UNCLE NICK
“If you’re going to structure a movie around a middle-aged alcoholic trying to bone his barely legal niece, you should probably come up with better jokes than the ones in Mike Demski’s sorry screenplay.” – Sean Burns, Movie Mezzanine
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
Jake Mulligan talks Howard Hawks
Evan Crean reviews WOMAN IN GOLD, LITTLE BOY and GOING CLEAR
Jared Bowen interviews Judd Apatow
Spoilerpiece Theare talks ANT-MAN and TRAINWRECK
Andy Crump looks at FELT and interviews Joshua Oppenheimer of THE LOOK OF SILENCE
Kilian Melloy looks at HERSHEY FELDER AS IRVING BERLIN, reviews WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, SET FIRE TO THE STARS, LOVE UNTO DEATH/LIFE IS A BED OF ROSES and X-MEN: DOFP – ROGUE CUT
Norm Schrager reviews STARRED UP
Evan Crean looked at IN A WORLD
Jared Bowen talked embargos, art and geopolitics with the owner of Boston’s Galeria Cubana
Sean Burns offers a Michael Mann retrospective
Bob Chipman joined an Oscar Podcast and talked the proliferation of superhero movies
John Black reviews a slew of new-release DVDs including BOYHOOD, WETLANDS and JESSABELLE
Spoilerpiece Theatre aims at AMERICAN SNIPER and more
Andy Crump talked controversial GHOST IN THE SHELL casting and praised the career of Scarlett Johansson
Kris Jenson interviewed FISH & CAT director Shahram Mokri
A NOTE FROM BOFCA:
The advent of a new year brings with it many changes, and The Boston Online Film Critics Association is no exception to this. BOFCA would like to officially welcome Max Covill and Sam Cohen as the newest members of our fine organization. You’ll now find their reviews, writings and other offerings right here on this site.
In addition, BOFCA also extends its gratitude and wishes of good luck to departing member Inkoo Kang, who may have left Boston and the Boston-area media behind for sunny San Francisco but will be fondly remembered here for her unique perspective on all things cinematic and spirited, thoughtful contributions to the Boston film-criticism scene. We wish her good luck in future endeavors and as part of the San Francisco Film Critics Circle.
Hello BOFCA fans and followers!
Apologies for not having one of these up last week – busy times, still no excuse. In any case, here’s what we’ve been up to (and did you see our awesome awards that had the whole film community buzzing??)
Derek Deskins looked over the Golden Globes Nominees and THE BAREFOOT ARTIST
Andy Crump editorialized on SELMA and Ferguson for Badass Digest, talked to THE BABADOOK’s Jennifer Kent and looks at the trailer for MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Monica Castillo interviews Laura Poitras about directing her documentary CITIZENFOUR.
Bob Chipman talked about the reality of censorship… twice
Spoilerpiece Theater dug into THE HOMESMAN and HORRIBLE BOSSES 2
Norm Schrager reviews WE ARE THE BEST!
Deirdre Crimmins on ROME OPEN CITY