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Evan Crean in Boston Reel

May 6, 2016

Social Satire Ahead of its Time in ‘RoboCop’

Coolidge Corner Theatre presents the always-relevant classic on 35mm

Kristofer Jenson in Boston Reel

May 25, 2016

To Hell and Back: The Story ‘12 Kilometers’

After a near-fatal accident and grueling recovery filled with vivid hallucinations and waking nightmares, Mike Pecci sprang back to make the most ambitious —…

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Sean Burns in Boston Reel

Oct 31, 2016

Recap: Pam Grier Superstar! Q&A at Harvard Film Archive

The iconic actress and trailblazer shares stories of shattering Hollywood expectations at ‘Jackie Brown’ screening

Sean Burns in Boston Reel

Sep 15, 2016

Time to be Great Again: Presenting Somerville Theatre’s Inaugural 70mm & Widescreen Festival

Fall in love all over again with your favorite movies, presented in the most magnificent of formats, this fall…

Matthew C. Skelton in Boston Reel

Apr 21, 2017

Wicked Queer’s Adventurous 33rd Year

Our guide to the best of a very diverse fest

Sean Burns in Boston Reel

Jul 15, 2016

Harvard Film Archive’s Aldrich retrospective continues with ‘Hustle’

Sean Burns dissects Robert Aldrich’s unrelenting neo-noir as the unmistakable product of its singular director, megastar leading man…

Charlie Nash in Boston Reel

Jun 24, 2016

Finding Home and Subverting Western Tropes in ‘McCabe & Mrs. Miller’

Robert Altman’s classic Revisionist Western comes to the Brattle Theatre on 35mm

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Sean Burns in Boston Reel

Jul 27, 2016

Cambridge-born Sian Heder brings ‘Tallulah’ to Boston for stirring Q&A

The writer-director shared stories of the uphill battle to bring women’s stories to the big screen, the emotional evolution of the…

Kristofer Jenson in Boston Reel

May 20, 2017

The High-Contrast Morality of Nicolas Winding Refn

With ‘Drive’ playing tonight at Coolidge Corner After Midnite, we look at the crowdpleaser’s place among the director’s more divisive work.

Sean Burns in Boston Reel

May 2, 2017

IFFBoston Announces 2017 Jury Awards

The fifteenth annual Independent Film Festival Boston announced…

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