Somerville Theater
More Stanton Rule roles, Channel Zero and puppet adventures
Among local movie programmers, the good folks at Channel Zero stand alone, digging up nigh-unstreamable obscurities and projecting them on the big screen where they belong. On Friday, Channel Zero returns to the Somerville Theatre MicroCinema with “Flight for Freedom” (1943), a rarely screened gem of wartime propaganda cinema. Rosalind Russell plays Tonie Carter, a […]
Somerville, Capital theater buildings put up for sale
The owner of 49-55 Davis Square in Somerville and 202-218 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington has put the properties on the market, with an asking price of $12 million each. The buildings house the Somerville Theatre and Capital Theater, respectively, raising questions as to whether the vibrant local independent theater scene could be affected. Read more […]
Martial arts movies, Somerville Film Fest and the Stanton Rule lead the week
Among the great artists who’ve called Boston home is the martial arts master Bow-sim Mark, who in 1976 founded the Chinese Wushu Research Institute, one of the first tai chi schools in the United States. Sifu Mark remains active to this day from her home in Newton. One of her sons is international movie star […]