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  • Jazz Album Recommendation: TAKE ME TO THE RIVER: NEW ORLEANS (Soundtrack out April 29, 2022 on Petaluma Records)

    By Connor McCormick | March 16, 2022
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    The new film Take Me To The River: New Orleans follows director Martin Shore’s 2014 award-winning film  Take Me To The River, which documented the musical influence of Memphis. “Memphis told the American music story. New Orleans is a story of how World music was created,” says Shore on his decision to document New Orleans. The…

  • Film: TRUST ME (Directed by Roko Belic)

    By Nia Liat | March 15, 2022
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    TRUST TRUST ME Directed by Oscar-nominated Roko Belic, the timely new film Trust Me exposes problems caused by society’s lack of media literacy while offering solutions. Public television stations across the country continue to address how mis- and disinformation are affecting society by scheduling premieres and repeats of Trust Me to reach 84% market coverage…

  • Album Recommendation: SHERYL: MUSIC FROM THE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY (UMe/Big Machine Records)

    By Connor McCormick | March 11, 2022
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    SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT On March 11, a full-length documentary film directed by Amy Scott, entitled Sheryl  about the singer-songwriter’s life and career, will premiere at SXSW, ahead of a spring premiere on SHOWTIME. An intimate story of song and sacrifice,  Sheryl  navigates an iconic yet arduous musical career while the artist battles sexism, ageism, depression, cancer, and…

  • Film Preview: SEVEN DAYS (directed by Roshan Sethi)

    By Connor McCormick | March 4, 2022
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    New  Trailer!   7 DAYS The Charming Rom-Com from Filmmaker and MD Roshan Sethi (Co-Creator of  The Resident)  starring GERALDINE VISWANATHAN (Bad Education) and  KARAN SONI (Deadpool)Co-Written By Roshan Sethi and Karan Soni, Executive Produced by The Duplass BrothersIN THEATERS MARCH 25 2021 | 86m | United States | Unrated Synopsis: Set up on a pre-arranged date by their old-fashioned…

  • Film Festival: NITEHAWK SHORTS FESTIVAL ’22 (March 2-6, Williamsburg and Prospect Park)

    By Nia Liat | February 24, 2022
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    FULL PROGRAM FOR NITEHAWK SHORTS FEST ’22 Festival Runs from March 2nd-6that  Nitehawk’s Williamsburg + Prospect Park LocationsNow in its eighth year, the Nitehawk Shorts Festival has become a bonafide home for the independent short film community. This year’s installment, taking place from March 2-6, 2022, will feature over 60 short films, with filmmakers in attendance…

  • THE LEGACY OF JEKYLL & HYDE

    By Aveline MacQuoid | February 23, 2022
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    There have been many great adaptions of popular novels in several forms of media and entertainment but non likely come more popular with greater inspiration and evolution than Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with the fictional novel still remaining as a household name over 200 years since its…

  • Film/DVD: NOSFERATU (Mastered in HD from Kino Lorber)

    By John Todd | February 22, 2022
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    First released in March 1922, F.W. Murnau’s NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR is turning 100 this year. A cornerstone of the horror genre and a landmark of German Expressionism, Murnau’s unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula remains the most unsettling vampire film ever made for many viewers. Viewers can watch the seminal vampire film the…

  • GREAT HEIST MOVIES

    By Aveline MacQuoid | February 22, 2022
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    It’s okay to be rooting for the bad guys every once in a while. That’s probably why we all love a good heist on the big screen. And we can’t get enough of heist movies as their tense action scenes and shrewd scheming make for such good cinema. Plus, there’s always a backstabbing or two…

  • TV: REGINA HALL, AMY SCHUMER AND WANDA SYKES TO HOST 94TH OSCARS

    By Nia Liat | February 15, 2022
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    REGINA HALL, AMY SCHUMER AND WANDA SYKES TO HOST 94TH  OSCARS Regina Hall,  Amy Schumer  and  Wanda Sykes will host the 94th Oscars ®, ae first-time hosting of the ceremony for each of them. The Oscars will air live on ABC and broadcast outlets worldwide on Sunday, March 27, 2022 at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood…

  • Film Review: THE AUTOMAT (directed by Lisa Hurwitz)

    By Kevin Vavasseur | February 15, 2022
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    CHOOSE YOUR PLEASURE AT THE AUTOMAT The Automat is a well-directed and well-researched love letter to that once ubiquitous symbol of East Coast life — that distillation of Democratic ideals into cafeteria service — The Automat. The film is book-ended by footage of now rusted and forgotten front walls of the adored Automat food delivery…

