New Haven French Film Series Turns Institute Library Into Le Cinema The Institute Library became le cinema Thursday night as its French film series — “Bonsoir, Mes Ami(e)s!” — began with Beauty and The Beast (also known as La Belle et Karen Ponzio 30 Aug 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford Twisting In The Wind Twisters Cinestudio Hartford August 27, 2024 This review contains spoilers. I never saw Twister back in 1996, but that made me determined to not miss this cultural moment when the Jamil Ragland 28 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford One Character Short For A Love Story Touch Cinestudio Hartford Aug. 19, 2024 This review contains spoilers for the movie. “What’s going on, Miko? Can you tell me what you’re thinking?” Kristófer, the main character Jamil Ragland 23 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
Hartford A Different Kind Of “Weird” — That Merits Our Attention Kinds of Kindness Cinestudio Hartford August 12, 2024 Rarely has a movie left me as speechless as Kinds of Kindness, showing at Cinestudio through Aug. 15, managed to do. It’ Jamil Ragland 14 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven A Gem Called Wanda, Rescued What’s an arthouse film? Not unlike the cult film, it can draw in a certain type of cinephile that searches for an experience unlike the one you get from Karen Ponzio 13 Aug 2024 · 1 min read
LA Mulholland Drive In 4K: “Don’t Drink All the Coke!” MULHOLLAND DRIVE IN 4K Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Los Angeles July 25, 2024 Like the memory of its brunette leading lady, my relationship to David Lynch’s 2001 Los Audrey Serrano 11 Aug 2024 · 2 min read
Hartford O Say, Can You See … Mom? National Anthem Cinestudio Hartford Aug. 7, 2024 National Anthem is a straightforward movie about a young man named Dylan (played by Charlie Plummer), a day laborer who gets invited to Jamil Ragland 9 Aug 2024 · 3 min read
LA At New Palestine Movie Night, Genuine Love Stories RESISTERE The Other Space Los Angeles July 17, 2024 New ways — that is, cinematic ways — to look at Palestine could be more accessible in a city experiencing a repertory resurgence. Tosten Burks 9 Aug 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland “Tell Them We Were Here”: Artists Talk to Artists About Arting “Tell Them We Were Here” Screening with filmmaker Q&A East Bay Photo Collective Oakland July 7th, 2024 Fred Noland 7 Aug 2024 · 1 min read
Oakland Double Feature: Jewish Film Fest In Town A Photographic Memory and Under the Shadow of the Sun 44th SF Jewish Film Fest Landmark’s Piedmont Theatre 4186 Piedmont Ave, Oakland July 18-August 4, 2024 Just two of Sarah Bass 7 Aug 2024 · 5 min read
Hartford Let’s Just Say You’ll Need A Hanky … Deadpool & Wolverine Apple Cinemas Xtreme Hartford July 28, 2024 How do I talk about this movie without spoiling it? I can’t tell you what happens, outside of the Jamil Ragland 29 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
New Haven Fashion Cops Probe Ketchup “Crime” In the middle of the floor of director Zach Fox’s parents’ kitchen lay some fake blood, a real knife, and an avocado. This was a crime scene, and the Eleanor Polak 29 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
Hartford Historical Changes UndermIne Damning View of Monarchy Firebrand Cinestudio Hartford July 17, 2024 Firebrand, a movie directed by Karim Aïnouz and starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law, starts with a disclaimer: “History tells us a few things, Jamil Ragland 24 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
Oakland Reflecting on Lake Merritt “Reflections on Lake Merritt” Preview Fundraiser With Brandon Jourdan, Dorothy Lazard and Liam O’Donoghue Camron-Stanford House 1418 Lakeside Dr, Oakland July 6, 2024 Read Fred’s review of “What Fred Noland 23 Jul 2024 · 1 min read
Tulsa Horror Hounds At The Art House Cinema: It’s The Graveyard Shift Slumber Party Graveyard Shift Slumber Party: Neon Slime Circle Cinema Tulsa July 6, 2024 “Furiosa Edges Garfield in Worst Memorial Day Weekend Since 1995.” Whenever I’m doompilled over World War 3, Mitch Gilliam 14 Jul 2024 · 4 min read
LA Tonight The Dead Shall Not Rest CINESPIA: WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? Hollywood Forever Cemetery Los Angeles June 29, 2024 I find Cinespia annoying. Sure, it’s a Los Angeles rite of passage — like eating Madeline Connors 10 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
LA Death Blows THE WIND Brain Dead Studios Los Angeles June 25, 2024 I grew up around earthquakes and wildfires, not hurricanes or tornadoes, so I never really learned to fear the wind. Tosten Burks 8 Jul 2024 · 2 min read
Oakland Connection Found In Another Country Called Home ‘Searching for Kapwa’ Film Screening and Discussion Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 9th St., Suite 290, Oakland June 22, 2024 At the Oakland Asian Cultural Center’s screening for Searching Stacey Peters 1 Jul 2024 · 3 min read
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