The Chappaquiddick incident barely harmed Senator Ted Kennedy’s career. Curran’s new film asks all people — left and right of the aisle — to take a harder look at the people we support.
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Interview: Jason Isaacs on subversive comedy ‘The Death of Stalin’
The caustic political satire observes with deadpan wit the bloody power struggle that erupts in the aftermath of the Soviet dictator’s sudden death. Jason Isaacs discusses laughing in the face of evil.
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Film preview: ‘Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts’
The final film in the Little Theatre’s annual Women’s History Month Film Series, “Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts” is the Indonesian feminist outlaw western you never knew you needed in your life. The film opens as a gang of bandits arrive on the doorstep of the recently widowed Marlina (the excellent Marsha Timothy), announcing […]
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Film preview: ‘The Leisure Seeker’
Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren star in the alternately touching and enervating comic drama “The Leisure Seeker,” about Ella and John Spencer, who’ve been married for 50 years when they decide to set out on one final road trip in their beloved 1975 Winnebago, the name of which lends the film its title. With nary […]
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Eastman Audio Research Studio presents Image/Sound Festival
The brand-new Rochester event seeks to bring together audiences with an appreciation for experimental film, music, and avant-garde art in a two-day celebration of image and sound, and is presented by Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS).
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Film preview: ‘Love, Simon’
The coming out narrative isn’t new, but “Love, Simon” is the first film to center on the story of a gay teen to get a wide release from a major studio. Adam describes how it felt to sit in a Regal theater and hear the young, mostly straight audience cheer and applaud when two male characters share a kiss for the first time.
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Film preview: ‘The Party’
The idea of the dinner party that goes horribly wrong has served as the premise to any number of versatile, genre-spanning narratives over the years. Written and directed by Sally Potter, “The Party” offers little to break the mold of what’s come before, but thanks to a first-rate cast it still manages to be a […]
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Film preview: ‘A Fantastic Woman’
Fresh off its win for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards this past weekend, “A Fantastic Woman” tells the story of a headstrong young transgender woman named Marina — the fantastic woman of the title — as she faces down a world that seems unwilling to see her that way.
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Live blog: 2018 Oscars
Join CITY’s film critic, Adam Lubitow, for a live blog during the 2018 Academy Awards broadcast on Sunday, March 4. The red carpet pre-show starts at 7 p.m., and the ceremony begins at approximately 8:30 p.m. A bit earlier in the day, Adam will lead a pre-Oscars discussion at 3 p.m. at the Little Theatre […]
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Film preview: ‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’
The romantic drama “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” chronicles the later years in the life of Hollywood icon Gloria Grahame (played in the film by Annette Bening). Though Grahame’s legacy hasn’t stood the test of time as well as some of her peers, she made a name for herself in noir films and acted […]
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Film preview: ‘The 2018 Oscar-Nominated Shorts’
It’s that time of year again, as ShortsTV once again brings all fifteen of the year’s Oscar-nominated short films from the Animated, Live-Action, and Documentary categories into theaters around the country. Get an advantage in your office Oscar pool, and catch up with all the nominees before the Academy Awards ceremony takes place on Sunday, […]
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Film Preview: ‘The Breadwinner’
Fresh off its Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature, “The Breadwinner” opens in Rochester this week. The film comes from Cartoon Saloon, the small, Ireland-based animation studio behind the acclaimed (and also Oscar-nominated) “The Secret of Kells” and “Song of the Sea.” Adapted from Deborah Ellis’s 2000 children’s novel and directed by Nora Twomey […]
