Film (2012)
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Starring Denzel Washington
Somerville Theatre
Somerville, MA
Despite some seriously impairing habits, a talented pilot performs amazingly well on the job. But, in the wake of a difficult turn of events, his demons come to haunt him.
Anna Karenina
Film (2012)
Directed by Joe Wright
Screenplay by Tom Stoppard
based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy
Kendall Square Cinema
Cambridge, MA
The great Tolstoy novel put through a theatrical lens by screenwriter Tom Stoppard, starring a stunningly radiant Keira Knightley.
Boston Philharmonic: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 2 with George Li, Shostakovich Symphony 5
Concert
Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
Benjamin Zander, Music Director
Sanders Theater, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
The piano prodigy, George Li, now in his later teens, shows his amazing technique, and the BPO gives an heroic rendition of the great Shostakovich classic.
Betrayal
Play (1978)
by Harold Pinter
Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA
November 9 – December 9, 2012
A snappy revival of the mid-era Pinter play about infidelity, tracing it backwards through time.
Lincoln
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.