On the status of the Boston area's major independent film festival during the COVID-19 pandemic.
STATUS REPORT: INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON, 4/12/20
Film
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 ...
SELF-MADE: THE DEDICATION OF BOSTON DIRECTOR DEMANE DAVIS
DeMane Davis, Self-Made, Madam C.J. Walker, Netflix, Ava DuVernay, Shonda Rhimes, Shondaland, Blair Underwood, Octavia Spencer, Boston, Daniel Laurent, Roxbury
FILM REVIEW: “LIGHT FROM LIGHT”
Film Review: Light From Light
Written and directed by Paul Harrill. US, 2019, 82 min.
Brattle Theatre, Fri 2.28-Sun 3.1 (see brattlefilm.org for showtimes). 35mm.
Seeing it for the first time in years last Halloween, I was struck anew by the immense sense of cultural ennui foregrounded during the opening reel of Tobe Hooper’s Poltergeist (1982)—a ...
FILM REVIEW: “INFLUENZA”
Review: Influenza
Directed by Bong Joon Ho. South Korea, 2004, 27 min.
Available for rental or purchase at Grasshopperfilm.com.
If the Parasite (2019) sweep of this year’s Academy Awards has compelled you to see other movies by the great Bong Joon Ho, you’ll gladly find that it won’t require too much legwork. Each of Bong’s six previous ...
