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Art horror, serial killer nonchiller, espionage comedy and a gorefest
“Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 4. In this latest art-horror curio from Jane Schoenbrun, the alt-indie hand behind psycho-chillers “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” (2021) and “I Saw the TV Glow” (2024), the “Friday the 13th” film franchise and gender politics get skewered with bloody orgasmic […]
Events this week in Cambridge and Somerville: Outdoor movies, a puppet circus and Boston Lyric Opera
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 Zondervan: HEART has shifted away from emergency response Thursday, Sept. 3 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.Kendall/MIT Open Space at 292 Main St., Kendall Square. Outdoor Movie: “The Wiz” (rescheduled)Free, […]
In these films, creatures and cartoon characters live among us
“Hope” ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 2.5 out of 4. For those who relish Korean creature-feature flicks laced with social commentary — think “The Host” (2006) or the gonzo zombie blast “Train to Busan” (2016) — “Hope” may scratch your itch. But be advised, you’ll be nearly an hour in before the first beastie rears its ugly head […]
This week in Cambridge and Somerville: Outdoor screenings, Grooversity and free bike tune-ups
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 Graham Greene honors and mid-century sci-fi continue, retro series kicks off Thursday, Aug. 27 7 p.m.Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square. Ali Barthwell presents “Reality TV […]
Hockey romance is on the ice not in the air
On the same Brighton ice rink where the Boston Bruins practice, fans of hockey romance novels met on Friday night, skating to the fast paced beats of the “Heated Rivalry” soundtrack. On the mezzanine, attendees browsed different clothing, jewelry, and stationary vendors in hockey jerseys, some representing real National Hockey League teams and others representing […]
Harvard Film Archive re-opens
The students aren’t the only ones returning to Harvard this week. Following a three-month closure for much-needed restorations, the Harvard Film Archive reopens its doors Friday for a brand-new season of rare screenings and expert curation. The first series out of the gate is the wonderfully titled “The Cold Heart Is More Precious than Diamonds: […]
In these movies, home is where the hell is
It’s family survival week in a pair of punchy sci-fi thrillers, where death lurks just beyond the mailbox. “The Last House,” on Netflix, finds a Pacific Northwest family sealed inside their house due to mysterious forces at play. Over at the “End of Oak Street,” a big-screen undertaking with Spielberg-ian overtones, dinosaurs move into a […]
Gregg Araki’s latest, an erotic comedy thriller
“I Want Your Sex” ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3 out of 4. And keeping with the sex theme: It’s been 12 years since Gregg Araki made his last film, “White Bird in a Blizzard,” a competently done mystery and something of a restrained effort compared to his gloriously gonzo, queer-leaning, desperado films of the 1990s (“Totally F***ed […]
A devastating drama and a near-future rom-com
“Blue Heron” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3.5 out of 4. In case you missed the best film of the year (so far) — it didn’t play a Cambridge or Somerville theater — you can now catch the devastating picture digitally. In Sophy Romvari’s semi-autobiographical film, a Hungarian family relocates to Vancouver Island, Canada in the 1990s. She […]
A spaghetti western and new Spider-Man
“Dead Souls” ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 2.5 out of 4. For his self-proclaimed final film, cult warrior Alex Cox has laid his sights on Donald Trump, ICE, and AI. Not a bad hit list, but a little weird when you consider it’s a spaghetti western based on the 1842 book by Nikolai Gogol — where a shady […]