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Boston hip-hop is, and has been, on the rise for some tim e now, with a roster of stellar talent made up largely of women and no n-binary individuals. A resonatin g mish-mash of styles, beats, and chu rning strings of poetic, identifiable ver se remain the only common deno minators in a scene pushing the boundaries of what music can do for a community. BMA winner, independent artist, activist, and Boston local Cliff Notez has, among many other simultaneous creative pursuits, set out 2/22 10pm to curate a sampling of these artists through his “Sketchbook” live concert series at Atwood’s Tavern in Cambridge. The recurAtwood’s ring event on the last Friday of each month Tavern kicked off in January with Cliff Notez, duo 21+ Optic Bloom, and Luke Bars and the series how much: continues this month with Trevor $10 Holmes and Forté. Meant to highlight individuals, artists, and musicians in the greater Boston area whose style and creative output is engrained in the multifaceted bedrock of hip-hop, the series aims to ensure all artists of all backgrounds have a platform in Boston. Next month, that mission will continue with Red Shaydez, who was recently highlighted over on the Boston Hassle site by fellow Boston hip-hop luminary Brandie Blaze. Give it a read, and give this series a visit. —MIKE ACHILLE
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TIT wants you to KNOW UR GARBAGE!!! ental experim al in With Me BIODEGRADABLE: lanie Bern festiv ier music A Biodegradable packster, M with Sinai Sampson Hill Worce aging is designed to break down in a landfill, Director of Development without oxygen. To qualify, the product must completely at Brain Arts Org What is it about Boston and improvisation? Even though there’s a break into natural elements within a year of disposal. There far-reaching DIY scene amid the classical, jazz, and formal musical If there’s anything particularly trying about volunteering are drawbacks. Matter that breaks down in an anaerobic environment , schools, some days it can seem a bit lonely and sparse, and it’s getting the dang name of the organization right. releases methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Some landfills convert winter isn’t doing anyone any favors. Some days I tell folks I work with the Hassle, which isn’t the methane into energy, or the gas is released into the atmosphere It wasn’t until I started touring, and performing in classical jazz totally accurate. I like to tell people I’m a part of Brain Arts wheeee! COMPOSTABLE: Organic matter, some paper, and packaging circles, that I learned that some musicians don’t have the warm Org, but then people ask what it is and then my brain marked “compostable.” In a compost heap, matter breaks into natural affinity to improvisation that I do. kinda short circuits because it’s like… this whole thing. elements and releases nutrients back into the earth. Compostable For some it’s too academic, for some too unstructured and But it’s now official: we are Brain Arts Organization. packaging will decompose in municipal composting situations, but intimidating, and anyway, how do you “break in to it?” I had the good But wait! Does this mean there’s