2001: A Space Odyssey [1968] A second festival of film formats begins at the Somerville Theatre In September 2016 the Somerville Theatre hosted its first annual 70mm and Widescreen Festival, dedicating nearly two weeks to film screenings projected via high-resolution analog formats. And for evidence of its apparent success, one need only take […]
GUIDED TOUR: ON KOGONADA’S “COLUMBUS”
One specific visual composition recurs constantly throughout Columbus [2017], a movie that mostly consists of dialogue scenes between one man and one woman. That recurring shot, in a way, is a three-hander: the man and the woman usually take up the right and the left sides of the foreground—often blocked so that we’re seeing […]
NO EXAGGERATION: INGRID GOES WEST SHOWS THAT EVEN SATIRE HAS ITS LIMITS
It often feels like we’re living in a moment that can’t be satirized, if only because the circumstances we live with already seem exaggerated beyond reality. This is something you might think about if you’re watching Ingrid Goes West.
TALKING (AND) FRAMING: AN INTERVIEW WITH ELSA DORFMAN AND ERROL MORRIS
“There was a huge amount of playfulness in the making of the movie. It didn’t necessarily come out frame after frame. But our teamwork, let’s say, or our just hanging out, was an important part of how it evolved.”
RUMBLECORE: ALLSTON TO BE HIGHLIGHTED IN NEW FILM GUTTERBUG
This summer, director Andrew Gibson will begin work on a gritty indie drama with music from Nice Guys, Black Beach, The Symptoms, and more.
TRASHING THE THEATER
What sets Trash Night further apart from similar “B movie + commentary” screenings is its welcoming, egalitarian nature.
THE LONG JOURNEY HOME
A new film aims to shatter stigmas around public housing
SPECIAL PREVIEW: INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL BOSTON 2017
The nonprofit film series is entering its 15th year, and its 2017 iteration is spread across more than three screening locations, with programming that includes features, short films, fiction and nonfiction, panels and parties, innumerable filmmakers in person, all the works.
RICK OF TIME: SEX, LIES, AND ROCK ‘N ROLL IN “RICKI AND THE FLASH”
Cody’s script is mining laughs from the faux-pas traded between 20-somethings who care about going green and a child of the ’60s who’d rather be smoking it.
MAGIC HOUR: SOME THOUGHTS ON MAGIC MIKE XXL
You don’t watch it, you ride it.
