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Christmas Day brought a small slate of movies to the big screen - some of them sacred, some profane, and some... well, decide for yourself. Four Yuletide releases are reviewed at Cinesaurus Rex. Here's one of them.
Movie Review: 'The Testament of Ann Lee' a Charismatic Puzzle
This offbeat musical is a fascinating noble failure
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December 26, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Christmas Day brought a small slate of movies to the big screen - some of them sacred, some profane, and some... well, decide for yourself. Four Yuletide releases are reviewed at Cinesaurus Rex. Here's one of them.
This movie will make your Christmas plentifully joyful.
Movie Review: 'Song Sung Blue' Hits the Right Notes
The true tale of a Neil Diamond impersonator and his wife is a love story between a man, a woman, and the work of a pop music legend
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December 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This movie will make your Christmas plentifully joyful.
The BOFCA membership have spoken! Here's where our 2025 Awards go:
TOP 10 FILMS
1. ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
2. SINNERS
3. MARTY SUPREME
4. NO OTHER CHOICE
5. IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
6. SENTIMENTAL VALUE
7. WEAPONS
8. HAMNET
9. THE SECRET AGENT
10. TRAIN DREAMS
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TOP 10 FILMS
1. ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
2. SINNERS
3. MARTY SUPREME
4. NO OTHER CHOICE
5. IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
6. SENTIMENTAL VALUE
7. WEAPONS
8. HAMNET
9. THE SECRET AGENT
10. TRAIN DREAMS
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2025 Awards | Boston Online Film Critics Association
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December 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
The BOFCA membership have spoken! Here's where our 2025 Awards go:
TOP 10 FILMS
1. ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
2. SINNERS
3. MARTY SUPREME
4. NO OTHER CHOICE
5. IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
6. SENTIMENTAL VALUE
7. WEAPONS
8. HAMNET
9. THE SECRET AGENT
10. TRAIN DREAMS
bofca.com/awards/2025-...
TOP 10 FILMS
1. ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
2. SINNERS
3. MARTY SUPREME
4. NO OTHER CHOICE
5. IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
6. SENTIMENTAL VALUE
7. WEAPONS
8. HAMNET
9. THE SECRET AGENT
10. TRAIN DREAMS
bofca.com/awards/2025-...
Fun chat with Drew Droege about his off-Broadway hit "Messy White Gays."
Drew Droege interview
Drew Droege Takes on Messy White Gays Drew Droege in a publicity photo for Messy White Gays. Photo: Marc J. Franklin Imagine if Hitchcock’s Rope found its way into the living room of a H…
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December 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Fun chat with Drew Droege about his off-Broadway hit "Messy White Gays."
If you waited for this "Dead Man" to "Wake Up" on Netflix, wait no more. Rian Johnson is back with another unholy mystery and a hellish maze of deduction, mayhem, and sinister suspects.
Movie Review: 'Wake Up Dead Man' a Rousing Tale of Faith and Felonies
Rian Johnson takes a third bite at the 'Knives Out' apple
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December 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If you waited for this "Dead Man" to "Wake Up" on Netflix, wait no more. Rian Johnson is back with another unholy mystery and a hellish maze of deduction, mayhem, and sinister suspects.
Hearing all about a longtime Boston Christmas tradition? Yes, please!
Keeping the Faith: Voncille Ross on 55 Years of Boston’s “Black Nativity”
Black Nativity’s Voncille Ross By Killian Melloy For 55 years, the National Center of Afro-American Artists’ (NCAAA) production of Langston Hughes’ “Black Nativity” has been…
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December 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Hearing all about a longtime Boston Christmas tradition? Yes, please!
Talking with Mary Callanan about her one-night cabaret show was brilliant fun.
Mary Callanan interview
Mary Callanan Talks About Her (and Robert Saoud’s) Cosmopolitan Christmas Boston-based theater performer Mary Callanan is no stranger to cabaret. She joins her colleague Robert Saoud for a holiday …
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December 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Talking with Mary Callanan about her one-night cabaret show was brilliant fun.
Catching up with Tom Goss about his new Christmas song!
Unwrap an Early Present with Tom Goss’ ‘Christmas With You!’
His new single brings a jaunty Yuletide jingle to your holiday season
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December 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Catching up with Tom Goss about his new Christmas song!
Fun chat with Will Lyman about Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's production of "Charles Dickins' A Christmas Carol."
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December 9, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Fun chat with Will Lyman about Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's production of "Charles Dickins' A Christmas Carol."
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Thrilled to catch up with Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell about the followup to their groundbreaking book "Loving!"
The Full Story: Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell Reveal the Secrets of 'Loving II'
Men have loved for men as long as men have been a thing - and this couple has the receipts
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December 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Thrilled to catch up with Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell about the followup to their groundbreaking book "Loving!"
