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2024 BUFF - Dispatch #2

Green’s Party is proud to be covering the 2024 Boston Underground Film Festival, which kicked off last night at the Brattle Theatre (Cambridge, MA).  I’ve been lucky enough to cover the festival since 2016. Here is my 2024 coverage so far.

After the festival kicked off on Wed, the festival kicked into gear with more films on Thursday. I did not get to catch the much buzzed about Strange Kindness (filmed in Cape Cod) or the revenge film Femme, but I did get to see the coming of age vampire film Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (one of the best titles of this year's BUFF).

a scene from Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

This film is Canadian and it's in French with English subtitles. Teen vampire Sasha rebels against her family by refusing to hunt for new blood. Hence she befriends Paul, a melancholic bowling alley employee already depressed. This is kind of slow at times (well, slow by BUFF standards that is), but there were some inspired moments and it is an interesting take on the vampire-as-a-metaphor-for-teen-angst genre. Drafthouse Films is releasing this in 2024.

Tonight: films include Off Ramp and Sleep

For tickets and info on 2024 BUFF

Stay tuned to Green’s Party for my coverage of this year’s fest!

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Review: The People's Joker (2022)

Just because I left Fort Lauderdale, and with it Popcorn Frights, behind when I moved to Boston last year doesn't mean I have to give up on horror festivals. And just as I managed to sneak in a trip to the Telluride Horror Show amidst my adventures in Utah back in 2022, so too did I find that -- where else? -- Salem, Massachusetts hosted the annual Salem Horror Show in April and May. Tonight was the first night, and they screened one of the festival's token non-horror films in The People's Joker, a queer Batman spoof made without any official approval from DC Comics or Warner Bros. (They originally had a screening of Hocus Pocus planned with Kathy Najimy as a special guest, but Najimy had to cancel at the last minute.) How was it?

The People's Joker (2022)

Not rated

<Originally posted at https://kevinsreviewcatalogue.blogspot.com/2024/04/salem-horror-fest-week-1-day-1-peoples.html>

Score: 4 out of 5

The People's Joker exists in a place very similar to that enjoyed by Escape from Tomorrow. In both cases, you have independent filmmakers making unlicensed, unauthorized use of American pop iconography, Disney in the case of Escape from Tomorrow and DC Comics in the case of this film, as a way of satirizing and critiquing it with a particular focus on its corporate ownership and its role in the modern economy. Unlike Disney, which permitted the release of Escape from Tomorrow, DC Comics and Warner Bros. actively tried to clamp down on this film, which was ultimately saved by fair use laws protecting parodies like this. And of the two, I'd argue that this film pulls off what it was trying to do a lot better. While both films are elevated by a particular psychedelic edge and punk-rock attitude, Escape from Tomorrow was too incoherent to really stick the landing or even really convey what it was trying to say, while The People's Joker manages to successfully pull off being not only a dark parody of Batman in which the Joker is the hero, but also a hilarious comedy in its own right, a queer coming-out story, a satire of the entertainment industry (especially stand-up and sketch comedy), and a film that manages to get its message across loud and clear. For obvious reasons, I don't expect this to be more than a cult classic, but it's one I enjoyed and do not regret watching.

In this take on Batman's most iconic villain, one that's most obviously based on the movie Joker but draws on many versions of the character (as well as elements of Harley Quinn), the Joker is now a trans woman who leaves her disapproving mother in Smallville, Kansas for Gotham City in the hopes of becoming a comedian like her idol, UCB Live star Ra's al Ghul. There, upon being exposed to the gatekeeping and hypocrisy of the world of mainstream standup comedy, which here serves largely to prop up a corporate-run dystopia even as it still claims the legacy of those who once spoke truth to power, she starts her own underground "anti-comedy" troupe in an abandoned carnival that comes to be comprised of many of Batman's traditional baddies from the comics. (Her trademark gag is inviting people onstage to tell the world their saddest experiences and then huffing Smilex and laughing her ass off at their misery, because after all, this is still the Joker we're talking about.) This eventually puts her on a collision course with Batman himself, who's depicted as not only the jackbooted thug that more cynical deconstructions of superhero comics have framed him as, but also a perverted closet case on top of it. (Let's just say, this film gets a lot of mileage out of all those jokes you've heard about his relationship with his sidekick Robin.)

