Film

Truth be told, the music of legendary tenor saxophonist and jazz composer John Coltrane is arguably more interesting and insightful than the man’s life story. That doesn’t stop John Scheinfeld’s …

Filmmaker Jon Dunham’s Boston takes a warm and comprehensive look at the history of the most prestigious marathon race in the world. For over a whopping 120 years now, the …

Australian filmmaker Ben Young’s debut feature Hounds of Love has been generating a lot of buzz following wave-making appearances on the film festival circuit (most notably at Venice, SXSW, and …

Israeli filmmaker Rama Burshtein’s unique take on traditional romantic comedy tropes, The Wedding Plan, takes a slower, more refined approach than the genre usually sees. It’s a film with a …

The Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn starring comedy Snatched plays like a ninety minute trailer for a movie that never arrives. It’s the kind of film so packed with promise …

It’s easy to point to the kinds of movies, literary works, and filmmakers that inspired writer/director/editor Sarah Adina Smith to make the surrealist black comedy Buster’s Mal Heart, but those …

Belgian filmmaker Bas Devos’ chilling, but empathetic debut feature Violet looks and feels like life as observed by a hovering ghost. It’s the rare sort of film that can blend …

Filmmaker Laura Poitras’ documentary Risk – her follow-up to the Oscar winning Citizenfour, looking at WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange – is a confused, muddled mess of admittedly decent footage in …

Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent is a vibrant, tense, moving, sometimes sad, often striking, and most of all, enlightening look at one of America’s most legendary, infamous, and influential chefs. …

Documentarian Lana Wilson excels at making films that focus on fascinating human beings capable of exhibiting great empathy for their fellow man, and her latest effort, The Departure (screening this …