Film/TV8 Fall Festival Films (And A Script Reading) That Explore The Influence Of FamilyWhile not made with COVID-19 in mind, the lens of the pandemic adds new dimension to how several on-screen families manage change and relationships from a distance.The ARTerySep 18, 2020HBO's 'Lovecraft Country' Explores 'Sundown' Towns In MassachusettsThe show is peeling back the veneer of New England's seemingly open-minded society and revealing the racism that lurked in the region in the 1950s. The ARTerySep 17, 2020Reflecting On The Legacy Of 'Goodfellas' 30 Years On“So much of ‘Goodfellas’ has been absorbed into popular culture over the past three decades it’s sometimes difficult to remember just how radical -- even dangerous -- it felt back...The ARTerySep 15, 2020Tsai Ming-Liang's 1998 Romance 'The Hole' Might Be The Best Film About Life Right NowThe director’s playful pandemic romance is a story of lonely hearts in quarantine, longing for love amid the day-to-day drudgery of life during lockdown. The ARTerySep 11, 2020A Boston-Area Ballroom House Vogued To Third Place On HBO Max's 'Legendary'The House of Escada was one of nine teams competing on the new reality show.The ARTerySep 11, 2020'16 & Recovering' Provides A Model For Compassionate Education And Addiction ManagementA local filmmaker has created a new documentary series that offers an unfiltered look at a year in the lives of the students, faculty, and staff at North Shore Recovery...PlayThe ARTery03:56Sep 9, 2020Despite What You May Have Heard, Film 'Cuties' Is A Thoughtful Exploration Of Adolescent PressuresThe film follows an 11-year-old Muslim girl who falls in with a fast crowd, pushing back against her strict upbringing. But if you’ve read anything about "Cuties" lately, it’s likely...The ARTerySep 8, 2020Documentary Charts The Transformative Work Of An Orchestra For Musicians With Mental IllnessThe Me2/Orchestra takes center stage in the documentary “Orchestrating Change” which chronicles the work of founders Ronald Braunstein and Caroline Whiddon and their musicians.The ARTerySep 4, 2020Charlie Kaufman's Film 'I'm Thinking Of Ending Things' Will Leave Many PerplexedA haunting adaptation of Iain Reid’s 2016 novel, the film follows two grad students (played by Jesse Plemons and Jessie Buckley) six weeks into their relationship and on the way...The ARTerySep 3, 2020Mysterious Romance 'Lingua Franca' Is A Story About Self-ReinventionSet in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood, writer-director Isabel Sandoval’s film is a uniquely American story about self-reinvention in a nation of immigrants. The ARTeryAug 26, 2020Biopic 'Tesla' Serves As A Reclamation Of The 19th-Century Inventor’s NameMichael Almereyda’s film is a radical deconstruction of the biopic form and returns the name Tesla to the status of an underground cult hero seldom discussed in high school textbooks,...The ARTeryAug 20, 2020As Movie Theaters Reopen, Will Audiences Return?Film critic Sean Burns examines cinema reopening plans, including those of AMC Theatres, which is slated to open over 100 multiplexes around the country on Aug. 20.The ARTeryAug 19, 2020These New England Filmmakers Are Documenting The Pandemic As It UnfoldsDespite having to maintain physical distance, documentarians are figuring out how to gather the urgent stories of COVID-19.The ARTeryAug 17, 20205 Shows You Should Be Watching That Center The Millennial Experience"Oh Jerome, No," "Shrill," "The Bold Type," "Gentefied" and "High Fidelity" -- these TV shows deserve awards, according to the ARTery's Christian Burno.The ARTeryAug 11, 2020In Horror Film 'She Dies Tomorrow,' Existential Anxiety Is The Contagion To Be FearedThe oblique and, at times, mordantly hilarious sophomore effort from writer-director Amy Seimetz is about a woman who is overwhelmed out of nowhere with the bone-deep certainty of her impending...The ARTeryAug 6, 2020Newly Acquired Queer Film Collection At Harvard Film Archive Celebrates Butch IdentityNonfiction filmmaker and archivist Jenni Olson has amassed a collection of work since the 1980s, including campy movie trailers and home movies of Pride celebrations before the ravages of AIDS....The ARTeryAug 3, 2020With Play 'Ole White Sugah Daddy,' Obehi Janice Accidentally Wrote A TV PilotThe actress, comedian and theater maker has been working on the play since 2016, a funny political story about “what Black women experience when they’re trying to thrive in capitalist...The ARTeryJul 24, 2020Funny And Sweet, Coming-Of-Age Film 'Yes, God, Yes' Follows A Catholic Schoolgirl Making Sense Of Her SexualityThis semi-autobiographical debut feature from writer-director Karen Maine stars Natalia Dyer as an uptight Catholic schoolgirl trying to make sense of her new yearnings. The ARTeryJul 23, 20204 Documentaries To Watch From The Woods Hole Film FestivalThe Cape's oldest film festival celebrates its 29th season with 8 days of streaming films.The ARTeryJul 22, 2020With Ambiguity Over Film Production's Return, Industry Professionals Hope And WaitAs the film industry grapples with the necessary safety measures to prevent COVID-19, an eager and unemployed sector of Massachusetts’ creative economy weighs if and when production will pick up.The ARTeryJul 21, 2020Next Page
