COLOSSAL * * * 1 / 2
Starring Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson and Dan Stevens. Written and directed by Nacho Vigalondo.
Monthly Archives: April 2017
TWO BY CRONENBERG AT THE COOLIDGE
“Both pictures hinge upon their star’s rare ability to engage an audience while playing cards close to his vest, and the films are fraught with doppelgangers and doubles, characters and scenes designed to serve as distorted mirror images of one another. Cronenberg depicts violence as a virus, infecting the pastoral settings and perverting formerly idyllic interactions.” – Metro, 04/07/2017
AFTERMATH
AFTERMATH * *
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Scoot McNairy, Maggie Grace, Hanna Ware and Martin Donovan. Screenplay by Javier Gullon. Directed by Elliott Lester.
SALT AND FIRE
SALT AND FIRE * *
Starring Veronica Ferres, Michael Shannon, Gael Garcia Bernal, Volker Michalowski and Lawrence Krauss. Written for the screen and directed by Werner Herzog.
AFTER THE STORM
“This insistently compassionate filmmaker has spent the past twenty-odd years crafting the kind of modest, humane dramas that even indies have all but abandoned. Kore-eda films aren’t sexy or controversial, but in their small, observational ways offer unexpectedly complete emotional journeys. When they’re over, you feel like you’ve been somewhere.” – WBUR’s The ARTery, 04/05/2017
THE ASSIGNMENT
THE ASSIGNMENT * * 1 / 2
Starring Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, Caitlin Gerard, Anthony LaPaglia and Tony Shalhoub. Screenplay by Denis Hamill and Walter Hill. Directed by Walter Hill.
BOFCA REPERTORY PODCAST: APRIL 2017
Talking with fellow Boston Online Film Critics Association members Bob Chipman, Greg Vellante, Evan Crean and Charlie Nash about this month’s repertory offerings. Topics include double-shots from Cronenberg and Lynch at the Coolidge, the Arrival-esque shittiness of Robert Zemeckis’ Contact and going to the movies when you “got tired” beforehand. – BOFCA, 04/01/2017
SPLICED PERSONALITY 