All Authors >
Alexandra Cavallo
Latest Articles
Comic Con is still geeky -- and awesome
A rose-hued ode to fanboy-dom, Comic-Con doesn't even try to scratch the surface of the world's largest geek meet-up.
So is Gotye destined for one-hit wonderdom, soon to be somebody we'll say we used to know?
If this live show was any indication, we sure hope not.
It’s "Friends" ... only with monsters. And set in Holliston, MA.
Director and Holliston native Adam Green ( Frozen, Hatchet ) knows a thing or two about what it's like to be stuck in your hometown post-college, working a dead-end job, and pining for the high school girl of your dreams. Green parlayed all that angst into Holliston , a new television series for FEARnet.
Equal Vision (2012)
If Say Anything frontman Max Bemis were an anarchist, he'd be behind the scenes, printing fliers in the dark.
Horror Story
For a man who's spent the past 20 odd years writing about psychotic cheerleaders, undead ex-boyfriends, and all manner of creatures ghoulish and gruesome, R.L. Stine is a cheery guy.
Quietly sinister
Shot in a single, continuous take, Chris Kentis and Laura Lau's Silent House crackles with a gnawing anxiety like that which defined their debut, Open Water .
A not-so-distant future society
In a not-so-distant future society that has devolved into chaos, Japan's youth run amok, Clockwork Orange –style, and the government has passed an act decreeing that one unruly grade-school class will face off in a battle from which only one will emerge. Sound familiar?
James Watkins's old-fashioned ghost story
After 10 years battling supernatural creatures, you'd think Harry Potter would be better equipped to deal with the paranormal pests he faces in James Watkins's old-fashioned ghost story.
Get off your ass and out the door
Ward off the winter doldrums with Boston Fun Shit’s top 50 reasons to bundle up and get the eff out on the town.
William Brent Bell's limp mockumentary
William Brent Bell's film opens with a disclaimer that "the Vatican does not endorse this movie." No kidding — the Catholic Church isn't exactly known for its sense of humor.
Larry Weinstein's stirring documentary
When Fumiko Ishioka, the director of the Holocaust Education Centre in Tokyo, is given charge of a child's suitcase found in the rubble of Auschwitz — a rarity, as most such belongings were lost — it piques her interest. She and her students decide to find out who Hana Brady — the name painted on the suitcase — was.
From Slope to Screen
We chatted up pro skiers 25-year-old Caroline Gleich and native New Englander 25-year-old Jen Hudak (in town this week to host the Boston Ski & Sports Club's annual "Blizzard" ski season kickoff event).
Todd Rohal's strange IFC film
A priest and a washed-up heavy metal drummer step into a boat. . . . This isn't the start of a joke, but rather the plot of Todd Rohal's strange IFC film.
Alien meets 30 Days of Night
It's Alien meets 30 Days of Night when a crew of Americans and Norwegians dig up something otherworldly in the Antarctic ice.
Tom Six's version of a love train
Those who lost their cookies over "Two Girls, One Cup" should stay away from Tom Six's twisted follow-up to one of the sickest — and most ingenious — contributions to torture porn in some time.
Unstoppable
Despite the title of the much lamented comedy series he shared with Michael Showalter, it turns out that Michael Ian Black does not have all that many issues after all. He's just deeply strange.
True Panther Sounds/Matador (2011)
The reason Father, Son, Holy Ghost is so uniquely, imperfectly swell is because the band plainly give fuck-all about convention or stylistic uniformity.
From Andrew Dice Clay to Kids in the Hall, Fall heaves a bucket of yuks at Boston
What are you laughing at?
Our guide to the fall’s best touring shows
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Foster the People, Deadmau5, and more.
The Horrors, Neon Indian, Smashing Pumpkins, and more
The 14 concerts you’ll be moshing to this month
Tickets on-sale alert: The xx, Foxes, Bear Hands, Andrew Dice Clay, Sebadoh, Adam Carolla + more- Tickets on-sale alert: The Avett Brothers, Metric, The Head & The Heart, Girl Talk, Jane's Addiction, Bruce Springsteen, Frank Turner, Toadies, The Hold Steady + more
- Free Fun Shit: May 17-24: Porchfest, "Algorythyms" @ Fourth Wall, scavenger photo hunt, 'Zine party, "Freak Flag" upstart alt paper benefit show, Third Eye Blind at EarthFest + more
- Free Fun Shit: May 17-24: Porchfest, "Algorythyms" @ Fourth Wall, scavenger photo hunt, 'Zine party, "Freak Flag" benefit show, Third Eye Blind at EarthFest + more
- WFNX fans in silent protest of Clear Channel sale, outside of the Phoenix offices
- Free Fun Shit: May 10-17: Spring art/craft sales + fests, Guillermo Sexo show, participatory art project, "Science Cafe", and more
- Best Music Poll 2012 LIVE [May 10-17]: Check out these noms with gigs around town this week
- Tickets on-sale alert: Sleigh Bells, Twin Shadow, Florence & the Mchine, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Aesop Rock, Braid + more
- "I just met you, and this is douchey, but here's my card...": So 'Call Me Maybe' business cards are, like, a Thing now?
- How to Deal: Augusten Burroughs talks his new "self-help" book, the 'Running With Scissors' controversy, and the fact that shit. just. happens.
Phoenix Media/Communications Group:
TODAY'S FEATURED ADVERTISERS
Copyright © 2012 The Phoenix Media/Communications Group
