FILM The Finding Bright Film Festival pledges to ‘make Boston weirder’ by Avanti Nambiar August 19, 2026 The Arlington International Film Festival renames, rebrands and recenters its focus on local and experimental art.
FILM ‘The End of Oak Street’ is a movie for the ‘they don’t make movies like they used to’ crowd by Curt Ege August 14, 2026 A suburban family’s domestic tranquility is threatened by marital strife, neighborhood bullies and dinosaurs in this sci-fi adventure.
FILM A whodunit in feudal Japan pushes genre boundaries in ‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’ by Curt Ege August 13, 2026 With the help of a captive samurai, Lord Murashige must solve a murder mystery in order to keep his political alliances together.
FILM Six top picks for the second half of the Boston French Film Festival by Chuck Latovich August 12, 2026 The festival, celebrating its 30th anniversary, takes as this year's theme "art, identity and cultural memory."
FILM Dominic Sessa portrays an obnoxious, if loveable, asshole in the Bourdain biopic, ‘Tony’ by Chuck Latovich August 11, 2026 Before he became an enfant terrible of the culinary world, Anthony Bourdain was a terrible infant in Provincetown.
FILM Broken Lizard goes back to the well one too many times with ‘Super Troopers 3’ by Curt Ege August 8, 2026 Thorny sets out to break up the surprise engagement between his sister and the detestable Farva in a sequel that struggles for laughs.
FILM ‘Bernstein’s Wall’ delivers a complex and layered portrait of an American music icon by Michael Gutierrez August 5, 2026 Documentary filmmaker Douglas Tirola will appear at a screening of his film at Coolidge Corner Theater on August 9.
FILM A buffet of familiar tropes for fans of the series in ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ by Chuck Latovich August 2, 2026 Thirty-something or not, star Tom Holland shows no sign of slowing down as the teenage web-slinging superhero.
FILM A stylish director delivers both the sizzle and the steak in ‘Her Private Hell’ by Curt Ege August 1, 2026 An actress, her castmates and a vigilante soldier are haunted by a mythical serial killer in Nicolas Winding Refn’s sci-fi crime drama.
FILM DIY directors get real in the age of AI and Internet aesthetics by Avanti Nambiar July 31, 2026 The Indie talked with local filmmakers Charlotte Benoit, Bre Vergera, Matilda Morales and Jaina Cipriano about industry trends at the Grrl Haus Cinema showcase.