The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate of the '70s amid rumors that the paper is about to be sold to a media giant.
Directed by Joan Micklin Silver
newspaper
boston, massachusetts
newspaper office
woman director
Trailer
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Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
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Cast
John Heard
Harry
Lindsay Crouse
Abbie
Jeff Goldblum
Max
Jill Eikenberry
Lynn
Bruno Kirby
David
Gwen Welles
Laura
Stephen Collins
Michael
Lewis J. Stadlen
Stanley
Michael J. Pollard
The Hawker
Lane Smith
Roy Walsh
Joe Morton
Ahmed
Richard Cox
Wheeler
Crew
Joan Micklin Silver
Director
John Carter
Editor
Michael Haley
Assistant Director
Tom Stern
Best Boy Grip
Michael Kamen
Additional Music
Lee Dichter
Sound Mixer
John Newby
Production Assistant
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Popular Reviews
34 reviews
angie
7.0★ · 12/06/25
jeff goldblum dans sa combi kaki #hot
jeff goldblum dans sa combi kaki #hot
Haliemarie
6.3★ · 05/29/25
to be a struggling writer in boston during the 1970s
to be a struggling writer in boston during the 1970s
Alex Eaton
10.0★ · 05/12/25
Yeah the script is great. Yeah the performances are pitch perfect. The musics electric, even the needle drops. But man the camera work and the lighting are so f’ing good here. I could cry at how just lovely this all is.
Shoutout POEMAN for the find.
Yeah the script is great. Yeah the performances are pitch perfect. The musics electric, even the needle drops. But man the camera work and the lighting are so f’ing good here. I could cry at how just lovely this all is.
Shoutout POEMAN for the find.
Nalina Ramcharan
10.0★ · 03/30/25
"You don't want to write. You want to find an excuse not to, and I'll just be one more thing to blame if you don't"
"You don't want to write. You want to find an excuse not to, and I'll just be one more thing to blame if you don't"
JK
8.0★ · 03/12/25
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