Filmmaker Brian De Palma Takes First Foray Into Crime Fiction With Sinewy Thriller 'Are Snakes Necessary?'

Written with his partner Susan Lehman, the book tells the tawdry tale of a political fixer playing whack-a-mole with the skeletons in an oversexed U.S. Senator’s closet.

Quarantine Double Feature: The Comfort Of Christopher Walken

Quarantine Double Feature is a new series in which we pick two films available for streaming and discussion while we wait out this crisis at home. This week: The Comfort...

When You Can't Rock Out At The Venue, Tune In To The Concert At Home

While it’s not a replacement for attending a concert in-person, watching your favorite band digitally can be a virtual salve in these troubled times.

Coolidge Corner Theatre Presents 'Saint Frances' And 'Bacurau,' Now Playing On A (Home) Screen Near You

The theater has teamed up with arthouse distributors to create virtual screening rooms for their new releases. When you rent the movie, the revenue is split between the theater and...

West Newton Cinema Raises Over $25,000 In Crowdfunding Campaign

The money will cover the independent theater's costs for a month.

ReelAbilities Film Festival Shifts Into More Accessible — And Socially Distanced — Online Format

Part of an international festival created to share the lives, stories and artistic expressions by and about people with disabilities, the programs will be online from March 22-April 2.

Now Streaming, 'Blow The Man Down' Is A Nifty Maine-Set Murder Mystery

Just released on Amazon Prime, the film follows two sisters navigating a messy, misguided murder coverup in a coastal New England town.

Coming-Of-Age Comedy 'Big Time Adolescence' Focuses Pete Davidson's Appeal

The film is now available for streaming (on Hulu) along with the comedy special "Pete Davidson: Alive From New York" (on Netflix). "There are worse ways to distract yourself in...

Toward A Joyful Self-Quarantine: Find The Right Artist And Go To Town. (Virtually)

A guide to binging more purposefully and artfully.

Staying Home? 5 Shows To Binge Watch

Lets not pretend we weren't going to stay home and watch Netflix anyway.

Amid Coronavirus Fears, Film Festivals Are Mixed On Whether Or Not To Cancel

As coronavirus continues to spread, many film festivals are assessing whether to go on with the show.

Film 'The Hunt' Is A Political Allegory Without Any Discernible Politics

This latest adaptation of Richard Connell’s 1924 short story “The Most Dangerous Game” tries to put a zeitgeist-y spin on the scenario by having rich, liberal “elites” pick off poor,...

Kelly Reichardt's 'First Cow' Offers A Glimpse Of America’s Progress, For Better And Worse

Set in the early 19th-century Oregon Territory, the film tells a tiny story about forgotten people with the deceptive simplicity of a folk tale.

Harvard Film Archive Celebrates The Contemplative Cinema Of Kelly Reichardt

Kelly Reichardt’s films are stripped of artifice and slowed down to the pace of everyday life, says critic Sean Burns.

Lost No More, Horace B. Jenkins' 1982 Romantic Drama 'Cane River' Screens At The MFA

Available for the first time in 40 years, this low-key charmer about a college football star returning to his hometown was made with an all-black cast and crew.

'Inside The Actors Studio' Host James Lipton Dies At 93

Lipton died of bladder cancer at his New York home, his wife, Kedakai Lipton, told the New York Times and the Hollywood Reporter.

Beautifully Sad, Film 'Beanpole' Depicts Life Amid The Ruins Of 1945 Leningrad

Kantemir Balagov’s extraordinary film is a story about carrying on after the unimaginable, when things are supposed to go back to normal as if they ever really could.

Paying Tribute To A Hollywood Legend, The Brattle Honors Kirk Douglas

Over three days, the theater will be screening three of Kirk’s finest films, showcasing the risks and range behind that toothy smile and the iconic, dimpled chin.

Documentary 'What She Said: The Art Of Pauline Kael' Is 'Just Not Very Good'

“The film is boilerplate dead-celebrity bio-doc stuff that will make pleasant enough home viewing for those with a mild interest in the subject,” writes film critic Sean Burns.

Massachusetts Suffragette And Birth Control Trailblazer Gets Her Due In A New Documentary