(4/23 – 4/30) INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON @VARIOUS
The Independent Film Festival of Boston is here, and its signature blend of engaging and unique film selections will fill the Somerville Theatre,…
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Amy Keresztes
(4/11) TAXI DRIVER (1976) DIR. MARTIN SCORSESE @SOMERVILLE
In college, I took a film class called “Celluloid Salvation.” In an exam on TAXI DRIVER I wrote this: “ opens on a…
(3/22) A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING (1988) dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski @ BRATTLE
Polish master Krzysztof Kieslowski rose to prominence with the release of his THE DECALOGUE in 1989, ten short films inspired by the…
(3/16) ROUTE 181: FRAGMENTS OF A JOURNEY IN PALESTINE-ISRAEL (2004) DIR. MICHEL KHLEIFI &...
At 270 minutes, this documentary is no easy feat. But why should a film chronicling not only a road trip but a…
(2/20) MELANCHOLIA (2011) DIR. LARS VON TRIER @MFA
I always wondered about those people who believed that the Rapture was coming, in 2012 and in past years. They gathered, fearfully…
(2/13 – 2/15) CASABLANCA (1942) DIR. MICHAEL CURTIZ @BRATTLE
You must remember this: CASABLANCA has something for everyone, at every stage of life. Whether you’re a teenager brushing up on your…
(2/6 & 2/7) EUROPA (1991) DIR. LARS VON TRIER @MFA
From its first hypnotically narrated moments, EUROPA asserts itself as a spellbinding trip through time and space. Young, naive American Leopold Kessler…
(1/27) THE SACRIFICE (1986) DIR. ANDREI TARKOVSKY @HFA
There are some images that become permanently engraved on your memory. One such might be the planting of this spindly tree by…
(1/23) L’ENFANT (2005) DIR. JEAN-PIERRE & LUC DARDENNE @FCC
L’ENFANT (The Child), which earned the Dardennes the Palme d’Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival for Best Film, follows Bruno and…
(1/6) SECRETARY (2002) DIR. STEVEN SHAINBERG @ COOLIDGE
Original and offbeat, kinky and sexy (if you’re into that), 2002’s SECRETARY was an unforgettable moment of cinema. It’s S & M with…
(11/11) RUN LOLA RUN (1998) DIR. TOM TYKWER @COOLIDGE
RUN LOLA RUN (LOLA RENNT) MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11 @ 7 PM $11 regular / $9 for seniors, students & Museum of Science…
(11/10) BLACK RADICAL IMAGINATION @ MFA
How does a one-of-a-kind program of Afrofuturist experimental shorts come into being? In this case, LA-based filmmaker and artist Erin Christovale recorded…
