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Coming Attractions: Film Picks for November 2009

Coming Attractions: Film Picks for November 2009

By Justin Marble November begins the yearly onslaught of studio-groomed Oscar bait, and the amount of coverage that these films will get will probably kill off several small forests. Yet the art house theaters in Boston have, as always, put together a varied and compelling dose of counter programming. These films probably won’t hear their […]

By: Justin Marble Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Film Tagged: Justin Marble, November film

Classical Music Review: Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra

Classical Music Review: Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra

By Caldwell Titcomb You might not be aware of it, but the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) is the oldest symphony orchestra in the country, having begun as the Pierian Sodality in 1808. For the past 45 years, the group was led by composer-conductor James Yannatos, who retired last June. So the HRO on October 24 gave […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Film, Music Tagged: Caldwell-Titcomb, Frederico Cortese, Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra

Film Review: “A Serious Man” Has Serious Thoughts

Film Review: “A Serious Man” Has Serious Thoughts

Reviewed by Justin Marble For all of their acclaim, the Coen brothers have never been considered “personal” filmmakers. Technically talented, stylish, and humorous, sure, but in describing the Coens’ filmography, even their attempts at “mature” pieces deal in fantasy elements. Hitmen, large sums of money, and murder yarns proliferate the Coens’ oeuvre, and while these […]

By: Justin Marble Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: A Serious Man, Coen Brothers, Ethan and Joel Coen, Jewish, Justin Marble, Michael Stuhlbarg

Coming Attractions in Film: October 2009

Coming Attractions in Film: October 2009

By Justin Marble October 1 through 3: Classic Cinema at Museum of Fine Arts: This weekend, the Museum of Fine Arts is showing two classic pieces of cinema. First up is Akira Kurosawa’s “Throne of Blood,” his reworking of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” in feudal Japan. Then it’s Sam Peckinpah’s “The Wild Bunch,” a 1969 Western that […]

By: Justin Marble Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Film Tagged: A Serious Man, Antichrist, Brattle Theatre, Coen Brothers, Coolidge Corner, Eclipse, Film, Justin Marble, lars-von-trier, Michaelangelo Antonioni, Movies, Peter Yates, Spike Jonze, The Friends fo Eddie Coyle, The Room, Tommy Wiseau, Where the Wild Things Are

Coming Attractions in Jazz: October 2009

Coming Attractions in Jazz: October 2009

For a genre that supposedly expired in the 1950’s, the big band’s vital signs seem remarkably robust here in Boston. By J. R. Carroll A welcome recent addition has been the compositions and arrangements of tenor saxophonist Florencia Gonzalez, which layer vivid sonorities and intricate counterpoint atop Afro-Uruguayan candombe and Argentinian tango. She brings her […]

By: J. R. Carroll Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Film, Jazz, Music Tagged: Arsenal Center for the Arts, Arturo O'Farrill, big bands, Boston, Cape Cod, Dominique Eade, Florencia Gonzalez, George Russell, Grand Fatilla, Greg Hopkins, Gunther Schuller, J-R-Carroll, Jazz, JazzFest Falmouth, Jonathan Batiste, Musaner, Natraj, NEC Jazz Orchestra, New England Conservatory, Pat Martino, Randy Weston, Wayne Shorter

Film Review: “Big Fan” Shoots a Freak in a Barrel

Film Review: “Big Fan” Shoots a Freak in a Barrel

Robert Siegel has an undeniable talent for capturing the desperation and despair of his downtrodden character, but the director never tells us why he is plumbing the lower depths of America’s mania for sports. Big Fan, directed by Robert Siegel, showing at Kendall Square Cinema. Reviewed by Justin Marble Like Robert Siegel’s first script, “The […]

By: Justin Marble Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: Big Fan, Film, Justin Marble, Kendall Square Cinema, Patton Oswalt, Robert Siegel

Film Review: “Beeswax” — Hyper Realism Triumphant

Film Review: “Beeswax” — Hyper Realism Triumphant

by Justin Marble Beeswax, directed by Andrew Bujalski, showing at Coolidge Corner Theatre. Boston native Andrew Bujalski’s third feature film, “Beeswax,” does not reel off the trials and tribulations of superheroes, pirates, serial killers, or giant transforming robots. There’s no killer shark, no Godzilla, no guns, and no aliens. Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts do […]

By: Justin Marble Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: Andrew Bujalski, Beeswax, Boston native, Film, Funny Ha Ha, Justin Marble, Mutual Appreciation

Book Review: Christopher Plummer Recounts His Life

Book Review: Christopher Plummer Recounts His Life

By Caldwell Titcomb There are those who have proclaimed that Christopher Plummer is the greatest classical actor in North America. There is certainly no gainsaying that he has for some time been in the tiny group at the top of the acting profession. Now as he nears the age of 80 he has brought forth […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Books, Featured, Film, Theater Tagged: Caldwell-Titcomb, Christopher Plummer, In Spite of Myself

Short Fuse: The Baader Meinhof Gang as Action Film

Short Fuse: The Baader Meinhof Gang as Action Film

By Harvey Blume The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex) Directed by Uli Edel At Kendall Square and Coolidge Corner Cinemas There are some things the German Red Army Faction — the RAF, or Baader Meinhof Gang — had in common with ultra-militant elements of the American New Left, as I knew and participated […]

By: Harvey Blume Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: American New Left, Baader Meinhof Gang, Film, militant, RAF, revolution, Short Fuse, The Baader Meinhof Complex, Uli Edel

Short Fuse: Tarantino’s Nazi-killing Cotton Candy

Short Fuse: Tarantino’s Nazi-killing Cotton Candy

By Harvey Blume Let me tell you why I heartily dislike and contemn Quentin Tarantino’s “The Inglorious Basterds.”

By: Harvey Blume Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: Jews, Nazi, Quentin Tarantino, Short Fuse, the Holocaust, The inglorious Basterds

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