By Ryan Yau, Assistant Living Arts Editor March 29, 2023
The Boston LGBTQ+ Film Festival—now known as Wicked Queer—has survived the ups and downs of queer history. It was founded in 1984, before gay marriage was even legal in Massachusetts.
The 39th annual...
By Ryan Yau, Assistant Living Arts Editor March 22, 2023
What was once an all-night film marathon hosted by a single person—founder David Kleiler—is now one of the most celebrated film festivals in Massachusetts. Over the course of its 23-year run, the Boston...
By Ryan Yau, Assistant Living Arts Editor March 2, 2023
The Boston SciFi Film Festival is unstoppable. It began in the legendary Orson Welles Cinema, once a staple of the Boston-Cambridge independent film scene. When a popcorn-related incident burned down the...
By Ryan Yau, Assistant Living Arts Editor December 7, 2022
No filmmakers have been bold enough to suggest dogs have fingers. Classical thought considers dogs’ forelimbs to be legs, making the phalanges on their paws “toes.”
None until Charlie Compton...
By Ryan Yau, Assistant Living Arts Editor November 2, 2022
The annual Boston Asian American Film Festival was held in the Paramount Theatre from Oct. 20 to Oct. 31. This year’s program contained three narrative films, three documentaries, and various shorts...
During his first year at Emerson, senior Jacob Falberg pulled an all-nighter to direct and edit a film for Emerson’s 48 Hour Film Festival.
He reminisced about collaborating with another editor,...