Marilyn, ‘Casablanca,’ ‘True Grit’ in repertory, ‘In the Dirt,’ ‘Glass Onion’ and ‘RRR’ reviewed
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include Marilyn Monroe, “Casablanca” and some Black Friday anti-consumerism fare at repertory theaters, as well are reviews for new movies “Something In the Dirt,” “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” and the Indian spectacle “RRR.”
Animation leads with ‘Cryptozoo’ and ‘Mitchells’ at Brattle, and ‘Flee’; Kendall has ‘Drive My Car’
These looks at what’s on the big screen in the coming week include reviews for “Drive My Car” and “Flee,” an animated doc joined by another boundary-pushing animated film, “Cryptozoo” at The Brattle, by the more traditional “Mitchells vs. the Machines” and more cinema from “Atlantis” to Taiwan.
Coronavirus edition 62: Musically inclined IFFB, political ‘Human Factor’ and ‘Stowaway’ in space
This coronavirus edition of movies to shelter with includes Week 2 of the Independent Film Festival Boston, full of lively musical documentaries and bleakly absorbing procedurals, as well as DocYard features and new films, from the political “Human Factor” to an unwanted “Stowaway.”
Coronavirus edition 52: Billie Holiday biopic, greats at The Brattle and silly ‘Tom and Jerry’
This coronavirus edition of movies to shelter with brings Billie Holiday back to life, streams greats at The Brattle – including a rediscovery of “Smooth Talk” from 1985 – and looks at new releases such as “Tom and Jerry,” “My Zoe” and the docs “Sex, Drugs & Bicycles” and “Downstream to Kinshasa.”
Coronavirus edition, XLVIII: Films for sheltering, focusing on Black History Month, an opera treat
This coronavirus edition of movies to shelter with includes a range of works to help see in Black History Month, as well as virtual cinema from around the world at The Brattle; “Fall of the House of Usher” from the Boston Lyric Opera; and new fare from “Palmer” to “The Dig.”