The 18th annual Rochester Jewish Film Festival shines a spotlight on Jewish culture and heritage with film screenings, live performances, visiting directors, and post-film discussions.
Movie Previews
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Interview: Beal Institute Director Mark Watters
Watters will conduct the 25-piece Eastman All Stars Big Band through selections from classic and contemporary jazz film scores by artists from ranging from Lalo Schifrin and Duke Ellington to Leonard Bernstein and Randy Newman.
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Film preview: ‘First Reformed’
Paul Schrader’s searing theological drama deals honestly with the subject of spirituality, wrestling with metaphysical questions in a way far deeper than typical “faith-based” cinema.
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Film preview: ‘The Rider’
Brady Jandreau, playing a loosely fictionalized version of himself, brings a piercing authenticity to a story about the elemental conflict that arises when the very thing that makes a person who they are might also be their undoing.
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Throwback screening of ‘Diva’ at The Little
The cult film screening, along with live opera and more, is part of the “Diva Festiva” event to raise funds for restorations to the historic theater.
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Projecting the Nitrate Picture Show
Eastman Museum’s projectionists discuss the technical art of screening notoriously combustible nitrate films.
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Preview: The Reel Mind series
For the past ten years, The Reel Mind series has been
fighting the stigma of mental illness with empowering stories of advocacy and psychiatric wellness told through film, live theater, and art.
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Film preview: ‘Lean on Pete’
Writer-director Andrew Haigh’s film is gorgeously-shot and devastating, moving deeper than the quintessentially American tale of a boy and his horse.
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Film preview: Rochester International Film Festival
The RIFF turns 60 this year, and offers 28 films in four programs across three days.
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Film preview: One Take Film Festival
After a successful first year, the team behind the One Take Film Festival has no intention of falling prey to the sophomore slump. They’ve added new venues and partnerships to turn the celebration of documentary filmmaking into four packed days of great movies, music, cocktails, and conversation. Held this Thursday through Sunday (April 19-22), the […]
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Film preview: ‘Isle of Dogs’
Wes Anderson returns to the world of stop-motion animation for the first time since 2009’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” with the imaginative dystopian fantasy “Isle of Dogs.” But while his follow-up demonstrates the same technical skill and storytelling inventiveness that made his first foray such a success, some of its aesthetic decisions end up undermining the […]
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Bonus features: Italian Film Series presents ‘In War With Love’
This month the Italian Film Series will complete its first full year of monthly screenings, bringing contemporary movies from Italy to eager audiences at the Little Theatre. The series will celebrate this major milestone on Wednesday, April 25, with the Rochester premiere screening of the wartime romantic-comedy “In War With Love,” from director Pierfrancesco Diliberto. […]
