SUNDANCE 2022 PART FOUR: CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH, TO THE END, I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE, BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER

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.

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SUNDANCE 2022 PART ONE: WHEN YOU FINISH SAVING THE WORLD, EMERGENCY, LA GUERRA CIVIL, THE INCREDIBLY TRUE ADVENTURE OF TWO GIRLS IN LOVE

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.

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IFFBOSTON FALL FOCUS 2021

“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

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IFFBOSTON 2021 VIRTUAL Q&A: STRAWBERRY MANSION’S ALBERT BIRNEY AND KENTUCKER AUDLEY

Had a great time talking to Strawberry Mansion directors Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley in this virtual Q&A for the Independent Film Festival Boston. We discussed their movie’s nightmare scenario in which advertisers insert product placement into your dreams, the duo’s love of analog aesthetics and why sometimes it’s not such a bad thing to fall asleep during a movie. IFFBoston, 05/14/2021

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