Film (2015)
Directed by George Miller
Another entry in the long-lived series featuring nonstop warfare between souped up jalopies driving nonstop through an endless dystopian desert.
Iris
Film (2014)
Documentary
Directed by Albert Maysles
Film Editing by Paul Lovelace
With Carl Apfel, Iris Apfel
Kendall Square Cinema, Cambridge
A charming and beautifully constructed portrait of Iris Apfel, the nonagenarian fashion maven with a completely distinctive style and a fabulous sense of humor.
Mothers and Sons
Play (2013)
by Terrence McNally
Directed by Paul Daigneault
SpeakEasy Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
May 8 – June 6, 2015
The aged, lonely and embittered mother of a long-dead victim of AIDS visits his former lover and his current husband and their son.
Julius Caesar
Play (1599)
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Olivia D’Ambrosio
Bridge Repertory Theater of Boston
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
May 9 – 30, 2015
A condensed and fervent take on the original, embellished by guiding narrative and haunting song.
Far From The Madding Crowd
Film (2015)
Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Based on the novel by Thomas Hardy
Kendall Square Cinema, Cambridge
With Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts
An independent young woman’s story of self-reliance, misalliance and rediscovery in the Thomas Hardy classic set in nineteenth century rural England.