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What’s New on Bostonhassle.com: From the Music Section
A CONVERSATION WITH GABE GILL ABOUT ‘HOW MEMORY WORKS’ (OR DOESN’T…)
“It’s easy to approach various topics through an academic lens, but when dealing with something as abstruse as how our memory works, it can be difficult finding a pragmatic answer. For Northampton musician Gabe Gill, the last four years have been less about uncovering an answer and more about contextualizing the esoteric nature of memory by parsing through its nuances as a young adult.”
- Ryan Feyre
What’s New on Bostonhassle.com: From the Film Section
REVIEW: BARBARIAN (2022) DIR. ZACH CREGGER
“In my review of Orphan: First Kill last month, I found myself wrestling a conundrum: how does one meaningfully discuss a movie in which most of the interesting stuff happens on the other side of a major plot twist? This goes double for Barbarian, an even nuttier new horror film which hinges upon an even more audacious narrative secret– one which the trailer and all marketing materials are masterfully careful to avoid. As self-defeating as it feels to say at the beginning of my review, this is a film which should well and truly be approached as blind as possible; even a casual glance at the film’s IMDb page may verge on spoiler territory. As with First Kill, I’m going to do my best to avoid revealing any secrets, but consider yourself warned.”
- Oscar Goff
REVIEW: PINOCCHIO (2022) DIR. ROBERT ZEMECKIS
“We all know the story: an Italian woodcarver makes a puppet of a young boy, a puppet that is brought to life by the Blue Fairy. The puppet yearns to become a real boy and faces terrifying situations like a cruel puppeteer and a giant whale on his journey with a talking bug by his side. Though Pinocchio’s tale was first published in 1883, the best known version is of course 1940’s Pinocchio, the second animated feature from noted antisemite and cartoonist Walt Disney. Pinocchio is an unbelievable achievement from the early days of animation, seemingly effortless in propelling the medium towards legitimacy after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs opened the door. Robert Zemeckis’ latest, also titled Pinocchio, is essentially a one-to-one remake of this interpretation, but less memorable and worse. This is of course the case for most if not all of the Disney live-action remake spawn, but it needs to be said again and again. Pinocchio (2022) feels particularly egregious, as it is going straight to Disney+. If these remakes don’t exist to make a cool baseline of $400 million worldwide, what is the point? You can watch the original on Disney+ just as easily!”
- Kyle Amato
What’s New on Bostonhassle.com: From the Arts & Culture Section
BROKE BOSTON
“A broker and a prospective tenant came upon the address of a row of apartments above restaurants and businesses on Brighton Avenue in Allston. The prospective tenant gazed into a small vestibule of broken mailboxes and the exposed wirings to a fire alarm. The broker, unable to find the right keys, pulled on the handle of the front door with a slight tug. He interrupted a homeless man who had piled his belongings on the carpeted steps while eating a hot dog from Spike’s. The broker and prospective tenant stepped over him.”
- Steve Schroeder
THE UNNATURAL / UNORTHODOX
- Eddy Jellyfish