Film
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Jonathan Demme Wins Coolidge Award
Annual Film Award To Be Presented March 1&2
By: - Jan 28th, 2010The Coolidge Award is an annual celebration honoring a film artist whose body of work is recognized as consistently original and challenging. The category from which the recipient is chosen each year rotates, to reflect the broad range of film arts championed by The Coolidge Corner Theatre throughout its history. This year's recipient is Director, Producer and Screenwriter Jonathan Demme. His films include Melvin and Howard, Swing Shift, Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia and Rachel Getting Married to name a few.
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Lie! Cheat! Steal! Fake It! At Mass MoCA
Film Series Opened with American Casino
By: - Jan 26th, 2010Mass MoCA has organized a provocative documentary film series Lie!Cheat! Steal! Fake It! We recently attended the first in the series "American Casino" that explored the sub prime mess that decimated banks and brought down Wall Street. The films are screened on Thursdays once a month through April 29.
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James Ivory at Williamstown Film Festival
Dialogue with Artistic Director Steve Lawson
By: - Nov 02nd, 2009Producer Ismail Merchant, who passed away in 2005, and director, James Ivory, created their first film "The Householder" in 1963. They are mostly noted for literary costume dramas like "Room with a View" "Howards End" and "Remains of the Day." Ivory was frank and amusing in discussing the occasional clunkers like "Slaves of New York." His appearance was a highlight of the Eleventh Williamstown Film Festival.
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A Winning First Week for Williamstown Film Festival
New Films, New Insights, New Stars as Week Two Begins
By: - Oct 29th, 2009So far, more than two dozen features and shorts have received their debuts at the Williamstown Film Festival and there wasn't a dud among them. And Week Two is at hand.
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Live Music by ETHEL to Accompany Ship of Monsters Film
Williamstown Film Festival and Mass MoCA Join Forces
By: - Oct 27th, 2009e-Harmony couldn't come up with a stranger match than the one on tap Friday night, October 30. Hear string quartet ETHEL playing original music while you watch the Mexican sci-fi film La Nave De Los Monstruos (Ship of Monsters). We talk to violist Ralph Farris about this perplexing pairing.
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Preview of Williamstown Film Festival's Eleventh Season
October 23 - November 1 Screenings, Panels, Special Events
By: - Sep 23rd, 2009For 2009's Williamstown Film Festival the emphasis is on movies and film making, not what the starlets are wearing on the red carpet. Film makers and film lovers love the Berkshire's version of a film festival since the emphasis is on craft and content, not gossip and glamour.
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2009 Toronto International Film Festival
A Little Something For Everyone at TIFF
By: - Sep 14th, 2009The annual Toronto International Film Festival has become the largest and most diverse film festival in the world. It allows filmlovers to taste, savor, reject and enjoy films from around the globe including general Hollywood big budget movies, independently produced smaller films, documentaries, family entertainments and midnight madness blood and guts horror films.
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Noel Coward's Easy Virtue
Stephen Elliot's Adaption of 1925 Play
By: - Jun 27th, 2009"Easy Virtue",a delicious update on Noel Coward, opened in limited release at the end of May...tuned to our times. Alfred Hitchcock made a silent film based on the play. Why would Hitchcock have been attracted when Coward is first and foremost a wordsmith and sound was not available for the 1927 production?
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Great Night at Boston Independent Film Festival
Bobcat Goldwait Directs Robin Williams
By: - Apr 30th, 2009The Boston Independent Film Festival has developed into a serious film celebration. Closing night of the seventh year of the Boston Independent Film Festival took place at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. The film was World's Greatest Dad directed by Bobcat Goldwait and starring Robin Williams. Yes, that Bobcat Goldwait of intellectually unmemorable films like Police Academy and quirky standup routines. The crowd loved it at the Coolidge with Robin Williams on the screen and Goldwait in person.
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State of Play Delivers
Political Thriller Stars Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Helen Mirren
By: - Apr 21st, 2009The ripped from the headlines plot of the political thriller "State of Play" involves a philandering Congressman whose mistress/ aide gets thrown under a train in the midst of investigating a black ops paramilitary security firm bilking the goverment for billions. Sounds familiar? Add to that an editor presiding over a shrinking news room investigating the scandal. The film with a terrific cast proves to be predictable but thoroughly entertaining.
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Brothers Quay to Receive '09 Coolidge Award
6th Annual Award to Edgy Animation Twins
By: - Mar 26th, 2009Adding to the list of the most distinguished filmmakers and performers in the world, the Coolidge Corner Theatre is awarding this year's prestigeous Coolidge Award to two esteemed animators. Recognized as among the world's most original contemporary animators, the Brothers Quay are American twin collaborators living and working in England. With a passion for meticulous detail, color and texture, the duo's films and shorts are unique and instantly recognizable. Their work also includes outstanding set design and collaboration with other artists and filmmakers.
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Valkyrie: Cruise Control
A Plot to Kill Hitler
By: - Dec 31st, 2008For a film star of a certain age there was Risky Business for Tom Cruise riding on his role as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg a key conspirator in "Valkyrie" the last of some 20 attempts to assasinate Adolph Hitler.
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The Wrestler is A Mickey Rourke Pin
Rourke's Acting Career Resurrected
By: - Dec 27th, 2008Mickey Rourke has been a Hollywood badboy for over three decades. His anti-establishment attitude has hurt him professionally. His decisions and judgments have been self-destructive. However, now in his 50's, his acting career seems to be resurrected with this outstanding and powerful performance in The Wrestler.
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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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