The Battle of Algiers
Bombs going off in public places, the use of torture to gain information, and a stark divide between an Arab population and their…
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The Battle of Algiers
Bombs going off in public places, the use of torture to gain information, and a stark divide between an Arab population and their…
REVIEW: Certain Women (2016) dir. Kelly Reichardt
Three vignettes offer insight into three different women’s lives in Montana in Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women. The triumph of the film is…
The Master (2012) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
There are few directors I respect and admire more than Paul Thomas Anderson. Not only for directing some of cinema’s greatest gems…
Inland Empire (2006) dir. David Lynch
Inland Empire was the first or second David Lynch movie I ever saw. I was twelve or thirteen years old and watched it…
Blue Velvet (1986) dir. David Lynch
Before PBR beer became a prominent signifier amongst hipsters to proclaim their cool, it was perhaps better associated as the cornerstone of…
WENT THERE: Close Encounters of the Third Kind w/ author Ben Mezrich @MFA
The brilliance of Steven Spielberg’s “family” films is that they work just as well for adults and children. I don’t mean this…
Blue Velvet
Blue Velvet 1986 dir. David Lynch 120 mins. Thursday 12/15 @ 5:30 PM. Sunday 12/18 @ 12:30 PM. Part of the MFA’s series Woman…
The Master
Tonight, come catch one of the best movies from 2012 in its natural 35mm on the big screen. A thinly veiled dramatic…
Elevator to the Gallows (1958) dir. Louis Malle
Louis Malle doesn’t exactly fit in with the French New Wave. Malle was never a critic, wasn’t close to François Truffaut or…
WENT-THERE: Larissa Sansour Sci Fi Trilogy
Larissa Sansour’s three short films that screened at the MFA this Monday – A Space Exodus, Nation Estate, and In the Future, They Ate From the…
REVIEW: Recollection (2016) dir. Kamal Aljafari
In Recollection, Palestinian filmmaker Kamal Aljafari takes a highly experimental approach to portray his hometown of Jaffa, an ancient port city in…
