Boston SciFi Presents

They come in peace, maybe. Since the 50s, Hollywood has loved illegal aliens. You know those little green men in their flying saucers. With film critic Erin Underwood and film director David Giancola, host Garen Daly...

They say imitation is a form of flattery. In Hollywood, it's a way to milk every last dollar out of an IP (Intellectual Property), Hollywood's most precious commodity. These imitations are called sequels and for the...

Extreme Cinema is designed to be disruptive. It is uncomfortable to watch, and yes, it can be exploitive. It can be gratuitous, mysogonistic, and for many just plain disgusting. Boston SciFI Podcast host Garen Daly has...

Fun and engaging. On this show, we have aliens masquerading as teachers, an imaginary woman , a time traveling teen, a Mensa candidate messing with lasers and some Community College professors facing an alien invasion...

#japanese animation, or #anime, is unique for its complex storytelling, vibrant style and dynamic characters. It holds a unique place in #filmdom. #BostonSciFi looks at five anime films -#akira, #Miyasaki...

The studios were crumbling. There was unrest in the country and Hollywood would never be the same. Check out film director David Giancola and critic Alexis den Boggende as they unwrap essential 60s science fiction...

It was a decade of scandal, war, and unrest. People fought for their rights. And the push back is still being felt in 2025. It was a time when the decaying Studio System looked like 35mm film burning up on the screen...

For Hollywood, summer is THE time for movies. tent poles, popcorn movies, family films all drive the business like no other period in the year. With increasing challenges facing it, a lot is riding on the summer 2025...

What do ALIENS, John Carpenter's THE THING, STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, and E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL have in common? They're all examples of great 1980s scifi movies...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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'...