With the Oscars just days away, we conclude our annual deep dive into more of our favorites from the past year, including most of the films nominated for Academy Awards, alongside many more titles that may not have garnered attention, plus numerous other favorites from 2024 suggested by our listeners.
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Greater Boston Film Institutions Join Forces to Celebrate Cinema Legend Frederick Wiseman
Posted on February 21, 2025
Retrospective to feature freshly-restored films by the iconic documentarian Boston film institutions The Brattle Theatre, Coolidge Corner Theatre,…
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EARLY SPRING 2025 IT’S FESTIVAL SEASON! For cinephiles, the spring brings something arguably more important than warmer weather……
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Boston’s premiere festival highlighting the strange, the unusual, and the overlooked returns to The Brattle March 19–23! As…
Read MoreCambridge Day | Film Ahead: ‘Casablanca,’ ‘The Princess Bride,’ ‘Crash,’ and The Bugs Bunny Film Festival
Posted on February 13, 2025
“In addition to being one of cinema’s greatest love stories, ‘Casablanca’ (1942) is arguably the film most associated…
Read MoreWBUR | Arts & Culture: “Remembering David Lynch, from ‘Blue Velvet’ to ‘Twin Peaks'”
Posted on February 7, 2025
“When David Lynch died on Jan. 15 of complications from emphysema, the outpouring of grief in the arts…
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“This is usually the time of year The Brattle Theatre kicks off its annual ‘Dead of Winter’ series,…
Read MoreThe Arts Fuse: “‘Dread of Winter’ Series at the Brattle Theatre — Evil is Best Served Cold”
Posted on February 4, 2025
“‘Dread of Winter’ features a slate of fine films I admire and at least one that has haunted…
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“One of the most enduring notions in the cinema of romance is that of a love which survives…
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“The suspense is, of course, self-explanatory, combining the flaring tempers of ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’ with…
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