Set in BostonRadio Boston's reviews and discussion of new and classic films.How locals Matt Damon and Ben Affleck made the setting of 'Good Will Hunting' in Boston feel realFor our "Set in Boston" series, we revisit the 1997 film with critics and talk about how this film dealt with class and affected public perception of Boston.ResumeRadio Boston17:55Jun 2, 2023A new 'Boston Strangler' film focuses on the reporters who made the name famousAs Hulu's "The Boston Strangler" makes its debut, we speak with local writer and director Matt Ruskin and actor Chris Cooper about their film.ResumeRadio Boston17:42Mar 17, 2023With the Oscars approaching, we return to conversations from our 'Set in Boston' seriesIn this collection of conversations from our "Set in Boston" series, we discuss several landmark Boston-based crime films.Radio BostonFeb 21, 2023Film experts debate whether 'The Departed' stays true to late 20th century BostonMartin Scorsese's 2006 crime thriller depicts a version of Boston defined by gritty criminal activity pulsing beneath a recognizably academic and historic city. Three film experts discuss whether the film...ResumeRadio Boston20:42Jan 27, 2023How 'Blue Hill Avenue' claimed a place for Black Bostonians in crime dramasThe 2001 film never had a distributor nor large-scale release, but the film gradually became a hit via cable television, video purchases and rentals.ResumeRadio Boston15:15Dec 22, 2022AdvertisementHow 'The Town' crystallized the Boston crime film clicheFor our "Set in Boston" series, we revisit the 2010 crime film with critics and talk about stereotypes and Boston's representation in popular culture. ResumeRadio Boston14:25Nov 18, 2022Why 'Friends of Eddie Coyle' is the foundational Boston crime movieFilm critic Ty Burr says the 1973 film "is the first Boston crime movie and the template for everything that followed." We dig into why.ResumeRadio Boston16:24Oct 27, 2022'A Reckoning in Boston' examines barriers blocking Black residents from prosperityThe documentary shines a light on wealth disparities, access to land, gentrification, and systemic injustice in Boston. We speak with Kafi Dixon, a producer and one of the film's subjects,...ResumeRadio Boston17:35May 6, 2021
How locals Matt Damon and Ben Affleck made the setting of 'Good Will Hunting' in Boston feel realFor our "Set in Boston" series, we revisit the 1997 film with critics and talk about how this film dealt with class and affected public perception of Boston.ResumeRadio Boston17:55Jun 2, 2023
A new 'Boston Strangler' film focuses on the reporters who made the name famousAs Hulu's "The Boston Strangler" makes its debut, we speak with local writer and director Matt Ruskin and actor Chris Cooper about their film.ResumeRadio Boston17:42Mar 17, 2023
With the Oscars approaching, we return to conversations from our 'Set in Boston' seriesIn this collection of conversations from our "Set in Boston" series, we discuss several landmark Boston-based crime films.Radio BostonFeb 21, 2023
Film experts debate whether 'The Departed' stays true to late 20th century BostonMartin Scorsese's 2006 crime thriller depicts a version of Boston defined by gritty criminal activity pulsing beneath a recognizably academic and historic city. Three film experts discuss whether the film...ResumeRadio Boston20:42Jan 27, 2023
How 'Blue Hill Avenue' claimed a place for Black Bostonians in crime dramasThe 2001 film never had a distributor nor large-scale release, but the film gradually became a hit via cable television, video purchases and rentals.ResumeRadio Boston15:15Dec 22, 2022
How 'The Town' crystallized the Boston crime film clicheFor our "Set in Boston" series, we revisit the 2010 crime film with critics and talk about stereotypes and Boston's representation in popular culture. ResumeRadio Boston14:25Nov 18, 2022
Why 'Friends of Eddie Coyle' is the foundational Boston crime movieFilm critic Ty Burr says the 1973 film "is the first Boston crime movie and the template for everything that followed." We dig into why.ResumeRadio Boston16:24Oct 27, 2022
'A Reckoning in Boston' examines barriers blocking Black residents from prosperityThe documentary shines a light on wealth disparities, access to land, gentrification, and systemic injustice in Boston. We speak with Kafi Dixon, a producer and one of the film's subjects,...ResumeRadio Boston17:35May 6, 2021
