I recently took part in Women Writer's week at RogerEbert.com and revisited BABY BOOM starring Diane Keaton--30 years later. I was thrilled to join all of the site's women reviewers highlighted that week, and once again became acutely aware of how few women's critical voices are heard in the world. The field of movie and theater criticism remains, like so many fields, [...]
HURRY! FREE ADVANCE SCREENING for a TriStar Pictures’ release "T2 TRAINSPOTTING”. For the chance to receive two tickets to the screening please visit: https://www.sonyscreenings.com/ILtli36312 Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 7:00 PM in Boston (Theater will be named on your ticket) “T2 TRAINSPOTTING” Running Time: 1-hour 58-minutes Rated: “R” Opening Date: March 24, 2017 [...]
WIN complimentary passes to Fathom Events: THE MET: LIVE IN HD 2016-17 SERIES – LA TRAVIATA To enter-to-win please click on the link below and fill out the required information. https://tinyurl.com/hrfdgfk Winners will receive their passes via email. Passes will be valid at the specified locations and guarantee you a seat up until 10 minutes [...]
ENTER BELOW FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN an admit-two pass to see THE SHACK at a Boston-area theater! [fusion_youtube id="CL0yUbSS5Eg" width="" height="" autoplay="false" api_params="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class=""][/fusion_youtube] Passes valid starting Monday, March 6! ENTER HERE: https://goo.gl/forms/COUAbW5sX950SkpH2 NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. SUPPLY LIMITED. ONE (ADMIT-TWO) PASS PER PERSON. WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN AT RANDOM. Based on the New York [...]
[fusion_youtube id="v3RLFhwzUgk" width="" height="" autoplay="false" api_params="" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class=""][/fusion_youtube] WHAT??? No doubt the story of the 89th annual Academy Awards is perhaps the biggest plot twist in Oscar history. Just as I was resigning myself to the inevitable news that "La La Land" had won Best Picture, it was discovered that "Moonlight" (my favorite film of the year) had actually [...]
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HIDDEN FIGURES brings a hidden gem of a true story to the big screen with a top notch cast in a movie that’s not as groundbreaking as the tale it tells—but accomplishes what it sets out to do with verve, humor, warmth and intelligence. “Hidden Figures” adapted from the book by Margot Lee Shetterly will [...]
Here's a rewarding artistic excursion for the new year-- an erotic crime thriller two ways, one onscreen, the other onstage. Both are based on the devilishly byzantine novel and Mann Booker finalist by Sarah Waters called "FINGERSMITH." (Also a 2005 BBC mini series.) The staged version called FINGERSMITH and adapted by Alexa Junge is now in its final week at [...]
PATRIOTS DAY--Pointless. If you lived through the Boston Marathon bombings, nothing compares. For all its good intentions and attempts at verisimilitude, this film adds nothing and mutes the impact of that tragic week in Boston's history. It also traffics in some pretty annoying cliches: Boston cops are, apparently, the most foul-mouthed in the country; and only the same roster of actors [...]
This was a strange year for movies. I could barely find a thing to watch all summer, and then was inundated with a flood of excellent features in the Fall. No one mainstream film commanded our attention, but smaller, isolated gems shown brightly on a far-flung horizon. ONE of these for me stood far above the rest. Herewith my top five films, in no particular order AFTER my favorite film [...]
