Each year the Witness Palestine Film Festival turns our eyes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and to a place where barriers have caused incalculable harm over the course of decades. The festival presents a series of films, talkbacks, and events that seek to foster change and cultivate empathy.
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Film preview: ImageOut Film Festival
Rochester’s LGBTQ film festival, ImageOut, is back this week for its 27th year. Running for 11 days, from October 10 through October 20, screenings will be held at both the Little Theatre and the Dryden Theatre.
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Film preview: Rochester Labor Film Series
With ongoing issues of workers’ rights making frequent headlines, it’s no wonder that the Rochester Labor Film Series has found enduring success. Celebrating its 30th year, the series presents labor-themed stories that focus on working class issues and interests. And its screenings tend to be packed.
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Dispatches from TIFF 2019, pt. 2
The 2019 edition Toronto International Film Festival has drawn to a close, so Adam back in ROC with a few more short reviews — plus his picks for the ten best films he saw at this year’s festival.
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Film preview: ‘Judy’
It’s a portrait that’s both clear-eyed and generous. In Renée Zellweger empathetic portrayal of the wounded and wobbly Hollywood icon, she imbues “Judy” with the heart and soul of the beloved performer.
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Film preview: ‘Projecting Our Voices’
An evening of screenings and discussions honoring Rochester’s radical documentary film advocacy will be hosted by the Rochester Documentary Filmmakers Group at Visual Studies Workshop.
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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.
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Dispatches from TIFF 2019
One of the best things about the Toronto International Film Festival is the diversity of its film lineup, which includes everything from Hollywood prestige pictures to independent foreign films looking for distribution.
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Film review: ‘Blinded by the Light’
Coming at a particularly desperate moment, Springsteen’s songs about being stuck in a small town rut and yearning for more strike a chord with a Pakistani teen and his dreams of escape.
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Film preview: ‘Luce’
Confronting the issues of tokenism and race, it’s a riveting and thought-provoking movie that resides entirely in gray areas, swirling in ideas of youth, class, and opportunity.
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Film review: ‘Ready or Not’
With their fleet, funny, and gleefully bloodthirsty horror-comedy, directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett deliver a satisfying skewering of the one-percenters with a deadly game of hide-and-seek.
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Film preview: ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’
Part mismatched buddy comedy and part road trip movie, “The Peanut Butter Falcon” aims to be a feel-good film. We follow Zak and Tyler’s episodic adventure as the “two bandits on the run” drift wherever the river may take them and encounter various oddball characters along the way.
