1. Coolidge @fter Midnight

    The Coolidge After Midnite film series is back and ready to serve up a slew of films and events every Friday & Saturday to satisfy your hunger for horrifying, weird, cult, camp, insane, avant-garde, tripped- out, and just plain good movies. BUFF is pleased to be co-sponsoring screenings!

    On deck this weekend: ERASERHEAD
    We’ll be giving away tickets to both screenings via our Facebook page!

    Friday February 11 &
    Saturday February 12
    Tickets: $9

    “In heaven, everything is fine. You’ve got your good things. And I’ve got mine.”

    There’s really nothing much you can say about David Lynch’s explosion into feature films.

    It is an experimental head-trip to the likes of which have rarely been seen.

    Ostensibly the film is about Henry Spencer, a pencil manufacturer who is trying to deal with the stress of living in an industrial wasteland with an angry girlfriend, her accusatory parents, a mutant newborn child and a leaky, steaming radiator that begins to show him another world.


  2. Coolidge @fter Midnite

    The Coolidge After Midnite film series is back and ready to serve up a slew of films and events every Friday & Saturday to satisfy your hunger for horrifying, weird, cult, camp, insane, avant-garde, tripped- out, and just plain good movies. BUFF is pleased to be co-sponsoring screenings!

    On deck this weekend: PINK FLAMINGOS
    We’ll be giving away tickets to both screenings via our Facebook page!

    Friday February 4 & Saturday February 5
    Tickets: $9
    RSVP on Facebook!

    Renegade filmmaker and noted aficionado of expressive bad taste, John Waters exploded into international infamy with this darkly comic, no-budget parade of the perverse (his third feature film, and first in color), in which plus-size cross-dresser Divine stars as Babs Johnson, a flashy criminal on the lam from the FBI who is hiding out in a trailer outside of Baltimore, MD. Accompanying Babs are her mother (Edith Massey), an obese and dim-witted woman who is malignly obsessed with eggs; her degenerate son, Crackers (Danny Mills); and Cotton (Mary Vivian Pierce), Babs’ duplicitous “traveling companion” and Crackers’ co-conspirator in unwholesome erotic play. While Babs would prefer to be left in peace, she takes great pride in her status as “the Filthiest Person Alive” (an honor confirmed by one of America’s sleazier tabloid newspapers), and when Connie and Raymond Marble (Mink Stole and David Lochary) announce their plans to take the title away from her, Babs is not about to stand idly by.


  3. BUFF Presents SANTA SANGRE w/Actress Sabrina Dennison

    We are co-presenting a screening of one of our favorite underground films: SANTA SANGRE. We will be giving away some comp tickets in the coming week so keep checking our Facebook page!

    “Combining elements at once beautiful, grotesque and erotic, SANTA SANGRE is something akin to Fellini remaking both Psycho and Nightmare Alley as one single, glorious fever dream of a thriller. If you haven’t seen it, do not miss out!” – American Cinematheque

    Tickets: $6.75-$9.75
    When: January 24, 2011  at 9:30PM
    WhereBrattle Theatre

    Don’t forget to RSVP on Facebook!


  4. Submission Deadline Extended: January 15, 2011

    The Boston Underground Film Festival announces its thirteenth annual competition celebrating the bizarre and insane in the world of film and video. The festival seeks the alternative, the confrontational, the political and the controversial and features the best in provocative and experimental features, shorts, animations, music videos, and documentaries.

    BUFF seeks films that celebrate alternative visions and sounds, offering a platform that encourages new ideas and work and pushes the envelope in style and content.


  5. Bent Wit Cabaret: REVEALED

    Bent Wit Cabaret roars into its final profane show on November 14th, with the theme of “Revealed”, bringing to a close a year of this “sexy and funny” (Boston Phoenix) cabaret series that is “not to be missed” (Bay Windows). Join the outrageous cast of Boston’s most exciting artists as we REVEAL our deepest, darkest secrets, show you the ugly side of creating a beautiful show, and sure, let loose some lovely boobs. Catch a first glimpse of The Slutcracker and more gorgeous music from the Elephant Tango Ensemble, from pop to classical to rock to Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood.

