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 […]
Film
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 […]
Hired
Film Society Hires New CEO
PROVINCETOWN — After a national search, Rachael Brister has been hired as the new CEO of the Provincetown Film Society (PFS), the umbrella organization for the Provincetown International Film Festival, […]
SCREENINGS
How the Wampanoags Brought Their Language Back to Life
The film 'We Still Live Here' documents the effort
The story of the Wampanoag nation, the confederation of Native American tribes who lived in what is now Cape Cod and the Islands, southeastern Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, is a […]
INDIE SCREEN
To Live and Die in Hollywood
In a recent op-ed piece in the New York Times, Martin Scorsese bemoaned the Marvel Universe takeover of Hollywood. He’s right to do so, but it’s a process that has […]
