Film
Two films in the Boston Jewish Film Festival: one sticks to the commonplace, the other looks at the bizarre.
Brooklyn‘s script neatly consolidates the novel’s trials and tribulations without becoming too saccharine.
Alice Rohrwacher’s film, which won the Grand Prix at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, is a rarity — it is genuinely magical.
What keeps the film churning? Not much. A bit of withheld information.
The history lesson embedded in Bulgarian Rhapsody is subtle yet also packs a wallop.
Dough contains plenty of tasty charm and passion.
Sara Silverman throws herself into depicting Laney’s mental illness and out-of-control life.
Given the precipitous Internet-driven decline of print journalism over the past decade, Spotlight vividly reminds us of the clout of a local newspaper speaking truth to power.
Jafar Panahi’s Taxi is a winning, happy, unhappy, humane little road movie.
Film Review/Commentary: “Goodnight Mommy”—We Have Met the Enemy and He is Ours
Two recent horror films know what they are doing: they are intelligent, clever, original, and genuinely disturbing.
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