FILM SERIES: Holiday Adjacent
12/14-12/20 @ BRATTLE
Articles by
Anna Hoang
REVIEW: Shoplifters (2018) dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
In the loud, prosperous explosion of Asian media representation and discussion this year, one may notice the backbone of family embedded in…
(7/25 & 7/26) LÉON: THE PROFESSIONAL (1994) DIR. LUC BESSON @SOMERVILLE
In what TAXI DRIVER (1976) gave to Jodie Foster, LÉON: THE PROFESSIONAL (1994) paved, to say the least, an interesting pathway for…
(5/23) THE KID (1921) DIR. CHARLIE CHAPLIN @BRATTLE
There are little words needed to introduce who The Tramp is (though I’m sure there are theoreticians who can speak for an…
(5/22) INCENDIES (2010) DIR. DENIS VILLENEUVE @FCC
Immersed in culture (film locations include Canada and Jordan) and critics’ approval (it was thought to be a shoo-in for the Academy…
(5/16) THE DOUBLE (2013) DIR. RICHARD AYOADE @KENDALL
Richard Ayoade makes us do a double-take in his third feature-length film (2013), THE DOUBLE, as we see one of England’s funnymen…
(3/30) IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) DIR. FRANK CAPRA @SOMERVILLE
“Your ego is absolutely colossal.” “Yeah, yeah, not bad. How’s yours?” We can thank Frank Capra for inaugurating the art of romantic…
(3/21 & 3/22) TRUE ROMANCE (1993) DIR. TONY SCOTT @COOLIDGE
It’s easy to see how the jigsaw elements of entertainment fall right into place once you sit down to watch this film….
(2/26) AMOUR (2012) DIR. MICHAEL HANEKE @FCC
Michael Haneke shares the common tongue of love’s perseverance through the quiet, French-spoken film AMOUR (2012). Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant) and Anne (Emmanuelle…
