The 90s was a time when things changed.  Cultural shifts and the emergence of the digital world  scratch the surface. It's impact is undeniable. The movies of the time reflected these changes. Join us as we look at 10 'must see' movie...

Two of our favorite team members, Suzzanne Cromwell and Melissa Starker,  pull back the curtains on how Boston SciFi choses shorts and then creates programs. From the watching, to the selecting, to creating the flow, see what goes on insid...

Fifty years is a long time. Much has happened. Much has changed. Fifty years ago the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival began at a legendary movie theatre. Later it overcame a fire, an historic blizzard, and a plague. It overcame changing dem...

Good movies have good actors. Better movies have better actors. They're called character actors. No longer typed as gangster or slapstick comedian, modern character actors show, range, understand psychology and film history. Listen in as film c...

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Memory implants, replicants, alternative realities, and fake reality - these are some of the elements that make stories by Philip K Dick resonant decades after his death, and what makes them fodder for 'high concept' Hollywood films. Join autho...

Visitors from another world are a relatively recent theme in movies that started in the 50s. Since then we have all sorts of illegal immigrants from genial neighbors to human eating nasties. Please join us as Simon Foster, Festival Director of ...

You see their faces in movies and on TV. You hear their voices in animation, but you never quite know who they are. Listen in as film directors Hope Madden and David Giancola join MC Garen Daly as they try and define what a character actor is i...

Humans make them and use them. They can be safe, clunky contraptions or svelte streamline bodies, but they are designed to make our lives better. And in the process we imbue them with our emotions and sometimes are neurosis. TO SERVE MAN looks ...

There's horror and then there is BODY HORROR Listen in as film critic Alexis den Boggende and Broke Horror Fan creator Alex DiVincenzo explains;ain the difference. featuring Cronenberg' The Fly, The Human Centipede, Re-Animator, John Carpenter'...

May 27, 2024 would have been Harlan Ellison's 90th birthday. To appreciate this seminal writer, Boston SciFi talks with noted author Nat Segaloff on his book  A LIT FUSE and his relationship with Harlan. We talk #StarTrek, #ScoobyDoo, #Out...

The Hollywood pundits are holding their breath as studios release films this summer of 2024. We're in the post-Covid period. Hollywood is just coming out of production delays from the various strikes and a lot is riding on whether or not audien...

As humans, sinister robots  have been around since the days of Edison. We see them in the malfunctioning Yul Brenner of WESTWORLD, or the single-minded  killing machine of THE TERMINATOR, or Alicia Vikander's AI powered humanoid in EX...

They challenge  the powers that be. They lead revolutions. And the score big at the box office.  Often these films come in  blockbusters  like #DUNE, #STARWARS and more. Sometimes they come in smaller, sharply focused films ...

Lisa Downs & David Weiner are documentary filmmakers specializing in genre films and the 1980s. Lisa produces and directs the LIFE AFTER SERIES, specifically LIFE AFTER THE NAVIGATOR & LIFE AFTER THE NEVERENDING STORY. David's docs are ...

The 49th Boston Science Fiction Film Festival kicks off on Valentine's Day with the Cyberpunk Sweethearts Ball celebrating love in an AI world. Event Director Jackie Kern joins cyberpunk maven and DJ Sir Richard with a behind the scenes look at...

It's the original binge view, now in its 49th year. 24 hours of cinematic overload featuring science fiction films. Listen as the organizers explain how they program and create this one of a kind event. They will be unveiling this year's lineup...

Santa isn't always naughty 'n nice. Sometimes he's something entirely different. Sometimes, he takes on a certain vengeful guise in Nakatomi Tower. Sometimes his naughty streak gets downright nasty, Tune in as Boston SciFi Presents a holiday sp...

Since 1954, Godzilla, nee Gojira, has been a cautionary tale about humanity's hubris and the consequences of war. Godzilla has evolved, morphed, trivialized and seems to be returning to its base Kaiju form. In this  Boston SciFi Presents p...

Kick back. Take a long slow toke and hold it, while Boston SciFi takes a close eye to stoner films. From REEFER MADNESS to the BIG LEBOWSKI, we'll ride the arc of fear all the way to laid back coolness. We talk film, but also the political, cul...

Prometheus was a Titan who stole fire from the Gods and gave it to humanity.  Ever since then,  humans have grappled with the ambivalence of technological advancement and the sometimes inherent destructiveness of that which was create...

Something happened to movies in the 1980s. There was a sudden spate of cheaply made, sometimes poorly acted films centered around bloody deaths. The slasher movie hit the screen and it struck deep into our collective psyche. Here to read the en...

Boston SciFi's latest video podcast is up! We're talking DRIVE-IN MOVIES with film director David Giancola and festival programmer Melissa Starker.  On the menu is Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Gator Bait, Night of the Living Dead, P...

From King Kong in 1933 to Rise of the Planet of the Apes, films have used simians as stand-ins for racism, colonialism and even lawyers. Please join film review Erin Underwood and Boston Hassle critic Oscar Goff as they look at the evolutionary...

Sea Monsters have been with us since humans began venturing out into unknown waters. These denizen of the deep are known to have devoured sailors. They can be revenge seeking creatures of destruction.  Comely maidens have been sacrificed t...