No less than the third film this year to focus on the World War II evacuation of Dunkirk, “Darkest Hour” is the straightforward historical drama counterpoint to Christopher Nolan’s action-oriented “Dunkirk” and the crowd-pleasing melodrama of Lone Scherfig’s “Their Finest.” “Darkest Hour” comes from director Joe Wright (who previously dramatized the evacuation in a show-stopping, […]
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The life and work of Arthur Singer is on view at University Gallery
In a celebration of the stunning diversity of life and the art that captures it, RIT’s University Gallery, through October 28, is hosting “Arthur Singer: The Wildlife Art of an American Master.” The extensive exhibition displays dozens of Singer’s original illustrations and paintings, but the exhibit also serves as a celebration of an individual life. […]
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Film review: ‘Land of Mine’
When German forces ended their occupation of Denmark in the immediate aftermath of World War II, they left behind millions of landmines — planted in preparation for an Allied invasion that never came — on beaches along the west coast of the country. The removal of those explosives became a task left to German POWs, […]
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Theater Review: “Katherine’s Colored Lieutenant” at Geva’s NextStage
Actress and playwright Nora Cole has returned to Geva Theatre for “Katherine’s Colored Lieutenant” at Geva’s Fielding NextStage. Cole previously appeared before Geva audiences with “Fences” (2009) and “You Can’t Take It With You” (2012). In “Lieutenant,” Cole weaves a narrative from the fabric of her own family: the true story of her Aunt Katherine, […]
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Film Review: “Unbroken”
Aside from the obvious, universally known classics, now and then a particular book or movie qualifies as a necessary work, something not only entertaining but instructive, a useful addition to the culture’s knowledge of the world and itself. Although her “Seabiscuit,” which suggested that a racehorse led America out of the Great Depression, succeeded both […]
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“The Railway Man”
Wars never really end, and as Faulkner said, the past is not even past — almost 70 years after the Japanese surrender in World War II, the horror of the conflict and the behavior of the enemy toward their Allied prisoners continue to trouble the memories of the survivors. A number of histories, memoirs, and […]
