How she survived
“At first I was afraid, I was petrified …”
I don’t care if you’re a die-hard metal or country music fan, you’re lying to yourself if you say you don’t know those beginning lyrics to...
What Are You Watching? ‘Summer House: Martha’s Vineyard’
If you’re a Vineyard local, chances are you’ve had your brush with stardom at one point or another. Maybe you’ve driven your golf cart by the Obamas, worked a party at Diane Sawyer’s, or...
For World Ocean Day: Six short films
“One Ocean Film Tour” comes to the M.V. Film Center for one day, Thursday, June 8, which is also World Ocean Day. Each of the six short films that make up the tour describes...
Art and culture of Tokyo at the Film Center
Four hundred years of art and a city combine to make a fascinating film “Tokyo Stories” playing this Saturday, June 3, at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center. Cinematographer, director, and narrator David Bickerstaff jumps...
Compelling works
Circuit Arts, like its founder and everyone who works for this stellar organization, bursts with creativity and a profound dedication to building community through accessible, meaningful, and diverse art experiences, year-round and Island-wide. Its...
What Are You Watching: ‘How I Met Your Mother’
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
About a month ago, I started watching the popular American sitcom “How I Met Your Mother,” and it has been one hell of a journey so far. I am...
Green screenings
The ninth annual Environmental Film Festival begins at the M.V. Film Center on Thursday, May 25, and continues through Sunday, May 28. Offered in collaboration with the Vineyard Conservation Society, the four-day festival this...
Oops, a comedy about marriage problems
“You Hurt My Feelings,” a comedy about an unexpected round of marital discord, plays at the M.V. Film Center on May 31. Directed by awardwinning Nicole Holofcener, the film opened at the Sundance Film...
What Are You Watching? Boston Celtics playoffs
By the time this gets in the paper, chances are I’ll be wrong. But I’ll say it anyway. My game one prediction between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat on Wednesday night (after our...
Michael J. Fox: What a guy
“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” comes to the M.V. Film Center on Friday, May 12. This documentary tells the tale of the remarkably popular and vibrant actor who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease...
‘It’s Me, Margaret’ — first a book, now a movie
“Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” plays at the M.V. Film Center on Thursday, May 4. What a pleasure to see the celebrated book by Judy Blume made into a movie. Early on,...
‘Róise & Frank’ is an endearing Irish story about a dog
“Róise & Frank” comes to the M.V. Film Center on Friday, April 28. Written and directed by Rachael Moriarty and Peter Murphy, this charming Irish story is about Róise (Brid Ni Neachtain), a widow...
What Are You Watching? ‘Beef’
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
In a time when there’s so much content available to everyone at all times, it’s refreshing to come across something that’s just different. That’s what “Beef” is. It’s different.
Billed...
May Pang: Her untold love story with John Lennon
“The Lost Weekend: A Love Story” plays at the M.V. Film Center on Thursday, April 20. John Lennon is the center of this documentary, as told by May Pang, his lover and companion for...
Toni Collette inherits a mafia empire
The comedy adventure film “Mafia Mamma” begins at the M.V. Film Center on Friday, April 14. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, Toni Collette plays Kristin Jordan, an ordinary American woman who inherits, of all things,...
What Are You Watching? ‘The Last of Us’
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
The beauty of the HBO series “The Last of Us” — the reason it is worth watching — is the contrast between its brutal, end-of-the-world setting and the charm...
What Are You Watching? ‘Somebody Somewhere’
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
You know how they say, “You’ll laugh, you’ll cry …”? You really will when you watch actress-comedian Bridget Everett’s “Somebody Somewhere” on HBO. First off, it is truly hilarious...
‘Little Richard’: The best of the best
Coming to the M.V. Film Center on Tuesday, April 11, for one night is “Little Richard: I Am Everything.” Known as the architect of rock and roll, he spent seven decades as a legendary...
Looking for Freddie’s birth parents in Seoul
“Return to Seoul” plays at the M.V. Film Center on Thursday, March 30, and continues the following week, as a 2023 International Oscar entry. This tale of an immigrant seems especially relevant to current...
The amazing Dr. Mazer
I didn’t know Dr. Milton Mazer, but after watching “Dr. Milton Mazer: An Ongoing Influence on Martha's Vineyard,” I certainly wish I had. The documentary — by Ann Bassett, producer of “The Vineyard View”...