Film/TVSooner Or Later, We Have To Talk About That Twist In 'Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood'If you haven't seen Quentin Tarantino’s "Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood" do not read this. Seriously. Move on. This whole piece is a spoiler — and a defense...The ARTeryAug 5, 2019Decades Later, Viewers Still Feel The 'Heat' For Michael Mann's 1995 LA Crime SagaStarring Al Pacino as a high-strung detective obsessed with bringing down Robert De Niro’s methodical master thief, the film gained a legion of followers who still obsess over the minute...The ARTeryAug 1, 2019'Paris Is Burning' Sashayed The Way For The Mainstreaming Of Drag CultureJennie Livingston’s landmark 1990 documentary was an unlikely arthouse smash that offered a lot of viewers their first glimpses of fabulosity in this secret subculture, but it wasn’t received without...The ARTeryJul 30, 2019With The 'Downton Abbey' Experience, A Chance To Live It — Or At Least Consume More ContentThe exhibition is the logical extension of the “Downton Abbey” brand, and a perfect table-setter for the full-length “Downton” movie, due to hit theaters in September.The ARTeryJul 30, 2019Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood’ Is A Wistful Buddy Comedy With The Manson FamilyStarring Leonardo DiCaprio as fading TV Western star Rick Dalton and his stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), the film explores the end of Hollywood’s Golden Age, recreating the gloriously...The ARTeryJul 25, 20199 Summer Movie Musts On The Cape And IslandsFrom film festivals, showcasing the old and the new, to the requisite "Jaws" screenings, here's what film critic Erin Trahan recommends this summer. The ARTeryJul 23, 2019From Sudan To New Hampshire To The Olympics, 'Runner' Recaps An Incredible Journey“Runner” charts Guor Mading Maker’s rise from reluctant Concord, New Hampshire high school track recruit to two-time Olympian. It makes its New England premiere at the Woods Hole Film Festival....The ARTeryJul 22, 2019Enough Remakes. Disney Has The Power To Do Something BiggerThere’s no reason for either of these movies to exist besides wringing a few more dollars out of your residual affection for the originals, says film critic Sean Burns.The ARTeryJul 18, 2019In Netflix’s ‘Blown Away,’ Artist K. Momoko Schafer Holds Up Glass In A New LightBorn in Boston, Schafer began exploring glassblowing during her undergraduate years at MassArt, motivated by the lifelong challenge glass presents and the opportunity to push her own boundaries.The ARTeryJul 17, 2019Why David Bowie Might Have Been One Of Our Best Character Actors If Not For That Pesky Day JobA digital restoration of Nicolas Roeg’s "The Man Who Fell to Earth" screens this Thursday night at Coolidge Corner Theatre, complete with a pre-show performance from students of the Brookline...The ARTeryJul 16, 2019For This Boston Bassoonist, Contributing To ‘The Lion King’ Soundtrack Was Acknowledgement That Representation MattersAn accomplished classical bassoonist based in Boston, Washington was invited to be a part of the orchestra that gave life to Hans Zimmer’s score on Disney’s photo-real remake of “The...The ARTeryJul 12, 2019'Molly Of Denali' Brings A Native American Lead To Kids Across The CountryIn the show, Molly and her two friends Tooey and Trini may go on adventures in a fictional Alaskan village, but they learn a lot of facts and history about...The ARTeryJul 11, 2019'Marianne & Leonard' Shows Us What It's Like To Be On The Other Side Of A Breakup SongWith rhapsodic reverence, the film chronicles an intense, unsustainable romance between Leonard Cohen and Norwegian single mom Marianne Ihlen on the Greek island of Hydra during the swinging-est summers of...The ARTeryJul 10, 2019After Filmmaker’s Death, Her Husband And A Longtime Collaborator Work To Finish Her Last FilmWhen she died last July, Jenny Phillips was in the middle of making her third documentary about American prison culture. Her husband has never made a film before, but he...PlayThe ARTery04:46Jul 3, 2019The 'Donnie Darko' Of Our Times, 'Under The Silver Lake' Is Designed To Drive You A Bit CrazyOver a year after its wildly divisive Cannes Film Festival premiere and since its original, abandoned U.S. release date, writer-director David Robert Mitchell’s film is finally getting a belated Boston...The ARTeryJul 3, 2019Why Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue Is So Resonant TodayThere are a handful of concerts in your life that you know are life-changing and the Rolling Thunder Revue was one of them, writes critic-at-large Ed Siegel. The ARTeryJul 2, 2019Michelle Carter, Now Jailed In Texting-Suicide Case, Is Center Of New HBO DocumentaryThe HBO documentary digs into the unique case against the now-22-year-old found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of her former boyfriend.The ARTeryJul 1, 2019Twisted Horror Film 'Midsommar' Is Diabolically FunnyTransplanting a cringe-inducing relationship comedy into “Wicker Man” territory, brashly confident (and possibly demented) writer-director Ari Aster conjures some of the summer’s sickest laughs with his sophomore film.The ARTeryJul 1, 2019Rambling Documentary 'The Spy Behind Home Plate' Is Another Strike Against Moe Berg's StoryDirector Aviva Kempner enlists at least a thousand talking heads and precious little in the way of cinematic finesse to tell the true story of the Red Sox player turned...The ARTeryJun 26, 2019Whoa — Keanu Reeves Is Having A Belated Cultural MomentEverything seems to be coming up Keanu, especially at the Coolidge Corner Theatre this weekend, where the actor is the subject of an all-night, six-movie marathon: “Keanu-Thon.”The ARTeryJun 25, 2019 Previous PageNext Page
Sooner Or Later, We Have To Talk About That Twist In 'Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood'If you haven't seen Quentin Tarantino’s "Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood" do not read this. Seriously. Move on. This whole piece is a spoiler — and a defense...The ARTeryAug 5, 2019
Decades Later, Viewers Still Feel The 'Heat' For Michael Mann's 1995 LA Crime SagaStarring Al Pacino as a high-strung detective obsessed with bringing down Robert De Niro’s methodical master thief, the film gained a legion of followers who still obsess over the minute...The ARTeryAug 1, 2019
'Paris Is Burning' Sashayed The Way For The Mainstreaming Of Drag CultureJennie Livingston’s landmark 1990 documentary was an unlikely arthouse smash that offered a lot of viewers their first glimpses of fabulosity in this secret subculture, but it wasn’t received without...The ARTeryJul 30, 2019
With The 'Downton Abbey' Experience, A Chance To Live It — Or At Least Consume More ContentThe exhibition is the logical extension of the “Downton Abbey” brand, and a perfect table-setter for the full-length “Downton” movie, due to hit theaters in September.The ARTeryJul 30, 2019
Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood’ Is A Wistful Buddy Comedy With The Manson FamilyStarring Leonardo DiCaprio as fading TV Western star Rick Dalton and his stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), the film explores the end of Hollywood’s Golden Age, recreating the gloriously...The ARTeryJul 25, 2019
9 Summer Movie Musts On The Cape And IslandsFrom film festivals, showcasing the old and the new, to the requisite "Jaws" screenings, here's what film critic Erin Trahan recommends this summer. The ARTeryJul 23, 2019
From Sudan To New Hampshire To The Olympics, 'Runner' Recaps An Incredible Journey“Runner” charts Guor Mading Maker’s rise from reluctant Concord, New Hampshire high school track recruit to two-time Olympian. It makes its New England premiere at the Woods Hole Film Festival....The ARTeryJul 22, 2019
Enough Remakes. Disney Has The Power To Do Something BiggerThere’s no reason for either of these movies to exist besides wringing a few more dollars out of your residual affection for the originals, says film critic Sean Burns.The ARTeryJul 18, 2019
In Netflix’s ‘Blown Away,’ Artist K. Momoko Schafer Holds Up Glass In A New LightBorn in Boston, Schafer began exploring glassblowing during her undergraduate years at MassArt, motivated by the lifelong challenge glass presents and the opportunity to push her own boundaries.The ARTeryJul 17, 2019
Why David Bowie Might Have Been One Of Our Best Character Actors If Not For That Pesky Day JobA digital restoration of Nicolas Roeg’s "The Man Who Fell to Earth" screens this Thursday night at Coolidge Corner Theatre, complete with a pre-show performance from students of the Brookline...The ARTeryJul 16, 2019
For This Boston Bassoonist, Contributing To ‘The Lion King’ Soundtrack Was Acknowledgement That Representation MattersAn accomplished classical bassoonist based in Boston, Washington was invited to be a part of the orchestra that gave life to Hans Zimmer’s score on Disney’s photo-real remake of “The...The ARTeryJul 12, 2019
'Molly Of Denali' Brings A Native American Lead To Kids Across The CountryIn the show, Molly and her two friends Tooey and Trini may go on adventures in a fictional Alaskan village, but they learn a lot of facts and history about...The ARTeryJul 11, 2019
'Marianne & Leonard' Shows Us What It's Like To Be On The Other Side Of A Breakup SongWith rhapsodic reverence, the film chronicles an intense, unsustainable romance between Leonard Cohen and Norwegian single mom Marianne Ihlen on the Greek island of Hydra during the swinging-est summers of...The ARTeryJul 10, 2019
After Filmmaker’s Death, Her Husband And A Longtime Collaborator Work To Finish Her Last FilmWhen she died last July, Jenny Phillips was in the middle of making her third documentary about American prison culture. Her husband has never made a film before, but he...PlayThe ARTery04:46Jul 3, 2019
The 'Donnie Darko' Of Our Times, 'Under The Silver Lake' Is Designed To Drive You A Bit CrazyOver a year after its wildly divisive Cannes Film Festival premiere and since its original, abandoned U.S. release date, writer-director David Robert Mitchell’s film is finally getting a belated Boston...The ARTeryJul 3, 2019
Why Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue Is So Resonant TodayThere are a handful of concerts in your life that you know are life-changing and the Rolling Thunder Revue was one of them, writes critic-at-large Ed Siegel. The ARTeryJul 2, 2019
Michelle Carter, Now Jailed In Texting-Suicide Case, Is Center Of New HBO DocumentaryThe HBO documentary digs into the unique case against the now-22-year-old found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of her former boyfriend.The ARTeryJul 1, 2019
Twisted Horror Film 'Midsommar' Is Diabolically FunnyTransplanting a cringe-inducing relationship comedy into “Wicker Man” territory, brashly confident (and possibly demented) writer-director Ari Aster conjures some of the summer’s sickest laughs with his sophomore film.The ARTeryJul 1, 2019
Rambling Documentary 'The Spy Behind Home Plate' Is Another Strike Against Moe Berg's StoryDirector Aviva Kempner enlists at least a thousand talking heads and precious little in the way of cinematic finesse to tell the true story of the Red Sox player turned...The ARTeryJun 26, 2019
Whoa — Keanu Reeves Is Having A Belated Cultural MomentEverything seems to be coming up Keanu, especially at the Coolidge Corner Theatre this weekend, where the actor is the subject of an all-night, six-movie marathon: “Keanu-Thon.”The ARTeryJun 25, 2019
