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Charles Ross is bringing his to the Coolidge Corner Theatre on Monday, November 15 at 8 p.m. Ross performs every character and scene without props, sings the memorable songs created by John Williams, and interjects movie facts and observations. Ross is Canadian and first performed his show in Toronto in January 2001. He also performs a One-Man Lord of the Rings. Tickets: $20 general admission/$17 Coolidge Corner Theatre members; available at www.coolidge.org/onstage or at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street in Brookline. For more information call 617-734-2500.
About a year after the Brattle went boozy, the Coolidge Corner Theatre will follow suit. The Brookline theatre will start serving beer (possibly Harpoon) and wine this summer. We're pleased about having the option to imbibe in yet another local theatre (thanks to the Somerville Theatre for consistently providing beer, if consistently closing the beer stand way early and never providing more than one beer per person), but we are sad that nobody will be bringing beer right to our seats like they do at the Alamo. And in other film-ish news, the Independent Film Festival Boston opened today at the Somerville Theatre. [Globe]
Eli and Ben, the opening film for this year's Boston Jewish Film Festival, is a far more muted affair than last year's The Deal. In this post-Madoff world, the showy tale of a Hollywood flim-flam man whose defining strength is his ability to talk story, the ability to effortlessly pile layers of lies on top of each other, is somehow out of step and no longer palatable. There's been too much artifice already. Times call for quieter, more restrained movies such as this one, a coming-of-age story that looks not so much at the loss of an innocence as a genealogy of morality. Bonus: Eli and Ben also happens to be a pretty good movie.
Dave Eggers was joined by John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph last night at the Coolidge Corner Theatre for an advance screening of Away We Go, presented by Eggers' tutoring center 826 Boston. The movie, which opens June 12, stars Newton native Krasinski (Jim from The Office) and Rudolph, who is also currently filming Grown Ups in town along with Adam Sandler, Kevin James, and Chris Rock. Anyone have exciting celebrity encounters as a result of this event or Grown Ups?
About halfway through Good Vibrations’s third annual Amateur Erotic Film Festival, Bostonist realized that there was no way we were going to be able to produce a traditional review of the entries. This is because, of course, one person’s kink is another’s boner-killer. Over the course of the eight short films, we were by turns amused, turned-on, wigged-out, baffled, and impressed.
7:00pm; $9 (Free for members)
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John Sayles will read from the story behind his latest movie, The Honeydripper. Coolidge Corner Theatre, 6:00 pm.
The King's birthday is today! All hail Elvis! Dick's Last Resort, where they tend to celebrate everything Elvis, will be hosting a birthday bash including an Elvis Impersonator contest and a jelly-donut eating contest. Faneuil Hall. 6:00 pm.
Indie Short Film Night, featuring movies by local filmmakers, including the premiere of "Absent Meaning," which vows that "Nothing is as hopeful as a suicidal Belarusian waitress turned punk rocker!" Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline, 9:30 pm, $5.
How did The Golden Compass, Juno, and Atonement do critically and commercially? Of Compass and its controversy, the Dig's David Wildman said, "So screw the religious nuts, there's no reason not to see this fun little flick." James Verniere at the Herald disagreed, finding it a "long and often tedious slog." Unless you're a sci-fi fan or want to stick it to The Man, you might want to stay away. The movie opened at Number...
Authorial Intent is Bostonist's wrap-up of local readings. All events are free unless otherwise noted. Wednesday, November 28 Helen Vendler, Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and the Lyric Form, Sacker Museum (via Harvard Book Store), 6:00 pm. More info. Vendler, the closest reader of all close readers, so says the New York Times, shines her spotlight on William Butler Yeats. Thursday, November 29 David Hosp, Innocence, 7:30 pm, Charlestown Branch Library Hosp will be reading from...
The 19th Annual Boston Jewish Film Festival Now through November 11 At almost every theater in town Official site Sometimes film festivals aim to achieve a specific tone each year, or they provide selections that fit neatly into certain genres. This year's Boston Jewish Film Festival selections are unruly. They won't be boxed in. Even when it comes to their screenings, specific movies might be hard to find because they are popping up all over...
"Authorial Intent" is Bostonist's roundup of reading events in the area. All events are free unless otherwise noted. Thursday, November 1 Alice Medrich, 7:00 pm, Brookline Booksmith Not in the mood for candy corn but still craving something sweet? Alice Medrich, aka the "Queen of Chocolate," will inspire your palate in a discussion of her book Pure Dessert: True Flavors, Inspiring Ingredients, and Simple Recipes. Friday, November 2 Paula Kamen, 3:00 pm, Harvard Book Store....
Science on Screen: Pulse (Kairo) & Alan Lightman Monday, October 29, 7:00pm Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, $9 (Tickets and more information) Bostonist isn't sure what MIT physicist and novelist Alan Lightman has to do with Pulse, the 2001 Japanese horror masterpiece he will introduce tonight at the Coolidge Corner, but we are also not sure that it matters. We'll take any excuse to see this film. Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (no relation to Akira), Pulse...
