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by Shaula Clark |
December 11, 2008
Considering how generally craptacular the last 12 months have been, we
wager there’s no one reading this who won’t be happy to see 2008 sleep
with the fishes. So it seems fitting that the Brattle Theatre (40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, 17.876.6837) is closing out the year with a full week of The Godfather and The Godfather II,
two Mafia hits destined to forever hold their spots on the American
Film Institute’s Top 100 list. And thanks to Francis Ford Coppola’s
newly rejuvenated prints — the result of two painstaking years of
meticulous restoration from shrunken, warped, and tattered negatives —
Vito Corleone’s silk suit has never looked so crisply black, nor his
childhood Sicily so achingly gorgeous (though deadly). The films screen
at the Brattle from December 25 through 31.
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by Shaula Clark |
December 11, 2008
A look ahead at a look behind
The Day the Earth Stood Still
has invaded cineplexes everywhere, resurrecting the 1951 classic with
an updated theme of global-warming dread and the star power of Keanu
Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, and Mad Men lothario Jon Hamm.
Hollywood remakes are on the rise, and the new year promises a bumper
crop, with brazen filmmakers set to “reimagine” scores of beloved
movies (even The Birds is slated for revival). Here’s our preview of
some of the déjà-vu-inducing flicks awaiting us in 2009. Will any of
them pull a Casino Royale and trump their originals? Place your bets now. ...
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by Peter Keough |
December 11, 2008
Marisa Tomei uses body and soul in The Wrestler
Marisa Tomei entered the public eye back in 1992, when at 28 she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for My Cousin Vinny. She’s been giving them more than an eyeful lately, starting with nude scenes — her first — last year in Sidney Lumet’s Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, and likewise in Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler,
opening December 26, in which she plays a stripper drawn to Mickey
Rourke’s washed-up ring bum. But the performance is more than skin
deep: pundits predict she’ll be picking up Oscar number two. ...
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by Shaula Clark |
November 24, 2008
Say what you will about Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but one
thing is clear: there’s just no out-swashbuckling Harrison Ford. Still,
although Ford might be the best, he certainly wasn’t the first, as the Brattle Theatre (40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, 617.876.6838) proves with its series “Roots of the Whip: Indiana Jones and His Influences.” Bookended by all four Indiana Jones films, this showcase includes 1937’s Zorro Rides Again and 1954’s Secret of the Incas.
As a bonus, the Brattle is also showing Hellboy and Serenity, films
whose devil-may-care heroes seem cribbed straight from the Dr. Jones
playbook. The series runs December 10 through 14; more information is
available at 617.876.6837 or www.brattlefilm.org. ...
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by Shaula Clark |
November 24, 2008
Have a straight-to-DVD holiday
There’s always someone on
your Yuletide shopping list who’s notoriously hard to buy for. Luckily,
you can always bust out a special-feature-crammed DVD gift set that’ll
make you a stocking? stuffer hero. Here are some of our faves, with
bonus suggestions. ...
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by Shaula Clark |
November 24, 2008
Jamie Kennedy gets Extreme Jamie
Kennedy seems to thrive on unscripted moments, as we’ve seen from his
stand-up act (in which he’s only too happy to joust with audience
loudmouths) and guerrilla improv show The Jamie Kennedy Experiment. An extension of this is his recent documentary, Heckler, which examines heckling from a comic’s perspective — a subject Kennedy gets quite animated about. His latest film, Extreme Movie, a Kentucky Fried Movie–meets–American Pie
comedy with Michael Cera and Frankie Muniz, hits select theaters and
DVD on December 5 (Boston audiences will have to make do with Netflix
on this one)....
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by Peter Keough |
November 18, 2008
Danny Boyle makes out like a Millionaire Director danny Boyle doesn’t shy from the rough stuff, whether it’s the drug culture in Trainspotting or the zombies in 28 Days Later. His latest, Slumdog Millionaire
(now playing), a romantic melodrama set in Mumbai’s slums, is more
upbeat. In it, a kid from the streets wins 10 million rupees on a game
show and gets interrogated by the police for cheating. They torture him
with electrodes. It’s a crowd-pleaser! ...
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by Shaula Clark |
November 14, 2008
A four-course feast of film that should keep the family peace
Nothing
brings families together quite like Thanksgiving — for good or for ill.
Really, when you’re not scarfing down cranberry sauce, there are just
way too many opportunities for awkward small talk. But since we live in
the marvelous age of Netflix and open-until- midnight Blockbuster, it’s
never been easier to work through your food coma and bond with the
’rents over some choice flicks. Here are our top picks for brand-new
DVD releases that should entertain the whole brood. ...
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by Shaula Clark |
November 14, 2008
Celluloid Androids
A haunting, dystopian saga of future
shock, class warfare, robot lust, and sick family mind games, Fritz
Lang’s 1927 silent masterpiece Metropolis — the mother of all
sci-fi thrillers — stands the test of time. Yet many musicians just
can’t resist giving the film’s original soundtrack a fu- turistic
makeover. Local avant-electronica group Enuma Elish are the
latest to step up to the plate. They’ll be bathing Lang’s exquisite Art
Deco visuals with their ethereal soundscape at the Regent Theatre (7 Medford Street, Arlington, 781.646.4849) on November 20 and at the Coolidge Corner Theatre (290 Harvard Street, Brookline, 617.734.2500) on November 21....
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by Shaula Clark |
November 03, 2008
For a beloved movie house that’s given local cinephiles so much —
annual Bogie marathons, exclusive David Lynch premieres, hometown gems,
gritty midnight flicks, and a zillion first dates — the Brattle Theatre
(40 Brattle Street, Cambridge) doesn’t ask a whole lot from us. Since
the thought of a Harvard Square without our favorite cozy,
rear-projectin’ theater is a bleak one indeed, we’re mighty inclined to
cough up the cash for its swank annual gala, held at the Charles Hotel
(One Bennett Street, Cambridge, 617.864.1200) on November 16. To
sweeten the deal, attendees will have the chance to meet indie-film
legend (and occasional Green Goblin) Willem Dafoe, whom the Brattle is
honoring alongside longtime Boston Phoenix scribe Gerald Peary. Tickets start at $150; call 617.876.8021 or visit www.brattlefilm.org. ...
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by Shaula Clark |
November 03, 2008
It’s a long way to tipperary, but not the Boston Irish film festival
When
he first launched the Boston Irish Film Festival in 1999, fest director
(and ex-Dubliner) Peter Flynn had no idea that his humble screening
series would grow into an annual two-week extravaganza boasting a
Magners sponsorship (it’s now called the Magners Irish Film Festival),
world premieres, and such marquee celebrities as Aidan Quinn and
Gabriel Byrne. Flynn gives us the lowdown on this year’s festival,
taking place November 13 through 24 (see www.irishfilmfestival.com for
details). ...
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by Shaula Clark |
November 03, 2008
Hitting the slopes vicariously with warren miller’s children of winter
For
many winter-sports enthusiasts, each new Warren Miller film is the
cinematic equivalent of Pavlov’s bell, a clear sign of the start of ski
season — and with that gorgeous high-def footage of pros slicing,
tumbling, andripping down the slipperiest slopes on earth, every
installment offers plenty to drool over.
Through their annual
fall film-screening tours, Miller (who’s now retired) and his
production company have been giving snowriders their fix of ski porn
since 1950. This year’s edition, Children of Winter, is the
59th film produced under the Warren Miller banner, and for
director/producer Max Bervy, it marks his 19th year working for the
franchise. Like most of his crew, Bervy started off as a competitive
skier before he transitioned to filmmaking. “You gotta walk the walk,”
he says. ...
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