03/05/2026
Check out this great write-up from Final Cut Magazine about The Ogre, which is still out on its festival run!
"Boswick’s film captures something that is increasingly rare in contemporary cinema: creative life at ground level. Not the myth of the artist, but the daily grind of making art between shifts, between rent payments, between moments of doubt. In that sense, the film becomes more than a portrait of a band—it becomes a portrait of the entire DIY culture that keeps independent cinema alive."
In the noisy basements and small venues of Portland’s underground music scene, a band called Ogre has built a reputation for turning every show into something closer to a communal ritual than a concert. When the band performs, audiences aren’t just spectators—they become part of the experience...
