Film
The future for documentaries looks troubling, but the IFFBoston perseveres.
American darkness is now up front and personal. “Holland”‘s stale moves miss where we are now — disaster isn’t hidden, it is in clear view.
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.
Three films that stood out at this year’s annual festival at the Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center.
It takes spine to mash things up this boldly, and the bravery of auteur director Ryan Coogler’s storytelling is breathtaking.
Planet’s holdings include nearly 20,000 film prints, as well as ephemera such as posters, scripts, and film magazines.
Director Victoria Verseau’s Trans Memoria is an oneiric, brutally frank meditation on the pains and rewards of transgender surgery.
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.
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.
Film Commentary: “Pride and Prejudice” — The Nature of Love, 20 Years On
Joe Wright’s 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen was a cultural tipping point; he was the bold standard bearer for what has become a spirited new form of historical cinema.
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