Spoilerpiece Theatre 246: BUFF 2019

In Episode 246 of my podcast Spoilerpiece Theatre, we review Dumbo, The Hummingbird Project, Juanita, and movies from BUFF 2019. This week we gripe about the MBTA and the weird white cones that have popped up in my neighborhood – but not for long – because Dave is back in “the studio” and we have a ton of movies to talk about! First, Kris sneaks in a quick review of Tim Burton’s Dumbo (4:15) a movie that tries to tell you what’s fun and fails. Next, Dave and I cover Juanita (7:20) the Netflix film that’s perfectly predictable and nice, although pretty mediocre. After that Dave reviews The Hummingbird Project (15:55), which he describes as two-thirds of a good movie with Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard. Finally, we arrive at the main event: this year’s coverage of the Boston Underground Film Festival aka BUFF (25:40). Kris and I share our thoughts on a plethora of entertaining films including the delightful documentary Hail Satan?, the Boomers vs Millennials horror flick Tone-Deaf, the coming-of-age war-musical Kanarie, the queer Giallo slasher Knife+Heart, the creepy ghost tale The Nightshifter, and the sex-positive 90s indie Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore. We even talk about a few shorts in between like I Owe You One Banana and Two Black Eyes by friend of the show Jim McDonough!