Film

Film Review: “Safe in Hell” — A Fallen Woman Picture and a Sleazy Buddy Movie

November 14, 2017
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Dorothy Mackaill is riveting as Gilda, a wronged working woman turned prostitute in the no-options depths of Depression-era New Orleans.

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Film Review: “Lady Bird” — Coming of Age, Refreshed

November 11, 2017
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With Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig has come up with what will surely be one of the best films of the year.

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Film/TV Review: “Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive” — A Fresh Look

October 30, 2017
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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive does an honorable service for the writer who embodied, as well as created, “The Imp of the Perverse.”

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Film Preview: “Stranger Things” — Haunted by the 1980s

October 27, 2017
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The Brattle Theatre has come up with a specially-curated slate of films that honors the cinematic underpinnings of Netflix’s Stranger Things.

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Film Review: “The King’s Choice” — Norway’s Stand Against Hitler

October 22, 2017
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The King’s Choice is a thoughtful nail-biter, a suspenseful historical drama.

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Film Review: “Finding Kukan” at the BAAFF — A Compelling Detective Story

October 19, 2017
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Finding Kukan is a compelling detective story covering the fields of World War II history and film preservation.

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Film Commentary: October — A Month of Horror, Multiplying

October 16, 2017
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I love subtlety, and beauty, and trash, and terror, in equal measure.

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Film Review: “It” – The Ordinary and Fantastic Eventually Meet

October 13, 2017
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It is most effective when it dwells on the sad influence of history, on personal tragedy, on the banality of evil and cruel indifference.

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Film Review: “Kékszakállú” — Obliquely Inspired by Bartók

October 12, 2017
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What follows is a succession of images and tableaux static enough to make Michelangelo Antonioni look like an action-movie director.

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Film Review: “Lucky” — Harry Dean Stanton, Living Large

October 6, 2017
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Lucky is a showcase for Harry Dean Stanton’s unique talents, which primarily lie in his inhabiting roles as an amped-up or quirkier version of himself.

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