Film
If you think the world’s gotten a lot colder in the last couple years, you’re not alone. Director David Cronenberg feels it too.
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Three films that stood out at this year’s annual festival at the Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center.
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It takes spine to mash things up this boldly, and the bravery of auteur director Ryan Coogler’s storytelling is breathtaking.
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Planet’s holdings include nearly 20,000 film prints, as well as ephemera such as posters, scripts, and film magazines.
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Director Victoria Verseau’s Trans Memoria is an oneiric, brutally frank meditation on the pains and rewards of transgender surgery.
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Heartwarming themes of love lost and the emotional power of music are undercut by a script constructed for the sake of dramatizing ideas rather than characters.
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Tracie Laymon’s comic drama about the serendipitous connection between a 25-year-old woman whose sense of self is fraying and a man stymied by loss is both entertaining and profound.
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Despite “The Annihilation of Fish”’s warmth and optimism, it’s a wonky film.
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We return to my coverage of the 25th annual Boston Underground Film Festival, our own little local celebration of oddballs, freaks, and celluloid weirdos of all sorts.
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Arts Commentary: Rich in Creativity — But Nothing Else