The teaser for the upcoming sequel to The Avengers, “Age of Ultron,” has leaked to the internet. The teaser doesn’t show much other than a logo, but that’s all we really need to get pumped for another Whedon helmed Avengers movie. What do you guys think? Watch it fast, it won’t last for long. Age of …
“Best Kept Secret” tells the moving story of a selfless, heroic teacher, out to give the best possible quality of life to her autistic and special needs students as they age out of the system and enter the world.
The Federal Reserve is not something I understand well; management of the country’s monetary policy, and the global impact of those policies, is beyond me. What stood out to me, then, in “Money for Nothing,” Jim Bruce’s new documentary, was the accessible presentation of the Federal Reserve Bank’s history, and the explanation of how the …
We’ve featured the work of Larry Cohen before, his film, Ice Hockey screened at IFFBoston in 2011, his follow-up, Brothers, screened at various festivals around the country. His latest film, The Worst, shows the directors progression in his craft, a more complex story with fascinating characters, and not to mention, a chase that recalls “The …
What is Boston Open Screen? Imagine an Open Mic Night, but for film and video. For the past 10 years, Boston Open Screen was, and still is, the only truly open venue for filmmakers to screen their work freely. The only limits they have is that the work has to be under 10 minutes, and …
We try to keep the films/video’s we pick for video of the week to under 5 minutes, but this one was too well produced to not link to. In this video, the filmmaker has crafted a documentary in the first person examining why, given the technology of the period, it would have been completely impossible …
Okay, technically, this isn’t a short film, but, it’s definitely not a feature [yet!]. This short, 80’s Slasher inspired trailer is a great throwback to the genre. Shot on 35mm on location in Massachusetts, it calls back to the teen slasher genre of the 1980s, from the production design, to the cheesy dialogue. Enjoy! But …
36 years ago this week marks the passing of Groucho Marx, of the famed Marx Brothers. Groucho had a long spanning career that began in vaudville, and continued well into the the late 50s and early 60s with his popular game show, “You Bet Your Life.” I thought that his great sequence from the 1930 …
We live at a time where teenagers in cinema are portrayed in a few very distinct ways: you have fantasy-filled “vampire” movies, highly stylized “High School Musical”-type movies, and high school sex comedies in the vein of “American Pie.” While I’m not looking to make a commentary on the quality of these films, they typically …
The trailer for Alfonso Cuarón’s latest film “Gravity,” gives me chills every time I see its in IMAX. The concept of spinning off into space is absolutely frightening. Cuarón’s last film was the amazing “Children of Men,” which featured some of the most innovative camera work I’ve seen in modern cinema – I expect nothing …