Season in full swing at the Out! For Reel LGBT Film Series

One expects the average film festival to last a week. But, a Northampton festival - Out! For Reel LGBT Film Series - challenges that presumption and takes it to the next level.

'The Grey' - a pack of disappointment

With Liam Neeson at the helm, "The Grey," a movie about a group of men forced by circumstance to handle extreme danger and stress, should have been riveting. But, at a recent local showing, the movie's attempts at suspense, emotion, tension and melancholy prompted howls of laughter, pun intended, mixed in with an I-want-my-money-back urgency.

Movie times

Movie times are for today, Feb. 9.

AMHERST CINEMA 28 Amity St., Amherst 253-2547 www.amherstcinema.org

The Artist (PG-13) 2, 4:20, 9:45

A Dangerous Method (R) 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 9:20

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (R) 1:30, 4:10, 7

Travelling Light: National Theater Live (NR) 7

Weekend Planner - Movies

Playing this week in area theaters: Cinemark in Hadley opens "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," "Pina," "Safe House," "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace," "This Means War" and "The Vow." The Amherst Cinema continues showing "The Artist," "A Dangerous Method" and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy." South Ha

Character actor Ben Gazzara dies at 81

NEW YORK - Ben Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in such iconic productions over the decades as the original "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway and the film "The Big Lebowski," has died at age 81.

Movie times

Contact theaters to verify titles and times, which are subject to change.

AMHERST CINEMA 28 Amity St., Amherst 253-2547 www.amherstcinema.org

The Artist (PG-13) Daily 2, 4:45, 7:25, 9:45; Sat.-Sun. also 11:30 a.m.; Thurs. also 4:20; no 4:45, 7:25 shows Thurs.

A Dangerous Method (R) Daily 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 9:20; Sat.-Sun. also 11:15 a.m.

Movie Capsules

Albert Nobbs: Albert Nobbs (Glenn Close) is a woman passing as a man in order to work and survive in 19th-century Ireland. Some 30 years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making. Also stars Mia Wasikowska. Rated R.