no more Boston Hassle? not necessarily in your backyard. PLASTIC: Not all plastic is recyclable. No way! Hassle shows and Boston Hassle dot com are luck to be mentored and encouraged by the many people I’ve met, Plastic film, plastic shopping bags, styrofoam - they’re designed for alive and well, just operating under the dome of BAO, the and I’m happy to be part of this annual fest that is devoted to the landfill. Recyclable plastic is marked with a triangle-shaped emnonprofit that houses these projects and more, includchallenge improvisation with a particularly Bostonian feel; blem containing a number. The number classifies the type of plastic. ing Dorchester Art Project, Black Market Flea, and this get yr gear & get in to it. Some plastics are harder to recycle than others. Your local plant may newsp aper. We have a new look, a new mission, and even Participants are placed in randomized groupings where they quickly process PET, marked “1”, but unable to process polystyrene, marked a new mascot, and we’re ready to need to assess others’ tonal qualities and adapt their own output to “6”. Plastic is always downcycled into a less stable form. Bottles may share it with the whole world. create a cohesive sonic experience. Wherever it’s going to go— be turned into plastic fiber, but they will not turn into new bottles. There are a few reasons why I’m psyched to finally do this. achromatic, tonal, ambient, minimal, psych—the performers have For one, the new Brain Arts branding looks awesome, Plastic can be recycled up to 6 times before going to the landfill. All to listen to each other as they play louder/softer, faster/slower, more thanks to Jen McMahon. But this is more than just a plastic will eventually end up in landfills, oceans, animal stomachs, space/in unison. Dancers and videographers round out the mix, visual upgrade. It’s an opportunity to connect with new etc. GLASS & METAL: Can be recycled an infinite number of times. responding and layering their work on top of the musicians. audiences, to reconnect with our loyal supporters and, to Glass placed in curbside recycling bins may shatter in transit. The The collaborations at XFest have run from cathartic to corny, ethereal show them how we’ve grown as a shards are often ground down and sprinkled over landfills. Metal food to exuberant. Things have been beautiful, things have been result of our collective efforts. and drink cans are coated with a plastic epoxy. PAPER: Not all paper is So join us March 2nd at Dorchester Art Project as we challenging, sometimes someone is drowned out, or struggles to created equal. This newspaper can be composted or recycled. Paper reveal the name of our new Brain mascot, premiere the contribute. It’s improvisation: failure is an acceptable outcome. It coffee cups are coated in a thin layer of plastic which makes them new Brain Arts documentary by Luke Hollyer, and jam to helps you become a better musician—and daresay a better difficult to recycle. Companies like Starbucks offer coffee cup recycling live music. All are welcome to celebrate what’s to come audience—when you understand it’s in their hideous stores. OTHER: Many items - glasses, shoes, clothing, for Brain Arts Org and its flagship