Last time out. The Rhinos (16-3-7) split a pair of games with the Toronto Lynx (10-4-13) over the weekend. They dropped the road portion of the home-and-home series on Friday, losing 2-1. The Score is a little mystified by the decision not to start Hamisi Amani-Dove and the red-hot Greg Simmonds in that match, especially […]
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LaBute disappoints, but ‘Sara’ meets expectations
Neil LaBute must have been tuning in to a lot of daytime television over the last couple of years, because I have to assume that anyone who has undergone this kind of career makeover must have been watching dogs get turned into beauty queens on Maury Povich on at least a semi-regular basis. The […]
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Rochester Rhinos
Last time out. The Rhinos (15-3-6) hit the road for a pair of matches against two of the weaker teams in the A League. On Friday, they earned their first bonus point of the season with a 3-1 win over Cincinnati (8-0-16). Hamisi Amani-Dove scored twice in that game, and added one the following evening […]
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Classic film noir comes to town
Samuel Fuller’s Pickup on South Street opens with a scene that is downright dazzling, even by today’s standards. It takes place on a crowded New York City subway. As people shift about, a man and woman eventually end up face to face. They begin to make goo-goo eyes at each other, but the flirtation […]
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Eating, drinking, and peaking too early
When I was in grammar school, there was this one kid (we’ll call him Butch) who was light years ahead of everyone else physically. I even remember our phys ed teacher shaking his head over Butch’s amazing abilities, which were on display no matter what goofy sport we were being forced to participate in. Needless […]
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A brilliant ‘Conversations’
Beginning with its ending and cobbled together via out-of-order celluloid chunks in the vein of Pulp Fiction, Jill Sprecher’s sophomore offering, 13 Conversations About One Thing, (also opening Friday at the Little) is as brilliant a second film as you’re likely to see.
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Swedish surrealism via Peru and Python
Before going largely unnoticed during its extremely limited theatrical release last August, Songs From the Second Floor was a Jury Prize-winner at Cannes in 2000 and an invitee to Roger Ebert’s 2001 Overlooked Film Festival. Floor took Swedish writer/director Roy Andersson four years to complete. (And you thought you waited a long time for Stanley […]
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Bisset shines in sleepy ‘Gal’
“There just aren’t any good roles for women.” Now there’s a complaint you don’t hear too much anymore. It may no longer be an issue when actresses like Sissy Spacek, Nicole Kidman and Renée Zellweger — all of whom did amazing work last year — still go home empty-handed at the Oscars, while Denzel Washington […]
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The Believer highlights second Jewish film fest
The bulk of Rochester’s film festival season doesn’t begin until October with the ImageOut and High Falls fests, but if you just can’t wait until the leaves change color, you’re in luck. The second annual Rochester Jewish Film Festival kicks off this Sunday, offering a diverse batch of features and shorts that will appeal to […]
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Mr. Pink comes to Rochester
Steve Buscemi, one of the greatest character actors of his generation, will come to the Dryden Theatre on Saturday, July 13 to introduce local film fans to the latest phase in his plan for cinematic world domination: direction. You may know him as the squirrelly guy from Fargo, the guy with the crazy eyes from […]
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Kickin’ it all the way back to the early ’80s
I had to drive to Toronto to see one of last summer’s most overlooked films, but this Saturday night, thanks to the Dryden Theatre, you’ll be able to treat yourself — without leaving the country — to Wet Hot American Summer. It’s a brainy spoof of those popular bawdy teen sex romps from the late […]
