After Cuomo’s announcement that schools would remain closed, the Rochester International Children’s Film Festival announced it would extend the availability of its films for another month.
Film Features
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‘Trolls’ is a test case for Hollywood
‘Trolls World Tour’ is the first major studio movie that will bypass theaters entirely to go directly to digital video. The fate of the entire industry is in the hands of the sequel to a children’s jukebox-musical inspired by a line of wildly popular, poofy-haired plastic dolls.
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Delay ball! A round-up of the best baseball films
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, we’ve still got baseball movies.
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Eastman Museum cancels 2020 Nitrate Picture Show
The 2020 Nitrate Picture Show is yet another cultural casualty of COVID-19. Eastman Museum announced Wednesday that the 6th Nitrate Picture Show, scheduled for June 4-7, has been postponed to June 3-6, 2021.
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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 don’t 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.
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The 7th Annual Lubies
Now entering their seventh year, The Lubies are CITY’s rambunctious Oscar alternative, bestowing the highly sought after Golden Everything Burrito upon the films, performances, and trends that made the biggest impression over this past year.
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92nd Academy Awards nominations
The Academy Awards nominations are out. Adam analyzes the nods: this year only narrowly escaped being another #OscarsSoWhite situation, and women filmmakers were entirely snubbed for the directorial award.
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New Guillermo del Toro joint ‘Nightmare Alley’ to be filmed in Buffalo
The film will star Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Rooney Mara, and Willem Dafoe. A casting call for extras has been issued in Western/Central New York.
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Peter Bagrov named new curator at Eastman Moving Image Department
The George Eastman Museum announced last month that Dr. Peter Bagrov has been appointed as the new curator in charge of its Moving Image Department. Relocating from Moscow to Rochester, he’ll be succeeding Paolo Cherchi Usai, who has taken a leadership position at Italy’s national film institute.