projects. ok to take risks, to experiment… to play. rags - can be recycled at Goodwill. Electronics, Hope to see you there! XFest 2019 is held 2/22–2/24, Worcester appliances, paint, and toxic materials require special —SINAI SAMPSON-HILL MA. xfestma.com. For address, email curbside collection - google your town’s municipal xfest@gmail.com pickup rules for more info.Everything is bad and you THIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED —DEI XHRIST should feel bad? Not so! 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Tue 2/12 Damon Smith @Cafè Fixe 7pm All Ages $5 Wed 2/13 Adrianne Lenker (of Big Thief ) w/ Luke Temple @The Sinclair 7pm All Ages $16–18 Wed 2/13 Fully Celebrated Orchestra + special guest Celseìgh @Midway Cafe 8pm 21+ $5 Thu 2/14 SOLD OUT - Car Seat Headrest @ Royale 7pm All Ages $old Out
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Sat 2/2 Babydriver, Carinae, Lady Pills, The Land of Enchantment @ask a musician 7:30pm 21+ $5-$10 Suggested Donation Sun 2/3 Manfred Werder, 20160 @UMass Boston Art Department 7pm All Ages Free
Fri 2/1 Sheer Queer '19 Benefit: Baylies Band, Mon 2/4 Rob Noyes, Leo Suarez (Philly), Brittany KarlCarrionEater, Binmen, Perennial, WIMP, +1 TBA @ son, Avoidance @Outpost 186 8pm All Ages $ome Dunkin Donuts 7pm All Ages $5–10 Cost Fri 2/1 First Fridays ft. Anjimile @First Baptist Mon 2/4 VAT, As Seen From Space, Any Way Forward Church in Jamaica Plain 7pm All Ages $ome Cost @Midway Cafe 8pm 21+ $5 Fri 2/1 Strange Passage (New LP!), Longings, Mini Mon 2/4 Elephants, the Sharp Shadows, Buy My Book, Dresses, Laika's Orbit @Greek American Social the Skirts @Charlie's Kitchen Shows 8pm 21+ $5 Construction Club 7:30pm All Ages $8–10 Tue 2/5 Video Age, Jackson Macintosh, The Water CyFri 2/1 Kirk Windsor album release, Lonesome cle, Dee-Parts @Great Scott 9pm 18+ $10-12 Joan, TBA @Pink Noise Studios 8pm All Ages $ome Cost Tue 2/5 John Maus @Brighton Music Hall 7pm 18+ $21 Fri 2/1 The Cryptics w/ The F.U.'s & Secret Spirit @ UnchARTed 8pm All Ages $5 Fri 2/8 Sharon Van Etten @Royale 6pm 18+ $30-$35 Fri 2/1 The Red Room: Twin Peaks Tribute @ ONCE Fri 2/8 Weakened Friends w/ Future Teens, DaisyLounge 8pm 18+ $10 bones, Pity Pattern @UnchARTed 7pm All Ages $ome Cost Fri 2/1 Live at Oberon: STL GLD Album Release Party @OBERON 9:30pm All Ages $13–25 Fri 2/8 Murphy's Law w/ The Black Cheers, More Beer Please @Middle East 7pm All Ages $15–20 Sat 2/2 Test Meat, Jakals, Justine and the Unclean (also a chili making competition and fundraiser for Fri 2/8 Big Mess, Hairbrush, Birthday Ass, Toothbrush Boston Emissions) @Sally O’Briens 9pm 21+ $10 (ME) @Trixie's Palace 8pm All Ages $5–10
Sat 2/2 Electric Street Queens, Hobo Chili, Bin Fri 2/8 Sweethearts Rodeo: Local Boston Bands cover Men, Dance with Leland, Inconvenience Store @ the Country Western Legends @Lilypad 9pm All Ages Midway Cafe 3pm All Ages $7 $ome Cost Sat 2/2 Fuerza Bruta, Hammer And The Nails, Sat 2/9 24hr DanceParty & Lasagna Buffet! @The FireThunder And Glory, Burden, The Stance @Middle house 12–11pm All Ages $5-10 East 4pm All Ages $15 Sat 2/9 Feminist Valentine's Market & Party! @The DeSat 2/2 Mallcops, Mint Green, PALHTH, Sammy mocracy Center 12–5pm All Ages Free Heck @The Democracy Center 7pm All Ages $5–10
