Sean BurnsDocumentary On Brian De Palma Is A Long Overdue Celebration Of An American ArtistThe captivating film from directors Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow cedes the floor to the filmmaker who has been overshadowed by the heavy hitters he came up alongside in the...Local CoverageJun 17, 2016'Chevalier' — A Comedic Saga Of Middle-Aged Men And ManlihoodSet aboard a luxury yacht somewhere on the Aegean Sea, Athina Rachel Tsangari's latest film finds six well-to-do dudes vacationing together, leading to an alpha-male competition with increasingly absurd results....Local CoverageMay 26, 2016An Impressively Eclectic Selection At This Year's Independent Film Festival BostonThroughout the week, IFFBoston will offer 25 narrative features, 38 documentaries and 50-something shorts. Film critic Sean Burns tells us his picks. Local CoverageApr 27, 2016Oscar 2016: ARTery Writers Spotlight The Year In MoviesThe ARTery had a pretty good time at the movies this year, particularly at "Spotlight." Here's what Joyce Kulhawik, Tom Meek, Sean Burns, Erin Trahan, Ed Siegel and Greg Cook...Local CoverageFeb 26, 2016All Hail The Coen Brothers — And Their Terrific New Comedy, 'Hail, Caesar!'The Coen Brothers' new comedy "Hail, Ceasar!" may have something deeper brewing beneath its slapstick exterior. Local CoverageFeb 8, 2016AdvertisementWilliam Monahan Revives The Pseudo-Intellectual Alpha Males No One Wanted Back In 'Mojave'Dorchester's own William Monahan stepped into the director's chair for "Mojave" -- a film that both sends up and embraces every chest-beating trope in that old alpha "He-Man of Letters"...Local CoverageJan 28, 2016'Sex & Death & Venetian Blinds': The Brattle Revisits '80s And '90s NoirUnlucky tough guys, bad news dames, long shadows, convoluted plots and endless cigarettes are in abundance at The Brattle Theatre this month.Local CoverageJan 5, 2016With 'Youth,' A Film About 2 Men Out Of Ideas, Sorrentino Shows He Certainly Isn't"There’s a reckless energy with which it lunges from one ga-ga visual flourish to another, consistency and coherence be damned," says movie critic Sean Burns.Local CoverageDec 11, 2015Cambridge Brothers On How They Got Into Filmmaking And Their Latest, 'The Inhabitants'The brothers, who recently released "The Inhabitants," caught the filmmaking bug early, and say they see the industry changing as more and more art-house releases head directly from festivals to...Local CoverageNov 12, 2015IFFBoston's Fall Focus Gives Us A 5-Night Taste Of Its Expanding Ambitions At The BrattleIFFBoston and The Brattle have teamed up to bring five of this upcoming season’s most idiosyncratic and anticipated titles to town for early screenings from Sunday, Oct. 25 through Thursday,...Local CoverageOct 23, 2015Harvard Film Archive Reminds Us That 'Saturday Night Fever' Is More Than A Dance ContestBehind the white suit and disco dance moves, "Saturday Night Fever" is a mass of grim and gritty themes. The Harvard Film Archive screens the '70s film Monday night.Local CoverageSep 21, 2015'Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid': Peckinpah's Unfinished MasterpiecePeckinpah's last Western, his final word on a genre he helped to define, is the greatest movie you almost never got a chance to see, says Sean Burns.Local CoverageAug 10, 2015Harvard Film Archive Revisits Robert Altman's 'Popeye'As part of their "The Complete Robert Altman" series, Harvard Film Archive presents the oft-overlooked "Popeye," starring Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall. Local CoverageJul 30, 2015With Refreshing Vitality, Sean Baker Sprinkles Sugar On 'Tangerine's' Raucous MisadventuresShot on iPhone 5's, Sean Baker's "Tangerine" finds startling beauty in the often squalorous surroundings.Local CoverageJul 16, 2015'Jackie Brown' And Other Counterculture Heroes Revived At The BrattleThe Brattle Theatre’s "Sunshine Noir" series (June 5-11) features “Jackie Brown,” which Sean Burns says proves to be “a humanist anamoly” in Tarantino’s storied career. Local CoverageJun 4, 2015'I Am Big Bird': The Man And Mechanics Under The Yellow FeathersDirected by Dave LaMattina and Chad N. Walker, "I Am Big Bird" is a loving portrait of the man who has been inside that giant bird suit ever since “Sesame...Local CoverageMay 13, 2015Jean-Luc Godard Says 'Goodbye To Language' — In 3D, No LessThe latest from the legendary director of "Breathless" features everything from his dog romping to homicidal Germans in a Mercedes. It opens at the Kendall on Friday.Local CoverageMar 20, 2015'Twin Peaks' At The Brattle: Still Something To Shout About"Twin Peaks" has had its ups and downs critically, but it's riding a high at the Brattle Theatre retrospective of David Lynch films.Local CoverageFeb 27, 2015
