From a new series at the MFA to the Newburyport Documentary Film Festival, WBUR film critic Erin Trahan rounds up a slate of events that brings arty cinema to local movie houses.
How do you define fall? For me, it’s packed with arty films. Convoluted adult dilemmas, rich in character or scene, the more talking the better. My kind of moviegoing, the very currency of film festivals, especially as we approach awards season. While not everything screening in Greater Boston’s fall festivals fits that bill, thank goodness odds tilt toward my favor. So do warm cider donuts washed down with an icy cup of fresh-pressed cider.
Anna Feder created the Bright Lights series and ran it for more than 12 years. Over that time, she instituted a rating system that helped audiences navigate content and developed collaborations with dozens of Boston film festivals. “I wish the press wasn’t just uncritically repeating the college’s narrative,” she wrote by text.
Organizers don’t put too much stock in edging out other fests for premiere status and always find unexpected gems that wouldn’t quite fit anywhere else . This year, I’ve got my eye on “,” because it’s about the somewhat accidental preservation of celluloid films by a bunch of oddball collectors. Plus, it’s by Boston filmmaker Peter Flynn. “,” because it’s a real-life fish story about a Cape guy getting swallowed by a whale, by Boston journalist and filmmaker David Abel and Andy Laub.
The festival closes with the documentary “And So It Begins.” Ramona Diaz’s examination of the 2022 presidential election in the Philippines unpacks the complicated reign of Rodrigo Duterte. For the folks who love serial drama adaptations as much as the movies, BAAFF offers two chances at a sneak peek of the forthcoming Hulu series “,” based on Charles Yu’s novel of the same name . Yu is expected to attend two in-person screenings on Oct. 26.
Cotter also explained that because the doc fest is “sort of like a new entity,” which began in 2022, organizers are toying a bit with the number of films and number of days. The program for 2024 has not yet been announced but will have a strong music theme. Last year, it opened with Alexandria Bombach’s “about the connection between “Closer to Fine” and “Barbie,” the “All Things Considered” host coaxed the duo to sing along with her. It’s worth a listen.
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