  • MARIJUANA IN THE MOVIES: A HISTORY

    By Marcus Thorne | February 10, 2022
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    As society becomes more progressive, so does the representation of cannabis in pop culture. For many years, cannabis has been depicted as a dangerous and illegal substance that is capable of ruining lives and creating criminals. Today, cannabis is not taboo anymore. Legalization has brought many of the plant’s benefits out of the dark, and…

  • Film: THOSE WHO WALK AWAY (directed by Robert Rippberger)

    By Eve Meadows | February 7, 2022
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    After meeting on a social media app, Max and Avery’s first date takes a perilous turn when they end up at a local haunted house, the home of “Rotcreep”, a sinister creature that rots your body and soul with one touch. As the night turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse, Max and…

  • Film Opening: DOG (Directed by Reid Carolin & Channing Tatum)

    By Nia Liat | February 4, 2022
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    Two American heroes. One special operation. Let the road trip begin. Watch the first official clip from DOG, starring and co-directed by Channing Tatum In theaters everywhere February 18th DOG is a buddy comedy that follows the misadventures of two former Army Rangers paired against their will on the road trip of a lifetime. Army…

  • Film: NOMINATIONS FOR THE 25TH ANNUAL FILM AWARDS (Online Film Critics Society)

    By Eve Meadows | January 17, 2022
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    THE CRITICS HAVE SPOKEN The votes have been counted, and the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) is excited to announce the nominees for its 25th  annual film awards. The OFCS, which is comprised of nearly 300 film critics from around the world, will be announcing the final winners on January 24, 2022.   Despite an unusual movie-going…

  • Film: SHORTBUS (15th Anniversary 4K Restoration and Theatrical Re-Release directed by John Cameron Mitchell)

    By Tom Chaits | January 10, 2022
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    15th Anniversary 4K Restoration and Theatrical Re-Release of John Cameron Mitchell’s Watch the Trailer Opens in New York at the IFC Center on Wednesday, January 26th Los Angeles Special Screenings at The Nuart on January 18th and 19th, followed by additional LA engagements this winter. Theatrical screenings in select cities nationwide to follow “As utopian…

  • Film Festival: FILM MAUDIT 2.0 (Highways Performance Space)

    By Nia Liat | January 10, 2022
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    FILM MAUDIT 2.0  FESTIVAL  starts January 12 through January 23, 2022 The third edition of Film Maudit 2.0, a showcase and celebration of new and some classic outré, unusual and startling films takes places January 12-23, 2022 at Highways, the legendary L.A. Performance Space and Gallery. This year,  Film Maudit 2.0  features over 100 works of cinema from 23…

  • Film Review: THE UNMAKING OF A COLLEGE (directed by Amy Goldstein)

    By Nia Liat | January 5, 2022
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    THE UNMAKING OF A COLLEGE  delves into the 2019 crisis at Hampshire  College when students led a 75-day sit-in – the longest in American college  history – at the new president’s office to thwart her  underhanded attempt to shut  down one of the most experimenting colleges in the United States. Rhys MacArthur in THE UNMAKING OF A COLLEGE Hampshire College…

  • Film Screening: BYE BYE BIRDIE (Ann-Marget & Bobby Rydell in person at The Montalban in Hollywood)

    By Tony Frankel | January 4, 2022
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    HELLO, BIRDIE! THE FILM BYE BYE BIRDIE PLAYS AT THE MONTALBAN IN L.A. ON FEBRUARY 14, 2022; ANN-MARGRET AND BOBBY RYDELL TO APPEAR IN PERSON Cinelounge Theatres and Cleopatra Records will present a special screening of the classic hit musical  Bye Bye Birdie  at The Montalban,  1615 N. Vine St., Hollywood, CA 90028 on Monday February 14, 2022…

  • Film Preview: THE FILMS OF MIKLÒS JANCSÒ (In Theater and Streaming from Kino Lorber and The Metrograph in New York)

    By Connor McCormick | January 2, 2022
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    The Films of Hungarian Master Miklós Jancsó Jan 14 – 20 at the Metrograph in NYC both in Theater and Home Kino Lorber presents new 4K restorations from the original camera negatives by the Hungarian National Film Archive “The greatest Hungarian film director of all time.” – Béla Tarr “The master of the long shot.”…

  • Film Opening: BRIGHTON 4TH (directed by Levan Koguashvili)

    By Eve Meadows | December 26, 2021
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    Family Tragicomedy Set in Georgian Enclave of Brighton Beach ’” Triple Award Winner at Tribeca Festival ’” Opens in NY on Jan. 28, LA on Feb. 11 Georgia’s Official Submission to the 94th Academy Awards ® Kino Lorber is releasing Levan Koguashvili’s tender family tragicomedy, BRIGHTON 4TH,  Georgia’s official submission to the 94th Academy Awards ®. Shot by…

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