With films about huffing gas, Bloody Sunday, and capital punishment, you might think the High Falls Film Festival would be the last place you’d want to take your kids (well, almost the last place — there’s also that family vacation down I-95). Think again. This year’s festival offers not one, but two special programs designed […]
High Falls Film Festival
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The schedule
Wednesday, October 30 Frida, 7 p.m., Dryden Theatre Chaos, 7:15 p.m., Little Theatre #1 Lift, 7:30 p.m., Little Theatre #2 Take Care of My Cat, 9:30 p.m., Little Theatre #1 Black Chicks Talking, 9:30 p.m., Little Theatre #2 Thursday, October 31 How I Killed My Father, 5 p.m., Dryden Theatre Sister Helen, 6 p.m., Little […]
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Screen time
The second annual High Falls Film
Festival returns to Rochester with the best cinema has to offer…
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High Falls Festival Films
Wednesday, October 30 Frida Julie Taymor, US, 120 minutes Dryden Theatre, 7 p.m. Based on Hayden Herrera’s book, Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo, and cooked up by at least four different screenwriters, Frida begins in true biopic fashion by showing Kahlo (Salma Hayek) on the verge of checking out before it flashes back to […]
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Eat these shorts
The feature films get most of the attention at High Falls and pretty much every other festival in the world. But that doesn’t mean you should ignore the short films. Look at it this way: The packaging might be smaller, but the quality is just as good. Look at John Stockton, or Napoleon, or even […]
