Film (2012)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Screenplay by Tony Kushner
Kendall Square Cinema
Cambridge, MA
A touching, wordy, account of the political maneuverings engineered by Lincoln to secure passage of the thirteenth amendment, which ended slavery in the United States.
Movies
A Late Quartet
Film (2012)
Directed by Yaron Zilberman
Kendall Square Cinema
A melodramatic treatment of the relationship dynamics in a long-lived and highly respected string quartet.
The Sessions
Film (2012)
Written and directed by Ben Lewin
A man seriously afflicted by polio seeks the aid of a sex therapist. Based on a true story.
Brooklyn Castle
Film (2012)
Directed by Katie Dellamaggiore
Kendall Square Cinema
A documentary about an inner city middle school in Brooklyn which has won national chess championships for many years.
Holy Motors
Film (2012)
Written and directed by
Leos Carax
Kendall Square Cinema
Cambridge, MA
A French metaphysical adventure of the imagination, a kind of modern, offbeat Divine Comedy, with a protagonist who becomes, through costume and makeup, many wildly different characters.