Today on the site: @kyleamato.bsky.social interviewed animator Julian Glander about his feature debut BOYS GO TO JUPITER, which opens 9/5 at the Somerville Theatre! bostonhassle.com/interview-di...

For @bostonhassle.bsky.social I had the pleasure of speaking with TWIN PEAKS producer Sabrina S. Sutherland about her decades-long working relationship with David Lynch. Sabrina will be appearing alongside several PEAKS cast members this Sunday at the Wilbur! bostonhassle.com/interview-sa...

EDDINGTON is by turns funny and horrifying, frustrating and brilliant, and— for better and for worse— a movie for our times. Review is up at @bostonhassle.bsky.social! bostonhassle.com/review-eddin...

This weekend @brattletheatre.bsky.social is screening a newly restored director’s cut of Masayuki Suo’s SHALL WE DANCE! The Hassle’s @annahoang.bsky.social has the scoop on this wonderful film. bostonhassle.com/go-to-shall-...

On Tuesday, 7/22, the Hassle’s @theoscargoff.bsky.social will host a Q&A at the Drafthouse with the great Ben Sisto following a screening of Ben’s documentary WHO LET THE DOGS OUT! Read Oscar’s interview below, and join us next week for an answer to that age-old question.

In the latest installment of DIRACTORS, @jdraperr.bsky.social looks at UNFORGIVEN, the first of Clint Eastwood’s many swan songs. bostonhassle.com/diractors-un...

Today on the site, @annahoang.bsky.social spoke to director Dalton Coffey about his neo-western FALL IS A GOOD TIME TO DIE and the intricacies of subverting genre: bostonhassle.com/interview-da...

Today on the site @sampausman.bsky.social looks the ways in which Celine Song’s MATERIALISTS both embraces and twists the conventions of the classic Ephronian rom-com! bostonhassle.com/materialists...

Though it has its dumb-fun moments (and the best Kate Bush needledrop since STRANGER THINGS), M3GAN 2.0, like so many misguided tech ventures, suffers from mission creep. Review is up at @bostonhassle.bsky.social! bostonhassle.com/review-m3gan...

In the latest installment of DIRACTORS, @jdraperr.bsky.social looks at COTTON COMES TO HARLEM, the directorial debut of the great Ossie Davis! bostonhassle.com/diractors-co...

I loved 28 YEARS LATER, a truly bonkers— and surprisingly poignant— film which breathes new life into the zombie genre. Review is up at @bostonhassle.bsky.social! bostonhassle.com/review-28-ye...

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS “appreciates its audience and doesn’t do any fandom hand holding,” writes @kyleamato.bsky.social. Stream it now on Netflix! bostonhassle.com/review-kpop-...

TONIGHT! @brattletheatre.bsky.social kicks off its “Cronenberg Summer” series with RABID! The Hassle’s Charlie von Peterffy has the writeup— catch it tonight in a double feature with THE BROOD! bostonhassle.com/go-to-rabid-...

Today on the site, the Hassle’s resident mousewatcher @kyleamato.bsky.social takes on ELIO, the latest, oddly muted effort from Pixar. bostonhassle.com/review-elio-...

TONIGHT! Head over to the Charles River Speedway at sundown for a free outdoor screening of the cinematic masterpiece GOOD BURGER, presented by @thecoolidge.bsky.social! The Hassle’s Charlie von Peterffy has the scoop. bostonhassle.com/go-to-good-b...

I interviewed Laurynas Bareiša for the @bostonhassle.bsky.social about his new film Drowning Dry. bostonhassle.com/bbff-intervi...

“It’s nice to be able to hang around long enough to see something you did come back.” Today on the site, @kyleamato.bsky.social speaks to the legendary Peter Riegert about the new @criterion.bsky.social edition of CROSSING DELANCEY! bostonhassle.com/interview-cr...

My review of the Oscar nominated Palestinian documentary No Other Land for the @bostonhassle.bsky.social bostonhassle.com/boston-pales...

Tonight the @brattletheatre.bsky.social kicks off its annual (Some of) The Best of 2024 series! To help guide you through the offerings, the Hassle has compiled a handy roundup with links to our writers’ full reviews: bostonhassle.com/roundup-the-...

New Diractors on THE CABLE GUY and how I've been misled to believe this isn't way better than we remember bostonhassle.com/diractors-th...

