Boston Online Film Critics Association

07/28/2022

BOFCA member Jake Mulligan interviewed B.J. Novak about his new film VENGEANCE!

"I’ve heard that it's harder to laugh on cue than it is to cry on cue. By the way, I did cry on cue in that movie, but the scenes were cut."

01/04/2022

BOFCA member Norm Schrager shares his top 10 films from 2021.

The Top 10 Movies of 2021 movie review

12/11/2021

BOFCA members have voted, and the results of our 2021 awards are in! We're excited to announce that Jane Campion's THE POWER OF THE DOG won seven awards! See the rest of this year's winners, and our Top 10 Films of 2020 here: http://bofca.com/bofca-2021-awards/

12/07/2021

A statement from BOFCA on screening safety and screener access:

07/14/2021

In BOFCA member Jake Mulligan's first article for his new Movie Diary series at DigBoston, he talks about Justin Lin's 2002's film BETTER LUCK TOMORROW.

Co-written, directed, and edited by Justin Lin. US, 2002, 101 minutes. Available on Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD, and to subscribers on Paramount+.

12/19/2020

BOFCA members have voted, and the results of our annual awards are in! We're excited to announce that Chloé Zhao's NOMADLAND won Best Picture and has been honored with four other awards! See the rest of this year's winners, and our Top 10 Films of 2020 here:

BOFCA 2020 AWARDS Posted on December 19, 2020 by bofca BEST PICTURE NOMADLAND BEST DIRECTOR Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND BEST ACTOR Delroy Lindo, DA 5 BLOODS BEST ACTRESS Frances McDormand, NOMADLAND BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Paul Raci, SOUND OF METAL BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Maria Bakalova, BORAT SUBSEQUENT M...

07/21/2020

BOFCA supports and treasures our local independent theaters Coolidge Corner Theatre, Somerville Theatre, and Brattle Theatre, as well as independent theaters across the country. The COVID-19 pandemic has put these great theaters at risk and without action, our favorite theaters could close for good, depriving audiences of their magic.

The National Association of Theater Owners has organized a campaign to urge Congress to keep movie theaters afloat until they can fully reopen. To show your support, fill out this brief form to tell your legislators to :

COVID-19 has put movie theaters at risk of going dark for good. Tell your legislators that you demand action now.

04/14/2020

BOFCA's Jake Mulligan has released his latest status report on how COVID-19 has affected Boston's local film institutions, this time talking with Independent Film Festival Boston's Nancy Campbell and Brian Tamm about how the pandemic has significantly impacted the festival.

Photo by Anthony Tulliani, courtesy IFFBoston Technically we’re in postponement, but we don’t know what that means. We don’t know when it’s going to be safe for people to go out into the world as communities again—and we also don’t know if people are going to want to immediately jump bac...

04/03/2020

We're ecstatic to share another Coolidge Corner Theatre from a BOFCA member! Charlie Nash recommends Terence Davies’ THE LONG DAY CLOSES, which you can currently find streaming on the Criterion Channel!

03/31/2020

BOFCA's Jake Mulligan offers his latest status report on how COVID-19 has affected Boston's local film institutions by chatting with employees at Coolidge Corner Theatre. We're grateful for Jake for his hard work to keep us all in the loop about our beloved local theaters!

The fate of an iconic movie theater, plus that of its programming and personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic.

03/28/2020

We love that BOFCA member Greg Vellante works at Coolidge Corner Theatre so he gets to share his : Jonathan Demme’s STOP MAKING SENSE