Paul Dervis
Not since the closing of Boston’s Exeter Street Theatre have so many of Alex Guinness’s classic films been available to be viewed on a local big screen.
Read MoreIn The Gambler, Mark Whalberg gives a performance he should be proud of.
Read MoreWalter is pure evil. Margaret is pure good. And that is Big Eye‘s undoing.
Read MoreWild is a compelling stream-of-consciousness narrative that mirrors how we actually make sense of our life experiences as we have them and then remember them.
Read MoreSo many of the truly gifted actors of the British stage and screen of the 1960s ‘kitchen sink’ dramas are rapidly leaving us. One of the best, Billie Whitelaw, departed this week.
Read MoreExodus: Gods and Kings is a tribute to those overblown biblical movies of the 1950s, albeit with all the eye-candy trappings that today’s high tech special effects can offer.
Read MoreOur demanding critics choose the best and worst films of the year.
Read MoreMariana Rondón’s Bad Hair is a beautifully acted film about the stultifying pressures on downtrodden lives.
Read MoreThe irony is that there is precious little theory in The Theory of Everything — no real exploration of Stephen Hawking’s ideas and what makes them so important.
Read MoreIt would not be overstating the case to say that Mike Nichols was a social and moral barometer for an entire generation of film and theatergoers.
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