The film ain't exactly subtle in what it's saying. UCB Live is a clear-cut parody of Saturday Night Live, right down to the fact that Lorne Michaels is a character in the film, and moreover, its initialism is lifted straight from the famed Chicago comedy troupe the Upright Citizens Brigade that played such a major role in the development of standup and sketch comedy in the '90s and '00s, including producing multiple SNL stars. And while the film never names him so directly, you also get the sense that its writer, director, and star Vera Drew really isn't a fan of Joe Rogan or the standup circle he's built around himself, either. The Joker's introduction to UCB Live's casting has her body being scanned and her being deemed a potential comedy superstar because she has a small penis and is therefore mistaken for the kind of insecure man who the industry is built upon. Her comic idol Ra's starred in a Borat-like film whose main joke was making fun of foreigners. The whole reason Batman, an avatar of the elite if ever there was one (being the CEO of Wayne Enterprises and all), comes after her is because she directly criticizes and threatens the ruling class in a way that the corporate, sanitized world of UCB Live merely pretends to. Drew is somebody who clearly has experience with comedy and the people who inhabit it, and is very much writing that experience into the meat of the story, a metaphorical representation of an entertainment industry that, in her view, only cloaks itself in populism and progressive language enough that it can fend off criticism without actually making any meaningful changes.

Much of this is told through a mix of a riotous and raunchy comedy and the Joker's romance with her fellow comic Jason Todd, aka "Mr. J", a trans man who's envisioned here as a mix of Robin and the edgelord Jared Leto version of the Joker from the DC Extended Universe. The gags came flying at a mile a minute, and often had me busting my gut in laughter. The whole cast is game for the material, with Drew making the Joker a compelling anti-hero not just as a comic presence but also as somebody whose journey from a Midwestern girl-trapped-in-a-boy's-body to a flamboyant Clown Princess of Crime was one that I found myself genuinely invested in. Kane Distler as Mr. J was also an interesting presence, somebody whose relationship with the Joker starts promisingly only for him to turn emotionally abusive and self-centered (complete with a "gaslighting" pun that had me cracking up), indicating that, when he transitioned, he wound up embracing the most noxious forms of hypermasculinity. And as for the style of the film, Drew goes for an exaggerated feel that combines live-action filmmaking, highly stylized CGI, what appears to be a mannequin representing Poison Ivy, and very crude animation both 2D and 3D to create a feeling that reminded me of watching Adult Swim or surfing Newgrounds back in the 2000s. There clearly wasn't much of a budget here, so Drew instead leaned on creativity, both her own and the dozens of artists worldwide who each contributed to the film. It was as unique a film to watch as it was an entertaining comedy, one that demonstrated a lot of talent and commitment on the part of everybody involved.

The Bottom Line

There's no way in hell that The People's Joker is ever getting a wide release, but if it plays near you, I highly recommend seeking it out, as a twisted, countercultural sendup of everything from superheroes to mainstream comedy to who gets to call themselves "the counterculture".

#the people's joker #2022 #2022 movies #comedy #comedy movies #superhero #superhero movies #romance #romance movies #the joker #joker #batman #jason todd #poison ivy #tim heidecker #bob odenkirk #vera drew

[andersonvision]

