by Steve Desroches As technology and tastes continue to change at a rapid pace, so too do our habits. Much has been made about the...

Jaws and the Seduction of Fear by Steve Desroches Swimming in the ocean became an entirely different affair after 1975.  For some, even going in a...

Short Documentaries Focus on New England at Film Fest by Steve Desroches For those who live in the region it sometimes takes a trip afar to...

Sebastian Junger and Hell on Earth by Rebecca M. Alvin It’s no surprise that in the past two years there have been a lot of documentaries...

The Cinema of Sofia Coppola by Rebecca M. Alvin A man drives his car in circles. Then he goes to a party at his house and...

by Steve Desroches There is perhaps no greater agent of change than death. And not just the death of a living being, but of an...

by Steve Desroches From Aristophanes to Voltaire to Stephen Colbert satire has long been a cultural tool to take those in power down a peg...

by Steve Desroches Top Image: Still from the Jamaican classic The Harder They Come. If you ask many Americans what they know about Jamaica, chances are...

by Rebecca M. Alvin Top Image: Aml Ameen as D. in Yardie (2018). Courtesy of Rialto Pictures/Studiocanal

by Rebecca M. Alvin When Sean Baker’s film about two transgender sex workers in Los Angeles, Tangerine, came out in...