Documentary On Brian De Palma Is A Long Overdue Celebration Of An American ArtistThe captivating film from directors Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow cedes the floor to the filmmaker who has been overshadowed by the heavy hitters he came up alongside in the...Local CoverageJun 17, 2016
'Chevalier' — A Comedic Saga Of Middle-Aged Men And ManlihoodSet aboard a luxury yacht somewhere on the Aegean Sea, Athina Rachel Tsangari's latest film finds six well-to-do dudes vacationing together, leading to an alpha-male competition with increasingly absurd results....Local CoverageMay 26, 2016
An Impressively Eclectic Selection At This Year's Independent Film Festival BostonThroughout the week, IFFBoston will offer 25 narrative features, 38 documentaries and 50-something shorts. Film critic Sean Burns tells us his picks. Local CoverageApr 27, 2016
Oscar 2016: ARTery Writers Spotlight The Year In MoviesThe ARTery had a pretty good time at the movies this year, particularly at "Spotlight." Here's what Joyce Kulhawik, Tom Meek, Sean Burns, Erin Trahan, Ed Siegel and Greg Cook...Local CoverageFeb 26, 2016
All Hail The Coen Brothers — And Their Terrific New Comedy, 'Hail, Caesar!'The Coen Brothers' new comedy "Hail, Ceasar!" may have something deeper brewing beneath its slapstick exterior. Local CoverageFeb 8, 2016
William Monahan Revives The Pseudo-Intellectual Alpha Males No One Wanted Back In 'Mojave'Dorchester's own William Monahan stepped into the director's chair for "Mojave" -- a film that both sends up and embraces every chest-beating trope in that old alpha "He-Man of Letters"...Local CoverageJan 28, 2016
'Sex & Death & Venetian Blinds': The Brattle Revisits '80s And '90s NoirUnlucky tough guys, bad news dames, long shadows, convoluted plots and endless cigarettes are in abundance at The Brattle Theatre this month.Local CoverageJan 5, 2016
With 'Youth,' A Film About 2 Men Out Of Ideas, Sorrentino Shows He Certainly Isn't"There’s a reckless energy with which it lunges from one ga-ga visual flourish to another, consistency and coherence be damned," says movie critic Sean Burns.Local CoverageDec 11, 2015
Cambridge Brothers On How They Got Into Filmmaking And Their Latest, 'The Inhabitants'The brothers, who recently released "The Inhabitants," caught the filmmaking bug early, and say they see the industry changing as more and more art-house releases head directly from festivals to...Local CoverageNov 12, 2015
IFFBoston's Fall Focus Gives Us A 5-Night Taste Of Its Expanding Ambitions At The BrattleIFFBoston and The Brattle have teamed up to bring five of this upcoming season’s most idiosyncratic and anticipated titles to town for early screenings from Sunday, Oct. 25 through Thursday,...Local CoverageOct 23, 2015
Harvard Film Archive Reminds Us That 'Saturday Night Fever' Is More Than A Dance ContestBehind the white suit and disco dance moves, "Saturday Night Fever" is a mass of grim and gritty themes. The Harvard Film Archive screens the '70s film Monday night.Local CoverageSep 21, 2015
'Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid': Peckinpah's Unfinished MasterpiecePeckinpah's last Western, his final word on a genre he helped to define, is the greatest movie you almost never got a chance to see, says Sean Burns.Local CoverageAug 10, 2015
Harvard Film Archive Revisits Robert Altman's 'Popeye'As part of their "The Complete Robert Altman" series, Harvard Film Archive presents the oft-overlooked "Popeye," starring Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall. Local CoverageJul 30, 2015
With Refreshing Vitality, Sean Baker Sprinkles Sugar On 'Tangerine's' Raucous MisadventuresShot on iPhone 5's, Sean Baker's "Tangerine" finds startling beauty in the often squalorous surroundings.Local CoverageJul 16, 2015
'Jackie Brown' And Other Counterculture Heroes Revived At The BrattleThe Brattle Theatre’s "Sunshine Noir" series (June 5-11) features “Jackie Brown,” which Sean Burns says proves to be “a humanist anamoly” in Tarantino’s storied career. Local CoverageJun 4, 2015
'I Am Big Bird': The Man And Mechanics Under The Yellow FeathersDirected by Dave LaMattina and Chad N. Walker, "I Am Big Bird" is a loving portrait of the man who has been inside that giant bird suit ever since “Sesame...Local CoverageMay 13, 2015
Jean-Luc Godard Says 'Goodbye To Language' — In 3D, No LessThe latest from the legendary director of "Breathless" features everything from his dog romping to homicidal Germans in a Mercedes. It opens at the Kendall on Friday.Local CoverageMar 20, 2015
'Twin Peaks' At The Brattle: Still Something To Shout About"Twin Peaks" has had its ups and downs critically, but it's riding a high at the Brattle Theatre retrospective of David Lynch films.Local CoverageFeb 27, 2015