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Reel to reel | Week of July 26, 2012

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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Peter Parker gets a new look (and an origin story) in this Marvel remake of everyone’s favorite web slinger. Unlike Toby Maguire’s emo-esque rendition of the wall-crawler, actor Andrew Garfield’s portayal hopes to bring Spidey back to his ...

Send in the clowns

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Another summer is upon us, and that means it’s time for another season of silent film at Chautauqua. For those unfamiliar with the silent...

How the sausage is made

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‘Lux Æterna’ to play The Boe’s Friday Night Weird

If I can’t have all of you, then I don’t want...

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So it's fare-thee-well, my own true love. We'll meet an-other day, an-other time. It ain't the leavin' that's a-grievin' me, but my darlin' who's...

Awake my soul

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Nostalgia, like love, erodes rough edges; it fills in gaps, paints clean what was scuffed and forgives copious small sins in the name of happiness. I’m sorry, but none of the Star Wars movies have been perfect. Although some are demonstrably (and laughably) worse, ...

BIFF 2013: Finding light in the darkness

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Somewhere in a Ukrainian cave, the film crew for No Place on Earth switched off their headlamps...

Reel to Reel | Week of March 29, 2012

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21 JUMP STREET See full review on page 47. Rated R. At Century, Colony Square and Twin Peaks. — Los Angeles Times/MCT ACT OF VALOR After the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a terrorist plot against the U.S., a team of Navy Seals is ...

‘It’s my sanctuary’

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At first blush, the synopsis of Dylan & Zoey sounds like a warm and uplifting tale of a rekindled connection. With only 24 hours...

Squash the spider, man!

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Spider-man’s new costume looks swell, and Emma Stone is charming. Those are the only two things about The Amazing Spider-Man 2 I didn’t hate with the fiery anger of a thousand exploding suns. Every other performance, every last bit of dialogue and plot, every ...

Reel to reel | Week of July 18, 2013

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20 Feet From Stardom...

Like life, only more so

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The Mimesis Documentary Festival returns

Eyes open to the world

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We don’t take enough time to stop and look around. That’s clear. We’re missing a lot of the good stuff — the artistic patterning in our architecture, the glint of airplanes in sunlight, the blur of a seagull’s wings against a gray sky, the flicker and shine of our ...