Ambitious effort fails to deliver: A review of Cloud Atlas
There is very little that can be explained about Tom Twyker and Lana and Andy Wackowski’s new film Cloud Atlas, which was released on Oct. 26. This confusion is almost expected given the dense material from David Mitchell’s novel on which the film is based—six interrelated stories spanning 5,000 years of time. The epic film [...]
Ready, set, Argo: An interview with Ben Affleck
If there were ever any reason to be nervous about Ben Affleck directing a film not set in Boston, all of those feelings vanished upon leaving the theatre after Argo, his latest film about the Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979. The film is based on the declassified true story of CIA Exfiltration Specialist Tony Mendez, who [...]
Rainbows in the Dark
After a four-year hiatus, Omaha natives and label-evading weirdoes Tilly And The Wall brought their eclectic act to Brighton Music Hall on Friday in support of their new album, Heavy Mood. The band is probably best-known for two things — their 2004 LP Wild Like Children became the first major release on Conor Oberst’s Team Love label, and [...]
A tale of two shows: Dispatch at Agganis Arena and Brighton Music Hall
On Saturday night Dispatch graced Agganis Arena, performing favorites like “Elias” and “The General” to their 7,200 loyal fans. After the show, the Boston native band surprised everyone on Facebook with an announcement that they would be playing a free short set Sunday night at Brighton Music Hall. At BMH, the band reminisced about playing [...]
Moving forward with Backwards
More often than not, indie films are dubbed “B-Films” and are portrayed as being far less cinematically appealing than their Hollywood blockbuster counterparts. Within the last half-decade or so, however, these films have seen quite the upward swing. Why the sudden attraction to the films that walk the path less traveled? Independent films, while obviously [...]
