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If it ain’t broke, don’t tinker with it
The Conference on World Affairs has built its share of legacies during its 64 years in existence, but one of the most popular belongs to film critic Roger Ebert...
BIFF 2013: Finding light in the darkness
Somewhere in a Ukrainian cave, the film crew for No Place on Earth switched off their headlamps...
Direct action
As the human toll of global climate change comes into clearer view, attempts to find political or market solutions frustrate many environmentalists who call...
So choose one, Seth
It would be easier to shrug off writer/director/actor/egomaniac Seth McFarlane’s blatant racism and misogyny if he was funny or had a point. Alas, he isn’t and he doesn’t. A Million Ways to Die in the West is McFarlane’s laborious love letter from himself to his own ...
My kingdom for some Shakespeare
Whether it has robots, high school politics or rival gangs dance fighting — film adaptations of William Shakespeare’s beloved plays vary across all genres. And this week, the International Film Series is bringing you a taste of the variety with a week of Shakespeare ...
Cameras watching cameras
Somewhere in a remote
part of Japan, a film crew is shooting a low-budget zombie movie in an
abandoned World War II facility. The two leads...
That’s enough, James Franco
At one point, our collective return to Oz (not be confused with Return to Oz, sorry Faruza) was going to see director Sam Raimi deploy Robert Downey Jr. as his titular wizard. The short list after Downey split must have consisted of just two names: James Franco and “...
Cinema 101
I guess you could say the low point arrived on March 27, 2022, with the broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards. No, the “slap...
A wee whee, mon ami
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets has the exact problems you would anticipate an adaptation of a 50-year-old French sci-fi comic book...
‘Chipmunks’ sequel should’ve been roadkill
"Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel" is a kids...
Alright to be all wrong
Rose-Lynn Harlan (Jessie Buckley) is leading an inauthentic life. In her mind, she is the Queen of Memphis, a country singer born in Scotland...

















