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Coming Attractions in Film: March 2013

March 1, 2013
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The pre-festival film season features free screenings, a selection of international cinemas, many great documentary films, and a weekend of feminist films.

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Fuse Books: Edith Wharton’s The Mount Sponsors the First Annual Berkshire Wordfest

July 16, 2010
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With the establishment of Wordfest, a celebration of writing in America with talks, interviews, panels, and book signings, The Mount seems to be coming into its own in ways that make it more alive than ever before. By Roberta Silman When we first built our home in the Berkshires in the early 70s, I remember…

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WATCH CLOSELY: Lions and Lambs

March 28, 2024
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Here are some recommendations of old and new streaming picks: some are leaving very soon, some should be around for a while.

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Coming Attractions in Jazz: Festival Preview 2013

May 31, 2013
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[Updated June 21] Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start to summer. Beaches reopen, and the jazz festival season follows close on their heels. Indeed, the first major festival kicks off this Friday, before June has even begun.

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Visual Arts Review: “Life Magazine and the Power of Photography” — Some Fake Views?

October 24, 2022
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While impressive, Life Magazine and the Power of Photography disappoints.

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London Film Festival, Dispatch #1: Burning Youth

October 11, 2023
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The first of three review round-ups from this year’s London Film Festival’s excellent slate of films.

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Music Remembrance: Ornette Coleman — The Gentle Iconoclast

June 12, 2015
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Ornette Coleman’s music was avant-garde but, perhaps unconsciously, his notion of art as free lyrical adventure was deeply American.

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Arts Remembrance: Poet W. S. Merwin — An Appreciation

March 18, 2019
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W.S. Merwin remained politically as well as artistically motivated all his life, often proclaiming the vital importance of activism.

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Doc Talk: Two at CineFest Latino Boston — Totaled Recall

September 27, 2023
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What happens when, through unwillingness or incapacity, memory is lost or forsaken? Two documentaries at the CineFest Latino Boston explore some answers.

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Film Reviews: The Boston Festival of Films from Iran — Veiled Threats

January 17, 2025
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The power of cinema persists at the Boston Festival of Films from Iran.

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