This year’s Witness Palestine Film Festival is free and completely virtual, with four films centered around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Adam Lubitow
Film critic for CITY Newspaper, writer, iced coffee addict, and dinosaur enthusiast.
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TIFF from my living room
Despite the lack of access to the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, several of its worthwhile movies will be available to watch soon.
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Rochester Fringe Festival, Day 7: ‘Disturbances a Deux’
Created by visual artist Martha Schermerhorn, the spoken-word performance “Disturbances a Deux” explores the mysterious and the supernatural.
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Toronto International Film Festival 2020: Home Edition
This year’s Toronto International Film Festival, a preview of movies to come, includes the compelling “Nomadland” and “One Night in Miami.”
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Northern exposure
The 45th Toronto International Film Festival adapts to uncertain times.
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Film review: ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’
A relationship, a road trip, and how linking your sense of self to another’s perception of you is rarely a good idea.
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Film review: ‘Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin’
Filmmaker Werner Herzog pays homage to a kindred spirit and close friend.
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Eastman’s film preservation efforts go digital
Eastman Museum has made a digitized selection of films from its extensive Moving Image Collection available for free online viewing.
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Film review: ‘Jazz on a Summer’s Day’
The Virtual Little Theatre has added the excellent, glowingly restored 1959 doc “Jazz on a Summer’s Day” to its lineup of streaming films.
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FILM | “Journeys Through the Finger Lakes”
Abolition, Suffrage, and Flight. WXXI’s doc “Journeys Through the Finger Lakes” focuses on the region’s rich history and offerings, providing plenty of cause for geographical pride.
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Film review: ‘The Fight’
The powerful new doc “The Fight” spotlights the critical work of ACLU lawyers on the front lines of the org’s many legal battles against the Trump administration.
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A/S/L? Sexual awakening or eternal damnation
Suppress natural urges or glory, hallelujah? A teen’s raging hormones conflict with her beliefs in this “coming” of age comedy.
