Film (2013)
Directed by David O. Russell
With Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence
A pretty good comedic thriller based on the Abscam scandal of the 1970s in which several members of Congress were caught taking bribes.
Movies
Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis
Film (2013)
Directed by Christopher Wilcha
With The Avett Brothers, Joan Baez, Punch Brothers, Rhiannon Giddens, Oscar Isaac, The Milk Carton Kids, Colin Meloy, Marcus Mumford, David Rawlings, Patti Smith, Willie Watson, Gillian Welch, Jack White
The fabulous concert documentary accompaniment to Inside Llewyn Davis, the Coen brothers’ forthcoming tribute to folkies in the early 1960s.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Film (2013)
Directed by Peter Jackson
Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens,
Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro
based on the novel The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Part II of the film mega-version of the short introductory Middle Earth novel – long, with non-stop battling of orcs, elves, dwarves and dragons, and much better than Part I.
The Punk Singer
Film (2013)
Directed by Sini Anderson
Brattle Theater
Cambridge, MA
A portrait of Kathleen Hanna, who emerged as a feminist punk rocker, leader of the band Bikini Kill, and voice of the riot grrrl movement in the early 1990s in the Pacific Northwest.
Kill Your Darlings
Film (2013)
Directed by John Krokidas
A thoughtful, suspenseful and well-constructed account of the dramatic life of noted American poet Allen Ginsberg during his time as a student at Columbia University.