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Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

admin — Mon, 21 May 2012 23:03:11 +0000

I was half-tempted to do a "indigenous people versus their conquerors" double feature, both in terms of what I saw and what I reviewed with Crooked Arrows, which also opened at Boston Common on Friday, but I’m kind of guessing that weighing the decapitations in Taiwan against the playing of lacrosse in America might seem a bit unbalanced. Maybe I’ll take that one in later.

Very light crowd -

James Bond Weekend #2: From Diamonds Are Forever to The Spy Who Loved Me

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 23:01:15 +0000

So, I’m sitting down in the front row of the theater, writing something or other while getting ready to watch Diamonds Are Forever on Friday night, and ten or fifteen minutes before the movie, I hear "obsessed lunatic?", and Dave Kornfeld is standing above me.

Dave’s the head projectionist at the Somerville Theatre, who pulled him out of retirement as they upgraded the theater from second-run to

Independent Film Festival Boston 2012.08 (Closing Night, Wednesday 2 May 2012): The Queen of Versailles

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:03:34 +0000

And the last night, as usual, comes at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, in the big room. We all know what that means – duck!The IFFBoston staff has prizes for you – look out!Apparently, the festival staff did not get rid of all of the previous year’s t-shirts a week earlier at opening night. They also had plenty of chips from Utz and fruit bar things from another sponsor that they were determined

Next Week in Tickets: Films playing Boston 18 May 2012 – 24 May 2012

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:03:34 +0000

So, I didn’t do this last week as I went head-down on IFFBoston stuff, and neither heard complaints not saw a really noticeable downtick in hits, but I found myself losing track of what was playing and what I wanted to see. So I’m back at it, just because I need to do so.

That last sentence likely describes blogging and writing in general.

It looks like a pretty unimpressive week in the

This Fall in TV 2012: Sifting through what the networks will inflict upon us this fall

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:03:34 +0000

Remember what I said about writing being habit? Here’s another example. I used to regularly write up the fall schedules based on the upfront stories for the Home Theater Forum, but even though I drifted away from that site a couple years ago (I joke that I was shunned after saying I really don’t care about lossless audio), I did it last year and felt the itch again this year. So, let’s go!

Independent Film Festival Boston 2012.07 (Tuesday 1 May 2012): Paul Williams Still Alive and Rubberneck

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:03:32 +0000

Ah, the Tuesday of IFFBoston. The "showcase day", when the festival shows two movies that aren’t deemed to be opening/closing night material but are worthy of being shown without alternative screenings. During the three previous years, a different venue got this day (the ICA in 2009-2010, with a tendency toward documentaries on the creative process; the Stuart Street Playhouse last year, in

Independent Film Festival Boston 2012.06 (Monday 30 April 2012): The Revisionaries and Headhunters

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:40:11 +0000

The Monday on the IFFBoston schedule is sort of an in-between day – it’s not a big moviegoing night in general, so few of what are expected to be the big premieres are playing (although the demand for El Bulli last year seemed to catch them by surprise). It’s a good night to catch up on short programs and maybe a repeat or two from early in the festival, and not have to walk around that second

Two nights at the Arlington Captiol: The Pirates!: An Adventure with Scientists and Nesting

admin — Sat, 12 May 2012 23:05:06 +0000

Actually, three nights at the Capitol this week, including The Avengers on Monday. As a venue, it’s got its issues – five of the six screens have center aisle, which is a bit of a nuisance for those of us who like to sit in the center – but like their sister theater in Somerville, it’s a nice place that prides itself on good presentation, and the ice-cream shop in the back

Nesting showing up

Independent Film Festival Boston 2012.05 (Sunday 29 April 2012): Fairhaven, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Girl Model & Keyhole

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:04:30 +0000

This is how it starts… I know I’m not going to get a This Week In Tickets post done during the festival, but I figure the next week isn’t unreasonable, and then when that week passes I’m barely done writing up February, and before you know it it’s Fantasia time and I haven’t done one since April…Well, anyway, time to stop worrying and show off some horrible photography. It’s a shame there

Independent Film Festival Boston 2012.04 (Saturday 28 April 2012): Time Zero, Knuckleball!, Think of Me, and Booster

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 23:02:50 +0000

I planned for this to be the crazy marathon day and maybe the fact that it wasn’t that kind of gauntlet wound up being for the best – watching six films doesn’t sound like a whole lot more "work" than four, but running from one theater to another means not eating real food, keeping one part of the brain running hot while the rest idles, with little exercise… It’s surprisingly grinding.

But