Bostonist's going to see the movies about four-letter words and zombies, but we urge you to check out the rest of Boston International Film Festival, which offers samurai, crossword puzzles, giant Buddhas, and Pixies.
Wednesday 4/19
Lost in Translation
The Harvard Film Archive follows up Maggie Chung & Tony Leung's gorgeous, heartbreaking non-affair in Hong Kong with Scarlett Johansen & Bill Murray's equally beautiful, equally heartbreaking non-affair in Tokyo. But we might just stay home and watch the trailer for director Sofia Coppola's next film, Marie-Antoinette, until we get this New Order song unstuck from our heads.
Harvard Film Archive
7 pm, $8
Lost in Translation: IMDB | web site (Japan) | web site (U.S.) | translation of Japanese dialogue about Suntory whisky
The Devil & Daniel Johnston
Bostonist picked this film last week because it won the Best Documentary prize at Sundance. This week we're picking it again, because a tattoo artist recommended it highly, and when a person is jabbing a good friend of yours with a needle, you have to trust the things that person is saying. (She also told us how to make a bong out of a frozen chocolate Easter bunny.)
Kendall Square Cinema
Various showtimes daily, through next week, $6.50-$9.25
The Devil & Daniel Johnston: IMDB | web site | Director's introduction
Thursday 4/20
Animation Program #2: Ruth Lingford, Steve Gentile, and Dan Sousa
Three animators present their work, including Dan Sousa's cyclical and eerie Fable.
Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium
5:45, $9
Saturday 4/22
F*ck & Zombie American
The Boston Independent Film Festival presents a documentary about cussing, featuring interviews with Hunter S. Thompson, Bill Hicks, Pat Boone, Ron Jeremy, and Ice-T, among others. Preceded by a short film starring The Daily Show's Ed Helms as one of America's disenfranchised undead.
Brattle Theatre
9 pm, $8
F*ck: IMDB | web site
Zombie-American: IMDB | web site
Tuesday 4/25
The Leopard
Burt Lancaster is a Sicilian prince throwing the last great ball ever in the aftermath of Italy's unification. Luchino Visconti directs, Nino Rota scores, and Claudia Cardinale and Alain Delon are beautiful to look at.
Harvard Film Archive
7 pm, $8
The Leopard: IMDB | The Guardian
Nick Edwards assisted with this post.
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