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Film Focus for the Week of Oct. 11-17, 2024

October 11, 2024October 11, 2024 Elmer Ploetz0Tagged Faust, film schedule

By M. Faust OPENING THIS WEEK: THE BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL The 17th edition has expended to a full week. Screenings will take place at the North Park, Hallwalls, Buffalo […]

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BIFF Preview: ‘New Wave’ goes beyond music

October 9, 2024October 8, 2024 Elmer Ploetz0Tagged Music, pop music, Vietnam, Vietnamese

By Elmer PloetzEditor-in-chief Elizabeth Ai’s documentary “New Wave” is nominally about music, specifically a brand of Euro disco that came out of the Vietnamese ex-patriate community in the 1980s. But […]

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BIFF Previews: ‘Hollywood on a Shoestring,’ ‘Film is Dead. Long Live Film!’ and ‘Micro Budget’

October 8, 2024October 8, 2024 Frank Housh0

Image: Micro Budget, Production Still.

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Movie Review: ‘The White Bird’

October 5, 2024October 5, 2024 Frank Housh0Tagged Helen Mirren, R. J. Palacio, The White BIrd

If the phrase “the Wonder universe” means nothing to you, you may not be the target audience for “White Bird.”

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Movie Review: ‘The Outrun’

October 5, 2024October 6, 2024 Frank Housh0Tagged Amy Liptrot, Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun

Liprot’s book was more than Rona’s story: it was also a meditation on life in a region where few people live, dominated by the sea and a harsh climate.

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BIFF Preview: ‘Skeet’

October 4, 2024October 4, 2024 Frank Housh0

Sean Dalton gives a powerful lead performance as fear, racism, and redemption play out in the Canadian Atlantic.

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Film Focus for the week of October 4-11

October 4, 2024October 5, 2024 Frank Housh0Tagged film focus, M Faust

The Buffalo Hive loves film. Check listings for showtimes including new releases.

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BIFF Preview: ‘Vulcanizadora’

October 3, 2024October 3, 2024 Frank Housh0Tagged Joel Potrykus, Vulcanizadora

Joel Potrykus directs and stars in this powerful but intense and disturbing story that slowly unfolds in the idyllic Michigan woods. Its themes of trauma, alienation, and mental illness may be triggering for some viewers.

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Movie Previews: ‘Immediate Family’ and ‘The Wrecking Crew’

October 3, 2024October 3, 2024 Frank Housh0Tagged M. Faust, The Wrecking Crew

I don’t care how many Grateful Dead shows you saw over the years, how many Jimi Hendrix outtakes you’ve downloaded, or how many Led Zeppelin bootlegs you have. Unless you’ve spent your life listening to them in a cave, the guitarist whose work you have probably heard the most is Tommy Tedesco.

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Movie Review: ‘Megalopolis’

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024 Frank Housh0

If you have any interest in American cinema, there’s no question that you should see it. It is likely to be the last film from one of the major filmmakers of the independent era, whose battles with the Hollywood system have been legendary.