What a pleasure to catch up with Drew Banks to discuss his new novel, "I Before E."
The Full Story: Drew Banks on Completing His 'Elba' Trilogy
Banks opens up in this unexpurgated interview about finishing a 25-year-long literary project.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:38 AM
What a pleasure to catch up with Drew Banks to discuss his new novel, "I Before E."
Look for "The Secret Agent" to top some Best Of lists for 2025.
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Movie Review: 'The Secret Agent' Astounds
Wagner Moura's talents are not exactly undercover, but this might be his breakout role
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November 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Look for "The Secret Agent" to top some Best Of lists for 2025.
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Yyyyikes!
Film Review: 'The Thing with Feathers' a Pitch-Black Blend of Horror and Family Drama
Holy crow! This movie will beat the stuffing out of you
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November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Yyyyikes!
Streaming at Shudder Nov. 21: A horror movie that's scary and engaging... and told from a dog's POV.
Movie Review: It's Dog vs. Ghost in 'Good Boy'
Is man's best friend also ghoul's bete noir?
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November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Streaming at Shudder Nov. 21: A horror movie that's scary and engaging... and told from a dog's POV.
Too damn much fun. Vraiment!
Film Review: Some Things Old, Some Things New in 'Nouvelle Vague'
Richard Linklater's love letter to the making of a seminal Godard movie is defiantly retro
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November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Too damn much fun. Vraiment!
What fun to explore the hidden rooms of "Fun Home" with the director of the Huntington's production, Logan Ellis.
Theater Mirror’s Kilian Melloy Interviews “Fun Home” Director Logan Ellis
Logan Ellis. Director of Fun Home. Photo by Annabel Clark Rising theater director Logan Ellis has become a director who bridges worlds — between classical music and theater, between scrappy DIY com…
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November 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
What fun to explore the hidden rooms of "Fun Home" with the director of the Huntington's production, Logan Ellis.
A queer coming-of-age movie that doesn't cling to weary tropes.
Movie Review: 'I Wish You All the Best'
A queer coming-of-age movie remembers being 17 is chaos no matter who you are.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A queer coming-of-age movie that doesn't cling to weary tropes.
On the nose. Oscar's nose, that is.
Movie Review: 'Nuremberg' Brings a Sting of Recognition
Talk about a movie that speaks to the times...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
On the nose. Oscar's nose, that is.
Illuminating chat with the cast of Justin Lin's new film "Last Days."
Sky Yang, Radhika Apte, and Ken Leung Talk 'Last Days'
The story of American Evangelical missionary John Allen Chau will never be completely known, largely because his presumed (and almost certain) death took place on an island where trespassers are not o...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Illuminating chat with the cast of Justin Lin's new film "Last Days."
Kathryn Bigelow delivers suspense packed into command centers, situation rooms, and a handful of critical minutes as the world trembles on the brink of nuclear war.
Film Review: Strange Days Indeed — Kathryn Bigelow Opens the Door to 'A House of Dynamite'
Unrelenting and tense, the newest from the director of 'Zero Dark Thirty' asks impossible questions
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October 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Kathryn Bigelow delivers suspense packed into command centers, situation rooms, and a handful of critical minutes as the world trembles on the brink of nuclear war.
Justin Lin's dramatization of John Allen Chau's ill-fated quest to convert an isolated tribe will raise hackles on all sides... but also, compelling questions.
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Movie Review: Forcing Faith or Sharing Good News?
'Last Days' Weighs a Tragic History
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October 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Justin Lin's dramatization of John Allen Chau's ill-fated quest to convert an isolated tribe will raise hackles on all sides... but also, compelling questions.
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A great chat with Samuel Van Grinsven about his chilling ghost story "Went Up the Hill." Happy Hallowe'en, indeed...
Samuel Van Grinsven Explains His Unique Ghost Story, 'Went Up the Hill'
The New Zealand-born director went back to his roots for his sophomore feature film
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October 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
A great chat with Samuel Van Grinsven about his chilling ghost story "Went Up the Hill." Happy Hallowe'en, indeed...
A five-part documentary on the life and work of Martin Scorsese? Yes, please!
TV Review: 'Mr. Scorsese'
Getting to know a cinematic giant in a five-part documentary
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October 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A five-part documentary on the life and work of Martin Scorsese? Yes, please!
Playwright KJ Moran Velz opens up about her new play 'Mother Mary'
Kilian Melloy Interviews Playwright KJ Moran Velz, whose new play, ‘Mother Mary’ is premiering at BPT
by Kilian Melloy Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s season continues with KJ Moran Velz’s new play Mother Mary, a story set in 1968 that finds two women — cab driver Jo Cruz and Catholic schoolteacher M…
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October 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Playwright KJ Moran Velz opens up about her new play 'Mother Mary'