A small group of dedicated faithful pray for the city’s homicide victims, one senseless death at a time.
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Rochester Police to take a “holistic approach” to crime spike
RPD Chief Herriott alluded to a plan to work with judges and lobby for stiffer penalties for specific crimes.
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Film review: ‘My Friend Dahmer’
The recently released Netflix series “Mindhunter” follows a team of FBI agents in the 1970’s as they embark on the early stages of criminal profiling, traveling the country to interview serial killers about their past history in an attempt to see what makes them tick. “My Friend Dahmer” goes a step further, dramatizing the teen […]
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Grisly work
The relatively new field of forensic cleanup spares families a grim task.
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Mothers of jailed children lean on each other
Greta Anderson came home from church that summer Sunday afternoon, relaxed with a cup of tea in her favorite chair, and talked to a co-worker on the phone. The TV was on, she says, but she wasn’t paying much attention to it until she looked over and saw her son’s face on the screen. She […]
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Film Review: “The Drop”
Aside from its value as a work in and of itself, “The Drop,” rather like another fine recent movie, “A Most Wanted Man,” constitutes a kind of mixed blessing. It presents audiences once again with the ambiguous, bittersweet gift of an opportunity to witness the last performance of a talented, accomplished performer, in this instance […]
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City of the gun
An ATF agent gives a depressing account of guns in Rochester.
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“Out of the Furnace”
An odd prologue sets the tone and establishes the central subject of “Out of the Furnace.” Harlan DeGroat (Woody Harrelson), a rural drug dealer and gang leader, anonymous at that point in the film, watches a movie at a drive-in theater, complains of feeling nauseated, then when his girlfriend expresses concern, shoves a hot dog […]
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“The Counselor”
Ridley Scott’s pictures display the talents of one of the most visually creative directors in Hollywood. Movies like “Alien” and “Blade Runner” demonstrate his penchant for using established genres to reinterpret traditional material and move the forms in new and fascinating directions. His latest film, “The Counselor,” with a script by Cormac McCarthy, suggests once […]
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“Prisoners”
With the release of Denis Villeneuve’s chilly, David Fincher-esque procedural “Prisoners,” this year’s Oscar season has officially begun. Boasting several award-worthy performances from its A-list stars, a twisty plot, gorgeous cinematography, and an epic length, the film seems like exactly the sort of thing the Academy loves to reward. Still, the dark, often unpleasant subject […]
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“Ballin’ at the Graveyard”
Produced in Upstate New York, the documentary “Ballin’ at the Graveyard” posits that every city has one particular basketball court that everyone wants to play on, and functions as a hub in the subculture of urban pickup basketball. The film focuses on one such court, in Albany’s Washington Park, known as the Graveyard. Director Basil […]
