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For offbeat films, try the Criterion Collection

Above: Seijun Suzuki's 1967 film "Branded to Kill" is streaming on the Criterion Channel. (Photo/Criterion Collection) When you can’t find anything you want to watch in theaters...

See Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ on a big screen

Above: Peter Mattei stars as the title character in The Met: Live in HD production of "Don Giovanni." (Photo/Fathom Events) Amoral behavior can lead to a bed end. That, in short, is the m...

Tales of men, woman open at the Lantern

Above: Joel Edgerton and Quintessa Swindell star in "Master Gardener." (Photo/Magnolia Pictures) One thing you can depend on when it comes to the Magic Lantern Theatre is that the place s...

The roads and rods remain hot in ‘Fast X’

Above: "Fast X" is scheduled to open on Friday. (Photo/ Universal Pictures) The question of when enough is enough always has been difficult to answer. And that’s especially true whe...

45 years later, ‘Grease’ movie rocks again

Above: "Grease" will celebrate its 45th anniversary with a series of local screenings. (Photo/Fathom Events) “Grease” is the kind of movie that wouldn’t seem to be popul...

More Friday openings: fall of a smart phone

Above: "Blackberry" explores the rise and fall of the self-named smart phone. (Photo/IFC Films) OK, even more films are scheduled to open on Friday. One tells the story of the kind of cel...

‘R.M.N’ hits issues beyond Romanian borders

Photo: The Romanian film "R.M.N." is scheduled to open Friday at the Magic Lantern Theatre. (Photo/IFC Films) One of the most devastating films to come out of Romania in the past couple o...

Friday’s openings: Book clubs and road races

Above: ""Book Club: The Next Chapter" opens on Friday. (Photo/Focus Features) What with “Guardian of the Galaxy Vol. 3” hogging all the available screens, it’s not ...

Tales of the big city: ‘A Thousand and One’

Above: Teyana Taylor stars in "A Thousand and One." (Photo/Focus Features) Movie review: "A Thousand and One," written and directed by A.V. Rockwell, starring Teyana Taylor, Jos...

That time when missionaries toiled as spies

(Photo/historynet.org) You don’t typically associate religious people with the art of spying. But Matthew Avery Sutton will tell you different. Sutton, the Berry Family Distinguished Profe...

Still waiting? Try two at the Magic Lantern

Above: Michelle Williams stars in "Showing Up." (Photo/A24) If you’re paying attention, something I do on occasion, you’ll notice that the two movies opening Friday at the Mag...

Trailing after Harriet Tubman … on a bike

It sounds absurd, but … what would it be like to trace the steps of Harriet Tubman on a bicycle? That’s not a joke. It’s exactly what David Goodrich did. And then he wrote about ...

In Kubrick documentary, the director speaks

Above: Stanley Kubrick is the focus of the documentary "Kubrick by Kubrick." (Photo/Level 33 Entertainment) Movie review: "Kubrick by Kubrick," directed by Gregory Monro, featur...