8 Fall Festival Films (And A Script Reading) That Explore The Influence Of FamilyWhile not made with COVID-19 in mind, the lens of the pandemic adds new dimension to how several on-screen families manage change and relationships from a distance.The ARTerySep 18, 2020
HBO's 'Lovecraft Country' Explores 'Sundown' Towns In MassachusettsThe show is peeling back the veneer of New England's seemingly open-minded society and revealing the racism that lurked in the region in the 1950s. The ARTerySep 17, 2020
Reflecting On The Legacy Of 'Goodfellas' 30 Years On“So much of ‘Goodfellas’ has been absorbed into popular culture over the past three decades it’s sometimes difficult to remember just how radical -- even dangerous -- it felt back...The ARTerySep 15, 2020
Tsai Ming-Liang's 1998 Romance 'The Hole' Might Be The Best Film About Life Right NowThe director’s playful pandemic romance is a story of lonely hearts in quarantine, longing for love amid the day-to-day drudgery of life during lockdown. The ARTerySep 11, 2020
A Boston-Area Ballroom House Vogued To Third Place On HBO Max's 'Legendary'The House of Escada was one of nine teams competing on the new reality show.The ARTerySep 11, 2020
'16 & Recovering' Provides A Model For Compassionate Education And Addiction ManagementA local filmmaker has created a new documentary series that offers an unfiltered look at a year in the lives of the students, faculty, and staff at North Shore Recovery...PlayThe ARTery03:56Sep 9, 2020
Despite What You May Have Heard, Film 'Cuties' Is A Thoughtful Exploration Of Adolescent PressuresThe film follows an 11-year-old Muslim girl who falls in with a fast crowd, pushing back against her strict upbringing. But if you’ve read anything about "Cuties" lately, it’s likely...The ARTerySep 8, 2020
Documentary Charts The Transformative Work Of An Orchestra For Musicians With Mental IllnessThe Me2/Orchestra takes center stage in the documentary “Orchestrating Change” which chronicles the work of founders Ronald Braunstein and Caroline Whiddon and their musicians.The ARTerySep 4, 2020
Charlie Kaufman's Film 'I'm Thinking Of Ending Things' Will Leave Many PerplexedA haunting adaptation of Iain Reid’s 2016 novel, the film follows two grad students (played by Jesse Plemons and Jessie Buckley) six weeks into their relationship and on the way...The ARTerySep 3, 2020
Mysterious Romance 'Lingua Franca' Is A Story About Self-ReinventionSet in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood, writer-director Isabel Sandoval’s film is a uniquely American story about self-reinvention in a nation of immigrants. The ARTeryAug 26, 2020
Biopic 'Tesla' Serves As A Reclamation Of The 19th-Century Inventor’s NameMichael Almereyda’s film is a radical deconstruction of the biopic form and returns the name Tesla to the status of an underground cult hero seldom discussed in high school textbooks,...The ARTeryAug 20, 2020
As Movie Theaters Reopen, Will Audiences Return?Film critic Sean Burns examines cinema reopening plans, including those of AMC Theatres, which is slated to open over 100 multiplexes around the country on Aug. 20.The ARTeryAug 19, 2020
These New England Filmmakers Are Documenting The Pandemic As It UnfoldsDespite having to maintain physical distance, documentarians are figuring out how to gather the urgent stories of COVID-19.The ARTeryAug 17, 2020
5 Shows You Should Be Watching That Center The Millennial Experience"Oh Jerome, No," "Shrill," "The Bold Type," "Gentefied" and "High Fidelity" -- these TV shows deserve awards, according to the ARTery's Christian Burno.The ARTeryAug 11, 2020
In Horror Film 'She Dies Tomorrow,' Existential Anxiety Is The Contagion To Be FearedThe oblique and, at times, mordantly hilarious sophomore effort from writer-director Amy Seimetz is about a woman who is overwhelmed out of nowhere with the bone-deep certainty of her impending...The ARTeryAug 6, 2020
Newly Acquired Queer Film Collection At Harvard Film Archive Celebrates Butch IdentityNonfiction filmmaker and archivist Jenni Olson has amassed a collection of work since the 1980s, including campy movie trailers and home movies of Pride celebrations before the ravages of AIDS....The ARTeryAug 3, 2020
With Play 'Ole White Sugah Daddy,' Obehi Janice Accidentally Wrote A TV PilotThe actress, comedian and theater maker has been working on the play since 2016, a funny political story about “what Black women experience when they’re trying to thrive in capitalist...The ARTeryJul 24, 2020
Funny And Sweet, Coming-Of-Age Film 'Yes, God, Yes' Follows A Catholic Schoolgirl Making Sense Of Her SexualityThis semi-autobiographical debut feature from writer-director Karen Maine stars Natalia Dyer as an uptight Catholic schoolgirl trying to make sense of her new yearnings. The ARTeryJul 23, 2020
4 Documentaries To Watch From The Woods Hole Film FestivalThe Cape's oldest film festival celebrates its 29th season with 8 days of streaming films.The ARTeryJul 22, 2020
With Ambiguity Over Film Production's Return, Industry Professionals Hope And WaitAs the film industry grapples with the necessary safety measures to prevent COVID-19, an eager and unemployed sector of Massachusetts’ creative economy weighs if and when production will pick up.The ARTeryJul 21, 2020