Thu 2/21 Rea plays before Queeraoke! @MidThu 2/14 LOVESICK, DIRT DEVIL, CULT FIC- way Cafe 8pm 21+ $5 TION, SULLEST @Al Dios No Conocido 8pm Fri 2/22 New Aura, Brother Toaster, Kremlin All Ages $5–10 Bats, June Bloom @Dorchester Art Project 8pm Thu 2/14 Tredici Bacci (Record Release Show) All Ages $5–10 with Jazzboy @Mercury Lounge 9:30pm Fri 2/22 Sonic Avioincs, SwimminTrunks, The $ome Cost Band Dennis @UnchARTed 8pm All Ages $5–10 Fri 2/15 Joanna Schubert & Julia Mark @ LizFri 2/22 Nervous, Boxers Jaw, Greta Ribb + more ard Lounge 7pm $10 Adv $12 Door 21+ @ The Puzzle Factory 379 Liberty St. Rockland, Fri 2/15 Bat House, Squitch, Tuxis Giant, Raavi MA 7pm All Ages $ome Cost & the Houseplants @SNAKE PIT 8pm All Ages Fri 2/22 Live Music Series curated by Cliff Notez: $5-10 Treva Holmes w/Forte @Atwoods Tavern 10pm Fri 2/15 Cherry Glazerr @Brighton Music Hall 21+ $10 7:30pm All Ages $ome Cost Sat 2/23 Julia Holter @Brighton Music Hall 8pm Fri 2/15 Screaming Females, Portrayal of 18+ $17 Guilt, & Witch Hair @The State House 8pm All Sat 2/23 Death Pesos, GRASS, Knock Over City, Ages Heavy Hands @Midway Cafe 3pm All Ages $6 Fri 2/15 Toluca Lake, Circus Trees, Silent Mile, Rasputin, Razorta Rosa @UnchARTed 8pm All Sat 2/23 CRASHfest - a global music festival @ House of Blues Boston 4:30pm Ages $5 Sat 2/16 Psychic Weight, Martyrs, The Path Sat 2/23 Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals @ (VT), Crafter, WIMP @The Democracy Center Orpheum Theatre Boston 8pm All Ages $ome Cost 7pm All Ages $5–10 St 2/16 Bob Mould Band with Screaming Fe- Sat 2/23 BANANA, Nice Life, Ozlo, Inspector 34 at O'Brien's Pub @O'Brien's Pub 8pm $8 males @Paradise Rock Club 8pm $26 Sat 2/16 In Heat, Fluoride, Prison, Spellrunner Sat 2/23 Hallelujah The Hills & Argo Arkestra @ The Lilypad 10pm All Ages $10–12 @Al Dios No Conocido 8pm All Ages $8 Sat 2/16 Mr. Airplane Man, Sticker Shock, Sun 2/24 Deerhunter w/ Mary Lattimore @ Johnnie and the Foodmasters @Club Bohe- Royale 7pm 18+ $30-34 mia 8:30pm 21+ $10 Sun 2/24 Stuyedeyed, Zip-Tie Handcuffs, Sat 2/16 Allston Pudding Presents: TWEN, Bat Birdgangs @O'Brien's Pub 8pm 18+ $10–12 House, Edge Petal Burn @Trixie's Palace 8pm Mon 2/25 DWatS, Ronnie Ragona, The Dazies, All Ages $7 Chris Amaral @Charlie's Kitchen 9:30pm 21+ Sat 2/16 Street Kult & Tahj Ace @UnchARTed $5–10 10pm All Ages $5-10 Tue 2/26 Rye Pines, Balms (SF), Edge Petal Burn Sat 2/16 The Western Den w/ Gentle Temper, @O'Brien's Pub 8pm18+ $8 Wilder Maker @Great Scott 8:30pm 21+ $12 Wed 2/27 Chrome Sparks w/ Kalbells, Lip Talk adv, $15 doors @The Sinclair 8pm 18+ $18–20 Sun 2/17 LOONE, Adult Mom, Bad Moves, BIG MOOD @Flywheel Arts Collective 8:pm All Wed 2/27 Ed Schrader's Music Beat @Great Scott 8:30pm 18+ $12 Ages $10–12
