IRA SACHS — PETER HUJAR’S DAY
On December 19, 1974, enlisted by writer Linda Rosenkrantz to describe the previous day for posterity, Peter Hujar accidentally captures an entire world in a few hours of considered recollection, now given elegiac form by Ira Sachs in his moving
THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL — ENZO
On the closing evening of The American French Film Festival 2025, join Élodie Bouchez for the American premiere of ENZO, a film by Laurent Cantet, directed by Robin Campillo.
THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL — NINO
Losing the keys to his apartment after receiving a devastating medical diagnosis, the title character of NINO (Théodore Pellerin) would probably rather just stay in bed. Instead he is forced into the streets of Paris, encountering friends and strangers alike
THE AMERICAN FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL — LOVE ME TENDER
This week at The American French Film Festival 2025, writer-director Anna Cazenave Cambet presents the North American Premiere of LOVE ME TENDER, based on the book by Constance Debré.
KELLY REICHARDT — THE MASTERMIND
It’s family day at the Framingham art museum: Mom (Alana Haim), dad (Josh O’Connor), chatty precocious son Carl (Sterling Thompson) and his much quieter brother Tommy (Jasper Thompson). So far, so good, except dad is casing the joint. So begins
OLIVER HERMANUS — THE HISTORY OF SOUND
A note-perfect transference from page to screen, Oliver Hermanus’s new film “The History of Sound” concentrates the promise of its title into an aching minor key.
DANIELLE AGAMI AND ATE9 — SOON AFTER
Danced by Agami and a new iteration of ate9 made up of three male Batsheva veterans, “Soon After” unfolds with a magnetic camp extravagance that decentralizes our focus as it grows into a spectacle of “happening.”
OLIVIER ASSAYAS — SUSPENDED TIME
With comedic precision, SUSPENDED TIME turns the stasis of the recent pandemic years into a time machine, detailing the customs, passions, and neuroses of a pair of brothers quarantined in semi-rural isolation.
EMOTIONAL BODIES — ANNA SEW HOY IN CONVERSATION WITH DOROTHÉE PERRET
“The show was about relationships, reflected in the spaces between the sculptures. The space between people is the space of relationship. This is where emotion evolves; it’s a magnetized and energetic space.” — Anna Sew Hoy
SOMETHING IN THE WATER AT MAXXI
“The exhibition’s selection of works, ranging from sculpture and poetry to installation and architectural gestures, makes it a place to listen and interact, a space where water is not just shown, but expresses itself—with its voice, its physical presence, its