arts and entertainment
Progressive cinema: Overview of 2012 Traverse City Film Festival
August 10, 2012The Traverse City Film Festival just completed its 8th season with an amazing array of over 200 films screened at seven theaters.
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“My Brooklyn: The Battle for the Soul of a City”
August 10, 2012"My Brooklyn: The Battle for the Soul of a City" is a documentary film about gentrification and development in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
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Movies you might have missed: “Fateless”
August 9, 2012The capitalist industrialists of Nazi Germany were instrumental in the political rise and installation of Adolph Hitler as master of Germany.
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Gore Vidal: brilliant provocateur
August 8, 2012Gore Vidal was a very specific sort of figure, heir to the heritage of Oscar Wilde and Dorothy Parker. His description of himself: a "gentleman bitch."
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“Trishna”: Love story twisted by class oppression
August 1, 2012The movie is supposed to be a modern adaptation, set in India, of the Thomas Hardy classic, "Tess of the D'Urbervilles."
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