Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in. Created in , this pioneering festival screens subtitled films, many that had previously been featured in prestigious international festivals.
Short films can be viewed for free. The films are available online at www. The Flying Ace February 2 at 2 p. Somerville Theatre, Davis Square. Richard Norman, a white man, was committed to portraying the strength and nobility of Black America. He also recognized that race films were good business.
This silent film melodrama has an all-Black cast and concerns fighter pilot Captain Billy Stokes, who returns home victorious after World War I to resume his civilian career as a railroad detective — without removing his Army Air Service uniform, a constant reminder of his patriotism and valor. Musical accompaniment by Jeff Rapsis. Barry Lyndon February 3 at 7 p. Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline.
Outdoor visuals were based on the landscapes of Watteau and Gainsborough; the indoor scenes were modeled on the satirical paintings of William Hogarth. Armand February 4 at 7 p. It was directed by the grandson of Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann. It centers on the parents of two kindergartners and their fraught interactions with school authorities after six-year-old Armand is accused of sexual abuse.
Renate Reinsve, who was riveting in the film The Worst Person in the World , stars as a defamed actress who is abruptly called into a parent-teacher meeting where she hears scathing allegations made against her son.
