We just came back from seeing El Secreto de Sus Ojos (The Secret in Their Eyes) at the Kendall Square theater, and it was such a spectacular movie that I had to blog about it right when I got home. El Secreto de Sus Ojos was the Argentinian submission for the 2010 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film; I haven't seen the others, but from what I can tell there's a very good reason it took home the Oscar. Actually, I'm still a little speechless -- it's really the perfect thriller with just the right touch of romance and humor. "Sperm Bank, loan department."
Instead of reading any kind of half-formed opinion on my part, let me refer you to David Denby's review in the New Yorker.
More than the movie itself, though, it was just the perfect date night after a roller coaster week at work. We strolled to the theater after a dinner of chicken and orzo and an outstanding gazpacho. I've really come to love having the Kendall Square Cinema so closeby for the last 2 years: in addition to El Secreto, I've seen some truly excellent and thought-provoking movies there including Food Inc., Babel, An Education, and The Cove. Pedro did some research into theaters around Morningside Heights, and unfortunately I don't think we're going to have the same kind of luck in terms of a right-down-the-street, first-run art house/indie/foreign films theater near the new apartment.
There are some perks to living in the Republic of Cambridge.
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