Film
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Denise Kasell Heads Coolidge Corner Theatre
Ex Hamptons Film Fest Head To Succeed Joe Zina
By: - Dec 13th, 2008After an extensive international search, Denise Kasell has been appointed by the board of trustees of the Coolidge Corner Theatre Foundation as the new executive director of the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA. Ms. Kassel brings an extensive background to a wonderful institution. After the spectacular tenure of 10 year Executive Director Joe Zina, it will be fascinating to watch how she puts her own signature on this dynamic and historic institution in the future. Denise Kassel's film and entertainment credentials are impressive.
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Kevin Rafferty's Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
A Documentary About The '68 Game for the Ages
By: - Nov 19th, 2008Set on the eve of student unrest, Viet Nam protests, civil rights demonstrations and a few months after the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, the 1968 Harvard-Yale Game was arguably one of the most exciting and unexpected football contests of the 20th Century. Creative veteran Director/cinematographer Kevin Rafferty captures the moment through the eyes of 50 players from both sides in a witty and compelling way.
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Clint Eastwood's Changeling
Angelina Jolie Puffs and Pouts as a Distraught Mother
By: - Nov 04th, 2008While flawed and ultimately disappointing Clint Eastwood's "Changeling," based on a true story of police abuse and corruption, set in 1928 Los Angeles, almost evoked the best performance of her career from Angelina Jolie.
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W. by Oliver Stone
A Lame Duck Film
By: - Nov 03rd, 2008As George W. Bush winds down his Presidency with the lowest approval ratings since Nixon's before his resignation, and Truman's during the Korean War, Oliver Stone has given us "W." a film that is at least as mediocre as the subject it depicts.
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Ricky Gervais in Ghost Town
An Extra Steps Out of The Office for a Leading Role
By: - Oct 02nd, 2008Ricky Gervais is a comic genius known for his remarkable series on BBC "The Office" and "Extras." Having made several films "Ghost Town" is his first starring role. Hopefully there will be other and better efforts.
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Miracle at St. Anna
Spiking WWII
By: - Oct 01st, 2008The film Miracle at St. Anna, by Spike Lee, is loosely based on a massacre of the people of Sant' Anna di Stazzema by the Waffen-SS in August of 1944. The film focuses on four soldiers from the all-black 92nd Infantry Division who have sought shelter in the village.
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Torching Burn After Reading
Coen Brothers Film Is More Fizzle Than Sizzle
By: - Sep 14th, 2008Last year the Coen Brothers won big with "No Country for Old Men." But, despite an all star cast, "Burn After Reading" is a flame out. This crash and burn film has a few but not enough amusing moments.
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The Toronto International Film Festival 2008
Annual Showcase of Cinema At Its Best and Brightest
By: - Sep 08th, 2008For 33 years, Toronto has hosted a global movie mega-event that showcases some of the best and most interesting films from around the world. Visiting the Toronto International Film Festival is like participating in an athletic event where stamina and follow-through are necessary. Watching great films may be the second best thing that you can do in the dark.
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona by Woody Allen
Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem Star in New Film
By: - Sep 06th, 2008With this new film shot in Barcelona Woddy Allen is back on his game. Sure there are flaws but already there is Oscar buzz for the performance of Penelope Cruz. This film is worth seeing twice for all the jokes you miss the first time.
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Heath Ledger Was No Joke
Dark Knight Will Be Ledger's Enduring Legacy
By: - Aug 19th, 2008The Joker in the action thriller Dark Knight was the final and greatest performance of Keith Ledger who died, at 28, shortly after completing the film. Now 69 Batman has endured the test of time.
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Meryl Streep Stars in Mamma Mia
Summer Fun on a Greek Island
By: - Jul 31st, 2008If you can't jet off to a Greek island for a summer adventure then at least head to the movies for the pure escape of "Mamma Mia" and the guilty pleasure of all those catchy ABBA tunes.
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Coolidge Corner Theatre's Joe Zina Steps Down
Outstanding Executive Director Is Leaving in January
By: - Jul 10th, 2008Creatively energizing the once moribund Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Massachusetts over the last decade, Joe Zina has given New England and the world a great cinematic and artistic institution. In January, the brilliant impresario is to step down from the directorship to pursue his artistic vision.