The team behind acclaimed horror festivals like Brooklyn Horror and Boston Underground has announced the re-launch of their digital platform Nightstream. Originally created during the pandemic, Nightstream now returns as a permanent VOD service for curated new and classic indie genre films. Led by Brooklyn Horror's Justin Timms, Nightstream provides fans a curated selection of exciting horror, sci-fi, and thrillers in one streaming destination. It continues the festivals' mission of supporting innovative filmmakers and connecting audiences with the best in indie genre cinema. Kicking off Nightstream is the exclusive debut of Summoners, a 2022 occult thriller from Terence Krey and Christine Nyland. Starring indie favorite Larry Fessenden, the Nightstream Original follows a former witch plunged back into danger when asked to perform a dark ritual. Nightstream launches on Halloween with over 30 handpicked titles including acclaimed festival hits like We're All Going to the World's Fair, Lux Aeterna, and Buzzard. The lineup spans top indie distributors like Oscilloscope, Dark Sky, Yellow Veil, and more to create a diverse curation. The catalog will continue growing with new premieres and library additions while remaining focused on quality over quantity. Horror fans can trust Nightstream's curators to uncover the next groundbreaking genre discoveries. Most titles can be rented for $4.99 or purchased for $12.99, with availability and pricing varying. Revenue shares go towards compensating the films and partner festivals to sustain the independent film community. Browse the full selection at Nightstream.org and start streaming scary good indie cinema. By supporting exciting genre projects, fans can help Nightstream foster the future of horror, sci-fi, and beyond.

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The Timekeepers of Eternity from Aristotelis Maragkos on Vimeo.

The Timekeepers of Eternity a film by Aristotelis Maragkos Greece / 62' / 09/2021 / experimental animation

Mr Toomey has an important business meeting in Boston, but he dreads the thought of arriving. The only relief from the screams of his father in his traumatic dreams of childhood, is obsessively tearing paper - ripping it into strips. When he wakes on his flight, there seems to have been a tear in reality as most of the other passengers have vanished. When the survivors land, the airport is eerily empty of life, like a blank page. Something is coming to rip this weird paper purgatory of the mind apart - Monsters only Mr Toomey can confront.

Footage from the 1995 Stephen King TV movie The Langoliers is edited, printed and animated into a paper nightmare.

starring Bronson Pinchot

Sound Design: Lowtronik Composer: Amulets World sales: Square Eyes

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Festivals Fantastic Fest, United States (23 – 30 September, 2021) Official Selection Denver Film Festival, United States (3 – 14 November, 2021) Official Selection Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece (4 – 14 November, 2021) Greek Competition Sharjah Film Platform, United Arab Emirates (19 – 27 November, 2021) Experimental Competition Won: Best Experimental Feature Film Film Maudit 2.0, United States (12 – 23 January, 2022) Official Selection Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (23 – 27 March, 2022) Opening Film Kaboom Animation Festival, the Netherlands (28 March – 3 April, 2022) Feature Competition Festival du Cinéma de Brive, France (4 – 9 April, 2022) International Competition Wisconsin Film Festival, United States (7 – 14 April, 2022) Official Selection Fanatastic Film Festival Australia, Australia (16 April – 1 May, 2022) Official Selection BAFICI – Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, Argentina (20 April – 1 May, 2022) Official Avant-Garde & Genre Competition Special Mention Fantaspoa – International Fantastic Film Festival, Brazil (20 April – 1 May, 2022) Animated Feature Competition Young Film Fest, Czech Republic (21 – 24 April, 2022) Official Selection Won: Best Youth Film Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival, Spain (22 April – 1 May, 2022) Band A Part Competition IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Portugal (28 April – 8 May, 2022) Director’s Cut Bilbao Fantasy Film Festival, Spain (6 – 14 May, 2022) Panorama Beldocs – International Documentary Film Festival, Serbia (11 – 18 May, 2022) Fireworks Jersey Festival, Channel Islands (12 – 15 May, 2022) Animafest Zagreb, Croatia (6 – 11 June, 2022) Feature Film Competition Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania (17 – 26 June, 2022) No Limit Chattanooga Film Festival, United States (23 – 28 June, 2022) Official Selection Slaughter Fest: The International Festival Of Art Horror Film, Serbia (1 – 3 July, 2022) Official Selection Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, Switzerland (1 – 9 July, 2022) Official Selection Festival ECRÃ, Brazil (1 – 10 July, 2022) Official Selection ANIMATOR Festival, Poland (8 – 15 July, 2022) Feature Film Competition Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico (21 – 31 July, 2022) Special Showcase: Movies with Mummy Atlàntida Film Festival, Spain (24 July – 24 August, 2022) Main Online Programme Popcorn Frights Film Festival, United States (11 – 21 August, 2022) Official Selection Fantoche – International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland (6 – 11 September, 2022) Official Selection Sydney Underground Film Festival, Australia (8 – 11 September, 2022) Official Selection Bafici Itinerant – Santa Fe, Argentina (22 – 28 September, 2022) SLASH Filmfestival, Austria (22 September – 2 October, 2022) Official Selection Tacoma Film Festival, United States (6 – 13 October, 2022) Official Competition Won: Best Late Night Film Lima Alterna Festival Internacional de Cine, Peru (13 – 23 October, 2022) Opening film Archivio Aperto, Italy (20 – 24 October, 2022) Midnight Special

