Play
A Non-Fiction Invention
From the words of Truman Capote
and Andy Warhol
Adapted by Bob Roth
Directed by Michael Mayer
American Repertory Theater
Loeb Drama Center
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
September 10 – October 13, 2017
With Stephen Spinella, Dan Butler
A surfacy, though beautifully acted, portrayal of the relationship between artist Andy Warhol and writer Truman Capote based on Warhol’s tapes of their conversations.
Blade Runner 2049
Film (2017)
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
With Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Jared Leto
A long, expensive CGI-fest continuing the arcane cybernetic mythology of Blade Runner, the 1982 sci-fi classic.
Faceless
Play (2017)
by Selina Fillinger
Directed by David Miller
Zeitgeist Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
September 15 – October 7, 2017
A powerful production of an ingeniously constructed play that pits a young American Muslim prosecutor of French-Iranian extraction against a young American Anglo woman who has fallen in with ISIS online and suddenly identified as Muslim.
Loving Vincent
Film (2016)
Directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman
With Saorise Ronan, Chris O’Dowd
Capitol Theater, Arlington, MA
Kendall Square Cinema, Cambridge, MA
An unbelievably beautiful film about the death of van Gogh – artfully written and visually stunning.
The Royale
Play (2013)
by Marco Ramirez
Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian
Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Lowell, MA
September 13 – October 8, 2017
A superlative production of an interestingly crafted play inspired by the career of famed early twentieth century African-American boxer Jack Johnson.