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Chantal Akerman Moving Thru Time and Space
MIT Curator Bill Arning Gives Insightful Talk
By: - Jun 28th, 2008Visionary and pioneering Belgian Feminist filmmaker caps a year of video art exhibitions at MIT's List Visual Arts Center
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2008 Coolidge Award Goes To British Producer
Jeremy Thomas Honored for Lifetime Achievement
By: - Apr 28th, 2008The 2008 Coolidge Award continues its five year tradition of honoring the best of contemporary filmmakers. Jeremy Thomas' 30 year career as an independent film producer demonstrates the highest levels of world cinema style and craft.
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The Lives of Others: A Personal Assessment
Life in the Formerly Divided Germany
By: - Jan 17th, 2008For many who lived under Stasi surveilance in the former German Democratic Republic this controversial film is too politically loaded. The film by director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck was released in 2006 and won an Oscar in 2007 for best Foreign Language Film. The critic, Astrid Hiemer, who grew up in Germany offers a personal response that draws on her own family history.
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Another Opinion of Julian Schnabel's New Film
Former NY Model Disagrees with Favermann's Review
By: - Dec 29th, 2007A former New York model takes exception to the Mark Favermann review of the new film by the neo expressionist artist Julian Schnabel. Particularly his point that there are "too many beautiful girls" in the film.
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, A French Film Directed by Julian Schnabel
New York City Art Bad Boy Morphing into Auteur Or Keeping All the Plates in the Air
By: - Dec 26th, 2007After Julian Schnabel's career faded,the former NYC Art world star changes his calling to international filmmaking by making a French language film about a physically stricken former French Elle editor. Critics loved it. Cannes even gave him a prize. The Golden Globes named him best director and the film as the Best Foreign Film. He was nominated for a Best Director Oscar by the Academy Awards. But is it really great cinema or just simply good? Would you want to see it a second time?
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Mass MoCA Goes Green
Launches Film Series with the Classic Endless Summer
By: - Dec 05th, 2007There may be snow covering Mount Greylock but at Mass MoCA it's Surf's Up with the screening of the Classic Endless Summer launching a new Green film series over the next few months.
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The 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
Taking in the Olympics of Cinema
By: - Sep 12th, 2007Participating in one of the world's great cultural events while immersing in a sea of cinematic waves, frothy pr foam, and star-studded splash, Mark Favermann's yearly jaunt to the Canadian film mecca puts him literally in the picture.
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Alice Neel Film Premieres at ICA/Boston
Documentary on Painter Neel by Grandson Andrew Neel
By: - Aug 21st, 2007Alice Neel, a great 20th century painter of raw, psychological portraits is the subject of a new genre of personal documentary by children and relatives of the artist.
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Bourne Ultimatum Kills and Thrills
Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass Team Again
By: - Aug 11th, 2007The third in the series Bourne Ultimatum again unites actor Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass for what may be the most thriling action film ever made.
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Un Chien Andalou
Bunuel/ Dali Surrealist Masterpiece on DVD
By: - Aug 08th, 2007In the opening sequence of the Salvador Dali, Luis Bunuel, 1929, silent film "Un Chien Andalou" a woman has her eye slit by a razor. It is one of the most enduring images of avant-garde cinema.
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Sicko Examines Health Care with Rubber Gloves
Does a Michael Moore Film Again Preach to the Coverted
By: - Jul 06th, 2007Radical documentary filmmaker, Michael Moore, takes on the national healthcare system and its pratfalls. The author, a young American, plans to hold onto his dual German citizenship. Just in case and gives reasons why.
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Steve Martin Narrates Hopper Video
July Release for Microcinema International DVD
By: - May 24th, 2007The actor/ collector Steve Martin narrates a thirty minute video produced by the National Gallery and distributed by Microcinema International to accompany a touring exhibition currently at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Thelma Schoonmaker Given Coolidge Award
Scorsese collaborator honored for work in film editing
By: - Apr 12th, 2007Three time Academy Award winning film editor, Thelma Schoonmaker, came to the Art Deco Coolidge Corner Theatre to accept its fourth annual Coolidge Award. The theatre is promoting a festival of her films including a screening of "The Departed" with her friend and collaborator, Martin Scorsese.
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