Halloween Horror Movie Marathon Midnight, Saturday October 27-noon, Sunday, October 28 Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, $20 Bostonist has never understood how The Monster Squad (1987) gained its cult following, but we know better than to argue with its partisans, who will likely be out in force Saturday night. The film kicks off The Coolidge Corner Theatre's 5th Annual 12 Hour Halloween Movie Marathon, which begins at midnight, Saturday and lasts until noon, Sunday. The Monster...
Authorial Intent is Bostonist's wrap-up of readings around the city. Thursday, October 18 Joan Blades, 6:30 pm, Rabb Auditorium, Boston Public Library, Ford Hall Forum Series. Blades is the cofounder of moveon.org, and she's got a lot on her mind besides "General Betray-Us," which Congress gnawed on like they had nothing better to do. She'll be talking about momsrising.org, her organization that pushes for more rights for moms and families. Saturday, October 20 Frank, Mark,...
Chris Marstall, the founder of Tourfilter, decided he wasn't satisfied with helping people track their favorite bands. He realized something was missing when it came to local movie schedules. As Boston movie connoisseurs are aware, Greater Boston is always on top of the film scene. The Brattle Theatre, Coolidge Corner Theatre, the Harvard Film Archive, and the Museum of Fine Arts could keep you in a theatre seat every single night with current arthouse hits,...
Introduction to the Current State of Film Criticism Wednesday, October 17, 7:00pm Traditional and Evolving Models of Film Criticism Thursday, October 18, 10:30am Outlook for U.S. Film Criticism Thursday, October 18, 2:00pm All events are $9.75 and are at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. When it's good, movie criticism is as much of an art as filmmaking itself. Read the works of the late, great Pauline Kael to discover that. Beyond art, movie critics can help...
The Wet Spots With the Boston Babydolls Coolidge Corner Theatre Saturday, October 13, midnight, $16.50 Official site The Wet Spots are a self-proclaimed "kinky" musical duo that claims to be the "product of a foursome between Cole Porter, Annie Sprinkle, Ira Gershwin, and Dr. Ruth." Frankly, that offspring sounds scary as hell, and the Wet Spots are actually a duo--Cass King and John Woods. The pair specializes in bawdy songs with titles such as "Labia...
Adaptations II: Novels into Film Thursday, October 11, 7:30pm, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline Co-Sponsored by Grub Street Tickets: $15/$12 (for Grub Street or Coolidge Corner members) More information here. As if there weren't enough literary events happening in Boston today, the Coolidge Corner and Grub Street are bringing you their second Adaptations event. As the name implies, the focus is on novels that have been adapted for the screen. Four novelists, Arthur Golden, Russell Banks,...
Authorial Intent spotlights readings throughout the area. All events are free unless otherwise noted. Michelle Wildgen, You're Not You, Wednesday, October 3, 7:00 pm, Brookline Booksmith. In Wildgen's debut novel, which is enjoying glowing reviews, Bec, a drifting college student, takes care of Kate, an older, sophisticated woman dying from ALS. The two grow close, and soon Bec is taking care of business for Kate - such as carrying out a clever little way to...
New England Film and Video Festival Thursday, October 4, through Monday, October 8 Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline All tickets $10 Official Site Full Schedule What with the Red Sox savoring victory and rallies raging at City Hall Plaza, the New England Film and Video Festival planned the opening night for its 32nd year perfectly. On Thursday, the NEFVF will kick off with the documentary Play-by-Play Men and the Art of the Perfect Call, which begins...
J. Cannibal's Feast of Flesh With a screening of The Evil Dead, Black Cat Burlesque, and music by Bad Ash Saturday, September 29, midnight, $10 Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline It's never too early to start thinking about Halloween. This weekend, undertaker and impresario J. Cannibal - also known as local poet Janaka Stucky - is presiding over some midnight macabre mayhem at the Coolidge Corner Theatre with his "Feast of Flesh." Feast of Flesh has...
Yo La Tengo Presents "The Sounds of Science" Tuesday, September 25, 8:00 pm Coolidge Corner Theatre $25 Introduction by Fabien Cousteau The third-annual Muddy River Environmental Film Series is running at Coolidge Corner Theatre. The series covers wine, global warming, and Tuvalu. Closing night features a screening of several works by Jean Painlevé, a nature filmmaker who sounds like a real-life Steve Zissou, only without the silly outfits. Painlevé's images shocked the scientist crowd, not...
A benefit screening of Roller Boogie for the Boston Derby Dames will be Friday, September 14, at midnight, at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. The Boston Derby Dames don't mess around. When the Boston Derby Dames want to kick off their second season, they really don't mess around. They break out the big guns - Linda Blair. Linda Blair, the headspinning projectile vomiter and child star sweetheart of The Exorcist, did a rollerskating romance flick in...