Movies and Films

‘ Twilight ’ resistance is futile; why not consider the movies instead of ridiculing them?

9 Feb 2012

On a commentary track included on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 Blu-ray (Summit Entertainment, $34; also on DVD, $30; in stores Saturday), director Bill Condon addresses the disproportionate hatred the films inspire in some critics. “This series is about things women care about and has a woman at the center,� he says. “So there are people who just stay outside of it and mock it.�

The Snows of Kilimanjaro: Challenging the cold truths of moral certainty

9 Feb 2012

The Snows of Kilimanjaro turns a dilemma into a social debate in the great 19th-century tradition

Live the fantasy at sci-fi fest

9 Feb 2012

Starting today, the Somerville Theatre unspools the 37th Boston Science Fiction Film Festival - a 10 day celebration...