As residencies go, Marco Calvani’s time in Provincetown has been productive and reflective. It culminated with a fund-raiser at the Mary Heaton Vorse House on Thursday, Sept. 17, presented by […]
Film
INDIE SCREEN
Meditations on Manhood, Past and Present
Through the lens of Judd Apatow and Kelly Reichardt, darkly
We live in an era in which adolescent fantasies of masculinity are being lived out in a grotesque and outsized way. Even more than Bush fils, Donald Trump seems caught […]
SCREENINGS
Mya Taylor Is the Provincetown Film Fest’s Next Wave
The trans performer is honored for her breakthrough roles
Mya Taylor, who is receiving this year’s Next Wave Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival, has a burgeoning career as a transgender performer in Hollywood. But before her breakthrough […]
MOVIES
The Provincetown Film Festival Returns
It’s “reimagined” — shorter, virtual, and at the Wellfleet Drive-in
According to Lisa Viola, artistic director of the Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF), she and her staff and the Provincetown Film Society’s new CEO, Rachael Brister, were halfway through preparations […]
TOWN SPIRIT
Mischa Richter Has Provincetown on His Mind
A new show features photographs of past and present
“I Am a Town” would sound like a boast from almost anyone but photographer Mischa Richter. Modest and soft-spoken, Richter has long regarded Provincetown as his home. The subjects of […]
INDIE SCREEN
The Cinema of Women Grows Up
Roles change, behind and in front of the camera
Goodbye, Wendy Darling, Tiger Lily, and Tinkerbell. In Benh Zeitlin’s Wendy, a fantasy riff on J.M. Barrie’s iconic literary creation, Peter Pan, the restlessness of young Wendy (Devin France), a […]
INDIE SCREEN
Real-life Moral Tales and Fantasies
A documentary, a courtroom drama, and a cartoon
The circus of ironies, secrets, revelations, redemptions, and moral victories in the documentary Circus of Books is dizzying, especially since it’s the story of a gay porn emporium that opened […]
INDIE SCREEN
Two Films That Twist the Legacy of Sexism
Greta Gerwig scores, Clint Eastwood sinks
There’s no question that Greta Gerwig’s adaptation (as screenwriter and director) of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, Little Women, is a coup. A story known for its warmth and memorable […]
Dangerous Games for Dangerous Times
Lies and schemes in some new fiction films
For devoted movie buffs, the home screen has always been a bit of a compromise — films made for the big screen, shared in the dark with strangers, seem less […]
INDIE SCREEN
Art Imitates Art and Life
A trio of movies get reflexive
The great Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar is often celebrated for his outlandishly passionate heroines, in everything from Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown to Volver. But in films […]
indie screen
Could Oscars-So-White Be History?
Streaming another round of nominees and winners
When Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite won Best Picture (as well as Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best International Film) at the Academy Awards on Feb. 9, upsetting the odds-on favorite, […]
INDIE SCREEN
Reflections in a Golden Idol
Judging the winners and losers on Oscar night
This year, there are more than a few shoo-ins to win Academy Awards. The show itself, which is still the most glamorous spectacle of the year on good old broadcast […]
INDIE SCREEN
Oscar’s (and Netflix’s) Primal Stream
All that glitters is not art
I approached Joker (now available for streaming and on DVD) with a fair measure of trepidation. The film, a rethought origin story of one of Batman’s most notorious villains, has […]
FILM
The Lure of Leading the Provincetown Film Society
Rachael Brister looks forward to ‘reel’ life on the Outer Cape
For the past year Rachael Brister has operated her own public relations company, which specializes in reaching the LGBTQ community. Though she’s based in Seattle, one of her clients has […]
INDIE SCREEN
Riffing on Recent History at the Movies
Quentin Tarantino meets Charles Manson and other tales
From the moment the grisly Manson murders occurred in March 1969, they took on metaphoric significance. A band of hippie nobodies living in Los Angeles as a cult in the […]