Sat 2/9 Nosebleed, Deviant, The Fight, Boiling Point Sat 2/2 Idle Pilot, Sharp Shadows (NY), Surprise (FIRST SHOW) @Al Dios No Conocido 8pm All Ages $7 Tue 2/19 J Mascis at The Sinclair @The Sinclair 7pm 18+ $30–33 Party, Squash @UnchARTed 7:30pm 21+ $5–10 Sat 2/9 :: DRONEZONE ))))) :: @Trendy Shit Town 8pm Tue 2/19 Blackalicous @ArtsRiot 8pm All Sat 2/2 Gleb Kanasevich, Guillermo Pizarro, Victo- All Ages $ome Cost Ages $18–20 ria Cheah @Cloud Club 7:30pm All Ages $10 Sun 2/10 Multibird, The Perfect Trip, American Echoes, Tue 2/19 Gang Of Four @ONCE Somerville Mike Sim @Lilypad Inman 9pm All Ages $ome Cost 8:45pm Sun 2/10 Oxblood Forge, Feed The Beast, Jereva, Thu 2/21 - 2/24 XFEST 2019 Worcester MassaSown Together @Midway Cafe 3pm All Ages $7 chusetts @Various Locations 2/21/2019 AM– PM 2/24/2019 All Ages Tue 2/12 Night Nurses, Charmed & Strange, Kathy Snax, The Mystery @Midway Cafe 8pm 21+ $6 Thu 2/21 Eli Keszler, Wendy Eisenberg, Arian Shafiee @SMFA 8:30pm All Ages $ome Cost Tue 2/12 Panda Bear: Buoys Tour @Paradise Rock Club 8pm 18+ $30
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2/2 Experimental Sound Design for Podcasting and Video @AS220 Industries 2-5pm All Ages $ome Cost 2/17 Aneurysm LP Release and Tour Ender with Twin Foxes, Sullest, Fault @Dusk 8pm All Ages $ome Cost 2/27 Balms (SF), Cult Fiction, Black Beach, Video Shoppe @AS220 9pm All Ages $5-10
2/1 Mike Bullock + Vic Rawlings, Mon.ark Ammo, Beige @The Brick House Community Resource Center 8pm All Ages $8 2/2 Ultra Deluxe, Space Camp, Perennial @ Flywheel Arts Collective 7pm All Ages $7-10 2/2 Wendy Eisenberg and Chris Weisman, Looky Here Benefit! @The Root Cellar 8pm 21+ $20--25 2/6 DISSWASHER, TOOTHBRUSH, 2/18 Sidney Gish, Squirrel Flower, Mica @ TOSSEDASIDE, BLACKNORSE @Sue's 7pm Flywheel Arts Collective 7pm All Ages $10All Ages $5-10 12
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2/1 Julia Caesar with Father Figuer & Adrienne Cooper Smith @The Monkey 2/14 Ash & Herb's Soul Connection (with DJ House 8pm 21+ $5-10 $CREAMS) @SPACE 8:30pm All Ages $5-10 2/20 Gang of Four @Space Ballroom 7pm All New York 2/15 Kal Marks, A Deer A Horse, Parlor Walls, Ages $25 2/22 LittleBoy, BigHead, OnBike and Friends @ Alex C @The Glove 8pm All Ages $8 2/23 Buck Gooter (Album Release!), The Apohadion Theater 7pm All Ages $7 2/22 J Mascis (of Dinosaur Jr.) with Luluc @ Palberta, Pop 1280 @MARKET HOTEL 8pm All Ages $12-15 Space Ballroom 8pm All Ages $30 2/23 Video Nasties, amiright?, Cheap City, Goi- 2/23 Thelma Record Release Party @Secret Project Robot 8pm 21+ $10 ter @SPACE 8:30pm All Ages $5-10 2/27 Le Butcherettes @Zone One at Vermont Elsewhere 8pm 16+ 2/1 Ryan Montbleau (solo) @ArtsRiot 7:30pm 2/28 Ed Schrader's Music Beat All Ages $20 @ALPHAVILLE 8pm 21+ $10
FIRST FRIDAY RECEPTIONS 2/1 Microbial Visions @Fountain Street Gallery 6–8PM Emily Brodrick: What We Choose to Keep && Elif Soyer: Daily @Kingston Gallery 5–8PM Opposites Attract: Boston Sculptors Gallery Group Show @Boston Sculptors Gallery 6–9PM BRAIN ARTS DOES ICA FIRST FRIDAY—come hang out with us at ICA's monthly First Friday Party, 5–9:30, 21+, $15 Sun 2/3 Reception: Aeronaut Brewing featured artist Jeff Bartell @Aeronaut Brewing Co. 4–6PM Tues 2/5 POPUP: #HellaBlack Vol. 1 @Mills Gallery 6–8PM Wed 2/6 (& Every Wednesday until 3/30) Drinking and Drawing @Zone 3 5:30PM– 8:30PM Wed 2/6 Opening Reception: Multiformity with Art in Suburbia nd Boston College Arts Council @Carney Hall 6PM–8PM Thurs 2/7 Panel Discussion: Craft, Art and Vision @Massaschusetts College of Art and Design 6:30PM–7:30PM Thurs 2/7 Opening Reception: Kathleen Ryan and Kapwani Kiwanga @MIT List Visual Art Center 6PM–8PM
