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Featuring words from @theoscargoff.bsky.social @annahoang.bsky.social @kyleamato.bsky.social @joshuapolanski.bsky.social @jdraperr.bsky.social and more!

The @brattletheatre.bsky.social’s Some of the Best of 2025 series starts TONIGHT! Not sure what to see? Check out the Hassle’s handy roundup, with links to our writers’ reviews and interviews for each film! bostonhassle.com/roundup-the-...

Director Julian Glander

Still from BOYS GO TO JUPITER featuring an animated teenager sitting by an empty swimming pool

Today on the site: @kyleamato.bsky.social interviewed animator Julian Glander about his feature debut BOYS GO TO JUPITER, which opens 9/5 at the Somerville Theatre! bostonhassle.com/interview-di...

For @bostonhassle.bsky.social I had the pleasure of speaking with TWIN PEAKS producer Sabrina S. Sutherland about her decades-long working relationship with David Lynch. Sabrina will be appearing alongside several PEAKS cast members this Sunday at the Wilbur! bostonhassle.com/interview-sa...

EDDINGTON is by turns funny and horrifying, frustrating and brilliant, and— for better and for worse— a movie for our times. Review is up at @bostonhassle.bsky.social! bostonhassle.com/review-eddin...

This weekend @brattletheatre.bsky.social is screening a newly restored director’s cut of Masayuki Suo’s SHALL WE DANCE! The Hassle’s @annahoang.bsky.social has the scoop on this wonderful film. bostonhassle.com/go-to-shall-...

On Tuesday, 7/22, the Hassle’s @theoscargoff.bsky.social will host a Q&A at the Drafthouse with the great Ben Sisto following a screening of Ben’s documentary WHO LET THE DOGS OUT! Read Oscar’s interview below, and join us next week for an answer to that age-old question.

In the latest installment of DIRACTORS, @jdraperr.bsky.social looks at UNFORGIVEN, the first of Clint Eastwood’s many swan songs. bostonhassle.com/diractors-un...

Today on the site, @annahoang.bsky.social spoke to director Dalton Coffey about his neo-western FALL IS A GOOD TIME TO DIE and the intricacies of subverting genre: bostonhassle.com/interview-da...

ICYMI be sure to also read @annahoang.bsky.social’s review, and catch MATERIALISTS at @thecoolidge.bsky.social or the Somerville! bostonhassle.com/review-mater...

Today on the site @sampausman.bsky.social looks the ways in which Celine Song’s MATERIALISTS both embraces and twists the conventions of the classic Ephronian rom-com! bostonhassle.com/materialists...

Though it has its dumb-fun moments (and the best Kate Bush needledrop since STRANGER THINGS), M3GAN 2.0, like so many misguided tech ventures, suffers from mission creep. Review is up at @bostonhassle.bsky.social! bostonhassle.com/review-m3gan...

In the latest installment of DIRACTORS, @jdraperr.bsky.social looks at COTTON COMES TO HARLEM, the directorial debut of the great Ossie Davis! bostonhassle.com/diractors-co...

I loved 28 YEARS LATER, a truly bonkers— and surprisingly poignant— film which breathes new life into the zombie genre. Review is up at @bostonhassle.bsky.social! bostonhassle.com/review-28-ye...

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS “appreciates its audience and doesn’t do any fandom hand holding,” writes @kyleamato.bsky.social. Stream it now on Netflix! bostonhassle.com/review-kpop-...

TONIGHT! @brattletheatre.bsky.social kicks off its “Cronenberg Summer” series with RABID! The Hassle’s Charlie von Peterffy has the writeup— catch it tonight in a double feature with THE BROOD! bostonhassle.com/go-to-rabid-...

Today on the site, the Hassle’s resident mousewatcher @kyleamato.bsky.social takes on ELIO, the latest, oddly muted effort from Pixar. bostonhassle.com/review-elio-...

TONIGHT! Head over to the Charles River Speedway at sundown for a free outdoor screening of the cinematic masterpiece GOOD BURGER, presented by @thecoolidge.bsky.social! The Hassle’s Charlie von Peterffy has the scoop. bostonhassle.com/go-to-good-b...

