With only the film negatives from the 1984 kung fu movie “New York Ninja” remaining, the newly reconstructed version retains the absurdity and nostalgia of the original.
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Anomaly film festival continues Friday with imaginative, wildly erotic ‘After Blue’
Bertrand Mandico’s imaginative, erotic film “After Blue” — which imagines a planet with only women — tries to be feminist but suffers from objectification.
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2021 Anomaly film festival opens with the sweet, strange ‘Strawberry Mansion’
The eccentric film “Strawberry Mansion” opens this year’s Anomaly film festival on Nov. 4. Co-director Albert Birney says the idea was born in Rochester.
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Witness Palestine Film Festival’s documentary-heavy 10th year
Marking one decade of activism, the Witness Palestine Film Festival continues its educational and human rights mission.
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Rochester Jewish Film Fest takes the cultural temperature
With few in-person screenings, the mostly virtual 2021 Rochester Jewish Film Festival includes relevant themes and local connections.
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The Little Theatre shows previously unseen music doc ‘Summer of Soul’
The documentary “Summer of Soul,” playing at The Little Theatre through July 18, unearths footage from the pivotal 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival.
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‘Drunk Bus’ makes a stop in Rochester this weekend
Rochester’s bleak yet beautiful exterior made it the ideal place to shoot the indie feature film “Drunk Bus,” playing at The Little this Sunday.
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Haudenosaunee Filmmakers Festival spotlights Indigenous voices
The inaugural festival features the work of filmmakers from the Six Nations Confederacy.
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The realistic grief of ‘Cherry’
The characters in the Russo brothers’ new traumatic drama are people struggling with the all-too-common burdens of PTSD, addiction, and mental illness.
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George Eastman Museum revives lost Orson Welles film
Orson Welles’s 1938 film “Too Much Johnson,” recovered by George Eastman Museum, is a hybrid of silent film and live performance.
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Biographical films and TV shows that bring historic leaders to life
Had enough of European royals on TV? So have we. Expand your worldview with these shows and films that focus on leaders from other nations.
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Two quintessentially American stories on film open virtually on Friday
Powerful awards season contenders ‘Minari’ and ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ are moving tributes to less-visible American experiences.
