entertainment
Intensity in survival and horror
“The Weight” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3.5 out of 4. In The Weight,” a muscular, Depression-era survival drama, Ethan Hawke again looms large in small, gritty fare. Hawke brings a lean, tightly wound intensity to a man carrying more than his body— or perhaps his soul — can bear. It’s another powerful performance, after a deserved Oscar […]
Cemetery screenings that don’t scare
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the programmers of the Coolidge Corner Theatre cross the river for the latest installment of Cemetery Cinema, an annual series of double features projected on the beautiful grounds of Mt. Auburn Cemetery. While graveyard screenings are often associated with horror movies, the folks at the Coolidge take a more thoughtful approach, […]
Central Square’s ‘Eleanor’ a Plum production
Central Square Theater’s absorbing and enlightening production of Mark St. Germain’s “Eleanor” opens on a set of benches, panels of greenery, and a projection of a statue called “Grief.” The acclaimed Paula Plum, wearing a dignified dress from an earlier era, steps onto the stage, and we are face-to-face with the embodiment of one of […]
“Marie Antoinette and friends: Three films by Sofia Coppola”
If the words “Hollywood royalty” apply to anyone, it’s Sofia Coppola. Her father is Francis Ford Coppola, director of such American classics as “The Godfather” (1972) and “Apocalypse Now” (1979); her mother, Eleanor, was an acclaimed documentarian; and her family tree includes such thespians as Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, and Nicolas Cage. Unlike some Hollywood […]
A Robin Hood origin story
“The Uprising” ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 4. The latest action flick from “Jason Bourne” director Paul Greengrass has been marred by a marketing fumble that hailed the movie as a Robin Hood origin story. “Witness the rise of Robin Hood,” was the mid-summer tagline until Focus Features caught flack — too much of a […]
Cult classics are in session
The Harvard Film Archive is officially back in full swing following a long summer off, and with it comes another round of fascinating retrospectives and repertory series you’re unlikely to see anywhere else. On Friday, the HFA kicks off another tribute to a cinematic hero in a series titled “João César Monteiro, Poet-Provacateur.” Though often […]
Events this week in Cambridge and Somerville: 9/11 rememberance, Boston Lyric Opera and Oktoberfest
For a searchable calendar of events with your choice of list or map view, or to submit an event of your own, go to the main calendar. Read more An intimate documentary, a kidnapping rescue and a black comedy debut Thursday, Sep. 10 5 to 7:30 p.m.Somerville City Hall, 93 Highland Ave., Central Hill. Civic DayFree. This […]
An intimate documentary, a kidnapping rescue and a black comedy debut
“Remake” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3.5 out of 4. Ross McElwee’s “Remake” opens with a wry proposition: a Hollywood producer wants to turn McElwee’s 1986 documentary, “Sherman’s March” — the filmmaker’s meandering meditation on love, Southern culture, and romantic rejection — into a conventional scripted feature, perhaps even a comedy. Questions abound: Who would play McElwee? How […]
The CPL’s top 10 August reads
Here are this month’s 10 most checked out books at all Cambridge Public Library locations. Thanks to Susannah Borysthen-Tkacz, Senior Librarian, for providing us with the list. Read more Children born at Mount Auburn Hospital invited to meet “The Dot” author
Pop-up book fair takes hold at Lamplighter Brewing
This summer, Lamplighter Brewing Co. in Cambridge launched a monthly Brewery Book Fair with Book Ends, an independent bookstore in Winchester. Read more Cambridge affordable housing projects to receive over $18 million in state and federal financing It began in July as the brainchild of Book Ends co-owner Lauren Tiedemann, a Cambridge resident and member […]