This is a good week for some of the most interesting films of 2012 so far, and some of the best television going these days. There’s also one of Madonna ’s big “Gimme an Oscar†movies, and some Criterion awesomeness.
Movies By Moonlight , the summertime ritual of outdoor film screenings at the Boston Harbor Hotel , kicked off last week with a showing of “The Way We Were.” The movies, which often include classics or new favorites — like “Dirty Dancing” above — are always free and begin each Friday night at sunset.
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) The first European film from the Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami is the story of an Englishman and a Frenchwoman who become acquainted over the course of an afternoon in Tuscany. Except nothing…
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Bel Ami Robert Pattinson stars as a poor young man trying to make good in 19th century Paris, getting by with the help of a series of wealthy women. Pattinson is excellent in the lead role, a…
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) This four-disc set from the History Channel contains almost seven hours of information about the 43 men – all men, so far – who have served as president, from Washington through Obama . Plus,…
HBO has apologized for a scene in its hit fantasy series “Game of Thrones” that showed the decapitated head of former President George W. Bush on a pike and said the scene will be removed from future DVD releases.
RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER) A Little Bit of Heaven Kate Hudson is charming, but the movie is positively ghastly, a travesty about a young woman dying of colon cancer who somehow never loses her hair or her sunny…