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French Film Festival
A look at some highs (and not-so-highs) of the French Film Festival, which kicks off July 9 and runs through July 26 at the MFA. Above: "Rumba."
Famous Brunos
Even before Sacha Baron Cohen (above) decided to flounce his way across multiplex screens, a long line of Brunos have preceded him, onscreen and off.
Summer movie preview
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- DVD Report: This week's new releases (July 5, 2009)
- Local Action Duxbury arts center teams up with the Coolidge
- Bela Fleck explores the African roots of the banjo on film, CD
- In ‘Cheri,’ Pfeiffer rediscovers her love of acting
- Family Filmgoer: What to see at the theater
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The Lost Son of Havana
Former Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant's return to Cuba was chronicled in the documentary "The Lost Son of Havana."
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Hollywood invades Boston
As more movie studios use Boston as their set, the Hub increases its star power.
This week's new releases
Globe critics
- Chat Transcript Ty took your questions
Weekend box office
(Week of June 26/Source: IMDB)
| 1. 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' |
$109M |
| 2. 'The Proposal' |
$18.6M |
| 3. 'The Hangover' | $17M |
| 4. 'Up' |
$13.1M |
| 5. 'My Sister's Keeper' |
12.4M |
Past coverage
Gallery
10 memorable Boston films
Critics Ty Burr and Mark Feeney offer up contenders for the best Boston flick ever.
highlights
- Photos Stars on the red carpet
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66th Golden Globe Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
People's Choice Awards
- Photos Red carpet
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- Winners
Sundance Film Festival
- Blog Sundance, game over
2008, the year in movies
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From the Boston Globe
| DVD Report (July 5, 2009) |
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| 'Knowing' (2009) |
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| 'Push' (2009) |
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| '12 Rounds' (2009) |
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| 'Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li' (2009) |
In news
Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dies at 97
The actor died of natural causes surrounded by his family at his Brentwood home, his family said. (AP)
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- Photos Karl Malden: 1912 - 2009
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- In appreciation
Review
‘Public Enemies’
Why is this movie one of the signal disappointments of the year? You have to go back to the basics: “Public Enemies’’ has everything going for it except a reason and a script. Blog
Last night's TV
The second guest on Charlie Rose's talk show yesterday...
Review
‘Ice Age’
The screenwriters of this third installment in the series offer up a stale and sketchy premise. The film has some cool dinos, but few roars of laughter.Review
'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'
Michael Bay's film is - there’s no polite way to say this - 2 1/2 hours of tumescence disguised as a motion picture. - Photos 'Transformers' on the red carpet
- Related Films based on comic books
Review
‘My Sister’s Keeper’
The movie, starring Cameron Diaz and Sofia Vassilieva, radically alters Jodi Picoult's novel, but not the need for hankies.Review
‘Whatever Works’
Larry David plays a cynical genius in “Whatever Works,’’ based on a script Woody Allen wrote for Zero Mostel three decades ago.Review
‘Cheri’
Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Friend star in director Stephen Frears's period piece, a meditation on age and beauty.Review
'Burma VJ'
The documentary is from the Dutch filmmaker Anders Ostergaard, but its subjects are the journalists of the Democratic Voice of Burma.Review
'Tetro'
Director Francis Ford Coppola injects the film, a family melodrama about the mostly housebound reunion of two estranged brothers, with charm.Latest news
- `Transformers,' `Ice Age' tie for No. 1 at $42.5M (AP, 12:29 p.m.)
- 'Slumdog' kid star to move into new home next week (AP, 9:19 a.m.)
- Maine film festival to honor director Arthur Penn (AP, 8:28 a.m.)
- Potter star Rupert Grint recovering from swine flu (AP, 7/4/09)
- Cummins reopening Ind. plant, while another closes (AP, 7/3/09)
- Czech film fest opens with Milos Forman premiere (AP, 7/3/09)
- Best Sellers-Video (AP, 7/3/09)
- LA judge postpones Gerard Butler's arraignment (AP, 7/2/09)
- Expert: Asphyxia likely killed actor Carradine (AP, 7/2/09)
- Calif. jury gets 'Alpha Dog' kidnap-murder case (AP, 7/2/09)
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- Movies opening July 3, 2009
- TODAY Life before the "Oceans'' films
- Museum to honor life of Disney
- New film releases
- On Demand movie recommendations
- ‘Transformers’ summer sequel a perfect beast at the box office
- New DVD releases
- Johnny Mercer is the overlooked great American songwriter
- Plymouth filmmaker documents on human rights issues
- Kathryn Bigelow tells another muscular story in new film
- Kathryn Bigelow filmography
- Family Filmgoer
- MOVIE REVIEW ‘The Stoning of Soraya M.’ doesn’t hold back anything
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