The sixth Monroe and Vicinity Biennial art show, on the SUNY Brockport campus, will celebrate the work of four distinguished upstate New York artists: Bruce Adams, Sarah Sutton, Holly Greenberg, and Bill Hastings (artwork pictured). An opening reception will be held Thursday, January 31, 4-6 p.m. at the Tower Fine Arts Center Gallery, and the […]
Adam Lubitow
Film critic for CITY Newspaper, writer, iced coffee addict, and dinosaur enthusiast.
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FILM | Mind2Movie Film Screening
Two weeks ago, 14 intrepid teams of Rochester-area filmmakers were given only 72 hours to write, film, edit, and produce a five-minute short film utilizing an assigned character, prop, and situation. Now, on Monday, February 4, the results of their labors will be screened for the public at the Cinema Theater (957 S. Clinton Ave) […]
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COMEDY | Joel McHale, Dave Foley, More
Countless scientific studies have been performed by highly respected researchers the world over, proving the various health benefits of laughter. At least, that sounds like something that might actually be true. If nothing else, busting a gut is sure to raise your body heat and help keep you warm during the freezing cold temperature we’re […]
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SPECIAL EVENT | Freezefest at RIT
Rochester Institute of Technology celebrates the winter season with its annual Freezefest, three fun-filled days of activities. This year the event runs from Friday, February 1, through Sunday, February 3, and there’s really something for everyone to enjoy. Planned events include everything from a Sausage and Sauerkraut Festival to hockey games, ice-sculpture demos to something […]
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RECREATION | The Y-Tri
Earn your free pass to act like a couch potato without the guilt on Super Bowl Sunday by starting the morning participating in The Y-Tri, an indoor triathlon to benefit the YMCA of Greater Rochester. The triathlon is a three-event race consisting of a 15-minute swim, 15-minute stationary bike ride, and a 15-minute indoor track […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: “Movie 43”
Comedy anthology movies have been out of fashion for quite some time, and there doesn’t seem to be much point to bringing them back now. After all, if anyone truly has the desire to watch a collection of skits of varying degrees of humorousness, websites like YouTube and Funny or Die offer more than you […]
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WINTER GUIDE 2013: Cold comforts
Contrary to popular opinion — and yes, probably common sense — Rochesterians don’t go into hibernation during the winter months. We’re a hearty bunch; blizzards, ice, snow, slush, and wind aren’t enough to dissuade us from venturing outdoors when there’s a good time to be had. This winter there’s no shortage of fantastic events that […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: “Rust and Bone”
“Rust and Bone” is exactly the sort of love story you’d expect from Jacques Audiard, director of the brutal, Oscar-nominated French crime drama, “A Prophet” — a filmmaker whose usual propensity is toward stories about thugs, hoodlums, and other angry young men. That is to say, it’s a violent, decidedly unromantic one. A rough-and-tumble portrait […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: “Gangster Squad”
Noir is a genre that’s tough to get right, particularly in our self-consciously referential age. Don’t embrace the genre fully, and it’s just a run-of-the-mill thriller featuring a bunch of nattily dressed people with a fondness for tommy guns; go too far the other direction, and it quickly turns into exaggerated parody (supposing, of course, […]
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Film Review: “The Impossible”
The term “disaster movie” tends to conjure up thoughts of summer blockbusters; disposable entertainments designed to excite audiences with endless scenes of CGI-enhanced destruction. They’re usually the type of movies that want us to root for the survival of the main characters while simultaneously asking us to ignore the offscreen deaths of hundreds of thousands, […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: “Les Miserables”
Since its English-language debut in London’s West End in 1985, “Les Misérables” has gone on to be the world’s longest-running musical, seen by more than 60 million people, in 42 countries, performed in 21 different languages, and winner of nearly 100 awards internationally. A film adaptation of the show was always a given, though it’s […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: “The Guilt Trip”
It’s one of those unfortunate but unavoidable facts of life that even the most responsible, mature, put-together adult can, in an instant, regress back into the role of petulant child when in the company of their parents for any extended period of time. It might take just a look, or a single judgmental comment, but […]
