A new take on Noah in ‘Flow’
“Flow,” playing at the M.V. Film Center starting Dec. 15, is a mysterious, profoundly moving, and sometimes nerve-wracking journey of a black cat with immensely endearing yellow eyes and an expressive face. The film...
‘My Name is Alfred Hitchcock’ has more to say
In “My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock,” you hear the great man say early on, “You do know films are lies, don’t you?” In truth, the line between truth and lies bobs and weaves throughout...
‘A Real Pain’ shows at the M.V. Film Center
“A Real Pain” is an engaging, thought-provoking film that will draw you in as its nuances unravel. Writer and director Jesse Eisenberg gives us a pitch-perfect story that is ostensibly about two cousins who...
‘Van Gogh’ documentary is its own art
Vincent Van Gogh’s art is beloved by many. How can you help but be moved by his powerful brushwork and the pulsating colors that vibrate on his canvases? The artist’s genius is celebrated in...
Martha’s Vineyard Children’s Film Festival
Minah Oh, director of the Martha's Vineyard Film Festival at Circuit Arts, couldn’t be more ecstatic about its first Martha’s Vineyard Children’s Film Festival, on Nov. 8 and 9.
“Part of Circuit Arts’ mission is...
Documentary: ‘Luther: Never Too Much’
Director Dawn Porter knocks it out of the ballpark again with her moving documentary “Luther: Never Too Much” at the M.V. Film Center.
I actually didn’t know that much about Luther Vandross when I first...
‘Emilia Pérez’ film is a musical genre-bender
“Emilia Pérez,” directed by Jacques Audiard, defies genres and categorization. Even though it is based on Audiard’s opera libretto, loosely adapted from Boris Razon's 2018 novel “Écoute,” it’s not precisely opera. The Spanish-language film abounds...
Documentary on Dorothy West
“Dorothy West, ‘the Kid,’ was an extraordinary writer, activist, and creative mind. While West had no children of her own, she left her bigger-than-life presence sprinkled all over the people close to her and,...
‘Paris, Texas’ film restored for 40th anniversary
A village of incredible talents came together to create the moody World Cinema classic “Paris, Texas.” Directed by New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders, this classic will be reprised at the M.V. Film Center...
The sixth annual Women in Film Festival
In its sixth year, the Women in Film Festival (WIFF), which will run from Oct. 18 to 20 at the M.V. Film Center, will illuminate the work of female creators both behind and in...
Films on painters Allen Whiting and Heather Neill
There is a splendid double feature by Barbarella and David Fokos on Saturday, Oct. 12, at the M.V. Film Center: “A Painter Who Farms,” centering on Allen Whiting, and “Visions of Home,” about Heather...
‘Running on Sand’ at the Grange
Heart runs through director Adar Shafran’s new film, “Running on Sand,” which was nominated for the Israeli Academy Award for Best Film.
Circuit Arts brings us this poignant comedy, which screens on Sunday, Oct. 13,...
Dark in a blink
We all know, theoretically, our world can change in the blink of an eye. But Daniel Roher and Edmund Stenson’s compelling film, “Blink,” at the M.V. Film Center brings us up close to what...
27th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival
Have you ever watched the Academy Awards and felt you would have been a better judge of what’s good and what’s not? Well, the Manhattan Short Film Festival offers the chance to let your...
‘Will & Harper’
“Will & Harper” will make you laugh, tear up, . . . and consider profound thoughts about what it means to be one’s true self and the nature of friendship. The film, playing at...
Trouble runs deep offshore in ‘Great White Summer’
Sharks and the Vineyard may seem synonymous, but Nick Budabin’s fascinating new film, “Great White Summer,” focuses on one Cape Cod community that is no make-believe Amity Island.
The documentary, playing at the M.V. Film...
‘Ghosts help us live’
Élise Girard’s “Sidonie in Japan” is playing at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center. Sidonie, played by the beautiful, vulnerable, and elusive Isabelle Huppert, is leaving France for Japan, where she has been invited for...
A nonbinary view of a ‘Sabbath Queen’
Judaism is nothing if not about tradition. Sandi DuBowski’s engrossing new documentary, “Sabbath Queen,” about Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, explores the many tensions around what it means to be a rabbi pushing against the constraints...
The 19th annual Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival
The M.V. Film Center is presenting an alluring lineup for the 19th annual Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival, which will run from Sept. 3 through 8.
“Mighty Afrin: In the Time of the Floods,” by...
Uncovering secrets
Particular images will haunt you forever. That of the torture and lynching of two Black men in 1937 in Duck Hill, Miss., surrounded by an enormous white mob, which included women and children, is...