Managing Editor: Oscar Goff Contributing Writers: Kyle Amato, Kyle Brunet, Oscar Goff, Matthew Martens, Nicholas Perry Fri 2/1 AMERICAN DHARMA (2018) dir. Errol Morris @HFA Pass the rope to Bannon. Sat 2/9 Dance for Social Justice Workshop @ Director in person!! Area premiere First Church in Boston Unitarian Universalist 12:30PM–2:30PM Fri 2/1 WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? (2018) dir. Astra Taylor @BRATTLE Sat 2/9 Lecture: They Did What?! Adorning Bos- Do people have the power? ton and Beyond @Society of Arts and Crafts Area premiere. Director in person 2/1. Screens 2PM–3PM through 2/5
Tues 2/12 Visiting Artist: Emily Mae Smith @BU's Fri 2/1 WES CRAVEN'S NEW NIGHTMARE (1994) dir. Peter Fuller Building 7:30PM–9PM Wes Craven @COOLIDGE [35mm] Freddy’s meta terror Wed 2/13 Reception: Personal to Political @ Northeastern Gallery 360 4PM–7PM Sat 2/2 HALLOWEEN (2018) dir. David Gordon Green @COOLIDGE Thurs 2/14 Opening Reception: Our Stuff Somer- Scream Queen JLC returns ville @Somerville museum 6PM–8PM
Tues 2/5 Valentine’s Day Silent Film Movie Night & Sat 2/16 Workshop: video portraits with Isabel Fundraiser for Somerville Media Center! @Winter Beavers and Laine Rettmer of MELT @Fort Point Hill Brewing Company 6-8pm @Winter Hill Brewing Artists Community 10AM–4PM Company Drink beers & watch films to support local media Sat 2/16 Opening Reception: The City Inside Us production! @Distilery Gallery 7:00 PM–10:00 PM Fri 2/8 ZARDOZ (1974) dir. John Boorman @MFA Sat-Mon 2/16-18 Installation experience: Arach- Sean Connery’s greatest role nodrone / Spiders Canvas @MIT Building W97160 9–10PM, 2/17 3–4PM, 2/18 7–8PM $5-$10 Fri 2/8 LEVIATHAN (2012) dir. Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor @HFA Wed 2/20 Library Talk - Taylor Davis: Selected Experimental fishing documentary-- may require works 1996–2018 @Mass Art Library 1PM dramamine Directors in person! Wed 2/20 Artist Reception: Out in the Open @ Boston Convention and Exhibition Center 6PM– Sat 2/9 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (2010) dir. 8PM Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders @HFA
Trainable dragon included Thurs 2/21 Opening Reception: In the Public Interest @Boston Society of Architects 6PM–8PM Sat 2/9 SURVIVAL OF THE FILM FREAKS (2018) dir. Bill Fulkerson & Kyle Kuchta @COOLIDGE Sat 2/23 Opening Reception: The Skin Has Eyes: The ultimate underground film documentary by Animated Visions @Mills Gallery 6PM–8PM real underground film fans
Thurs 2/7 Opening Celebration: The bauhaus and Harvard @Harvard Art Museum 5PM– 9PM Thurs 2/7 Opening Reception: Against the Survey @Davis Museum at Wellesley College 5:30 PM–9PM Sat 2/9 Special Event: Fashion, Power and Identity in the Empress of China's Forbidden City @Peabody Essex Museum 6:30PM– 10:15PM $25 Sat 2/9 Opening Reception: Fire and Light with Otto Piene in Groton, MA @Fitchburg Art Museum 3PM–5PM
Tues 2/26 Artist Talk: Olafur Eliasson @MIT Stata Center Building 6PM–8PM (Tickets Available 2 weeks in advance on Eventbrite, will reach capacity)
Mon 2/11 INSIDE OUT (2015) dir. Pete Docter @ COOLIDGE Inside the mind of a teenage girl Intro by psychologist Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett!
