Follow Rochester City Newspaper - Movies, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/rochestercitynewspaper6 Sun, 19 Sep 2021 21:49:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRX2mYBVuSRzVuzdsCmHakzH With few in-person screenings, the mostly virtual 2021 Rochester Jewish Film Festival includes relevant themes and local connections. In early 2021, amid the ever-shifting landscape of COVID-19 restrictions and reopenings, arts and cultural organizations were desperately trying to plan events for the second half of the year. Many of them had a tough time deciding whether their late 2021 events should be held in person or if they should stick to virtual presentations for a while longer.…]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2021 17:44:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRX2mYBVuSRzVuzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRUFcrwwbKhyd6CY3L745TL_ The documentary "Summer of Soul," playing at The Little Theatre through July 18, unearths footage from the pivotal 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. A music festival dominates our perception of what American culture was a half-century ago. It is Woodstock, of course.…]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2021 20:37:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRUFcrwwbKhyd6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRXfhMnQz6oWJHn9ye8UNv30 The documentary "Summer of Soul," playing at The Little Theatre through July 18, unearths footage from the pivotal 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival. A music festival dominates our perception of what American culture was a half-century ago. It is Woodstock, of course.…]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:04:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRXfhMnQz6oWJHn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRVytrROGQ6I56CY3L745TL_ Rochester's bleak yet beautiful exterior made it the ideal place to shoot the indie feature film "Drunk Bus," playing at The Little this Sunday. The unnamed co-star of “Drunk Bus,” now showing at The Little Theatre, is Rochester.…]]> Fri, 28 May 2021 14:21:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRVytrROGQ6I56CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRUvVrNKqTnkT8b1naedg1wr The characters in the Russo brothers' new traumatic drama are people struggling with the all-too-common burdens of PTSD, addiction, and mental illness. Fitting several different chapters of a character's life into a just over two-hour film is never easy, but brothers Anthony Russo and Joe Russo tackle the challenge effortlessly in their new war, drug, and trauma-filled drama, “Cherry.” Since directing four blockbuster Marvel films, including “Avengers: Endgame,” the Russo brothers have changed things up to explore the hard realities of substance abuse and veterans’ struggles when they return from duty.…]]> Fri, 02 Apr 2021 19:31:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRUvVrNKqTnkT8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRUDr-OYYIiCppVjH6qdYdAk The inaugural festival features the work of filmmakers from the Six Nations Confederacy. For the majority of film history, stories about Indigenous people have been presented by non-Indigenous writers, directors, and too often, actors as well. This fact has done a lot of damage in terms of how Indigenous people are seen, and the often subtle apologist tones with which American history is portrayed.…]]> Thu, 01 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRUDr-OYYIiCppVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRVdJ9OjiYMBEezdsCmHakzH Orson Welles's 1938 film "Too Much Johnson," recovered by George Eastman Museum, is a hybrid of silent film and live performance. The images are black and white, the movements of the actors are herky-jerky, which is what we’re used to seeing in silent films. The acting is hammy —Edgar Barrier twists the ends of his handlebar mustache — and the antics are slapstick, with Joseph Cotton deftly scampering across an endless landscape of New York City rooftops, wrestling with uncooperative ladders.…]]> Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:07:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRVdJ9OjiYMBEezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRXB6IHyr3yIs5s0ohxaO6Yr Had enough of European royals on TV? So have we. Expand your worldview with these shows and films that focus on leaders from other nations. A record-breaking 29 million people streamed the fourth season of “The Crown” the week it dropped on Netflix last November.…]]> Mon, 01 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRXB6IHyr3yIs5s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRU282LwdAx7hcb1naedg1wr Powerful awards season contenders ‘Minari’ and ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ are moving tributes to less-visible American experiences. Fresh off receiving a slew of Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations last week, two wildly deserving award season contenders were released on Friday.…]]> Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRU282LwdAx7hcb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRXW2Ui41VPiCJVjH6qdYdAk Musician Austin Lake adds film to his creative repertoire with his Rochester-heavy, melodramatic horror-comedy. In the past several years local musician Austin Lake has built a name for himself, with his flashy and genre-bending solo project Aweful Kanawful. Lake is now translating that aesthetic into filmmaking with his quirky and zany feature-length movie, “A Pharaoh’s Lonely Ego,” which will be available to stream for free starting Sunday, Feb. 14.…]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:54:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRXW2Ui41VPiCJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRWrXxgCanahZiejEQ2Mq9rY This April, the inaugural Haudenosaunee Filmmakers Festival will spotlight the work of filmmakers from the six nation confederacy. Rochester annually hosts dozens of film festivals, and it’s about to get one more.