Centuries ago in the epic Indian literature of ‘Mahabharat,” there is a story of a boy named Eklavya who passionately wants to learn archery from a teacher named Drona. When he approaches Drona, the teacher refuses to teach...
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23 December 2015
Christmas is traditionally a popular time to open a film, so it’s no surprise that a slew of new releases are hitting the multiplex this week.
Will any of them be able to gain a foothold following last week’s record-breaking...
09 December 2015
It’s almost Christmas. If you haven’t figured that out by from the ads for Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, you can see it in all the holiday-oriented fare on local stages.
BalletMet’s The Nutcracker. A couple of...
18 November 2015
For career journalists like myself, watching Spotlight is a bittersweet
experience.
It’s sweet because it shows journalism at its best. The film tells the true
story of The Boston Globe’s 2001-02 efforts to uncover the Catholic Church’s...
04 November 2015
Is there such a thing as too much sex?
In the very first scene of Love, director/screenwriter Gaspar Noe lets us know he’s leaving nothing to the imagination. Lovers Murphy (Karl Glusman) and Electra (...
28 October 2015
Are you kicking yourself for missing this year’s Telluride Film Festival? Not to mention Sundance, Tribeca and Cannes?
Have no fear. You can still catch a film festival—in fact, two of them. And you don’t...
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