While Band Aid feels authentic in its realistic depiction of contemporary relationships, its humor is consistently disarming.
Coolidge Corner Theatre
Film Preview: Death and Desire at the Circus — “Varieté” at the Coolidge Corner Theatre
Varieté will be the tenth score composed by a Sheldon Mirowitz class and played by the Berklee Silent Film Orchestra.
Film Review: “The Dying of the Light” — Cinema’s Fading Glory
While there are some folks younger than 30 who are eagerly learning this dying art, most of the projectionists are what we could sadly call a dying breed.
Theater Review: NTLive’s “Comedy of Errors” — Lots of Muddle, But Magic As Well
As this is his only work which Shakespeare himself titles ‘comedy,’ a company may feel an obligation to elicit laughter. Ironically, this duty can become burdensome.
Coming Attractions in Film: February 2012
You may be still catching up on the Academy Award, Golden Globe, People’s Choice, or SAG picks. But this month offers some rare and wonderful treats for film fans of all kinds.
Silent Film Feature: Soviet Masterpiece “Battleship Potemkin” Steams into Town with a New Score
As the Occupy and Tea Party movements attest, this is a time in America of social action and political upheaval -– not to the degree that we see in “Battleship Potemkin,” but significant nonetheless –- and this classic silent film has resonance today in that regard.
Opera Review: A New Virtual Opera House in Town
This is shorter, no-frills Opera as Cinema than the Met HD supplies: without long intermissions, star interviews and audience preludes and postludes from Lincoln Center, it’s almost an hour shorter.
Fuse Theater Review/Commentary: NT Live Presents a Cynical “Collaborators”
Playwright John Hodge chooses to ignore the complexity of the dissident writer’s experience — expedience for the sake of protecting something of value from destruction, an author fighting his inner demons to live long enough to finish what he believes to be a work of art that is also an act of political defiance.
Coming Attractions in Film: October 2011
New England theaters, and especially Boston’s, have compiled a fantastic lineup of programs for October, a classically-great month for films (especially if horror is your thing).
Coming Attractions in Film: August 2011
Summer movie season continues — All month, everywhere not located under a rock.