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In Its 15th Year, FilmColumbia Branches Out — To Hudson

By Jamie Larson It’s movie time in Columbia County and this year the FilmColumbia Festival is celebrating its 15th year by expanding its offerings to a venue in Hudson for the duration, October 22-26. Of course, the festival remains centered where it all began, the Crandell Theatre in Chatham

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Michael Lindsay-Hogg: Author And Director Shows, But Doesn’t Tell

Michael Lindsay-Hogg photo by Lisa Ticknor. By Robert Ayers Many artists use ambiguity in their work, but the City of Hudson is about to gain a new resident whose whole life story is shot through with intrigue and uncertainty. Michael Lindsay-Hogg (born 1940) is definitely not the son of Orson

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Carl Sprague's Concept Illustrations Come To Life In 'Grand Budapest Hotel.'

Sprague's concept drawing for the hotel model in The Grand Budapest Hotel By Jeremy D. Goodwin It was a bit chilly to be out dodging paparazzi. Carl Sprague was in Görlitz, Germany last winter, on the set of Wes Anderson’s latest essay of beguilingly affected cinema, when

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The Hollywood Horses of Amenia

By Sarah Ellen Rindsberg In Winter’s Tale, the current film based on Mark Helprin’s gripping novel, a white horse plays a prominent role. Until his recent move to the west coast, when this equine wonder was not appearing in all his equine splendor in one role or another,

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Stacking the Cards: Michel Gill and Jayne Atkinson Talk Rural Life and Conspiracy Theory

By Nichole Dupont Great Barrington dwellers Michel Gill and Jayne Atkinson are not your typical Hollywood couple. Sure, they fly to New York and L.A. on a fairly regular basis, but this down-to-earth duo are always on the lookout for the next big role. They may have found it.

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MASS MoCA Finds The Faith In Documentary Films

By Rachel Louchen The Rural Intelligence region is flush with independent theaters that eschew the commercial box office smashes dominating the chain cinemas in order to highlight smaller fare like simulcasts and critics' choice films. Documentary films are among the most popular, and MASS MoCA has long responded with

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Adapting to Ourselves: Williamstown Film Festival Celebrates 15 Years

The Great Chicken Wing HuntBy Nichole DupontHe remembers the first year like it was yesterday. A few indie films sprinkled in with funny shorts and a documentary or two, the distinct feeling that this could be a “thing." Now, Steve Lawson — veteran director of the Williamstown Film Festival — cannot

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Yes We Cannes: The FilmColumbia Festival In Chatham

By Scott Baldinger Chatham’s charming Main Street seems to be in a quiescent stage these days, with a noticeable reduction of retail and pedestrian activity on its handful of blocks. (Thankfully, The Blue Plate, Yianni's, the Thompson Giroux  Gallery, American Pie, The Chatham Bookstore, The Main Street

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A New Spotlight For the Independents: The Beacon Independent Film Festival

By Robert Burke Warren An old musician temporarily outwits the Grim Reaper and gets an extra decade of life, during which he nurtures his community; a mom n’ pop cryonics operation promises immortality and thrives, despite the scoffing of scientists; a middle-aged mother struggles to save her prescription pill-addicted daughter,

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Berkshire International Film Festival: An Orgy of Film and Style (and Food)

By Jeremy D. Goodwin The most concentrated dose of entertainment and in-season chic to hit south Berkshire every year just may be the Berkshire International Film Festival. The entertainment comes courtesy of some 70-plus films crowding four venues; the in-season chic is served in large helpings at the assorted special

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Film Festivals: Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

So you missed your chance. But why waste tears on regret? Sure, opening night at the Williamstown Film Festival and the ever-popular Saturday Night Sneak at the FilmColumbia Festival are both (predictably, at this late date) SOLD OUT. But there is still plenty of powerful hanky action to be wrung

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The Litchfield Hills Film Festival Finds a New Home, and a New Name

When Frank and Patrice Galterio launched the Kent Film Festival in 2006, they didn’t even know how to run a projector. The couple was more than a little surprised, and relieved, when upwards of 400 people showed up for the Festival’s maiden run of 45 films over two

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