CITY has compiled a spotlight of 25 films and miniseries focusing on race in America.
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The future of film festivals
Digital collaboration ‘We Are One’ offers an idea of what could become the new normal for film festivals worldwide.
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Stolen art and mending hearts
The documentary ‘The Painter and the Thief’ forms a portrait of two lonely souls bonded through art.
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Local drive-in theaters set to reopen
With New York poised to begin reopening and physical distancing rules still in place, theater-goers can enjoy films on the big screen at the drive-ins.
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Streaming: Miniseries reimagines “Hollywood” as more inclusive, earlier on
The Netflix miniseries explores what it might have looked like if the gatekeepers of the movie industry made an effort to diverge from the sexism, racism, and homophobia of the time and forged a new path.
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Rochester Children’s International Film Festival presents daily surprise shorts
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.
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Self-isolation film guide: Sometimes there’s no place like home
Antsy under isolation? This selection of bad-trip movies reminds us that sometimes it’s better to just stay home.
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Self-isolation film guide: comfort movies
“Any movie you love can provide comfort, but lately I’ve favored low-stakes stories that have nothing to do with the end of the world.”
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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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Round-up: new to streaming
With movie theaters around the greater Rochester area shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, film lovers are having to look elsewhere for their viewing entertainment. Here are some of the best from the waves of new offerings arriving on digital platforms.