…]]> Thu, 04 Feb 2021 21:48:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRWrXxgCanahZiejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRV1bmj0EJdYfylmFkX7M1Jw Bleak aesthetics and despondent characters make for a cold and alienating film, but “Atlantis” contains some rays of light. Death is present in practically every moment of Ukrainian director Valentyn Vasyanovych’s “Atlantis.” This fact (as well as the deliberate pacing) doesn’t make the film an easy watch, but for the patient viewer, there are rewards to be found. Ukraine’s submission for this year's Academy Award for the Best International Feature Film (though it failed to make the final shortlist of 15 titles in contention for the prize), the film is undeniably bleak, though by its final moments even its desolation gives way to a faint ray of hope.…]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRV1bmj0EJdYfylmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRXO9x34KmERsZs0ohxaO6Yr With four terrific performances, ‘One Night’ is a triumphant directorial debut for actress Regina King. Oscar-winning actress Regina King makes her feature directorial debut with the drama “One Night in Miami,” adapted by Kemp Powers (who’s having an incredible year, having co-directed and written the screenplay for Pixar’s “Soul”), from his own 2013 play of the same name.…]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRXO9x34KmERsZs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRWt8NtHRDKSjOzdsCmHakzH Using the language of cinema, the powerful film attempts to portray the experiences of five autistic young people from around the globe. First published in Japan in 2007, “The Reason I Jump” is a memoir written by Naoki Higashida when he was 13-years-old. A nonverbal person with autism, Higashida made use of an alphabet grid his mother developed that allowed him to communicate the thoughts he was never able to express verbally.…]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:32:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRWt8NtHRDKSjOzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRV6LlGOpfB7P3n9ye8UNv30 2020 caused a seismic shift in how films are distributed. Here's what's coming to theaters and streaming services in 2021. Last year was a hard one for movie theaters across the nation, but in December the already beleaguered industry was dealt what was arguably its biggest blow yet. On Dec. 3, WarnerMedia dropped the bombshell that throughout 2021 it will be releasing its entire slate of films for the year, each on its respective release date, simultaneously in theaters and on its streaming service HBO Max.…]]> Fri, 01 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRV6LlGOpfB7P3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRXt5BpgZyPJV8b1naedg1wr In a year without movie theaters, film releases were held or debuted digitally. Of the films that did come out, here are Adam's favorites. The whole of 2020 was a weird time to be writing about film. It was a year basically without movie theaters, as the majority remained closed due to COVID-19.…]]> Thu, 31 Dec 2020 20:45:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRXt5BpgZyPJV8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRW-6Gw16zjFF11cWWor9YPv We're not going to turn down a Chris Pine '80s makeover montage, but too much of Diana's identity revolves around her romantic relationship. There’s a lot riding on “Wonder Woman 1984” (or “WW84,” if you go by its on-screen title). 2017’s “Wonder Woman” is by far the most successful of the DC Comics films, translating a beloved comic book character to the screen in a way that managed to please fans and newcomers alike, while earning critical raves and huge box office numbers.…]]> Thu, 24 Dec 2020 02:24:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRW-6Gw16zjFF11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRUw0sqDpQGiIV1cWWor9YPv The contentious story highlights the contributions Black Americans have made to culture, and how little the country values them in return. It’s all but impossible to watch “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”— the film adaptation of August Wilson’s 1982 stage play, inspired by the titular, pioneering real-life blues singer — without forgetting that at its center is the final performance of actor Chadwick Boseman. The tragedy of Boseman’s death adds an additional poignancy to the film, but his work is powerful enough on its own.…]]> Fri, 18 Dec 2020 17:35:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRUw0sqDpQGiIV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRUqA5pOQYtynHn9ye8UNv30 Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg's tale about male friendship, aging, and alcoholism is by turns funny, sad, and ultimately cathartic. The official film selection chosen to represent Denmark at this year’s Oscars, “Another Round” reunites filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg with his “The Hunt” star Mads Mikkelsen for a story about the pleasures as well as the perils of tossing back a few drinks with your buds. At the center of the film are four men who decide to battle their midlife ennui with alcohol, hoping it might help them rediscover the joy that’s been missing in their lives.…]]> Fri, 04 Dec 2020 14:39:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRUqA5pOQYtynHn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRWHvOl6TXCbGF1cWWor9YPv 'Happiest Season' is a vibrant, gay twist on a conventional narrative that makes a welcome addition to the holiday rom-com cannon. It’s been a long, difficult year, and all current signs suggest that this winter is only going to get harder. So it’s little wonder that people have seemed particularly eager to dive into the holidays this year.…]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2020 23:36:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7myB6kJytRWHvOl6TXCbGF1cWWor9YPv