Press quotes “The Timekeepers of Eternity is an ambitious, unexpected experiment in remixing art with multiple techniques and mediums. It’s a singular vision and a complete story that mines new ideas from a nearly three-decade-old made-for-TV miniseries” Review: Meagan Navarro – Bloody Disgusting

“The Timekeepers of Eternity is a shining example of the infinite creative lifespan of art.” Review: Noah Ramer – Silver Linings Reviews

“It was the overwhelming, painstaking artistry of director and animator Aristotelis Maragkos that kept me seriously riveted.” Review: Aundria Parker – Daily Grindhouse

“The Timekeepers of Eternity is a combination art cinema project, labor of love, and eerie science fiction/horror tale. It truly needs to be seen to be believed.” Review: Joseph Perry – Scariest Things

“it takes one of the worst Stephen King adaptations and – just like Toomy – rips it up and reshapes it into something far more interesting.” Review: Padraig Cotter – Screenrant

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COLONY HOUSE releases “Would Ya Could Ya,” in anticipation of The Cannonballers, dropping 2/3/23

The music of Colony House—an indie rock band made up of brothers Will and Caleb Chapman, as well as Scott Mills and Parke Cottrell—is playfully self-described as “landlocked surf rock.” Their personal genre designation is as much inspired by their hometown of Franklin, Tenn., as their new album The Cannonballers is: within 11 tracks, the band delves into where they come from and how a place, and its memories, have made them. “It’s too easy getting sucked into the grind of everyday life… the hustle and the hurry we all willingly subject ourselves to,” Caleb says of the newest single. “‘Would Ya Could Ya’ is about breaking the mold. At surface level, it’s a ‘let’s get outta here’ open road, never look back type of cruiser, but beneath the surface, I think it recognizes that we are often the obstacle standing in our own way and that it’s up to us to make the next move.” Following the February 3rd release of The Cannonballers, Colony House will embark on a national tour, kicking off on February 11th at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Dates HERE.  The Cannonballers marks the band’s fourth full-length release: their three previous studio collections take listeners on a journey through stories of loss, grief, and heartbreak while welcoming them into the hope that comes on the other side. Their 2014 debut, When I Was Younger, included the single “Silhouettes,” which became the #1 most played track on Sirius XM’s Alt Nation for four months straight. Only The Lonely, whose title and demeanor pay tribute to the vintage sounds of Roy Orbison and the Beach Boys, followed in 2017. The surf-rock hit, “You Know It,” went viral on Tik Tok, and has amassed 100 million streams across all platforms to date, after being featured as the soundtrack to Samsung Mobile’s nationwide ad campaign. Leave What’s Left Behind was released in January of 2020; the band managed to play half of their 40 city headline tour before being forced to pause alongside the rest of the world. Like many touring artists, they found different ways to continue to create, producing and directing a full-length feature film, “Everybody’s Looking For Some Light,” which was an official selection at the Nashville and Knoxville Film Festivals. The movie debuted at a two-day drive-in event produced by the band at Greystone Quarry in Franklin, TN. Over 2,000 people (in over 600 cars) showed up to watch the film and see Colony House perform. The band has performed their songs for worldwide audiences with two appearances on both Late Night with Seth Meyers and CONAN, as well as The Today Show, VH1’s “Morning Buzz,” and MTV Live. They have also been part of several festival lineups including Shaky Knees, Austin City Limits, Firefly, WonderBus, and Lollapalooza. 