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Ten short films about morality

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Famed Polish writer/director Krzysztof Kieslowski already had a handful of feature films and documentaries under his belt when his writing partner, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, gave...

Reel to reel | Week of October 24, 2013

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A.C.O.D...

Mastering the mob mentality

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In 1997 Sicilian-born filmmaker Marco Amenta made an hour-long documentary about Rita Atria, the young woman who risked her life by ratting out various members of the Sicilian mob — including members of her own family — pulling the strings and the triggers in the ...

Reel to reel | Week of July 18, 2013

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20 Feet From Stardom...

‘We were there’

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"Hollywood cinema has had a complicated relationship with race and ethnicity since its very beginning,” says Luis I. Reyes at the beginning of his...

Reel to reel | Week of June 6, 2013

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After Earth...

In lieu of a theatrical experience

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In compliance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and Gov. Jared Polis’ decree, movie theaters are shuttered...

reel to reel | Week of Oct. 13, 2011

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1911...

Soulless cinema

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To Disney, from the desk of Mufasa: “Remember who you are.” The Lion King, Disney’s latest computer-generated remake, isn’t like the rest. Yes, the story...

Always on my mind

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Some people are never more alone than they are in the company of others. Adam is such a person. Adam (Andrew Scott) is a screenwriter...

One for the fan boys

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Primarily for dues-paying “X-Men” club members in good standing, rather than anyone wandering by a multiplex wondering if the prequel stands on its own, X-Men: First Class settles for moderately engrossing second-class mutant super-heroism. Plus it includes January...

Keep calm and carry cake

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They’ll be love and laughter / And peace ever after / Tomorrow, when the world is free —Vera Lynn, “The White Cliffs of Dover” Frank...