Film/TVWith Greenlight From Baker, Massachusetts Drive-Ins Are Opening For BusinessWhen the clock strikes 12:01 a.m. on Monday, May 25, the restriction to show drive-in movies lifts in the state and tickets are selling out. The ARTeryMay 22, 2020Quarantine Double Feature: When The Wolves Are At The DoorBoth “The Night of the Hunter” and “Freeway” are stories of a child’s ability to abide and endure, especially when the wolves are at the door.The ARTeryMay 22, 2020Documentary 'The Painter And The Thief' Delves Into The Duality Of ArtBenjamin Ree’s film follows the relationship between a painter and the thief who stole her work, showing how art can change people’s lives for better and worse.The ARTeryMay 21, 2020Quarantine Double Feature: Men On The MarginsThis week’s selections, "California Split" and "Saint Jack," are modestly scaled pictures about men living on the margins, hustlers scraping by from score to score.The ARTeryMay 15, 2020Devastating Drama 'Fourteen' Explores The Dissolution Of A FriendshipWriter-director Dan Sallitt’s movie is about a close friendship’s slow dissolve over years that seem to pass in a blink.The ARTeryMay 14, 2020'The Plot Against America'? 'The Wire'? — Oh, David Simon, I'm Just Not That Into You"I'm really not a fan of David Simon," writes Ed Siegel, WBUR critic-at-large, of the author and television writer.The ARTeryMay 12, 2020Quarantine Double Feature: Making Musical AmendsFor this week’s selections, Sean Burns chose two warm and winning musical comedies about deadbeat parents making past due amends: “Danny Collins” and “Ricki and the Flash.”The ARTeryMay 8, 2020A Quiet Film, 'Driveways' Is About How A Tiny Gesture Can Mean The WorldDelicately directed by filmmaker Andrew Ahn, it’s a movie about neighbors that’s also about what it means to be a neighbor, writes film critic Sean Burns.The ARTeryMay 7, 2020Graduating Lesley Film Students Screen Final Films VirtuallyThe film students might not be celebrating their accomplishments as planned, but they're taking it in stride.The ARTeryMay 7, 2020Boston Filmmaker Delves Into The History Of Two Towns DividedThe film explores the history of racial tension in two Missouri towns that led to the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown.The ARTeryMay 5, 2020Quarantine Double Feature: The Mysteries Of Marriage“Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands” and “L’Innocente” are movies preoccupied with the mysteries of marriage and infidelity, exploring the unpredictable desires of men and women.The ARTeryMay 1, 2020Film Adaptation 'Capital In The Twenty-First Century' Is An Autopsy Of A Broken SystemJustin Pemberton’s documentary adaptation of Thomas Piketty’s book charts swelling and plummeting fortunes in various countries from just before WWI all the way through the 2008 economic collapse. The ARTeryApr 30, 2020Coolidge Corner Theatre's Virtual Screening Room Spotlights Lee Grant's DocumentariesThe movie theater has curated a series of films by the Oscar-winning actor and a pioneering documentarian.The ARTeryApr 24, 2020Quarantine Double Feature: When The Brain Clouds Roll InFor this week’s selections, Sean Burns recommends “It’s Such a Beautiful Day” and “Joe Versus the Volcano," two deeply strange and funny movies imploring audiences to appreciate what we’ve got...The ARTeryApr 24, 2020Celebrate IFFBoston At Home With These 8 FilmsScheduled to start this week, IFFBoston has been postponed due to COVID-19. Film critic Sean Burns has gathered some of his favorite films that have screened over the years to...The ARTeryApr 22, 2020Quarantine Double Feature: The Fun[damentals] Of ShakespeareAl Pacino’s documentary “Looking for Richard” and a 2000 adaptation of “Hamlet” are a reminder that while educational, this Shakespeare stuff is supposed to be fun, says Sean Burns.The ARTeryApr 17, 2020Documentary 'Other Music' Chronicles A Record Store Navigating A Shifting IndustryDirected by Puloma Basu and Rob Hatch-Miller, the film chronicles the cramped, underdog store for connoisseurs that thrived for a time directly across the street from Tower Records’ East Village...The ARTeryApr 16, 2020A Multigenerational Saga Spanning Decades And Continents, Netflix’s 'Tigertail' Is Not Long EnoughWritten, produced and directed by Alan Yang, the film is a heartfelt drama about a family of Taiwanese immigrants living in New York City.The ARTeryApr 10, 2020Quarantine Double Feature: On The Road AgainAs a form of virtual tourism, film critic Sean Burns suggests revisiting the road movies “The Straight Story” and “A Perfect World.”The ARTeryApr 9, 2020Netflix's 'How To Fix A Drug Scandal' Elevates Process Over PersonalityThe series details how Massachusetts’ supposed “war on drugs” fell apart when two state police lab chemists independently tampered with drug evidence at their respective labs.The ARTeryApr 9, 2020Next Page
