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And Your Bird Can Sing

by David Nelson Pollock on May 5, 2011

Stephen Poleskie’s” The Bird Film” was described in The Village Voice as “allegorical slapstick.” That’s half right. While the comical chaos of the film certainly is slapstick, it’s hard to find much in the way of allegory, and this is to the film’s credit.

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Truth or Dare

by Danielle Winterton on February 26, 2011

Can there be a field beyond “true” and “false” where we can meet and talk about “Exit Through the Gift Shop?” Danielle Winterton on breach texts.

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Lady and the Swan

by Anna Fishbeyn on January 27, 2011

“Black Swan” reveals an old-fashioned American stereotype of female sexuality that pits the virgin against the whore in the singular body of Nina, the dutiful ballerina played by Natalie Portman.

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Beets, Beans and Dignity

by Post Editors on January 25, 2011

Local documentarian Sue Perlgut attempts to dispel some myths about what it means to work with a hospice provider with her new film “Beets and Beans: Living and Dying with Hospice,” screening this Thursday, Jan. 27, at Cinemapolis.

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While You Were In: Clownation!

by Post Editors on January 23, 2011

A short film full of red noses, “Clownation” screened at Silky Jones Saturday, January 22, and participants spent much of the evening clowning around. Photos by Ed Dittenhoefer

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Wall Street Makeover

by Anna Fishbeyn on November 18, 2010

Stone’s second Wall Street movie was not merely a reflection of the director’s age-old prejudices, but an uncomfortable mirror exposing sweeping social trends that threaten to propel women back to their original pre-feminist roles, zapping us into the Stepford wives of the 1950s.

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Vote, and then Catch ‘Gasland’

by Post Editors on November 2, 2010

Josh Fox brings “Gasland,” his film about hydro fracking to Ithaca College Tuesday, Nov. 2 for a screening at 7:00pm. Fox will take questions from the audience following the film.

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Old World Enchantment

by Kathryn Andryshak on May 21, 2010

One can hope that a boy’s passion for the written word portrayed in “The Secret of Kells” will resonate with children of the digital age. Review by Kathryn Andryshak.

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Living in Perfect Disharmony

by Kathryn Andryshak on May 14, 2010

“A Town Called Panic,” now showing at Cinemapolis. Review by Katy Andryshak.

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Losing My Edge

by Post Editors on April 27, 2010

“Greenberg,” reviewed by Kathryn Andryshak

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