I interviewed Laurynas Bareiša for the @bostonhassle.bsky.social about his new film Drowning Dry.

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“It’s nice to be able to hang around long enough to see something you did come back.”

Today on the site, @kyleamato.bsky.social speaks to the legendary Peter Riegert about the new @criterion.bsky.social edition of CROSSING DELANCEY! bostonhassle.com/interview-cr...

My review of the Oscar nominated Palestinian documentary No Other Land for the @bostonhassle.bsky.social
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Words by @theoscargoff.bsky.social @annahoang.bsky.social @kyleamato.bsky.social @joshuapolanski.bsky.social and Charlie von Peterffy— give ‘em all a follow!

Tonight the @brattletheatre.bsky.social kicks off its annual (Some of) The Best of 2024 series! To help guide you through the offerings, the Hassle has compiled a handy roundup with links to our writers’ full reviews: bostonhassle.com/roundup-the-...

New Diractors on THE CABLE GUY and how I've been misled to believe this isn't way better than we remember bostonhassle.com/diractors-th...

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN is a perfectly fine biopic of a subject who deserves far more than “perfectly fine.” My review is up at @bostonhassle.bsky.social! bostonhassle.com/review-a-com...

THIS WEEKEND! The @brattletheatre.bsky.social continues their beloved annual screenings of Frank Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE. Read Charlie Von Peterffy’s writeup on the site, then get your tickets. Merry Christmas, movie house! bostonhassle.com/go-to-its-a-...

Thrilled to reveal my top ten films of 2024 at @bostonhassle.bsky.social! Excellent movie year, even though (or perhaps because) Hollywood was in shambles. bostonhassle.com/year-ender-o...

ACTOR 1. Adrien Brody, THE BRUTALIST 2. Hugh Grant, HERETIC 3.Justice Smith, I SAW THE TV GLOW ENSEMBLE 1.KINDS OF KINDNESS 2. LOVE LIES BLEEDING 3. THE LAST SHOWGIRL ACTRESS 1. Lea Seydoux, THE BEAST 2. Lily Rose Depp, NOSFERATU 3. Ilinca Manolache, DO NOT EXPECT TOOMUCH. SUP. ACTOR 1. Adan Pearson, A DIFFERENT MAN 2. Chris Hemsworth, FURIOSA 3. Nicolas Cage, LONGLEGS DIRECTOR 1. Jane Schoenbrun, I SAW THE TV GLOW 2. Brady Corbet, THE BRUTALIST 3. Oz Perkins, LONGLEGS AD. SCREENPLAY 1. THE BEAST 2. CONCLAVE 3. THE PEOPLE'S JOKER SUP ACTRESS 1. Tilda Swinton, PROBLEMISTA 2. Katy Obrian, LOVE LIES BLEEDING 3. Kathryn Hunter, THE FRONT ROOM OG. SCREENPLAY I.A DIFFERENT MAN 2. I SAW THE TV GLOW 3, KINDS OF KINDNESS CINEMATOGRAPHY 1. NICKEL BOYS 2, THE BRUTALIST 3. AGGRO DRIFT EDITING 1. CHALLENGERS 2. PICTURES OF GHOSTS 3. ANORA SCORE 1. CHALLENGERS 2. THE BRUTALIST 3. SATURDY NIGHT DOCUMENTARY 1. PICTURES OF GHOSTS 2, SEEKING MAVIS BEACON 3. MADE IN ENGLAND ANIMATED 1. FLOW 2. CHICKEN FOR LINDA! 3. WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL FOREIGN I, THE BEAST 2. DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLD 3, HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON NEW FILMMAKER 1. Weston Razooli, RIDDLE OF FIRE 2. Vera Drew, THE PEOPLE'S JOKER 3. Julio Torres, PROBLEMISTA

Here are my first-round picks from today’s @bsfc.bsky.social vote (apart from Best Picture— keep an eye on @bostonhassle.bsky.social for my complete Top Ten soon!)

For @bostonhassle.bsky.social I had a great time talking to Kyle Mooney and Evan Winter about Y2K— both their new movie and the era/crisis which inspired it! bostonhassle.com/interview-ky...