“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 at age 29. Parkinson’s is a chronic degenerative illness that affects the motor system, leaving the patient with tremors, and leading […]
“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, she even introduces a Hitchcock tactic, by appearing briefly in person as a passerby. The film describes Margaret’s at times stressful […]
“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this charming Irish story is about Róise (Brid Ni Neachtain), a widow who lost her husband two years ago, and has withdrawn into grief. All that changes when a dog comes into her […]
“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 18 months from 1973 to 1975. The film begins with Pang’s childhood in Spanish Harlem, where she lived with her Chinese-American […]
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, the Balbano mafia empire from her grandfather, Don Giuseppe Balbano (Alessandro Bressanello). Born in Calabria, Italy, as a member of the […]