Avon Cinema

Oscar Nominated Shorts At Avon

[Schedule extended through March 31.] Seen here is “Robin Robin” — featuring Richard E. Grant and Gillian Anderson — one of the animated nominees you can catch at the Oscar Shorts at the Avon. The three categories — animation, live action, and documentary are shown in separate batches: Animation — 4:10pm & 6:20pm, Saturday, Sunday, …

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Low Anthem On Thayer Street — Tickets Still Available

Don’t forget the special event (they are calling it Strats-on-Avon) Thursday night at the Avon Cinema. The Low Anthem will headline with Death Vessel and Brown Bird in support. (I could have sworn Annie had posted about this but I must have been hallucinating again.) I love the idea of the Avon hosting live music …

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separation of church and state — the movie

If you’ve been looking for a movie that doesn’t have Morgan Freeman, I think I found one. Persepolis is still at the Avon Cinema. It is up for an Oscar in the ‘Animated Feature’ category, but that should read ‘Best Picture’. It’s the wrenching, but frequently funny, tale of life in Iran since the Shah …

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