“I’m concerned for the economic welfare and health of our artists, but I’m not afraid and not nervous about what creativity is actually taking place right now.”
BOSTON STAGE ACTORS FACE SETBACKS BUT FIND INSPIRATION DURING PANDEMIC
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STATUS REPORT: BOSTON FILM UPDATES, 4/17/20
Since just about every “local film institution” has news to share, it’s not possible for me to cover the full breadth of things in case-specific articles like those linked above. So every month or so we’ll also be publishing a more general list of updates, beginning with this one.
STATUS REPORT: INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON, 4/12/20
On the status of the Boston area's major independent film festival during the COVID-19 pandemic.
MASS DANCERS STREAM CLASSES ONLINE, OFFER MUCH MORE THAN JUST EXERCISE
While the Afro Flow crew usually attracts around 40-50 attendees at a regular class, after just one week of streaming, they have more than 7,000 views on Facebook alone. Salmon Jones says she's had attendees from as close by as Northeastern, to folks tuning in from Barbados.
STATUS REPORT: COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE, 3/30/20
The fate of an iconic movie theater, plus that of its programming and personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
INTERVIEW: KASI LEMMONS
Kasi Lemmons is an American filmmaker whose pictures include Eve’s Bayou (1997), The Caveman’s Valentine (2001), and Harriet (2019). Her most recent work is as a director and executive producer on Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (2020), a four-part miniseries released on Netflix earlier today. The first two installments of Self Made are directed by Lemmons, and the last two are directed by DeMane Davis.
STATUS REPORT: THE MULTIPLEXES, 3/19/20
“For perspective on the scale of need before us: If we were to pay a week’s missed wages to every [movie theater employee in New York City] who applied, we would need approximately $185,000.”
On Sunday, March 15, Gov. Charlie Baker established a ban on ...
FILM REVIEW: “PATTY HEARST”
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ll be publishing a series of reports on the status of local film institutions and theaters, which began with yesterday’s ...
STATUS REPORT: BRATTLE THEATRE, 3/14/20
“When this first [began], I turned to Ned and said: If this becomes what I think it’ll become, then I don’t know how the Brattle survives this.”
On Wednesday, March 11, the team at the Brattle Theatre sent their first email regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, announcing ...
INTERVIEW: KELLY REICHARDT
Kelly Reichardt is an American filmmaker whose latest film, First Cow (2020), is now playing in Boston-area theaters. Adapted from Jonathan Raymond’s novel ...
