Play (1935)
by Clifford Odets
Directed by Melia Bensussen
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston University Theater
November 7 – December 7, 2014
A beautifully rendered production of the early Chekhovian outing by the twenty-five year old Odets.
The Theory of Everything
Film (2014)
Directed by James Marsh
Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
Based on the memoir
Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen
by Jane Hawking
With Eddie Redmayne and
Felicity Jones
A beautifully acted, but somewhat romanticized, biopic about Stephen Hawking, the world-famous British cosmologist who has suffered from ALS for the past fifty years.
Awake: The Life of Yogananda
Film (2014)
Directed by Paola di Florio,
Lisa Leeman
Apple Cinemas, Fresh Pond, Cambridge
A documentary about the life of the influential Indian yogi who came to the United States in the first part of the twentieth century and who wrote what was then, and still is, a highly popular autobiography.
Interstellar
Film (2014)
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan
With Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Matt Damon, Michael Caine, Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow, Bill Irwin
A very long space epic about the decline of civilization on the earth and a mission to explore new places to inhabit.
The Boston Jewish Film Festival
Festival
Boston Jewish Film Festival
Miscellaneous venues
in the Boston area
November 5 – 17, 2014
A wide ranging exposition of feature-length and short films on Jewish themes, extending from light to serious fare.