2023 will see them adding Bonnaroo to that already impressive list. The Cannonballers is an apt addition to the band’s catalog, staying true to what Colony House does best, and expanding on what their fans have gravitated to for the past decade: hope and light in the midst of it all. No frills, no gimmicks. Just heart-level rock and roll music. The Cannonballers is now available to PRE-SAVE and will be out everywhere on February 3rd, 2023. COLONY HOUSE ONLINE WEBSITE | INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | SPOTIFY | APPLE MUSIC | YOUTUBE THE CANNONBALLERS TOUR DATES 2/11 - Nashville, TN - The Ryman Auditorium 2/17 - St. Louis, MO - Del Mar Hall 2/18 - Indianapolis, IN - Deluxe 2/19 - Louisville, KY - Mercury Ballroom 2/21 - Charlotte, NC - The Underground 2/23 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues 2/24 - Birmingham, AL - Iron City 2/25 - Atlanta, GA - The Eastern 2/27 - Fayetteville, AR - George's Majestic Lounge 2/28 - Oxford, MS - The Lyric 3/2 - Lexington, KY - Manchester Music Hall 3/3 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's 3/4 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues 3/5 - Washington, DC - 930 Club 3/7 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza 3/8 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club 3/10 - Philadelphia, PA - Theater of Living Arts 3/11 - Pittsburgh, PA - Roxian Theatre 3/12 - Detroit, MI - St Andrews Hall 3/14 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues 3/15 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe 3/16 - Kansas City, MO - The Truman 3/17 - Little Rock, AR - The Hall 3/23 - Houston, TX - House of Blues 3/24 - Waco, TX - Hippodrome Theatre 3/25 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues 3/26 - Oklahoma City, OK - The Jones Assembly 3/28 - Mesa, AZ - The Nile 3/30 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues 3/31 - Los Angeles, CA - The Belasco 4/1 - San Francisco, CA - August Music Hall 4/2 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater 4/4 - Seattle, WA - Neumos 4/6 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre Read the full article

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Under the Jazz.Circulation.Formation from Priyanka Das on Vimeo.

Director Statement "Under the Jazz - Circulation. Formation" is a transnational, diasporic film by definition. However, this film takes a microscopic view towards the experiences of different diasporic bodies in a cultural cosmopolitan and hybrid social space, also known as "the melting pot". This film takes up different aesthetic and narration approaches for each chapter not only to have a critical eye on the content but also on the filming process itself.

Often in contemporary transnational cinema the representation of transnational bodies take a very specific ‘guest-host’ relationship. Meaning, the conflicts or otherness forms at the junction of two different cultural practices, norms, customs etc, and one culture acts as a host culture and the other one as a guest culture, something like ‘an American in Paris’. But, this films try to break that convention and suggests that in post-digital era our understanding of our own culture, or rituals are heavily mediated through media and the stereotype representation of power: “white bodies” find their surroundings as incomprehensible as anyone else in the globalized, cosmopolitan setup.

While “media” is represented as an invisible but imminent presence in our modern life, this film also tries to show our struggle and constant desire to connect with each other on a deeper level beyond propaganda, and popular perceptions. Under the Jazz focuses on different space (either private, public, or undefined) we encounter everyday, which is usually normalized, but if one reflects on those spaces carefully it emits a sense of disjunction, fragmentation, and melancholy. In post digital time we are constantly exposed to different bodies, culture, ethnicity, languages but we are also constantly distant from those bodies as well. We are constantly trying to understand each other and at the same time we are struggling to accept and love each other with our differences.

