Tom Meek

A sardonically black political comedy that's right out of left field, powered by witty takes on hot topics (Andrew Tate, Putin and Pornhub, to name a few) and a killer performance by Ilinca Manolache, without whom the movie could not be. Manolache plays Angela, a feisty Romanian woman looking to make it in the gig economy as a filmmaker and TikTok sensation. Her main hustle is as a production assistant for a company that makes safety videos, kind of – on many shoots, Angela coaches accident victims, often in wheelchairs, to talk about the safety measures they should have taken to have avoided injury versus the clear negligence of the employer to provide a safe workplace. They're more CYAs than PSAs, and that's the degree of biting humor imbued by writer-director Radu Jude (“Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn”).

by | Dec 11, 2024 | What We're Having | Udon, whiskey highballs and mabo tofu at Yume Ga Arukara and Izakaya Ittoku Wednesday, December 11, 2024

by | Dec 12, 2024 | Film Clips | Reviewed: ‘Queer' and ‘Nightbitch' in theaters Thursday, December 12, 2024 ‘Queer' (2024)

Long, overindulgent and absolutely riveting, the first feature film by Harvard grad Joshua Oppenheimer is hard to make heads or tails of as it explores life after the end of the world. The cinematic visionary who blew audiences away with his imaginative documentaries on the Indonesian death squads of the 1960s (“The Act of Killing” and “The Look of Silence,” both Oscar nominated) saddles up with Tilda Swinton, it boy George McKay of

In theaters and streaming now are the AI-themed “Subservience,“ holiday comedy-action flick “Red One” and airport thriller “Carry-On.”

When Source opened just before the pandemic, it was to be something more than just pies and penne – and now has gone back to that plan, changing up the menu to offer lunch and a revamped weekend brunch. It’s re-Sourced, if you will.

It takes a little while to buy into Timothée Chalamet as quirky troubadour and American icon Bob Dylan, but once he gets you on the hook, it’s clear that the uncannily deep performance is certain to be one of the year’s best.

Izzy's Restaurant served up empanadas and other Puerto Rican staples for more than 40 years from its cozy corner storefront at Harvard and Columbus in The Port. Until its closing in 2022, was more than just a place where people went to eat, but where the neighborhood went to meet and interact. Where there is patience, there is reward; newly opened replacement Pollo 2Go is a Latin-inspired cantina that, as you can guess, specializes in chicken, but also serves up patty pies – pretty much empanadas with a few twists – and the Puerto Rican street food classics mofongo and trifongo. Not sure what I speak of? I'll come back to that in a bit.

Reviewed: ‘Nosferatu,' ‘Babygirl,' ‘The Fire Inside' and ‘Homestead' in theaters Thursday, December 26, 2024 ‘Nosferatu' (2024)

The top 10 films of 2024 Box office blockbusters were, but filmgoers didn't lack for epics. Thursday, December 26, 2024