“The large format film provides a crispness and clarity impossible to replicate via hard drives with zeroes and ones. Current top-of-the-line digital cinema projection boasts 4K resolution, and while there’s admittedly an apples-to-oranges aspect in comparing pixels to film grain, 70mm presentation is generally estimated to be around the equivalent of 18K.” – WBUR’s Arts & Culture, 06/07/2022

“’When you’re standing backstage at Somerville One and something happens onscreen that makes the whole audience gasp or scream, that’s a really thrilling moment for a filmmaker,’ Tamm enthuses. ‘One of the things IFFBoston is known for among filmmakers is that we have really good audiences. Bringing them back is what I’m most excited about.’” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 04/25/2022

“The ‘annual sensory bacchanalia from beyond the mainstream’ is back at the Brattle Theatre, once again bringing the wildest, weirdest and most outré offerings to a loyal area audience with nerves (and stomachs) of steel. McControversy promises that ‘all the extreme isolation and paranoia of the past two years’ will be well-represented in the program.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 03/21/2022

My fifth dispatch from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival includes capsule reviews of John Patton Ford’s Emily The Criminal, Juan Pablo González‘s Dos Estaciones, Jamie Dack’s Palm Trees And Power Lines and Tig Notaro & Stephanie Allynne’s Am I OK?

My fourth dispatch from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival includes capsule reviews of Cooper Raiff’s Cha Cha Real Smooth, Rachel Lears’ To The End, Reid Davenport’s I Didn’t See You There and Nina Menkes’ Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power.

My third dispatch from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival includes capsule reviews of Phyllis Nagy’s Call Jane, Lena Dunham’s Sharp Stick, Monia Chokri’s Babysitter and Sophie Hyde’s Good Luck To You, Leo Grande.

My second dispatch from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival includes capsule reviews of Kogonada’s After Yang, Kathryn Ferguson’s Nothing Compares, Christian Tafdrup’s Speak No Evil and Mariama Diallo‘s Master.

My first dispatch from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival includes capsule reviews of Jesse Eisenberg’s When You Finish Saving The World, Carey Williams’ Emergency, Eva Longoria Bastón’s La Guerra Civil and Maria Maggenti’s The Incredibly True Adventure Of Two Girls In Love.

“This week’s IFFBoston Fall Focus is a welcome return to the organization’s original mission: gathering the community together to share the experience of seeing movies with one another in the area’s historic independent venues. And as always, they’ve put together an enticing lineup of films featuring everything from porn stars to Princess Diana.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 10/19/2021

My third dispatch from the 59th New York Film Festival includes capsule reviews of Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog, Gaspar Noé’s Vortex and Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers.