Film/TV
Comedy 'Oh, Hi!' is as dysfunctional as the relationship it portrays
The sophomore effort from writer-director Sophie Brooks stars Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman as a couple on their first weekend getaway together. But the romantic trip turns into an accidental...
COVID-set 'Eddington' takes us back to a nation at a breaking point
Writer-director Ari Aster's fiendishly funny film stars Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal as a sheriff and mayor on politically opposing sides in a well-off community during the summer of 2020....
The Brattle celebrates 100 years of Robert Altman with summer-long series
The cinema is devoting Mondays and Tuesdays to "Altmania," screening 16 titles from the maverick director's five-decade career beginning with his boisterous 1970 breakthrough “M*A*S*H” and closing with his 2001...
James Gunn's 'Superman' reboot is overstuffed with ideas
Over-lit and full of kid-friendly exuberance, the film is a calculated turn away from director Zack Snyder's dark DC Universe, starting at a sprint and never letting up. "But what’s...
'Sorry, Baby' is an astute and funny film about the after-effects of trauma
Writer-director Eva Victor's movie isn't "about the bad thing, but about how life goes on before, after and all around it," reviews critic Sean Burns.
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High-octane blockbuster 'F1' is a crowd-pleasing throwback
Starring Brad Pitt as a one-time racing contender clawing his way out of obscurity, director Joseph Kosinski uses cutting-edge technology to put audiences behind the wheel of these racecars speeding...
Somerville Theatre celebrates grandeur of cinema with 70mm and Widescreen Festival
Running June 26-June 30, the festival offers five days of eye-popping, old-fashioned cinema spectacles presented according to their original specifications at the lovingly restored, 111-year-old movie palace.
For 'Jaws' 50th anniversary take a tour of iconic locations on the Vineyard
The ravenous shark in "Jaws" began chomping its way across movie screens 50 years ago on June 20. The film became the first summer blockbuster and made Martha’s Vineyard a...
27th Roxbury International Film Festival centers community and connection
This year, RoxFilm will hold a tribute to character actor Frank Silvera, host dozens of panels, workshops and gatherings, and screen more than a hundred shorts and features over 10...
Celine Song's 'Materialists' is a drama dressed up in rom-com trappings
Starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pescal, the film follows a matchmaker being pursued by two imperfect men, a rich bachelor who checks all the boxes and her struggling...
6 film festivals and series to check out this summer
From Boston to Provincetown, WBUR film critic Erin Trahan highlights the many places to enjoy documentaries, indie films, and local shorts this season.
Wes Anderson's new film is the summer's most delightful action-comedy
Starring Benicio Del Toro, “The Phoenician Scheme” is a cockamamie lark full of silly stunts, international intrigue and a daredevil anti-hero cheating death at every turn, reviews film critic Sean...
'Jaws' at 50: How Martha's Vineyard helped create a monster
A new, deep-dive exhibition at the Martha's Vineyard Museum celebrates the army of islanders that helped bring "Jaws" to life in the 1970s.
'Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' attempts to tie together 29 years of adventures
The last hurrah for Tom Cruise's agent Ethan Hunt "gets tangled in knots trying to pull together threads from the earlier movies, which were originally designed as one-offs," reviews film...
Nazis lose again (and again) at the Somerville Theatre
The “F**k the Nazis” series is back this summer for another celebration of good triumphing over a purely evil ideology, running through June 10 with a collection of nine movies...
The Brattle honors 'Iceman' Val Kilmer with retrospective
Screening through May 20, “Kilmer Forever: Remembering Val Kilmer” highlights how much the actor loved to undercut his matinee idol appearance. "Our Iceman may have looked like a golden god,...
A movie marathon examines motherhood's complex dimensions
Running Friday-Monday, the Harvard Film Archives' Mother's Day series features seven 35mm prints of big screen classics, including Pedro Almodóvar’s “All About My Mother” and John Cassavetes' "Alice Doesn't Live...
A traveling film festival brings 'Resistance of Vision' to the Brattle
"Resistance of Vision" launches nationally at independent theaters in Alabama, Kansas, California and at The Brattle in Cambridge. The festival organizers say the goal is to foster community organizing around...
Director David Cronenberg turns personal loss into 'The Shrouds'
Cronenberg lost his wife in 2017 and sister in 2020. His new film is a morbid meditation on our inability to let go, diagnosing a society-wide addiction to conspiracy theories...
IFFBoston returns with annual spring feast for movie buffs
The eight-day extravaganza kicks off April 23 and stretches across Greater Boston’s most beautiful independent movie theaters, with this year’s lineup showcasing 39 features and 12 shorts packages.