Film (2015)
Directed by Alejandro Iñárritu
With Leonardo DiCaprio
A violent and cathartic portrayal of attack, hard-won survival, and the settling of accounts, among fur-traders in 1823 in Montana and South Dakota.
Via Dolorosa
Play (1998)
by David Hare
New Repertory Theater
Arsenal Center for the Arts
Watertown, MA
January 2 -23, 2016
With David Bryan Jackson
A superb solo account of an articulate, witty and heartfelt autobiographical sketch of the playwright’s trip to Israel and Palestine in 1997.
The Winter’s Tale
Play (1623)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Melia Bensussen
Actors’ Shakespeare Project
Willet Hall at United Parish
Coolidge Corner area
Brookline, MA
December 10, 2015 –
January 3, 2016
A delightful production of the great late Shakespearean treatment of a jealous king who learns to repent.
The Hateful Eight
Film (2015)
Written and directed by
Quentin Tarantino
With Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Roth , Bruce Dern, Channing Tatum
A very long and violent treatment in classic Tarantino style of a bunch of cowboys and bounty hunters in Wyoming sometime after the Civil War who congregate in a roadside cabin.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Film (2015)
Directed by J.J. Abrams
Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams, Michael Arndt
Based on characters created by George Lucas
With Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Max von Sydow, Peter Mayhew
A continuation of the forty-year old film epic which hearkens back to the earliest installments in basic form while adding some new narrative touches.