“Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane has got to be one of the most frustrating entertainers working in Hollywood today. His projects tend to rely on the shock value of politically incorrect humor while pandering to the lowest common denominator with endless barrages of dick and fart jokes. But at the same time, he manages to […]
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“Palo Alto”
“Palo Alto” marks the debut of the third generation of filmmakers from the Coppola family, with the first feature from writer-director Gia Coppola. Her film takes inspiration from a collection of short stories by James Franco, but don’t let that scare you off, as Coppola delivers a remarkably assured depiction of aimless youth stumbling through […]
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“From the Rough”
The High Falls Film Festival is still six months away, but this Friday, April 25, the festival will host a special screening of the sports drama “From the Rough,” at the Little Theatre. The film tells the story of Dr. Catana Starks (Taraji P. Henson, “Hustle and Flow”), the first African-American woman to coach a […]
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“Jodorowsky’s Dune”
In telling the behind-the-scenes story of 70’s-era cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s failed attempt to adapt Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic, “Dune,” into a movie, filmmaker Frank Pavich documents one of Hollywood’s most legendary tales of “What if?” Told largely by Jodorowsky himself, through ceaselessly entertaining talking head interviews, the director explains how he’d hoped his film […]
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“Under the Skin”
It’s been 10 long years since director Jonathan Glazer’s last film (2004’s genre-defying romance, “Birth”) but his latest proves to be every bit worth the wait. Based loosely on the novel by Michel Faber, “Under the Skin” stars Scarlett Johansson as an alien in human form, prowling through Scotland looking for unassuming men to lure […]
