Film (2012)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Screenplay by Tony Kushner
Kendall Square Cinema
Cambridge, MA
A touching, wordy, account of the political maneuverings engineered by Lincoln to secure passage of the thirteenth amendment, which ended slavery in the United States.
A Late Quartet
Film (2012)
Directed by Yaron Zilberman
Kendall Square Cinema
A melodramatic treatment of the relationship dynamics in a long-lived and highly respected string quartet.
The Chiara Quartet: Mozart, Lutosławski, Dvořák
Concert
Paine Hall, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
A precise and disciplined, but youthfully exuberant, string quartet with some classic yet offbeat offerings.
The Sessions
Film (2012)
Written and directed by Ben Lewin
A man seriously afflicted by polio seeks the aid of a sex therapist. Based on a true story.
Brooklyn Castle
Film (2012)
Directed by Katie Dellamaggiore
Kendall Square Cinema
A documentary about an inner city middle school in Brooklyn which has won national chess championships for many years.