Film (2017)
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
With Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Jared Leto
A long, expensive CGI-fest continuing the arcane cybernetic mythology of Blade Runner, the 1982 sci-fi classic.
Faceless
Play (2017)
by Selina Fillinger
Directed by David Miller
Zeitgeist Stage Company
Boston Center for the Arts
South End, Boston
September 15 – October 7, 2017
A powerful production of an ingeniously constructed play that pits a young American Muslim prosecutor of French-Iranian extraction against a young American Anglo woman who has fallen in with ISIS online and suddenly identified as Muslim.
Loving Vincent
Film (2016)
Directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman
With Saorise Ronan, Chris O’Dowd
Capitol Theater, Arlington, MA
Kendall Square Cinema, Cambridge, MA
An unbelievably beautiful film about the death of van Gogh – artfully written and visually stunning.
The Royale
Play (2013)
by Marco Ramirez
Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian
Merrimack Repertory Theatre
Lowell, MA
September 13 – October 8, 2017
A superlative production of an interestingly crafted play inspired by the career of famed early twentieth century African-American boxer Jack Johnson.
Victoria and Abdul
Film (2017)
Directed by Stephen Frears
With Judi Dench
A poignant but comedic account of the friendship between an Indian Muslim commoner and Queen Victoria near the end of her life.