‘Days of Heaven’ and ‘Halloween’ vie for eyes, but ‘Gamera vs. Viras’ is kaiju kitsch perfection
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include some Terrence Malick and Brian De Palma, a bit of a giant, radioactive turtle playing hero in Japan and a recognition that we’re halfway to Halloween. And what better way than with three “Halloween” flicks?
See masterpieces ‘Metropolis’ and ‘Deer Hunter’ and see if you can decide which Gatsby is greater
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent science fiction masterpiece “Metropolis” with live musical accompaniment, spooky doings for Space Week, Michael Cimino’s 1978 Best Picture winner “The Deer Hunter,” dual Gatsbys and more.
‘Muppet Madness’ keeps pace with Marathon and there’s space at The Brattle: ‘2001’ is first
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include Wicked Queer fest fare at The Brattle (which also has “Muppet Madness” and a 2024 Space Film Festival), very different Somerville Theatre noirs and poetic works by Margaret Tait at the Harvard Film Archive.
Wicked Queer festival arrives at The Brattle; Somerville screens roots of modern horror
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include The Wicked Queer Film Festival at The Brattle, works at the roots of modern horror in Somerville, “Taxi Driver” in Kendall Square and Best International Feature Oscar nominee “Traces” at Fresh Pond.
‘Old Oak’ is new, The Brattle restores Argento and there’s a free ‘Orgy’ and ‘Queen of Katwe’
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include Ken Loach’s last at Fresh Pond, a screamer in “The Bird with the Crystal Plumage,” honors to the late character actor M. Emmett Walsh and free fare: a five-hour “Movie Orgy” and the chess-focused “Queen of Katwe” by Mira Nair.
BUFF at The Brattle with Juggalos and spiders, meet ‘The Queen’ and oil-painted ‘Peasants’
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include a festive screening of “The Queen of My Dreams” at Fresh Pond, with food and the director Zooming in, the Boston Underground Film Festival at The Brattle, an new “Road House” and much more.
Kore-eda Hirokazu delivers ‘Monster’ and more to The Brattle; ‘Jaws’ swallows New Hollywood
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include six from Kore-eda Hirokazu, with the filmmaker giving Q&As and collecting a Chlotrudis Film Society award, and classics including “Jaws” at Kendall and noir greats in Davis Square.
Use Oscars time on winners by Columbia Studios, catching ‘The Getaway’ and ‘Not a Pretty Picture’
These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include Oscar picks for Best Picture to catch up, greats from Columbia Studios from 1934 onward, giving director Martha Coolidge her due, Sam Peckinpah’s hardboiled “The Getaway” at Kendall and a review of Julio Torres’ “Problemista.”
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.”
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.”
