Film (2013)
Written and directed by
Richard Ayoade
With Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn
An adeptly and cleverly done adaptation of the Dostoevsky novella of the same name, with deft performances by its two stars.
Movies
Chef
Film (2014)
Written and directed by
Jon Favreau
Kendall Square Cinema
Cambridge, MA
With Jon Favreau, Emjay Anthony, John Leguizamo, Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman, Sofía Vergara, Oliver Platt, Robert Downey Jr.
A harmlessly amusing story of a chef in a fancy restaurant who, too earnest to be constrained by his current job, takes to the road, literally and figuratively.
Fed Up
Film (2013)
Directed by Stephanie Soechtig
Kendall Square Cinema
Cambridge, MA
A wide-ranging documentary about the obesity epidemic and the manipulations of the food industry that have brought it about.
Fading Gigolo
Film (2013)
Written and directed by
John Tunturro
With John Turturro, Woody Allen, Liev Schreiber, Sharon Stone, Sofía Vergara, Vanessa Paradis
Kendall Square Cinema, Cambridge, MA
A comedy about sexual gambits undertaken in advancing age that unexpectedly unearth questions about love.
Dancing in Jaffa
Film (2013)
Directed by Hilla Medalia
A documentary about the return to Jaffa (Israel) after many years of Pierre Dulaine, born there of a Palestinian mother and a British father, to lead workshops in ballroom dancing for Israeli Jewish and Palestinian children.