Thursday would have been Opening Day for the Rochester Red Wings, but sadly the start of the season has been postponed (like most events these days) due to COVID-19. Luckily, weโve still got baseball movies.
Adam Lubitow
Film critic for CITY Newspaper, writer, iced coffee addict, and dinosaur enthusiast.
Round-up: new to streaming
With movie theaters around the greater Rochester area shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, film lovers are having to look elsewhere for their viewing entertainment. Here are some of the best from the waves of new offerings arriving on digital platforms.
The Little launches โVirtual Littleโ streaming and YouTube channel
CITYโs Adam Lubitow previews โAnd Then We Danced,โ the first of The Virtual Littleโs films to stream.
How to support the silver screens that have gone dark
Mega chains like AMC, Regal, and Cinemark have, for now, shut the doors on their locations nationwide, but many independent theaters donโt have the resources of those corporations to sustain a prolonged closure. Adam Lubitow checks in with the local indie movie houses to find out how patrons can help.
Streaming review: ‘Blow the Man Down’
This past weekend Amazon Prime debuted โBlow the Man Down,โ Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudyโs compelling crime thriller that should make an excellent option for those looking for a bit of sex, murder, and mystery in their quarantine watching.
Movies under quarantine
With most local art institutions closed down due to COVID-19 precautions, we’ll all be consuming entertainment from the comfort of our own homes for the foreseeable future. For many, this means getting our movie fix through streaming services.
A very bland adventure
“Wendy” never entirely earns the emotions at its core, leeching any resonance it does have through whatever attachment the viewer might have to the original “Peter Pan” story.
What you can’t see
Writer-director Leigh Whannell’s re-envisioning of “The Invisible Man” switches up the traditional perspective, centering the story not on the person with supernatural abilities, but on what it might feel like to be their prey.
Film preview: ‘Greed’
British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom re-teams with comedian Steve Coogan for โGreed,โ a barbed but frequently uneven comedy taking aim at the fast fashion industry.
Burning desire
Anchored by two exquisite performances from Noรฉmie Merlant and Adรจle Haenel, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” is a simmering love story about desire, the female gaze, and the enduring beauty of art.
Film review: ‘Beanpole’
The traumas of war linger long after the fighting has ended for the characters of Kantemir Balagovโs โBeanpole,โ an unsparingly bleak but compelling tale of two female soldiers striving to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of World War II.
Whisper to a scream
Itโs impossible not to think of Harvey Weinstein while watching โThe Assistant.โ Though the disgraced movie mogul never appears on screen, nor is he mentioned by name, his presence haunts Kitty Greenโs piercing look at systemic abuses of power in the workplace.






