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Five Cent Cine: Elle
The film “Elle” is remarkably complex and fascinating. Its underlying subject matter — rape, sadomasochism, and physical violence — will disturb some viewers and keep […]
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On the surface, this is a familiar story in a familiar type of setting: a remote, forbidding, late-19th century frontier; a world dominated by boorish, […]
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Five Cent Cine: Zola
It may be too early to anoint director (and co-writer) Janicza Bravo as the next Quentin Tarantino, but most of that inventive director’s ingredients are […]
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THE BASICS: LOVE, LINDA: THE LIFE OF MRS. COLE PORTER is a one-woman musical starring Debbie Pappas backed up by a piano combo led by […]
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Five Cent Cine: In the Heights
Anthony Ramos’s breakout as leading man Usnavi—lover, dreamer, entrepreneur, surrogate father, dancer, singer—is an electric performance in the team effort that produced the first post-lockdown […]
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THE BASICS: The 30th annual BUFFALO QUICKIES short play festival continues this year at the Alleyway Theatre with six new plays presented through July 10, […]
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Five Cent Cine: Riders of Justice
It’s no easy task to marry revenge with comedy. Each can be satisfying in its own way, but the genres have commonly been treated like […]