Belafonte and Wes Anderson at The Brattle, plenty of Scorsese and ‘Judy Blume Forever’
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include a tribute to Harry Belafonte, the start of “The Compleat Wes Anderson,” three by Martin Scorsese and reviews of two newer offerings that nonetheless live in the 1980s: The “Judy Blume Forever” doc and scary “The Pope’s Exorcist.”
Naomi Yang’s ‘Never Be a Punching Bag’ doc screens at IFFB; ‘Navalny’ is free at The Brattle
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include the Independent Film Festival Boston., with a strong slate that includes looks at Boston’s Donna Summer and Cambridge’s Naomi Yang. The Shorenstein Center highlights Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, and new releases include “Chevalier” and Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant.”
Kurosawa and Mifune, Bogart and Bacall in rep, and we review ‘Showing Up’ and ‘Mafia Mamma’
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune at The Brattle, Bogart and Bacall at Kendall, “Reefer Madness” on 4/20 and new works reviewed: Kelly Reichardt’s art-world “Showing Up,” the latest Dracula in “Renfield” and a meeting with the godmother in “Mafia Mamma.”
Brattle has ‘About the Sound’ and Muppet series, Kendall has rock docs and HFA has ‘Saint Omer’
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include “The Worst Ones” from the Belmont World festival, Brattle series on the cinema of sound and spring break with the Muppets, documentaries about Little Richard and John Lennon in Kendall Square and works from Med Hondo and Alice Diop at the HFA.
‘Luxembourg, Luxembourg’ benefits Ukraine, and we review ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ and more
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include works from the Wicked Queer Film Fest and Belmont World Film Festival – including “Luxembourg, Luxembourg” by Ukrainian director Antonio Lukich, in a benefit for the nonprofit group Mriya – as well as big-screen fare such as “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.”
While Burt Bacharach gets groovy at The Brattle, Wicked Queer and Belmont World fests unspool
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include films enhanced by the tunes of Burt Bacharach as well as the end of the Boston Underground Film Festival and start of the Wicked Queer and Belmont World film festivals, as well as reviews of the newer “The Recall: Reframed” and “Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams.”