‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’: Team fighting Nazis is true to life with a blast of Richie
Real-life derring-do from a ragtag team of World War II commandos trying to cripple the Nazi naval war machine – with the flash of Guy Ritchie.
‘Challengers’: Triples tennis, lacking in rules
Luca Guadagnino’s latest is a fierce, fast passion play in the ranks of pro tennis with two former besties and the woman who’s literally between them.
‘Civil War’: For correspondents in a torn country with echoes of today, any side is the wrong side
Some might call this a manipulative stoking of fears, and they’d be right, but the charge is forgotten as Alex Garland stages a phenomenally choreographed siege of Washington, D.C., that’s as heartbreaking as it is breathtaking.
‘Love Lies Bleeding’: Noir goes to the gym, coming out taut and sweaty (with big hair)
“Love Lies Bleeding,” a delightfully audacious lesbian crime noir from Rose Glass, is edgy, free of tropes and seared tight by a kind of angry authenticity.
‘Dune: Part Two’: Feudalism and colonialism vie with the giant sandworm for best space monster
The continuation of Denis Villeneuve’s reenvisioning of Frank Herbert’s beloved sci-fi saga is bigger, a notch better and more filled with action.
Don’t miss the surprising ‘Hundreds of Beavers’ or Oscar-nominated ‘Perfect Days,’ ‘Daughters’
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include a modern oddity – a new silent slapstick called “Hundreds of Beavers” – as well as repertory fare including “Predator” and new works including the doc “Four Daughters” and Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days.”
Construction at new Assembly Square fire station far enough along for the lease payments to begin
Funds for the lease of a new fire station – marking a milestone in its completion – was among the items handled Thursday by Somerville’s City Council.
Cinema celebrates cinema in ‘Pictures of Ghosts,’ free ‘Spaceman’ and ‘Silent Running’ tops the bill
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include “Pictures of Ghosts,” from acclaimed Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho, the ultraviolet 1970s relic “Dirty Harry” and free screenings of the star-studded “Spaceman” and prescient “Silent Running,” as well as new works “Drive-Away Dolls” and “Madame Web.”
Go Bugs for school break, get 24 hours of sci-fi and catch echoes of the picaresques and biopic
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include the annual school vacation week Bugs Bunny Film Festival, sci-fi festival 24-hour marathon, “The Sweet East” and “Easy Rider,” new “Bob Marley: One Love” and repertory showings of Ousmane Sembène’s “Guelwaar.”
Where’s your favorite Black joy found in cinema? Sci-fi fest returns, and more greats of the 1970s
The big screen is where the world can be reimagined as a better place, including for Black History Month, but it’s also where we find romance around Valentine’s Day with “Casablanca,” and “The Princess Bride” and “What’s Up, Doc?” New releases have romance too: “The Taste of Things” and “Lisa Frankenstein.”
