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Film Review: “I Care a Lot” — Vague Villainy

The problem with I Care a Lot is that, despite its intimations of reality, there are tropes and story elements that come off as melodramatic for melodrama’s sake.

By: Peg Aloi Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: I Care A Lot, J Blakeson, Rosamund Pike

Film Review: “Jumbo” — Love with the Proper Object

Jumbo is one of the most magically affecting and visually enthralling romances I’ve seen in quite some time

By: Nicole Veneto Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Jumbo, Nicole Veneto, Zoé Wittock

Book/Film Interview: Leslie Epstein on “Casablanca” and “Hill of Beans”

An interview with Brookline’s own Leslie Epstein on his new novel, the inexhaustible freshness of Casablanca, and the need for truth in historical fiction.

By: Neil Giordano Filed Under: Books, Featured, Film, Interview Tagged: Casablanca, Hill of Beans, Lesile Epstein

Book Review: “Second Time Around: From Art House to DVD”

The book’s conceit is that D.A. Miller watches films he’s seen earlier in life with enhanced perception because of the possibilities offered him through the DVD lens.

By: Gerald Peary Filed Under: Books, Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Columbia University Press, D.A. Miller, Second Time Around-From Arthouse to DVD

Film Review: “Billie” — A Fascinating Spotlight on a Jazz Legend

Billie is a stunning new documentary about Billie Holiday, one of the greatest jazz vocalists of the 20th century.

By: Allen Michie Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Billie, Billie Holiday, James Erskine

Film Review: “A Glitch in the Matrix” – Do Socially Maladjusted Men Dream of Black Trench Coats?

A Glitch in the Matrix is nowhere near as unhinged as a Dinesh D’Souza “documentary,” but it’s mentally taxing to watch so many people describe the real world like it’s Minecraft.

By: Nicole Veneto Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: A Glitch in the Matrix, Rodney Ascher

Film Review: “4×4” — Pedal to the Metal

Despite its potential for black comedy or moral sermonizing, 4×4 remains a gripping suspenser.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: 4X4, Mariano Cohn

Film Review: “Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar” — A Mildly Frothy Farce

We’re desperate for some frothy good spirits, so welcome Barb & Star’s turquoise ‘n’ hot pink assault, forgive it for being mildly funny more often than wildly funny, and enjoy its modest pleasures.

By: Betsy Sherman Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Annie Mumolo, Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar, Josh Greenbaum, Kristen Wiig

Film Review: “The American Sector” — Meditating on Displaced Fragments of History

Over 75 segments from the Berlin Wall have found their way to the U.S., providing the subject for The American Sector, an amusing, quirky, and meditative road-trip/scavenger hunt.

By: Ezra Haber Glenn Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Courtney Stephens, Pacho Velez

Film Review: “The Dig” — The Depths of Discovery

The Dig is suffused with a very English (and problematic) sense of history: why it matters, how it can be taken for granted, and the odd way that certain elements of the past are valorized while others are kept buried.

By: Peg Aloi Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Peg Aloi, The Dig

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