LOCAL THEATERS While films are available on multiple platforms (see below) listed here are the latest offerings to purchase from local theaters, sales that will help support local struggling institutions. COOLIDGE CORNER THEATER Coolidge Corner, Brookline WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES One sunny day, four young strangers—Hikari, Ikuko, Ishi, and Takemura—meet by chance at a crematorium. […]
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Film Review: “Deerskin” — Reimagining the Male Ego
Deerskin is a mordantly funny commentary on the fragility of identity, livelihood, and masculinity.
Film Review: “One Cut of the Dead” — Meta Gonzo Zombie Horror
This clever Japanese zombie film is a spirited attempt to blow up and reinvigorate the genre.
Film Review: A Pair of “Suspirias” Square off at The Brattle Theater
Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria is a landscape of the shadowy feminine, steeped in ancient magic, willful evil, and the cyclical round-de-lay of death and rebirth.
Film Review: Rita Hayworth Centennial Celebration Winds Down
The Lady from Shanghai is a black comedy of manners, a “film noir” near-masterpiece.
Film Review: “Pal Joey” — A Memorable Rita Hayworth
In 1957’s Pal Joey, Rita Hayworth makes an indelible impression as a screen siren, as sexy as in her ’40s heyday.
Film Review: An Insouciant Double Bill — Rita Hayworth meets Fred Astaire
Womanizing Astaire grasps that Rita is the loveliest catch of all, and a keeper, in this musical treat.
Film Review: “Cold Water” — An Early Masterpiece from Olivier Assayas
A prescient work that introduces themes and imagery (particularly youth, nostalgia and urban angst) that have become central to Olivier Assayas’ oeuvre.
Film Preview: “Stranger Things” — Haunted by the 1980s
The Brattle Theatre has come up with a specially-curated slate of films that honors the cinematic underpinnings of Netflix’s Stranger Things.
Film Review: “In Transit” — Albert Maysles’s Marvelous Final Testament
Everyone who loves documentary, who cherishes the Maysles brothers’ legacy, should rush to the Brattle Theatre to see In Transit.