College is traditionally a time when we’re allowed to experiment, try on different personas, and generally attempt to figure out what type of person we ultimately want to become. It’s also the first time many of us are truly on our own and most of us take advantage of that in every way we can. […]
Adam Lubitow
Film critic for CITY Newspaper, writer, iced coffee addict, and dinosaur enthusiast.
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High Falls Film Festival 2014
The High Falls Film Festival returns Thursday, October 23, through Sunday, October 26, for its 12th year. Under the guidance of a new Executive Director, Mary Manard Reed, the festival has shifted to a new fall timeframe (previous editions occurred in early summer) but remains committed to its focus on spotlighting the achievements of female […]
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Film Review: “Kill the Messenger”
From “All the President’s Men” to “Good Night and Good Luck,” there have been any number of films devoted to telling the true-life tales of the journalists devoted to uncovering stories of corruption, abuse of power, and hidden scandals. The involving but formulaic “Kill the Messenger” continues in that tradition, focusing on Gary Webb (Jeremy […]
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Film Review: “Age of Love”
In the charming locally-produced documentary “The Age of Love,” filmmaker Steven Loring follows the first-of-its-kind senior speed-dating event, held right here in Rochester. Meant exclusively for singles aged 70 to 90, the event allows 30 seniors (15 women and 15 men) to get a second chance at finding love. It’s admittedly a somewhat cutesy sounding […]
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FILM | “Cyrano de Bergerac”
The Little Theatre has been screening art house and independent films to enthusiastic Rochester audiences since it first opened its doors 85 years ago. This Thursday, October 9, the theatre celebrates how it all began, with a special one-time only showing of the first film ever to grace the Little’s silver screen: the 1923 silent […]
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Film Review: “The Boxtrolls”
Laika, the film studio behind modern stop-motion animated classics “Coraline” and “ParaNorman,” brings yet another endlessly imaginative tale to the big screen. Based loosely on the book “Here Be Monsters” by Alan Snow, “The Boxtrolls” is a whimsically demented fable centering on the titular creatures: adorably ugly, toothy, grey-skinned beasts who dwell beneath the Dickensian […]
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Film Reviews: “Tracks” and “The Congress”
“Tracks” (PG-13), Directed by John Curran Opens Friday at The Little Curran will do a Q&A after the 7 p.m. showings on Friday, October 3, and Saturday, October 4, at The Little. In “Tracks,” Rochester native John Curran (“The Painted Veil,” “We Don’t Live Here Anymore”) directs the true story of Robyn Davidson, a young […]
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Adam reviews “Spoon River Rochester” and “Bushwacked”
Combining aspects of a flash mob, performance art, and historical ghost walk, the wonderfully eerie “Spoon River Rochester” adapts the text of Edgar Lee Masters’ “Spoon River Anthology” with a cast of over 150 actors (including Mayor Lovely Warren) delivering poems from the work, each one an epitaph of a single resident of the titular, […]
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Film Review: “Tusk”
Continuing the fascinatingly odd path Kevin Smith’s career has taken since he helped kickstart the 90’s indie movie scene with “Clerks,” the filmmaker’s latest is a horror-comedy tailor-made for those with a taste for the spectacularly bizarre. The idea behind “Tusk” sprang from Smith’s mind during the taping of his popular podcast (a snippet of […]
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Adam reviews “140 Characters or Less” and 20 Penny Circus
The second social media-centric comedy show of my Fringe Festival experience this year, “140 Characters or Less: A Twitter Comedy Show” delivered the #funny. Hosted by comedian Dario Josef with a rotating cast of local stand-ups, the show shares some DNA with Comedy Central’s popular “@midnight” program — mixing Twitter-based humor with traditional stand-up comedy. […]
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Film Review: “Love is Strange” and “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them”
“Love Is Strange” (R), Directed by Ira Sachs Opens Friday at the Little Theatre In Ira Sachs’ (“Keep the Lights On”) lovely, tender “Love is Strange,” Alfred Molina and John Lithgow portray George and Benjamin, a couple who, as the film begins, have finally gotten married after 39 years together. While their marriage is joyous […]
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Adam reviews “Vintage Hitchcock,” “Solo Drum Solo,” and “God of Carnage”
Screen Plays’ performance of “Vintage Hitchcock” got my afternoon off to a great start. A packed crowd filled the Dryden Theatre, eager to experience the old-timey goodness of a live radio play — and the performers more than delivered. Utilizing vintage equipment from the AWA Wireless Museum, the production recreated an authentic 1940’s radio show, […]