Screening/ Exhibitions

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival, India La Paz International Film Festival, Bolivia Undo Divergent Film Awards, USA Athens International Film and Video Festival, USA Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA Chambal International Film Festival, India Social Shorts Antwerp, USA Blow-Up Art House Film Fest, USA Los Angeles Underground Film Fest, USA Interrobang Film Fest, USA 5th Something Wicked Film Festival, USA South Side Film Fest, USA

Awards: Nominated for Best Fantasy Film @UNDO Divergent, Boston Honorary Jury Award @ LA underground film festival

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«…at the Brattle Theatre this Wednesday, March 23, through Sunday, March 27, once again bringing the wildest, weirdest and most outré offerings to a loyal area audience with nerves (and stomachs) of steel.»

#Boston Underground Film Festival

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Face your childhood fears with The Nurturing. My new horror short is now streaming for free. It’s only 7 minutes!

I directed from a script that I co-wrote with Michael Perkins. Anthony Gaudette, Marty Smith, and Hannah Fierman (V/H/S) star. 

After an injury lands Daniel back in his childhood bedroom under the care of his mother, his adolescent fear returns to haunt him.

Despite the pandemic, The Nurturing was able to play some really cool virtual events, including Nightstream. I'm happy to make it available to everyone now, and I hope to get back on the festival circuit in person as soon as it's safe.

#the nurturing #horror #short film #short #horror movies #horror film #alex divincenzo #hannah fierman #vasilis zikos #nightstream #salem horror fest #boston underground film festival #independent film #indie film #vhs

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BSAF2020/COVID-19 UPDATE: Boston Underground postpones festival

BSAF2020/COVID-19 UPDATE: Boston Underground postpones festival #BostonSpringsAFethival2020 #BostonUndergroundFilmFestival #BUFF2020 #eCinemaBoston #PNRNetworks #Coronavirus #COVID-19

From the press release:

Dear BUFF Supporters,

This is difficult and incredibly sad. After talking with our venue during an emergency meeting last night, it’s clear that we can’t, in good conscience, go on with this year’s festival as scheduled. In the best interest of our attending filmmakers, community partners, and all of you that were planning to come, it would be egregiously irresponsible of…

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The 22nd Annual Boston Underground Film Festival Returns to Cambridge March 23rd — 27th With Electric Line-Up Of Genre-Bending Films

The 22nd Annual Boston Underground Film Festival Returns to Cambridge March 23rd — 27th With Electric Line-Up Of Genre-Bending Films

New England cinephiles, rejoice! Spring festival season kicks off in a few short weeks as the 22nd annual Boston Underground Film Festival returns to Harvard Square, bringing with it five days of sublime cinervana to the Brattle Theatre from March 23rd through the 27th. This year’s program marks BUFF’s first physical festival since 2019 and promises a cinematic feast full of fierce folk horror,…

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[greensparty]

Stuff I'm Looking Forward To in March

Wow, somehow it's already month 3 of 2024. In addition to Daylight Savings Time (March 10 - Spring ahead), Ramadan (March 10-April 9), St. Patrick's Day (March 17), first day of Spring (March 19), Palm Sunday (March 24), Holi (March 25), Good Friday (March 29), and Easter (March 31) here is what's on my radar this month:

Movies:

Dune: Part Two

Denis Villeneuve has become one of the great visual stylists of recent years thanks to films like Arrival and Blade Runner 2049. I named his film Dune Part One, one of my Best Movies of 2021. How good Part One really was depends on Part Two, which drops 3/1.

Knox Goes Away

Michael Keaton has always been a tremendous actor and now he's back in the director's chair for the second time with a starring role about a contract killer who has a form of dementia and he attempts to connect with his estranged son. Oh and Al Pacino co-stars! Opens 3/15.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire 

A Ghostbusters sequel is a tall order. Jason Reitman's 2021 sequel Ghostbusters Afterlife actually had its moments and it had a lot to say about living up to a legacy, in the film it's the grandchildren of Egon, but it could also be Jason Reitman about the fear and honor of continuing a film series that his dad Ivan began. The new sequel is directed by Gil Kenan, who co-wrote this with Jason. The fact that original Ghostbuster cast members are back gives me hope. Sequel drops 3/22.

