Chase Whiteside is an American nonfiction filmmaker who recently co-directed, co-produced and co-edited his feature debut, América (2018), in collaboration with fellow director/producer/editor Erick Stoll. Their movie depicts three brothers rejoined together under one roof in Colima, Mexico to share in caretaking for their 90-something-year-old grandmother, América, who suffers from dementia. Stoll and Whiteside’s […]
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WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? HANS
FILM REVIEW: “I WAS AT HOME, BUT…”
Film Review: I Was at Home, But… Written, directed, produced, and edited by Angela Schanelec. Germany, 2019, 105 min. Screening at Harvard Film Archive on Monday, 2.10, 7 pm, with Schanelec in-person. $12. Her eighth feature-length film but the first to receive official distribution in the United States, Angela Schanelec’s I Was at Home, […]
HELLABLACK IS BACK: LEADING WOMEN OF HUB HIP-HOP UNITE FOR MAJOR BCA THROWDOWN
To show how far these artists have come even over the past few months—through Boston Music Awards wins, headline performances, and national media attention—we brought them together for a special shoot, Vanity Fair-style.
ILIADMATIC: ODDS BODKIN BRINGS BARDIC STORYTELLING TO A TRANSFORMED GRENDEL’S DEN
Besides the voices, the sound effects, like wind or foot-stomps and the open-tuned guitars, Bodkin introduces his shows with the sort of accessible yet scholarly lore that eases listeners into his worlds.
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? DOG FOOD
FESTIVAL PREVIEW: REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE 2020
Preview: “Revolutions Per Minute Festival 2020” Jan 31–Feb 2, 2020, University Hall 2300 and 4400 at UMass Boston. Full schedule at revolutionsperminutefest.org. Free admission (donations suggested). Despite this next iteration being only the second hosted in the Boston area, the Revolutions Per Minute Festival already represents the single most expansive public offering of noncommercial […]
DETROIT RED: MALCOLM X COMES OF AGE IN BOSTON
“A lot of people in Boston don’t associate Malcolm X with being a Boston figure. They don’t claim him. Let’s rediscover our own heroes and reclaim them and understand the complexities of who they were.”
SHE SEES IT, SHE LIKES IT, SHE WANTS IT, SHE GETS IT: VANITY FAIR AT CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER
★★★★☆ There are two directors in Boston that I would wholeheartedly call fearless: One is Igor Golyak of Needham’s Arlekin Players, and the other is David R. Gammons, whose current mounting of Kate Hamill’s Vanity Fair runs at Central Square Theater through Feb 23. Gammons’ recent work includes Frankenstein at Central Square Theater, […]
THE WAY THEY WERE: BRIGHT HALF LIFE AT ACTORS’ SHAKESPEARE PROJECT
★★★☆☆ According to Julian Marsh, 42nd Street’s director extraordinaire, the most glorious words in the English language are “musical theater.” While I’m the last person to disagree with that, I’d like to offer up a few more for your consideration: “65 minutes, no intermission.” Not to suggest that the brevity of Bright […]
