Deerskin is a mordantly funny commentary on the fragility of identity, livelihood, and masculinity.
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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.
Film Preview: The Weirdly Beautiful World of Rosamond Purcell — “An Art That Nature Makes”
Rosamond Purcell’s striking photographs are about surprising transformations, the unexpected magic of metamorphosis.