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To address the unknowns, some festivals, like the Camden International Film Festival in Maine, adhered to a strict public health policy to preserve a portion of in-person interaction in addition to streaming. Others, like the New Hampshire Film Festival, opted … Continued

“Although no one should assume that there’s a simple one-to-one correspondence between what appears onscreen and what happens offscreen,” writes Helene Meyers in the introduction to her new book, “Movie-Made Jews,” “most critics agree that movies matter because representation matters… … Continued

Prof. Jacqueline Stewart, a leading film scholar known for her work on silent films and African American cinema, has been awarded a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship.Given each year by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the prestigious grants recognize … Continued

As the movie industry begins a slow recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Marshall County is getting left out of the box office revenue after the closure of the Boaz 9 Cinema — the county’s last indoor movie theater. Source: Movies … Continued