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In a world where there's nothing to do but watch movies.
In a city full of theaters, museums, and libraries.
One moviegoer who can be in three places at once.
Wednesday 3/29:
Thank You For Smoking
Bostonist saw Thank You For Smoking last week. We were impressed with its clever writing and relentless bipartisan satire, and even more impressed that it managed to be heavy-handed and cynical to the point of pointlessness. And even more impressive than that: the Kendall's range of popcorn toppings. We recommend combining the "Cajun" powder with the white cheddar.
Kendall Square Cinema
Numerous showtimes from 1:45 to 9:30 pm throughout the week, $6.50-$9.25
Thank You For Smoking: IMDB | web site | trailer
Friday 3/31:
The Hole Story
The pseudodocumentary series continues: Alex Karpovsky directs a puzzle of a film in which Alex Karpovsky shoots television footage of unexplained phenomena in the middle of a frozen Minnesota lake. The director, a former karaoke video editor from Newton, will be present for Friday night's screening.
Harvard Film Archive
7 pm, $8
The Hole Story: IMDB | web site | Boston Globe
Friday 3/31 & Saturday 4/01:
Man, Woman In The Dunes
Two and a half hours of being buried alive in sand. Hiroshi Teshigahara's 1964 classic Woman In The Dunes is presented along with Man In The Dunes, a documentary about the filmmaker, with newly translated subtitles.
Brattle Theatre
5 pm & 8 pm, also Saturday at 2 pm, $9
Teshigahara: web site
Hudson Hawk
The Brattle bills these midnight screenings as "guilty pleasures." Bostonist unable to feel shame for watching Bruce Willis steal Da Vinci's while singing and falling for Vatican secret agent Andie MacDowell. Heck, we had the Nintendo cartridge.
Brattle Theatre
Midnight (plus noon on Saturday), $9
Hudson Hawk: IMDB | trailer
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That
Your other midnight option: The Beastie Boys hand fifty video cameras to fifty fans and let them shoot their own damn concert documentary.
Coolidge Corner Theatre
Midnight, $7.50
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That: IMDB | web site
Sunday, 4/02:
An Evening With Geoffrey Gilmore
The director of the Sundance Film Festival will discuss "the intricacies of the film festival circuit," and screen a yet-to-be-announced "film that received top awards at a past Sundance festival."
Harvard Film Archive
7pm, free
Sundance Film Festival: web site
Weekly Film Agenda contributed by C. Fernsebner with kind assistance from Nick Edwards
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props to you for recognizing the genius of Hudson Hawk. A sadly, sadly underrated movie, killed by the blockbuster expectations of Bruce. If he put it out now, now that no one expects anything from his films, people would realize its genius.