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Human Rights Watch International Film Festival and ’80s ultra-violence in this week’s one-off screenings

BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE 823 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-527-9898, brynmawrfilm.org. Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964, U.S./U.K., 95 min.): Stanley Kubrick’s influential wartime satire was the first rep film ever shown…

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  • Sexually transmitted stalkers scare up good fun in creepfest ‘It Follows’

    City Paper grade: A At this point in mainstream American horror, it’s fair to say that we equate sex only with spilled blood. Crawl into your boyfriend’s bed or sneak off with your randy girl for a quickie behind the…

    • Mar 26, 2015 - 6:58 am
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  • Who knew the Philly DA had smooth moves on the dance floor?

    Maria Pouchnikova PDA: Yep, that’s District Attorney Seth Williams out on the floor with professional dancer Katie Miccarelli at a fundraiser for Independent Mission Schools. The pair rehearsed for months to prepare for the Dancing for Our Future Stars event…

    • Mar 25, 2015 - 9:53 am
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  • City Paper repeats win as best big weekly newspaper in the state

    One of the prize-winning front page designs      For the second year in a row, City Paper won the “Sweepstakes Award” for large weekly newspapers in the Professional Keystone Press Awards contest sponsored by the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association.City Paper won…

    • Mar 20, 2015 - 8:01 am
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  • Michael Keaton at his most avian and a TV movie version of the total-bummer Arthur Miller play in this week’s one-off screenings

    BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE 823 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-527-9898, brynmawrfilm.org. The Wicker Man (1973, U.S., 94 min.): The enduring weirdness of this surreal psycho-pagan thriller has not been sullied by the super-bad Nic Cage remake. NOT THE BEES! Thu.,…

    • Mar 19, 2015 - 12:41 pm
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  • Dystopia is dull in phoned-in sequel ‘Insurgent’

    City Paper grade: C- While it’d be unfair to begrudge any actor for snapping up a role in a series the size and scope of Divergent, it hurts a little to think that Shailene Woodley is stuck playing Tris Prior…

    • Mar 19, 2015 - 12:34 pm
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  • Israeli Film Fest gems, Friday the 13th screams in this week’s one-off screenings

    BRYN MAWR FILM INSTITUTE 823 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, 610-527-9898, brynmawrfilm.org. Love’s Labour’s Lost (2015, U.K., 135 min.): The Bard’s comedy as performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in February 2015. Thu., March 12, 7 p.m., $20. The Flintstones (1994,…

    • Mar 12, 2015 - 11:27 am
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  • Disney’s live-action ‘Cinderella’ update keeps the magic simple and smart

    City Paper grade: B Relying on a zest for the zeitgeist, or maybe just senses sharp enough to identify good cheekbones and posh accents, Kenneth Branagh has taken a corporate headhunter’s approach in updating the oldest tale in the oldest…

    • Mar 12, 2015 - 10:28 am
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    The Bell Curve: Our weekly quality-of-life-o-meter

    [+1]  Sylvester Stallone breaks up a fight between actors on the set of Creed, now being filmed in the area. “For the last time, Sly: They are allowed to fight. This is a boxing movie.” [+1]  Detective Joe Murray, aka…

    • Mar 5, 2015 - 12:51 pm
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  • Ask Papa: Undisillusioned Youth

    Dear Papa: I’m working on a master’s degree and I’m getting anxious about my future. I love school, but watching the loans pile up stresses me out. Should I get a job after graduation, or should I keep riding this…

    • Mar 5, 2015 - 11:39 am
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