American Astronaut
(Thurs June 7, Harvard Exit, 9:30 pm)–An epically bizarro musical sci-fi Western feast.
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
(Thurs June 7, Pacific Place, 9:30 pm)–Despite Charles Mudede’s admonition to the contrary, this documentary about the life and career of the late great filmmaker is actually a great pleasure, if you’re a fan of Kubrick’s work. While a bit light on insight, the film is nonetheless worthy because the clips make you want to revisit all his films.
Betty Blue (L’integrale)
(Fri June 8, Harvard Exit, 5 pm, FREE)–Director’s cut of the raveningly sexual mid-’80s French film.
The King Is Alive
(Fri June 8, Pacific Place, 7:15 pm)–Dogme lives in this tale of the psychological dissolution of a bunch of tourists intent on staging King Lear in the middle of the desert.
The Business of Strangers
(Fri June 8, Egyptian, 9:30 pm)–Julia Stiles and Stockard Channing star in
this Sleuth-esque head trip, set in a vicious world of corporate intrigue.
National 7
(Fri June 8, Pacific Place, 5 pm)–Handicapped sociopaths have sexual needs
too, as this weird but totally gripping French drama proves.
Startup.com
(Fri June 8, Broadway Performance Hall, 7:15 pm; Mon June 11, Harvard Exit,
5 pm)–Riveting documentary on the rise and fall of Govworks.com, and the interpersonal
politics that went along with it.
The Crimson Rivers
(Fri June 8, Cinerama, 9:30 pm; Sun June 10, Egyptian, 1:45 pm)–Super-grisly
French thriller about a psychokiller on the loose at a boarding school in the
Alps.
The Melancholy Chicken
(Sat June 9, Harvard Exit, 11:30 am)–Odd and oddly moving Czech fable about
an emotionally distant father, his son, and the poultry that binds them.
Strangled Lives (Vite Strozzate)
(Sat June 9, Harvard Exit, 1:45 pm)–Ah, che bella Italia!
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
(Sat June 9, Cinerama, 9:30 pm; Mon June 11, 9:30 pm)–Film adaptation of John
Cameron Mitchell’s titanically great glam rock sex-change musical.
