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July 18, 2014 | Film, What Did You Think?,

What Did You Think of Henry IV pt II

Thank you for joining us for our screening of Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Henry IV pt II. Please take a moment to share you thoughts on this experience. 1. Did...

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July 16, 2014 | Film, What Did You Think?,

What Did You Think of The Nance?

OH HI!!!!!!! Thank you for attending our screening of Lincoln Center’s production of The Nance. Please take a moment to share you thoughts on this event.   1. What surprised you...

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April 10, 2013 | Film,

LEGENDARY EXPERIMENTAL FILMMAKER KENNETH ANGER AT ARTSEMERSON!

  One of the most acclaimed underground filmmakers of all time, Kenneth Anger has been cited as an important influence on directors Martin Scorsese, David Lynch and John Waters. But...

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April 1, 2013 | Film,

“You’ve Made A Cuckold Out Of Me” – On Wes Anderson’s Tendency to Write Characters for Bill Murray in Which His Wife Is Cheating On Him

  Any profile of Murray written after 2005 is likely to open with a paragraph about Murray’s peculiar antics as of late: firing his agent, surprising strangers on the street,...

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March 28, 2013 | Film,

Due South: South America’s newest films

  Seeing is believing. In this generation of cross-cultural entertainment, we have the opportunity to capture a culture through film in incomparable ways. When I watch a film, I let it take...

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March 12, 2013 | Film,

In The Realms Of The Unreal

  What would it feel like to spend 43 years inside a single room creating a 15,145 page book rich with illustrations, adventure and gruesome war scenes? How would it...

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February 6, 2013 | Film,

Spalding Gray, Sit Down Comedian

  “Sitting squared behind that table gives me a center, makes the story the important thing and to some extent the table is a new image that can’t be pinned...

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January 30, 2013 | Film,

David Lynch’s Blue Velvet and the Birth of the Term Lynchian

It begins with a severed ear in a grassy field.  It’s out of place, it’s a metaphor, it’s a plot point, it’s simultaneously creepy, funny and intriguing.  In a word,...

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