Reviewed: ‘La Chimera,’ ‘Wicked Little Letters,’ both ‘Monkey Man’ and a ‘DogMan’ in theaters
In theaters now are Alice Rohrwacher’s “La Chimera,” Dev Patel’s debut “Monkey Man,” Luc Besson‘s unusual “DogMan” and Thea Sharrock’s comedy inspired by true events, “Wicked Little Letters.”
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.
Traditional Italian comfort food at Pulcinella
You can find old-school Italian comfort food on this side of the river, including satisfying basics: chicken Parm, lobster fra diavolo and veal scallopini.
Circus Cooperative Cafe’s Green Scare wrap
Opened by former employees of the Darwin’s that closed in the same space, Circus has a chickpea salad wrap that gets you a filling meal on the cheap.
Carolicious arepas at the Aeronaut
The Venezuelan cantina Carolicious at the Aeronaut Brewery slings arepas and more, but not much more. The cooks focus on one thing and do it right.
‘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.
Flour Bakery + Cafe sour cream coffee cake
Coffee cake’s crumb topping gets swapped out at Flour Bakery + Cafe for a buttermilk icing drizzle that doesn’t impress.
‘Beyond Words’: A surprisingly touching story about a researcher and her very smart parrot
The play examines sexism in science through a 30-year look at Irene Pepperberg teaching her parrot, Alex, to have the cognitive abilities of a human child.
Spice and color at Sumiao Hunan Kitchen
Nowhere else but in Frank Herbert’s “Dune” is spice so essential than at Sumiao Hunan Kitchen, where the question is always “How spicy do you want that?”
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.