Thurs 2/28 Artist Talk: Sheila Pepe @DeCordova Tue 2/12 THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS (2018) dir. Museum 6PM–7:30PM Tim Wardle @EMERSON Are triplets separated at birth really a mistake? ONGOING EXHIBITIONS Free! Discussion to follow. Presented by IFFBoston & Boston Jewish Film Festival Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press @ Tue 2/12 BOSTON OPEN SCREEN @COOLIDGE Northeastern 360 Gallery 2/17–3/11 Local film showcase—B.Y.O.Shorts! Microbial Vision @Fountain Street Gallery 1/30– Wed 2/13 THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987) dir. Rob Rein2/24 er @BRATTLE As you wish! La Meta @ Harvard Ed Portal's Crossings Gallery Special Valentine's Day screenings! Also screens 1/14–2/21 2/14 The Skin Has Eyes: Animated Vision @ BCA Mills Fri 2/15 THE MAFU CAGE (1978) dir. Karen Arthur @ Gallery 2/23–4/28 COOLIDGE [35mm] Carol Kane rattles the bones of homo gothicus. Melt curated by Sam Toabe @ Fort Point Artists Community 1/28–3/7 Fri 2/15 BUGS BUNNY FILM FESTIVAL @BRATTLE [35mm] Funny animals and casual anarchy Screens through 2/25
Fri 2/15 INFINITE SANTA 8000 (2013) dir. Michael Neel @SOMERVILLE Dystopian. Bloodthirsty. Jolly. Director in person—presented by Boston Hassle!
Fri 2/15–Sun 2/17 LA FLOR: PARTS 1–3 (2018) dir. Mariano Llinás @HFA 14-hour epic, featuring a troupe of exceptional actresses Director in person! Sat 2/16 REVENGE (2018) dir. Coralie Fargeat @ COOLIDGE I Spit On Your Grave, but better Tue 2/19 SKATE KITCHEN (2018) dir. Crystal Moselle @EMERSON Drama inspired by the real-life skate collective Free! Discussion to follow. Presented by IFFBoston & Boston Latino International Film Festival Wed 2/20 DISPATCHES FROM THE UNDERGROUND presents WILES: WOMEN IN HORROR @ SOMERVILLE Homegrown horror from female filmmakers Screens in microcinema (downstairs) Thu 2/21 BLINDSPOTTING (2018) dir. Carlos Lopez Estrada @EMERSON The socially aware satire everyone missed last year Star/writer/producer Rafael Casal in person! Free! Presented by ArtsEmerson, IFFBoston, and Boston Latino Film Festival Fri 2/22 THE BOSTONIANS (1984) dir. James Ivory @BRATTLE Olive Chancellor, not Mark Wahlberg New digital restoration. Also screens 2/23 Fri 2/22 SUPER FLY (1972) dir. Gordon Parks, Jr. @VU Gonna get your fortune by and by. Fri 2/22 2019 OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILMS @ICA Ace your Oscar pool! Sun 2/24 THURSDAY TILL SUNDAY (2012) dir. Dominga Sotomayor @HFA [16mm] A car-bound family crumbles en route to its past. Director in person! Preceded by short film VIDEOGAME (2009) Mon 2/25 THE COMPETITION (LE CONCOURS (2018) dir. Claire Simon @BRATTLE Would-be auteurs at a French film school’s gates. Director in person! Presented by DocYard LISTINGS NOTE: Below is the venue abbreviation key: BPL - Boston Public Library BRATTLE - Brattle Theatre CAPITOL - Capitol Theatre (Arlington) COOLIDGE - Coolidge Corner Theatre EMERSON - Bright Lights Emerson HFA - Harvard Film Archive ICA - Institute of Contemporary Art KENDALL - Kendall Square Cinema LUNA - Luna Theatre (Lowell) MASSART - MassArt Film Society MFA - Museum of Fine Arts Boston SOMERVILLE - Somerville Theatre VU - Video Underground (JP) [35mm, 16mm, etc] – Projected on ACTUAL FILM! Please see our sister website BostonHassle.com/ Film-Flam for our full listings w/ showtimes and other info. FILM FLAM SEEKS VOLUNTEERS!!! If you would like to get involved with our film section or submit listings, e-mail our film editor at Oscar@Brain-Arts.org
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