‘Slash/Back’ adds to the scares of ‘The Thing’; ‘Athena,’ ‘Triangle,’ ‘Stars’ and more reviewed
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include film festival screenings, Halloween repertory fare such as “Return of the Living Dead” and new works such as “Slash/Back” with its kid-friendly scares, the brutal “Athena,” “Luckiest Girl Alive,” “Triangle of Sadness,” “Stars at Noon,” “All Quiet on the Western Front” and more.
There’s scary Halloween flicks at Kendall, Davis; The Brattle has Ruby Dee, Godard and GlobeDocs
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include tributes to Ruby Dee, Jean-Luc Godard and Tsai Ming-liang, but also seasonal screamers from Hitchcock and Tony Scott. The GlobeDocs Film Festival is back at The Brattle with works such as “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues” and redemption via ocelot in “Wildcat.”
Scares from ‘Scream’ to the creepy new ‘Smile,’ but also the romance of ‘Bros’ and ‘I’ll Find You’
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include Wes Craven’s devilish and witty “Scream” the Landmark Kendall Square Cinema’s replay of “The Lost Boys” and the new “Smile.” Less scarily, there’s the gay rom-com “Bros” and Martha Coolidge’s romantic “I’ll Find You.”
In repertory, silent ‘Nosferatu’ does double duty; ‘God’s Country,’ ‘Sidney,’ ‘Don’t Worry’ reviews
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include three for Silent Film Day, the works of Tsai Ming-liang at the Harvard Film Archive and new releases such as “Catherine Called Birdy,” “The Greatest Beer Run Ever,” “Don’t Worry Darling,” “Goodnight Mommy” and the superior “God’s Country” and Sidney Poitier documentary, “Sidney.”
New ‘Pinocchio’ about which we cannot tell a lie, and playing in repertory, ‘Cemetery of Splendor’
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include the new “Pinocchio” and much more interesting repertory fare, including “Cemetery of Splendor” by Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul and plenty of Mike Leigh; more Abbas Kiarostami; “Screens for Teens” from the Harvard Art Museums; and more.
‘The Story of Film: A New Generation’ premieres and ‘Apocalypse Now: Final Cut’ scorches in 4K
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include premieres of Alli Haapasalo’s “Girl Picture” and Mark Cousins’ “The Story of Film: A New Generation” (with screenings of the works within it); looks at the foundational works of Abbas Kiarostami; “Apocalypse Now: Final Cut” in a 4K restoration; and “National Lampoon’s Animal House.”
In repertory, Newton-John luminous in ‘Grease,’ every Mad Max; reviews of ‘Glorious’ and ‘Beast’
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include repertory films such as “Grease” in honor of Olivia Newton-John, every George Miller “Mad Max” film, classics “Dirty Dancing” and “Now and Then” – and two new works: the Lovecraftian horror-comedy “Glorious” and our mane feature, “Beast.”
In repertory, Liz Taylor’s ‘Identikit’ reemerges, classic horror; Reviews of ‘Day Shift’ and ‘Fall’
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include repertory films such as “Identikit,” “The Birds,” ““The Night of the Living Dead,” “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” and John Carpenter’s deft remake of “The Thing,” as well as the new vampire-hunting “Day Shift” and acrophobia-inducing “Fall.”