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN is a perfectly fine biopic of a subject who deserves far more than “perfectly fine.” My review is up at @bostonhassle.bsky.social! bostonhassle.com/review-a-com...

THIS WEEKEND! The @brattletheatre.bsky.social continues their beloved annual screenings of Frank Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Read Charlie Von Peterffy’s writeup on the site, then get your tickets. Merry Christmas, movie house! bostonhassle.com/go-to-its-a-...

Thrilled to reveal my top ten films of 2024 at @bostonhassle.bsky.social! Excellent movie year, even though (or perhaps because) Hollywood was in shambles. bostonhassle.com/year-ender-o...

Here are my first-round picks from today’s @bsfc.bsky.social vote (apart from Best Picture— keep an eye on @bostonhassle.bsky.social for my complete Top Ten soon!)

For @bostonhassle.bsky.social I had a great time talking to Kyle Mooney and Evan Winter about Y2K— both their new movie and the era/crisis which inspired it! bostonhassle.com/interview-ky...

Today on the site, @kyleamato.bsky.social interviewed Gints Zilbalodis, director of the mindblowing new animated feature FLOW! Read Kyle’s review, then catch FLOW at the Coolidge or the Capitol! bostonhassle.com/interview-fl...

The Hassle’s @joshuapolanski.bsky.social interviewed director Kim Sung Soo about his eerily timely South Korean coup drama 12.12: THE DAY! bostonhassle.com/interview-12...

Lots of new followers here, so I figured an introduction thread might make sense. I am a film and culture writer with regularly bylines with the @bostonhassle.bsky.social, In Review Online, @dmovies.bsky.social, @midwestfilmjournal.bsky.social and more.

Still pretty proud of my review of A QUIET PLACE PART II for @bostonhassle.bsky.social, which marked the moment a year’s worth of Covid frustration finally burst: bostonhassle.com/review-a-qui...

For @bostonhassle.bsky.social, @annahoang.bsky.social reviewed the harrowing BLACK BOX DIARIES. https://buff.ly/3V4hYUC

For @bostonhassle.bsky.social, @theoscargoff.bsky.social reviewed LOUDER THAN YOU THINK, a doc about Pavement drummer Gary Young. https://buff.ly/4fz04S3

TONIGHT! As part of their new “Queering the Screen” signature series, the Coolidge will screen D. Smith’s acclaimed doc KOKOMO CITY (2023) followed by a panel discussion from members of The Theatre Offensive. Read Charlie von Peterffy’s appreciation, then get your tickets!

My review from @bostonhassle.bsky.social, ICYMI: bostonhassle.com/review-riddl...

TODAY! The Somerville Theatre is hosting a special preview screening of the fascinating new animated Hungarian documentary PELIKAN BLUE. Read Anna Hoang’s review on the site, then bop on over to Davis! bostonhassle.com/review-pelik...

LOUDER THAN YOU think, the new film about Pavement drummer Gary Young, is a lovably shaggy doc about the most lovably shaggy member of one of the ‘90s’ most lovably shaggy bands. Review is up on @bostonhassle.bsky.social— catch it at the Brattle this weekend! bostonhassle.com/review-loude...

RED ONE, the new Santa-with-muscles flick, has some silly humor and imaginative visuals, and precious little else. Read Charlie von Peterffy’s review on the site! bostonhassle.com/review-red-o...

Thrilled that my first column in my new Diractors series officially is live with @bostonhassle.bsky.social! I began wifb reviewing A REAL PAIN, one of the years best comedies bostonhassle.com/diractors-a-...

NEW COLUMN! In “Diractors,” the esteemed @jdraperr.bsky.social will shine a light on actors who make their way to the other side of the camera. First up: A REAL PAIN, the latest from sophomore diractor Jesse Eisenberg! bostonhassle.com/diractors-a-...

Projecting this for our regular 330 Friday film matinee (that I’m always advocating everyone leave their jobs for) 🤙🤙

TODAY! Blow off work early for a 35mm matinee of the Coen brothers’ overlooked neo-noir classic THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE at the Brattle, presented by Screen Boston! Read our go-to from the Hassle’s Charlie von Peterffy, then go get a haircut. bostonhassle.com/go-to-the-ma...

Payal Kapadia’s ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT is “timeless and genuine, an extremely delightful watch that leans into and celebrates the universal power of cinema at its most raw, and most beautiful,” per the Hassle’s Karenna Umscheid. It played IFFBoston’s Fall Focus— stay tuned for its local release!

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