FILM A not-so-lovable loser squanders your time and attention in ‘The Breadwinner’ by Curt Ege June 3, 2026 An aloof man-child must take care of his three daughters alone while his wife pursues a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in this missable relic.
THEATER ‘Now Is Still Here’ is still here now (for a limited time only) by Michael Gutierrez June 2, 2026 Fourth time is the charm as the eco-minded production performs its final rain date this Friday at Somerville Community Growing Center.
FILM ‘Michael’ is a sanitized biopic for superfans who don’t care they’re being lied to by Chuck Latovich June 2, 2026 Michael Jackson’s songs remain bangers, but the connecting material here is bland and problematic.
THEATER A chat with Emma Picht, star of ‘The Aria of Julie d’Aubigny’ by Shira Laucharoen June 1, 2026 The actor dishes on the wild life of Mademoiselle de Maupin, coffee spots and unrequited dreams of roller skating on the esplanade.
FILM The banality is the evil in the atmospheric nightmare, ‘Backrooms’ by Curt Ege May 30, 2026 Director Kane Parsons' makes the mundane mysterious, the commonplace creepy and the humdrum horrifying.
MUSIC Summer Festival Preview by Michael Gutierrez May 29, 2026 Music festivals, from one-day local affairs to multiday out-of-towners, that are worth getting off the couch for.
FILM ‘I Love Boosters’ is a heist movie that’s off the rails and loving it by Curt Ege May 28, 2026 Boots Riley's absurdist romp is less about "working class values" than valuing the working class.
MUSIC The Gill Aharon Trio delivers by Anna Rae May 27, 2026 Everything jazz aspires to be without the pretense and pandering it often exhibits.
MUSIC Cole Pulice and Pat Horigan explore new horizons at Deep Cuts by Michael Gutierrez May 26, 2026 Follow the breadcrumbs of devotional music, New Age, and ambient to a new kind of jazz.
FILM Be careful what you wish for in ‘Obsession’ by Curt Ege May 23, 2026 A desperate loser makes a wish for his crush to fall in love with him, only for it to come true with violent, horrific consequences.