The Boston Society of Film Critics

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The official BlueSky account of the Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC). Est. 1981 https://bostonfilmcritics.org/

Zoey Deutch and Guillaume Marbeck in NOUVELLE VAGUE
U.S. FILM CRITICS' GROUPS CONDEMN VIOLENCE AGAINST HAMDAN BALLAL We, the members of the National Society of Film Critics, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the Boston Society of Film Critics, express our support for the Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal and condemn, in the strongest terms, the brutal and unlawful attack he suffered this week at the hands of Israeli settlers, as well as his detainment by Israeli authorities. We are gravely concerned for Mr. Ballal's health and safety, as well as the safety of his loved ones, and, now that he has been released, extend our hopes for his full recovery from his injuries. Mr. Ballal was assaulted near his home in Khirbet Susya, a village in the Masafer Yatta region of the occupied West Bank. Attacks on the residents of Masafer Yatta are nothing new, as we have seen from "No Other Land," the Academy Award-winning documentary that Mr. Ballal co-directed with Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor. As critics representing four of the numerous organizations that honored "No Other Land" as the best documentary of 2024, we are infuriated that a filmmaker's brave and principled advocacy has made him even more of a target in a community where Palestinians already exist under continual threat of displacement and violence. One of the most powerful aspects of "No Other Land" — and the reason so many have tried, in vain, to limit its reach and silence its message — is that it is itself a rare feat of collaboration between Palestinian and Israeli journalists, activists, and artists, united by their belief in dignity and equality for all. By the very nature of its form and creation, the film represents, and dares to imagine, a more peaceful future. We applaud Mr. Ballal and his colleagues for the courage and artistry with which they have advanced that vision and affirm that it will never be forgotten.
Justice Smith in I SAW THE TV GLOW
Bobita and Uwe Boll in DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE END OF THE WORLd
Mark Eydelshteyn and Mikey Madison in ANORA
Sean Baker on the set of ANORA
The cast of SING SING
Timothée Chalamet, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Mikey Madison, ANORA
Edward Norton, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
Danielle Deadwyler, THE PIANO LESSON
Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson, NICKEL BOYS
Mark Eydelshteyn and Mikey Madison in ANORA
Annie Baker, JANET PLANET
NO OTHER LAND
The animals of FLOW
The Statue of Liberty in THE BRUTALIST
Zendaya in CHALLENGERS
Alessandro Nivola & Adrien Brody in THE BRUTALIST
Cardinal Tedesco vaping in CONCLAVE
Still from BLACK BOX DIARIES
Gary Young in LOUDER THAN YOU THINK
The Boston Theatre on Washington Street, c. 1916