With Greenlight From Baker, Massachusetts Drive-Ins Are Opening For BusinessWhen the clock strikes 12:01 a.m. on Monday, May 25, the restriction to show drive-in movies lifts in the state and tickets are selling out. The ARTeryMay 22, 2020
Quarantine Double Feature: When The Wolves Are At The DoorBoth “The Night of the Hunter” and “Freeway” are stories of a child’s ability to abide and endure, especially when the wolves are at the door.The ARTeryMay 22, 2020
Documentary 'The Painter And The Thief' Delves Into The Duality Of ArtBenjamin Ree’s film follows the relationship between a painter and the thief who stole her work, showing how art can change people’s lives for better and worse.The ARTeryMay 21, 2020
Quarantine Double Feature: Men On The MarginsThis week’s selections, "California Split" and "Saint Jack," are modestly scaled pictures about men living on the margins, hustlers scraping by from score to score.The ARTeryMay 15, 2020
Devastating Drama 'Fourteen' Explores The Dissolution Of A FriendshipWriter-director Dan Sallitt’s movie is about a close friendship’s slow dissolve over years that seem to pass in a blink.The ARTeryMay 14, 2020
'The Plot Against America'? 'The Wire'? — Oh, David Simon, I'm Just Not That Into You"I'm really not a fan of David Simon," writes Ed Siegel, WBUR critic-at-large, of the author and television writer.The ARTeryMay 12, 2020
Quarantine Double Feature: Making Musical AmendsFor this week’s selections, Sean Burns chose two warm and winning musical comedies about deadbeat parents making past due amends: “Danny Collins” and “Ricki and the Flash.”The ARTeryMay 8, 2020
A Quiet Film, 'Driveways' Is About How A Tiny Gesture Can Mean The WorldDelicately directed by filmmaker Andrew Ahn, it’s a movie about neighbors that’s also about what it means to be a neighbor, writes film critic Sean Burns.The ARTeryMay 7, 2020
Graduating Lesley Film Students Screen Final Films VirtuallyThe film students might not be celebrating their accomplishments as planned, but they're taking it in stride.The ARTeryMay 7, 2020
Boston Filmmaker Delves Into The History Of Two Towns DividedThe film explores the history of racial tension in two Missouri towns that led to the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown.The ARTeryMay 5, 2020
Quarantine Double Feature: The Mysteries Of Marriage“Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands” and “L’Innocente” are movies preoccupied with the mysteries of marriage and infidelity, exploring the unpredictable desires of men and women.The ARTeryMay 1, 2020
Film Adaptation 'Capital In The Twenty-First Century' Is An Autopsy Of A Broken SystemJustin Pemberton’s documentary adaptation of Thomas Piketty’s book charts swelling and plummeting fortunes in various countries from just before WWI all the way through the 2008 economic collapse. The ARTeryApr 30, 2020
Coolidge Corner Theatre's Virtual Screening Room Spotlights Lee Grant's DocumentariesThe movie theater has curated a series of films by the Oscar-winning actor and a pioneering documentarian.The ARTeryApr 24, 2020
Quarantine Double Feature: When The Brain Clouds Roll InFor this week’s selections, Sean Burns recommends “It’s Such a Beautiful Day” and “Joe Versus the Volcano," two deeply strange and funny movies imploring audiences to appreciate what we’ve got...The ARTeryApr 24, 2020
Celebrate IFFBoston At Home With These 8 FilmsScheduled to start this week, IFFBoston has been postponed due to COVID-19. Film critic Sean Burns has gathered some of his favorite films that have screened over the years to...The ARTeryApr 22, 2020
Quarantine Double Feature: The Fun[damentals] Of ShakespeareAl Pacino’s documentary “Looking for Richard” and a 2000 adaptation of “Hamlet” are a reminder that while educational, this Shakespeare stuff is supposed to be fun, says Sean Burns.The ARTeryApr 17, 2020
Documentary 'Other Music' Chronicles A Record Store Navigating A Shifting IndustryDirected by Puloma Basu and Rob Hatch-Miller, the film chronicles the cramped, underdog store for connoisseurs that thrived for a time directly across the street from Tower Records’ East Village...The ARTeryApr 16, 2020
A Multigenerational Saga Spanning Decades And Continents, Netflix’s 'Tigertail' Is Not Long EnoughWritten, produced and directed by Alan Yang, the film is a heartfelt drama about a family of Taiwanese immigrants living in New York City.The ARTeryApr 10, 2020
Quarantine Double Feature: On The Road AgainAs a form of virtual tourism, film critic Sean Burns suggests revisiting the road movies “The Straight Story” and “A Perfect World.”The ARTeryApr 9, 2020
Netflix's 'How To Fix A Drug Scandal' Elevates Process Over PersonalityThe series details how Massachusetts’ supposed “war on drugs” fell apart when two state police lab chemists independently tampered with drug evidence at their respective labs.The ARTeryApr 9, 2020
