After hosting a star-studded opening event for the Bulger biopic”Black Mass” in September, the Coolidge Corner Theatrein Brooklineagain rolledl out the red carpet Wendesday night for “Spotlight,” another Boston-centric flick about the Boston Globe’s investigative team. Mark Ruffalo and other stars were posing for pictures under a tent to block the rain Wednesday night.
Also scheduledto be there, according to a spokeswoman:director and co-writer Tom McCarthy, co-writer Josh Singerand cast member Brian d’Arcy James.
RELATED: Boston’s reaction to ‘Black Mass’ mixed McCarthy, who directed and co-wrote the film, said theChurch still hasn’t done enough to address the scandal.
“I still believe in the Catholic Church, I believe in the good they can do but they are an institution that has to sort of take responsibility for the crimes they’ve committed against their parishioners and their constituency and own it — and they are not yet,” McCarthy told Reuters in September. Ruffalo, too, has called for reforms.
RELATED: Forensic expert who ID’dBulger victims not thrilled about ‘Black Mass’ “Many people left the Catholic faith because of a lot of this and it suffered but I feel like maybe now we can have a discussion with the Pope that’s in…and maybe it could start doing some reparations to the credibility of an institution that has meant a lot to people over the centuries,” he said, also to Reuters.”I think it’s essential, it must be done.” The movie was set to hit theaters in November.
Mark Ruffalo and company walked red carpet at the Coolidge Wednesday night
Boston clergychild sex abuse scandal that reverberated around the world.Thenewspaper’s Pulitzer Prize-winningstories in 2002 chronicled decades-long cover-ups of abuse of children in theCatholic Church.