Forget getting a MacArthur. Turns out house arrest is the new secret to getting work done. At least in fallen critic Paul Sherman's case.
You may remember the sad tale of the Boston-based critic who was busted in a FBI sting operation for selling screeners online. Brother lost his reviewing job at the Herald, but, according to a Phoenix article by fellow Boston critic Gerald Peary, Sherman spent his time at home wisely, writing Big Screen Boston: From Mystery Street to The Departed and Beyond.
Pissah!
Celebrate the May 1 release of what Peary calls "an indispensable history/dictionary/catalogue/critique of local feature filmmaking through the years" at one or more of the following area screenings taking place over the next month and change.
- April 30: Kate Davis' Girltalk, Brattle
- May 1: Jan Egleson's Billy in the Lowlands, Brattle
- May 3: Fred Wiseman's Titicut Follies, MFA
- May 21: Jan Egleson’s The Dark End of the Street, West Newton
- June 5: Peter Yates’s The Friends of Eddie Coyle [ed: squee!], Coolidge Corner
Eddie Coyle? Seriously?
