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Oscar Goff

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Oscar Goff is the film editor and senior critic for Boston Hassle. He previously served as film editor for the free monthly newspaper the Boston Compass, and his work has appeared in WBUR’s The ARTery. He spends his time haunting independent movie theaters, and still carries all his old video rental cards just in case.

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Secret Mall Apartment (2024) 100% “This is a story about a prank, but it’s more broadly a story about individuals taking a stand, however silly, against gentrification.” – Boston Hassle Apr 11, 2025 Full Review The Amateur (2025) 61% 2.5/4 “Malek is a compelling actor, but his marble-mouthed deadpan is ill-suited to a role that requires notes of heartbreak and steely rage.” – Cambridge Day Apr 11, 2025 Full Review The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025) 97% “The Ballad of Wallis Island is not a revolutionary piece of art, but it’s sweet and funny and just plain nice, and I have a feeling a lot of people could use that right now.” – Boston Hassle Apr 7, 2025 Full Review Fucktoys (2025) 92% “Sriram’s loopy, sex-positive sensibility is her own, and as fresh as any new filmmaker you’re likely to see this year.” – Boston Hassle Apr 2, 2025 Full Review Escape From the 21st Century (2024) “This is high-octane sugar rush action filmmaking, and I suspect a lot of people are going to become deeply obsessed with it.” – Boston Hassle Apr 2, 2025 Full Review Sister Midnight (2024) 96% “There is more than a little Buster Keaton in Apte’s performance; she occupies the dead center of nearly every frame, reacting to the absurdities around her with a mix of incredulity and resignation.” – Boston Hassle Mar 31, 2025 Full Review Death of a Unicorn (2025) 53% 2.5/4 “Its comic high points and the strength of its ensemble place “Unicorn” a cut above the average blockbuster, but the perfect balance of action and comedy remains as elusive as its titular beastie. ” – Cambridge Day Mar 29, 2025 Full Review Misericordia (2024) 95% 3/4 “Beyond the nudity and knotty sexuality, “Misericordia” is a truly “adult” film, with enough moral and narrative complexity to keep one thinking about it long after the credits roll.” – Cambridge Day Mar 29, 2025 Full Review Thank You Very Much (2023) 90% “Of what value is a talking-head documentary when every head in it belongs to a known, gleeful liar?” – Boston Hassle Mar 29, 2025 Full Review Vulcanizadora (2024) 96% “Vulcanizadora is a tough hang, but it is saved from utter bleakness by Potrykus’ sympathy for his characters and the deader-than-deadpan wit with which he observes their predicaments.” – Boston Hassle Mar 27, 2025 Full Review The Surfer (2024) 88% “The Surfer may not be the most coherent critique of our unfortunate current social conditions, but it’s a primal scream which feels apt for the moment.” – Boston Hassle Mar 27, 2025 Full Review Opus (2025) 41% “The mood of the piece is exceptional, a sinister, slow-burn psychedelia which works its way under your skin.” – Boston Hassle Mar 15, 2025 Full Review Novocaine (2025) 81% 2/4 “"Novocaine" is a one-joke film, and while the joke is pretty good, the filmmakers keep forgetting to tell it.” – Cambridge Day Mar 13, 2025 Full Review Mickey 17 (2025) 77% “Mickey 17 is a work of maverick inspiration with a genuinely subversive streak. One sadly suspects we won’t see its like again out of Hollywood for at least another four years.” – Boston Hassle Mar 7, 2025 Full Review The Gorge (2025) 63% “The Gorge is precisely the sort of low-brow, high-concept nonsense for which I am an unabashed sucker.” – Boston Hassle Feb 14, 2025 Full Review Heart Eyes (2025) 81% “Heart Eyes seems to suffer from an addled attention span, jumping from horror to romance with little tonal distinction.” – Boston Hassle Feb 7, 2025 Full Review Timestalker (2024) 87% “The result is a film that feels undeniably human, even as it spirals into absurdity.” – Boston Hassle Jan 31, 2025 Full Review Companion (2025) 93% 3/4 “Like “Barbarian,” “Companion” is a biting and wryly witty work of social horror. It’s a film with much on its mind regarding its particular moment in technology and the toxic male insecurity fueling it.” – Cambridge Day Jan 31, 2025 Full Review Presence (2024) 88% “Minor Soderbergh is still a whole lot more interesting than a whole lot of directors at their flashiest, and the sheer gumption and originality of Presence is a pleasure to take in.” – Boston Hassle Jan 24, 2025 Full Review Wolf Man (2025) 50% “There’s some good meat on this picture’s bones, but not quite enough for us to sink our claws into.” – Boston Hassle Jan 17, 2025 Full Review Better Man (2024) 88% “Better Man is a truly bonkers original, a jolt of vision to a moribund genre.” – Boston Hassle Jan 10, 2025 Full Review The Brutalist (2024) 93% 4/4 “The word “masterpiece” tends to be thrown around a lot in the weeks and months leading up to the Academy Awards, but in this case, it’s justified.” – Cambridge Day Jan 7, 2025 Full Review A Complete Unknown (2024) 82% “It is a perfectly fine film about a cultural figure who, for all his highs and lows and assorted personae, could never in a million years be described as “perfectly fine.”” – Boston Hassle Dec 27, 2024 Full Review Nosferatu (2024) 84% “At once stately and deeply perverse, Eggers’ Nosferatu will certainly not be to all tastes, but to my eyes it’s one of the best films of the year.” – Boston Hassle Dec 20, 2024 Full Review Maria (2024) 75% “Here, [Larraín] achieves something of a singularity, melding these two towering figures into one, reflecting their legacies off one another. ” – Boston Hassle Nov 28, 2024 Full Review
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