THE SECOND MOTHER, Brazil's entry as Best Foreign Language film at the 88th Annual Oscars--is a warm-hearted superbly acted, insightfully scripted tale about motherhood across class boundaries-- that literally knows no bounds. Acclaimed Brazilian actress Regina Case stars as Val, a working class live-in housekeeper/nanny to a wealthy family in Sao Paulo, where she has become like a member of [...]
THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN opens on a tight shot of a group of down-home, country bluegrass musicians performing "Will the Circle Be Unbroken." They may be "down home"--but not in the country you think. Though their English sounds flawless, they are actually Flemish musicians in Ghent 2006. And that American country classic they're singing? It's [...]
We saw. We met. We voted. The BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS (BSFC) has just announced its awards for the best films, performances, and technical achievements in 15 major categories for 2012! Topping the list with three awards is director Kathryn Bigelow's ZERO DARK THIRTY about the ten-year hunt for Osama bin Laden which won BEST [...]
