Movie Mezzanine

youth-filmYOUTH

“Much as THE GREAT BEAUTY positioned itself as a sorta-sequel to LA DOLCE VITA, for YOUTH Sorrentino borrows the setting from Fellini’s 8½ and shares The Maestro’s penchant for grotesques.” – Sean Burns, The Artery

“YOUTH is a free form, plotless effort, much like Sorrentino’s 2013 Best Foreign Language Film winner THE GREAT BEAUTY. But that film had fire where YOUTH has coals.” – Andy Crump, Birth.Movies.Death.

“…a complicated, messy affair at times, but there’s always beauty to be found.” – Greg Vellante, Sound & Picture

Francois Truffaut and Alfred HitchcockHITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT

“Directed and co-written by Kent Jones this documentary explores one of the most illuminating conversations in the history of film.” – Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce’s Choices

 

 

 

BOFCA MID-WEEK ROUNDUP 8/19/2015

Tim Estiloz previews his illustrations for the new children’s book TROUBLE ON THE LOOSE

Sean Burns reviewS FORT TILDEN

Bob Chipman performs a post-mortem on FANTASTIC FOUR

Kilian Melloy looks at the new video for Tom Goss’ BREATH & SOUND

Spoilerpiece Theatre talks MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, PHOENIX and SHAUN THE SHEEP

Andy Crump on YOUTH, PRINCE and FINAL GIRL