Posted on February 28, 2017 at 3:20 pm
Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Rebecca Hall, and Steve Coogan star in “The Dinner,” based on the international best-seller by Dutch author Herman Koch. At an elegant dinner the topic of conversation is far from elegant — what to do about two 15-year-old boys who have done something terrible.
Posted on February 28, 2017 at 3:03 pm
I love “This is Us.” I even love the way it makes me cry. Who thought washing machines could bring tears? Everyone who watched it cried in the last episode, when Randall and William went to Memphis for some unfinished business and some farewells. Here the two actors, Sterling K. Brown and Ron Cephas Jones …
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Posted on February 28, 2017 at 7:50 am
Jon Manning is the director of Burlesque: Heart of the Glitter Tribe, an engaging and enlightening new film about modern-day burlesque performers who, as one of them says, combine “dancing, sexy, pretty, funny” in their performances. They have great passion for their work, their audience, and their fellow performers and they love what they do. …
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Posted on February 27, 2017 at 8:27 am
B +| Lowest Recommended Age: | Preschool |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, a violent image, sexuality and brief strong language |
| Profanity: | Some strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references and situation |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Alcohol |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Suicides |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | March 10, 2017 |
Life is messy. Stories are our way of cleaning it up to help us try to make sense of it. Some of those stories are in books or movies, but most of those stories are just the editing each of us does all the time in telling ourselves and others who we are. Whether it …
Posted on February 27, 2017 at 8:00 am
Arthur Rasco directed the extraordinary documentary “Facing Darkness,” about the efforts of the humanitarian group Samaritan’s Purse and their fight against Ebola, one that became very personal when their own doctor and nurse, Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, became infected. It was an honor to speak to Mr. Rasco about the film. When did you start …
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