Play (1959)
by Lorraine Hansberry
Directed by Liesl Tommy
Huntington Theatre Company
Boston University Theatre
Boston, MA
March 8 – April 7, 2013
The 1950s classic about African-Americans on Chicago’s South Side facing housing discrimination during the postwar era.
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.
The Gatekeepers
Film (2012)
Directed by Dror Moreh
With Ami Ayalon, Avi Dichter, Yuval Diskin, Carmi Gillon, Yaakov Peri, Avraham Shalom
A documentary consisting largely of interviews with the men who, over the last thirty years or so, have led the Shin Bet, Israel’s highly secretive domestic security agency.
Lungs
Play (2011)
A comedy by Duncan Macmillan
Directed by
Bridget Kathleen O’Leary
New Repertory Theatre
Arsenal Center for the Arts
Watertown, MA
February 17 – March 10, 2013
A comedic-dramatic account of the world of a relationship in a teacup – a lifetime in an hour and a half – that begins with the question “Baby?”
Side Effects
Film (2013)
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
With Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones
A psychological thriller with psychiatrists, patients and lawyers doing such an elaborately choreographed narrative tango it is hard to see them go by.