    Hosted by the outrageous UnAmerika’s Sweetheart Karin Webb and the legendary 86-years-young Mary Dolan, Bent Wit is a “provocative and waayyy ‘outside the box’ cabaret/burlesque… achieving kind of a growing ‘cult status’ amongst a Boston audience interested in something unique and challenging.” (Boston Survival Guide). This monthly “high-end, low-brow variety show” celebrates/castrates a different theme at every show and works with a brilliant core cast of collaborating performers and musicians, including The Slutcracker mastermind Sugar Dish, bizarro burlesque artist Femme Brulee and that siren of the gutter herself, Lainey SchoolTree. Previous explorations have included Grotesque and Fantasy, and Revealed brings the season to its corrupt and devious end.

    BWC: Revealed features the brilliant, soul-screeching music of Jaggery, burlesque hoping by Lolli Hoops, a premiere sneak peek at The Slutcracker, original musical numbers, tap dancing bananas, and puppetry– as well as the Bent Wit House Band, Elephant Tango Ensemble (featuring members of Goli and HUMANWINE). Video shorts curated by the Boston Underground Film Festival.

    Bent Wit premiered to a packed house in January 2010 at OBERON in Harvard Square. This fresh, new cabaret brings together the best from all corners of Boston and beyond- bridging the famous gap between Boston’s artistic communities. Showcasing every type of art from dance to spoken word, from video to puppetry, all strung together with outrageous comedy, characters, and brilliant live music. Bawdy, beautiful, delicious and disastrous, Bent Wit audiences should always come expecting the unexpected! You’re welcome, Boston.

    $10-$35
    November 14th
    7:30pm Pre-Show, 8:00pm Performance
    Club Oberon, Harvard Square

    Don’t forget to RSVP on Facebook!


  6. FOUR LIONS w/ Chris Morris LIVE! Nov. 2

    Chris Morris, the man AND the myth, will both be in attendance for a Q&A following a free advance screening of his directorial debut FOUR LIONS!

    Want to attend? Come to the Brattle on 11/2: Screening starts at 7:30pm (doors open at 6:30pm).

    Seating is first come, first seated.
    Spoiler alert: You want a seat.

    “Regardless of sobering subject matter, this movie does not take itself seriously. Neither does it hold back. Two great qualities for a film that aims to make you laugh so h…ard you’ll explode.”
    Todd Brown, Twitch Film

    “Wow. Truly wow…this is some grade-A high quality DARK comedy of the “take no prisoners” variety, and I say that’s always cause for some celebration.”
    Scott Weinberg, Cinematical

    “Director Chris Morris has crafted a smart, over-the-top think-piece free of political judgments or opinions. And I never saw it coming. See this at your earliest opportunity.”
    C. Robert Cargill, Film.com

    Chris Morris’ Four Lions is a funny, thrilling comedy that illuminates modern jihadism through the prism of farce. It understands jihadists as human beings. And it understands human beings as innately ridiculous.

    In a British city, four men have a secret plan. Omar (Riz Ahmed) is disillusioned about the treatment of muslims around the world and is determined to become a soldier. This is the most exciting idea Waj (Kayvan Novak) has ever heard. Better still it’s a no brainer because Omar does his thinking for him. Opposed to Omar and everyone else on earth is the white islamic convert Barry (Nigel Lindsay). He’d realize he joined the cell to channel his nihilism – if he had half the self-knowledge of a duck. Faisal (Adeel Akhtar) is the odd man out. He can make a bomb – but he can’t blow himself up just now coz his sick dad has “started eating newspaper”. Instead he’s training crows to fly bombs through windows. This is what Omar has to deal with. They must strike a decisive blow on their own turf but can any of them strike a match without punching himself in the face?

    Four Lions plunges us beyond seeing these young men as unfathomably alien. It undermines the folly of just wishing them away or, even worse, alienating the entire culture from which they emerge. The film is neither pro nor anti religious. The jokes fly out of the characters’ conflicts, excesses and mistakes. Crackling with wit and tension, Four Lions is the essential response to our failure to engage with reality and a high toast to the idea that laughter is better than killing.

    Peep the trailer, the official website, and the buzz!
    Don’t forget to RSVP on Facebook!



