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just want to call out this at the #SomervilleMA theater tonight. I went to the premiere at #IFFBoston and the filmmakers are coming back for the showing tonight. Highly recommended -- especially if you're #GenX or older

WBCN and the American Revolution
Somerville Theatre
6:00 PM
https://www.somervilletheatre.com/production/the-airwaves-belonged-to-the-people-wbcn-and-the-american-revolution/

#BGStats says in April, I got in 15 plays of 12 different #BoardGames.

#IFFBoston was the last the week of April, so I watched movies instead of some gaming.

New to me were: Clank!: Catacombs, Hot Streak, Wine Cellar, Jungo, and the Concordia Germania map. Got 2 new-to-me aliens in SETI.

I taught: Concordia, Ostia, Moon Colony Bloodbath, Five Tribes, and Power Grid.

Nice to play DS: Marine again (I won), and more plays of Inis and Bloodbath have been good.

Happy #LetterboxdFriday !

Although my week was pretty mid. And somewhat disappointing.

Really, it's been a pretty lackluster year for me overall, both new releases and not. Most of the truly great films I've seen have been rewatches. There are a few exceptions (some new, some old), and plenty of "good" stuff. But I hunger for a run of exceptional works.

Maybe the three films I'm seeing at #IFFBoston next week will do the trick...

#movies

Saw an #IFFBoston screening of Chloé Zhao's HAMLET. The production design, costumes, and cinematography perfectly immerse you in the 16th century without pretentiousness or artifice. The performances are great. The story I was ok with, never bored but a little, "ok I’ve got it", but wow, it really pays off emotionally in the end.

I highly recommend it. Comes out 12/12 and wider release in January near all those Oscar nominations it's going to get.

The doc Come See Me in the Good Light premieres on AppleTV today. No one reading the description (lesbian poets dealing with cancer during the pandemic) will be drawn to watch it, but it's really funny and touching and my favorite documentary of the year. Please give it a chance and then followup with the Q&A I saw at #IFFBoston https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyTMb-HDbgo

I saw an early screening of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery at the #BrattleTheatre as part of #IFFBoston #FallFocus2025

It was great, I think my favorite of the series. Thanks #Netflix for putting it in independent theatres. It was so fun with a crowd.

#BGStats says in Oct, I got in 13 plays of 8 different #BoardGames

I missed some game time because of #IFFBoston #FallFocus

The only game new to me was Sprawlopolis which was fun solo.

Vibrating with anticipation for Jafar Panahi's newest film It Was Just An Accident. And after that, the new collaboration between Joachim Trier and Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value. Two of my most anticipated of the year.

#IFFBoston

Happy #LetterboxdFriday !

I'm at #IFFBoston Fall Focus, hence the pre-release films.

Everett Blunck is fantastic young talent, who once again puts his nervous energy to excellent use, albeit very different than last year's Griffin in Summer.

If I Had Legs was a bizarre disappointment.

Tron: Ares was just a mess.

And Perfect Blue was my first Kon! I wouldn't be surprised if my opinion improves on a rewatch. It was just a fuckin' LOT on a first viewing.

#movies

Happy #LetterboxdFriday !

Pretty middling week of movie watching, although my full review of The Shrouds will reveal there's a TON of nuance in that 3.5 stars. Which is part of why I took to writing reviews, since a numeric rating can only tell you so much. =)

I am super looking forward to the two movies I'm seeing tonight as part of the #IFFBoston (The Arborist and Obex), but I won't be home until late, so I won't have a chance to post before the clock chimes midnight.

#movies

Overdue for an #Introduction

I'm a retired software engineer and recovering blogger near #Boston. I write some #Python, still use #Emacs, and only use #Apple stuff these days.

I watch a lot of #movies. I attend #IFFBoston and often the Boston SNFC. I try to see all #Oscars nominees.

I play #BoardGames and want to play more #DnD.

Interests include #Politics, #SCOTUS, #Astronomy, #Science, #SciFi, #Comics #CalvinAndHobbes

I root for the #NYGiants and go to some #RedSox games

In unrelated news, I went to the IFFBoston Fall Focus this past weekend. And as is my tradition after attending a film festival, I've just published my wrap-up.

https://takeemtothemoviesaustin.reviews/iffboston-fall-focus-2024/?ref=mastodon

#movies #IFFBoston

If I am the only person at the #Brattle in appropriate headgear, I am gonna be disappointed
https://brattlefilm.org/movies/devo/ #devo #cambridge #film #
#newwave #iffboston

Tickets are on sale now for #IFFBoston #FallFocus at the #BrattleTheater in two weeks. It's a great lineup. https://iffboston.org/series/fall-focus/

For the latest Dada Drummer Almanach, a piece about the 90s as reflected in two new documentaries... #IFFBoston #roadtoruane #secretmallapartment https://dadadrummer.substack.com/p/weimar-on-the-charles

amazing to hear of this film and soundtrack from an offline conversation yesterday
"Never Be Punching Bag for Nobody"

#IFFBoston #film #NaomiYang #eastboston #boston #boxing

https://www.naomivision.com/never-be-a-punching-bag-for-nobody