Music:

Sheer Mag Playing Favorites

I was lucky enough to see Philly rockers Sheer Mag at House of Blues in May 2022. After two solid albums, they are finally back with their third, dropping on 3/1. (Review to come)

Liam Gallagher & John Squire Liam Gallagher John Squire

Former Oasis singer Liam Gallagher's solo career has been a mixed back, but his album As You Were was one of my Best Albums of the 2010s. As shown in the 2019 documentary Liam Gallagher: As It Was, he doesn't need to play music for money or fame, he has plenty. He plays because he loves music. Now he's doing a new album with John Squire, former guitarist for The Stone Roses. Sounds like a serious meeting of musical minds! Album drops 3/1.

The Black Crowes Happiness Bastards

The first new studio album from The Black Crowes since 2009 is cause for celebration. After a bitter break-up in 2015, the brothers Chris and Rich Robinson announced they were reuniting in 2019. In early 2020, I caught an acoustic live show from Brothers of a Feather (my last concert before the pandemic lockdowns) and since that show, The Black Crowes have had some reunion tours (NOTE: by reunion - I mean Chris and Rich, not the original lineup). They've released some anniversary albums, but this marks the group's first studio album in 15 years. Looking forward to it when it drops on 3/15.

The Dandy Warhols Rockmaker

I've always loved Portlandia's The Dandy Warhols. Through this blog, I've had the pleasure of interviewing lead Dandy Courtney Taylor-Taylor and keyboardist / bassist Zia McCabe, the band's 2019 Boston concert, and their excellent 2019 album Why You So Crazy. Now the band is back with a new album dropping on 3/15! (Review to come)

Film Festivals:

Boston Underground Film Festival

Boston's fun genre film festival for horror, fantasy and bizarre is back. I've had the pleasure of covering this fest from 2016 to 2019 and returning last year. The fest returns to The Brattle Theatre (Cambridge, MA) from 3/20 to 3/24!

Conventions:

Northeast Comic Con

I've had a blast covering the Northeast Comic Con for years now (read my coverage here) and the Spring 2024 edition returns with guests like Kevin Chapman (who I worked with on Monument Ave), a Growing Pains reunion of Tracey Gold, Jeremy Miller and Julie McCullough, The Go-Go's drummer Gina Schock and more! Convention is at the Boxborough Regency (Boxborough, MA) from 3/8-3/10. (Coverage to come).

Awards Season:

The awards season for the best of 2023 continues on with the Razzie Awards, actually the Worst of 2023 (3/9) and the Academy Awards (3/10).

In a Category all its own...

Shamrock shakes!!!

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1888 Boston Underground Film Festival

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Horror Film Platform Nightstream Relaunches with Curated Genre Titles

The team behind acclaimed horror festivals like Brooklyn Horror and Boston Underground has announced the re-launch of their digital platform Nightstream. Originally created during the pandemic, Nightstream now returns as a permanent VOD service for curated new and classic indie genre films. Led by Brooklyn Horror’s Justin Timms, Nightstream provides fans a curated selection of exciting horror,…

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Without Your Head Horror Podcast: Boston Underground Film Festival 2018

#without your head #horror #film #independent horror #podcast #horror podcast #underground horror #boston #boston underground film festival #film festival

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Director Penny Lane’s provocative Sundance-sensation Hail Satan? opens this year’s 2019 Boston Underground Film Festival with its inspirational and entertaining chronicle of the extraordinary rise of one of America’s most colorful and controversial religious movements, The Satanic Temple (TST).

The 21st annual Boston Underground Film Festival returns to Harvard Square, bringing with it a five-day film frenzy to the Brattle Theatre and Harvard Film Archive from March 20th through the 24th. This year’s program includes what the festival describes as “a fierce and fresh collection of transgressive, unholy, and unthinkable underground cinema, along with a few outsider-odyssic festival favorites.”

See the full lineup

#werewolf #hail satan #boston underground film festival