  7. Bent Wit Cabaret: August 8, 2010

    Sunday, August 8th, 2010 at 8:00 PM

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    Hosted by the outrageous UnAmerika’s Sweetheart Karin Webb, the legendary 86-years-young Mary Dolan, and featuring a handpicked cast of Boston’s best musicians and performers. It’s the return of our “high-end, low-brow variety show” with a new theme: MYSTERY! Join our brilliant core cast of collaborating performers and musicians for a night of murder and mayhem that rocks the very foundation this show stands on.

    Who’s been killed?

    Why?

    And WHERE ARE MY PANTS?!

    This month’s special guests include brilliant spoken word artist Jha D., magic by Dezrah The Strange, burlesque performance artist Penny Candy (with Abby Normal), a most original piece- The System of Soothing, a 7 minute opera by Frank Pesci based on a story by Edgar Allen Poe, and art installation by Gina Hereen. These guests will join Bent Wit’s core performers Sugar Dish, Lainey SchoolTree, Femme Brulee, as well as the Bent Wit House Band, Elephant Tango Ensemble (featuring members of Goli and HUMANWINE).

    We also very excited to announce a new ongoing partnership with BUFF, who will be curating a selection of video shorts throughout the night!


  8. Call for Entries: BUFF 2011

    The Boston Underground Film Festival announces its thirteenth annual competition celebrating the bizarre and insane in the world of film and video. The festival will take place in late March 2011 and features the best in provocative and experimental features, shorts, animations, music videos, and documentaries.

    The festival seeks the alternative, the confrontational, the political and the controversial. BUFF seeks films that celebrate alternative visions and sounds, offering a platform that encourages new ideas and work and pushes the envelope in style and content.

    EARLY DEADLINE: 31 July 2010
    REGULAR DEADLINE: 24 September 2010
    LATE DEADLINE: 26 November 2010


  9. BUFF + Boston LGBT

    The Boston LGBT Film Festival is the longest running and largest LGBT media event in New England. The festival celebrates, displays, and distributes work by and for LGBT media makers – work that enertains, enriches, and enlightens all audiences in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and allied communities.

    BUFF is proud to be co-presenting two fabulous programs with our friends at the 2010 Boston LGBT Film Festival.

    Hell on Wheels: Gang Girls Forever & More: Films by Katrina Del Mar

    Saturday, May 8, 2010
    9:00 p.m.
    Brattle Theatre
    40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA

    An explosive program of rebel girls, rock n roll, and wheels by the noted New York underground filmmaker thought of as the “Lesbian Russ Meyer,” Katrina del Mar. We present her “Gang Girls” trilogy. Join us for the New England premiere of her latest film Hell on Wheels: Gang Girls Forever. Director will be present.

    Join us after the screening at Machine Nightclub, 1254 Boylston Street for the very special Wolfe After Party sponsored by Dyke Night.

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    Queer Horror Experience: Zombies of Mass Destruction

    Friday, May 14, 2010
    9:30 p.m.
    Brattle Theatre
    40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA

    Meet us at the Brattle for an evening of queer horror films. Greg Ivan Smith returns to the Boston LGBT Film Festival with his new short Remission, and a great big awesome dose of zombie craziness from Kevin Hamedani.

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  10. BUFF 2010 Bacchus Awards

    This year we presented our Bacchus Awards to five highly deserving films at the Middlesex Lounge in Cambridge. Four awards were chosen by the festival jury, while the remaining “Director’s Choice” award was given by the co-directors of the festival to the film we thought best exemplified the underground spirit that is still very much alive! The official jury this year included Zach Clark, James Nadeau, Kathryn Ramey, and Stéphanie Trépanier.

    Best of Fest – Narrative
    Red White & Blue (Simon Rumley)

    Best of Fest – Documentary
    It Came From Kuchar (Jennifer Kroot)

    Best of Fest – Short
    Happily Ever After (Jamie Heinrich)

    Most Effectively Offensive
    The Life and Death of a Porno Gang (Mladen Djordjevic)

    Director’s Choice
    Someone’s Knocking at the Door (Chad Ferrin)

    Thanks to everyone who came out to make our festival a success! We love you all!


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