Film (2013)
Directed by Ralph Fiennes
Screenplay by Abi Morgan
Based on a book by Claire Tomalin
With Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas
A well done portrait of Charles Dickens and the young mistress with whom he was associated in the last years of his life.
To Fencepost
Poem
by Gary L. Whited
A poem by Gary Whited, Boston area poet, philosopher and psychotherapist, who grew up on a ranch in Montana.
He reads from his new book,
Having Listened,
at the main branch of the Brookline Library
in Brookline Village
Sunday, January 19 at 2pm.
Insignificance
Play (1982)
by Terry Johnson
Directed by Daniel Gidron
Central Square Theater
Cambridge, MA
January 9 – February 9, 2014
A spoofy reflection on the early fifties, relativity, political intolerance and celebrity, with four characters who seem to be Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio and Joe McCarthy.
The Past
Film (2013)
Written and directed by
Asghar Farhad
An overly complicated melodrama set in France involving a separated Iranian couple and various children and lovers.
August: Osage County
Film (2013)
Directed by John Wells
Screenplay by Tracy Letts
based on his play of the same name
With Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Ewan McGregor, Sam Shepard, Benedict Cumberbatch
A film treatment of the award winning play about a complex and distressed family from Oklahoma that comes together unexpectedly.