Excerpt: Boston audiences will be treated to location shots of Harvard Square in its pre-globalization heyday while cinephiles will delight in early performances of stars like Jeff Goldblum before they were known…
Excerpt: The deliciously entertaining Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling take center stage in a comedy about women in a male-dominated world. Laugh-until-you-cry and witheringly funny, often even keenly skewering.
Excerpt: This is Jim Jarmusch’s “Oceans Twelve,” a movie featuring someone from the cast of every single one of his feature films (beginning with 1980’s “Permanent Vacation”) that appears to have been more fun to make than it is to watch
Excerpt: “Starfish” is more impressionistic than it is straightforward storytelling, not so much telling an A-to-B narrative as it is evoking a vivid feeling.
Excerpt: [It asks] us to confront our longing for a past mired in nostalgia that we must forget in order to forgive ourselves enough for happiness to become possible again.
Excerpt: Dangling the mysteries of the fallout from an off-screen cataclysmic event, the mental maelstrom of Starfish is eerie, imaginative, and highly impactful.
Excerpt: It’s not a movie for those who value plot, but ‘Starfish’ earns a recommendation for anyone who appreciates a heavy dose of psychological drama in their genre films.
Excerpt: Unicorn Store benefits from an endearing performance by Brie Larson, but the screenplay fails to capitalize on the quirkiness of the premise which leaves much to be sought after.
Excerpt: More movies like this, please: a piquant mix of whimsy and snark; an insistence that it’s not crazy to forge your own oddball path; an embrace of girly uncool. Bring on the weird, difficult women.
Excerpt: This whimsical movie starring Brie Larson and featuring Samuel L. Jackson in a key role surprised me with its unusual casting and heartwarming essence.
Excerpt: Julianne Moore pulls off the small miracle of tamping down her own intense charisma while still imbuing the ordinary, unglam Gloria with lively verve and a dynamism of low-key resilience personified.
Excerpt: Take a look at Julianne Moore completely lose herself to Laura Branigan’s eponymous tune and I dare you to not only admire that, but wish you were on the dance floor as well. “Gloria (Gloria), I think they got your number (Gloria) – I think they got the alias (Gloria) – that you’ve been living under (Gloria)!” You’re welcome for the ear worm.
Excerpt: Even Chris Hemsworth, that sex symbol with a sense of humor, doesn’t enliven the proceedings, his best bit an in joke involving a smaller version of Thor’s hammer.
Excerpt: Keeping Men in Black: International afloat, in addition to the colorful effects, globetrotting locals, and all-around first-rate production design – are two colorful central performances from Thompson and Hemsworth, who help breathe some fresh life into the franchise.
Excerpt: The Seattle International Film Festival can be an unwieldy behemoth, an epic marathon that spans 25 days and encompasses more than 400 titles. But even marathons end, and the 45th installment draws to a close Sunday, June 9.
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