Film (2013)
Written and directed by
Brian Helgeland
With Chadwick Boseman,
Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie
An astoundingly good telling of the story of Jackie Robinson, the first black man to play major league baseball, and Branch Rickey, the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers who signed him.
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Film (2013)
Directed by Paul Weitz
With Tina Fey, Gloria Reuben, Paul Rudd, Wallace Shawn,Lily Tomlin
An entertaining-enough romantic comedy about parents, children and the stresses of college admissions, featuring a quartet of great comic actors.
No
Film (2012)
Directed by Pablo Larraín
With Gael García Bernal
In 1988, fifteen years into the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile, as a result of international pressure, a public referendum was held to determine whether the regime should be reinstated for another eight years or yield to the political opposition. This film is the story of the people involved in the advertising campaign for the opposition camp, the “NO” side, in the period leading up to the vote.
Lore
Film (2012)
Directed by Cate Shortland
Kendall Square Cinema
Cambridge, MA
A semi-verbal, impressionistic treatment of a group of children traveling through Germany at the end of World War II.
Quartet
Film (2012)
Directed by Dustin Hoffman
A delightful light drama about a group of retired virtuosi in a home for aging musicians in England.