The snow is a joke at this point, with 6 feet of snow piled up on every street corner in Boston. I\u2019m downright stir-crazy, having been holed up inside my apartment like a hermit for the entirety of February. I\u2019m not nearly masochistic enough to get dolled up and wait in line beneath the flurries for 90s Night at Common Ground or risk life and limb to pay for a meal that I could make in the cozy warmth of my own kitchen. However, I\u2019m always willing to adventure for a good film. Especially when that means I can sit in the dark for a couple of hours, wrapped up in my cheesy New Zealand sweatshirt, with hot popcorn on my lap. Fortunately, winter is a great time for film releases, so we all have plenty of options. Check out the films I\u2019m dying to see below!<\/p>\n
What We Do in the Shadows<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cViago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are finding that modern life has them struggling with the mundane\u2014like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>Okay, technically I\u2019ve already seen this film. As a huge fan of filmmaker Taika Waititi and Flight of the Conchords<\/em>, I obviously had to see this film in theaters the moment I arrived in Auckland for study abroad. I dragged along my new roommate\u2014who had never seen any of Waititi\u2019s previous work or a single episode of Conchords<\/em>\u2014and we loved it so much that we feel the need to support its Boston debut this Friday.<\/p>\n Now playing, Kendall Square Cinemas<\/em><\/p>\n Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animated\/Live Action<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cDon’t miss this rare opportunity to see all five Academy Award nominees in the category of Best Animated Short and more! Program includes: \u201cA Single Life\u201d (The Netherlands), in which Pia, when playing a mysterious vinyl single, is suddenly able to travel through her life; Walt Disney Animation Studios’ \u201cFeast\u201d (USA), the story of one man\u2019s love life as seen through the eyes of his best friend and dog, Winston, and revealed bite by bite through the meals they share; \u201cMe and My Moulton\u201d (Canada\/Norway), about a seven-year-old girl in mid-\u201960s Norway who asks her parents one summer if she and her sisters can have a bicycle; \u201cThe Bigger Picture\u201d (UK), in which innovative life-size animated characters tell the stark and darkly humorous tale of caring for an elderly parent; and \u201cThe Dam Keeper\u201d (USA), which tells the tale of a young pig encumbered with an important job, and the meeting of a new classmate who changes everything.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>\u201cDon’t miss this rare opportunity to see all five Academy Award nominees in the category of Best Live Action Short! Program includes: \u201cAya\u201d (Israel\/France), where two strangers unexpectedly meet at an airport and he mistakenly assumes her to be his assigned driver and she, enchanted by the random encounter, does not hurry to prove him wrong; \u201cBoogaloo and Graham\u201d (UK), in which two boys, Jamesy and Malachy, are over the moon when their soft-hearted dad presents them with two baby chicks to care for; \u201cButter Lamp\u201d (France\/China), in which a young itinerant photographer and his assistant offer to photograph some Tibetan nomads in front of various backgrounds; \u201cParvaneh\u201d (Switzerland), in which a young Afghan immigrant travels to Zurich where she encounters a punk named Emily; and \u201cThe Phone Call\u201d (UK), in which shy Heather (Sally Hawkins), working at a helpline call center, receives a phone call from a mystery man (Jim Broadbent).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Since I\u2019ve started making my own shorts as a film student, I\u2019m definitely more appreciative of these Oscar categories. Often times, I find myself more impressed by the short films than the Best Picture category, and I\u2019m so excited to be inspired by this years nominees.<\/p>\n Selma<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cA chronicle of Martin Luther King’s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>Selma <\/em>is the only Best Picture nominee that I haven\u2019t seen yet. I wasn\u2019t overly interested in seeing the film because it tells a story I thought I was familiar with. However, after hearing friends\u2019 rave reviews, I\u2019d love to see the film before Sunday\u2019s Oscar ceremony.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>Wild Canaries<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cA Brooklyn couple suspects foul play when their rent controlled neighbor suddenly drops dead.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>This film was lauded as \u201ca love letter to screwball comedies,\u201d and I\u2019m all about that, since my love of film was first sparked by the Old Hollywood classics. If the trailer is a true depiction of what the film is like, it should be a solid 99 minutes of sharp comedy, cute gags, and boundless charm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The snow is a joke at this point, with 6 feet of snow piled up on every street corner in Boston. I\u2019m downright stir-crazy, having been holed up inside my apartment like a hermit for the entirety of February. 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