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Erin Trahan

@etrahan

Writes about movies, watches TV, reads poems, shops secondhand. A bunch of other stuff. @WBURartery contrib, @EmersonCollege faculty, @Frommers author.

 Mostly Boston.
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Joined March 2009
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9 Greater Boston film festivals to check out this winter

The season brings the rescheduled Boston Palestine Film Festival, screenings from families and a sci-fi movie marathon. Here's what Erin Trahan recommends checking out this winter.

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The best films of 2023, according to our critics

The best films of 2023, according to our critics

Audiences finally returned to the cinema this year and movies felt like events again, with "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" dominating cultural conversation. Film critics Erin Trahan and Sean Burns share...

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New docuseries confronts the fallout from an infamous Boston murder

New docuseries confronts the fallout from an infamous Boston murder

HBO's “Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage & Reckoning” examines what happened when Boston’s white-led law enforcement and media took Charles Stuart’s racist bait.

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Thanks to @etrahan and @WBURartery for highlighting BAAFF!! buff.ly/3EJYoEg #SavetheDate #BAAFF2023 #JeffYang #TheAccidentalGetawayDriver #QueerAndHere #StarringJerryAsHimself #OathOfTheSword #SilentFilmDay
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8 Greater Boston film festivals to check out this fall

8 Greater Boston film festivals to check out this fall

Despite the dual SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, the festival circuit keeps chugging along with a steady stream of indie and international films screening locally. Film critic Erin Trahan highlights the...

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Michigan film incentives: The Sequel! Lawmakers propose new tax credit bridgemi.com/michigan-govern… via @BridgeMichigan
Michigan film incentives: The Sequel! Lawmakers propose new tax credit - Bridge Michigan

Michigan film incentives: The Sequel! Lawmakers propose new tax credit - Bridge Michigan

Supporters of reviving film incentives say the legislation is a better deal for Michigan than the program that was axed in 2015.  Detractors liken the proposal to a “Hollywood handout” that won’t...

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Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate case bostonglobe.com/2023/08/14/n… via @BostonGlobe
Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate case - The Boston Globe

Judge rules in favor of Montana youths in landmark climate case - The Boston Globe

A group of young people in Montana won a landmark lawsuit Monday when a judge ruled that the state’s failure to consider climate change when approving fossil fuel projects was unconstitutional.

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salemnews.com/news/saving-th… | Saving the trees, one ash at a time

Saving the trees, one ash at a time

SALEM — On a bright, warm August morning, three arborists with buckets of tools, small hoses, and SavATree uniforms stood under an ash tree at 38 Summer St.

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I reviewed a book that understands the lasting influence of blockbuster novel Peyton Place, and its practically forgotten author, Grace Metalious: resonance-journal.org/résona…
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Thank you to @WBUR for this guide and for including BAAFF! buff.ly/439qQZY #Boston #indie #theaters #filmfestivals #RoxFilm #CineFestLatinoBoston #WickedQueer #BrattleTheatre #IFFBoston #SomervilleTheatre #BostonWomensFilmFestival #BostonJewishFilmFestival
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Canada’s first female national chief ousted over Zoom ictnews.org/news/canadas-fir…
Canada’s first female national chief ousted over Zoom - ICT

Canada’s first female national chief ousted over Zoom - ICT

RoseAnne Archibald loses latest fight in what one critic called an ‘embarrassing coup’

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6 film festivals to check out this summer

From fiction to documentaries, parties to panels, and with an abundance of talent known locally and abroad, Boston’s summer moviegoing has something for everyone.

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The writers’ strike could determine the future of women, people of color and LGBTQ+ writers in the industry 19thnews.org/2023/05/hollywo… via @19thnews
The writers’ strike could determine the future of women, people of color and LGBTQ+ writers in the...

The writers’ strike could determine the future of women, people of color and LGBTQ+ writers in the...

A rise in streaming has impacted the sustainability of the television industry. Now marginalized writers are at risk of leaving the profession.

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BAAFF is seeking volunteers for our 2023 screening committee. Help find the next award winning AAPI film! For more info or to join our screening committee, email [email protected] #filmfestival #volunteers #screening #asianamerican #films #Boston
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Very proud of my @EmersonCollege film/TV journalism student Jennifer Novo for pulling this off like a pro: independent-magazine.org/202…
A.V. Rockwell Discusses her debut feature, 'A Thousand and One' - Independent Magazine

A.V. Rockwell Discusses her debut feature, 'A Thousand and One' - Independent Magazine

Jennifer Novo talks with A.V. Rockwell about the film "A Thousand and One" and its portrayal of a Black family in New York City.

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Love this, thank you @etrahan!
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Thank you to @WBUR and @etrahan for highlighting #SharedStories, #ProjectingConnections, @RoxFilm's 25th Anniversary and @wickedqueer! buff.ly/3JN3KB1
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If you're not staking out Bova's, Boston's brimming with indie film exhibition this weekend and throughout spring: wbur.org/news/2023/03/23/202…

13 Greater Boston film festivals to check out this spring

For Boston area film lovers, there is no shortage of cinematic delights throughout the entire season. Film critic Erin Trahan rounds up the festivals to explore in the coming months.

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Watch the premiere of @girltalkfilm on-air or online 3/6 at 8/7c at @worldchannel and @PBS and join former #NewtonSouthHighSchool debaters with @speechanddebate on #InstagramLive to talk about their experiences on debate team . buff.ly/41PXbWe
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