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Iranian chick

An interview with Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi
At 38, Marjane Satrapi still resembles the kid in Persepolis , her autobiographical graphic-novel-turned-animated-film of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.

By: ROB NELSON | January 10, 2008

Primary concerns

2008 releases offer campaign reform
The last thing people are looking for when they go to the movies is a reminder of the political crapola they are trying to escape.

By: PETER KEOUGH | December 28, 2007

Silver linings on a dark screen

Film: 2007 in review
The best films of 2007 hold their own when it comes to despair, evil, and treachery.

By: PETER KEOUGH | December 18, 2007

Last man standing

Once a cautionary tale about human folly, has the doomsday myth become just more fun and games?
In his 1954 novel I Am Legend , Richard Matheson conjured up a terrifying scenario: a man-made plague has killed most of humanity.

By: PETER KEOUGH | December 12, 2007

Twelve by 12

A dozen local filmmakers weave a musical, a serial-killer parody, and 10 other short movies into a cinematic patchwork quilt
It’s before noon on a Saturday and I’m at the Glass Slipper.

By: CAITLIN E. CURRAN | December 07, 2007

Born again

James McAvoy and Atonement
Four years ago, Scottish actor James McAvoy starred in an adaptation of the Frank Herbert classic Children of Dune for the Sci-Fi channel.

By: COLE HADDON | December 05, 2007

The anti-Ozu

Shohei Imamura at the HFA
You can draw the time line of the Japanese new wave in scores of different ways.

By: MICHAEL ATKINSON | November 27, 2007

He’s here!

Todd Haynes talks about his Dylan movie
I’m Not There is an apt name for a bio-pic with six Bob Dylans, none of them the real one.

By: ROB NELSON | November 20, 2007

Wild things

Lamorisse’s White Mane and Red Balloon
There is no more-enchanting Thanksgiving outing than the double bill of reissued Albert Lamorisse short films.

By: STEVE VINEBERG | November 19, 2007

Kiss him deadly

Richard Kelly on The Box , the Jag, and the critics at Cannes
Bostonians flummoxed by the great whatsits of Richard Kelly’s vaguely Spillanean Southland Tales stand an outside chance of querying the puzzler himself.

By: ROB NELSON | November 14, 2007

Temple talk

Julien on Joe
Julien Temple was one of the first filmmakers on the scene when punk erupted in the UK.

By: MATT ASHARE | November 08, 2007

Persian gulf

Bridging it at the ‘Festival of Films from Iran’
Another “Festival of Films from Iran” opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Bush Administration still hasn’t started bombing Tehran.

By: PETER KEOUGH | November 07, 2007

Interview: Josh Brolin

On the brink of fame in No Country for Old Men
Josh Brolin has distinguished himself mostly by appearing in the worst movies of great directors.

By: PETER KEOUGH | November 06, 2007

Not such a wonderful place

The 19th annual Boston Jewish Film Festival
The Boston Jewish Film Festival has always been more about the tenuous experience of that global community than about great films.

By: MICHAEL ATKINSON | October 30, 2007

Buzz words

TV’s ‘A’ star makes a bee movie
I’ve had several brushes with Jerry Seinfeld.

By: LLOYD SCHWARTZ | October 31, 2007

Southie rules

Dot Ave goes to Hollywood
In Brad Gann’s film Black Irish , Tom Guiry plays a seething blur of Southie rage named Terry.

By: MIKE MILIARD | October 24, 2007

Mighty Casey

The younger Affleck holds forth
Good Will Hunting — in which they played siblings — fixed the public perception of Casey Affleck as Ben’s younger brother.

By: COLE HADDON | October 16, 2007

Funny frames

The films of Michael Haneke at the HFA and MFA
The seemingly endless final shot of Michael Haneke’s CACHÉ|HIDDEN might have shocked some viewers into an almost forgotten skill: watching.

By: PETER KEOUGH | October 15, 2007

Darjeeling unlimited

Wes Anderson talks about India, Owen, and the short
Movie miniaturist Wes Anderson ( The Royal Tenenbaums , Rushmore ) expands his horizons in The Darjeeling Limited.

By: GARY SUSMAN | October 03, 2007

Dark new wave

Contemporary Romanian cinema at the HFA
Every now and then, it happens: a new wave from where?

By: MICHAEL ATKINSON | October 01, 2007

Cinema of suffering

The Palestinian Film Festival and the films of Pedro Costa
Film, like most arts, tries to turn misery into entertainment.

By: PETER KEOUGH | September 25, 2007

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