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05/10/13One Friday, Three Very Different Films: Newman, Wonder, and GatsbySomething pretty noteworthy is happening in Buffalo movie theaters today: Three films actually geared toward adults are opening. Perhaps this, the weekend between Iron Man 3 and Star Trek, is the ideal time. Okay, it’s a glorious coincidence, since two of the three have already played elsewhere, but still … It’s a rare occasion. So adult viewers have three interesting options, of varying quality: Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder, the Colin Firth-starring Arthur Newman, and Baz Luhrmann’s 3D adaptation of The Great Gatsby. Eclectic mix, eh? Let’s start with the worst of the trio, the disappointing, dreary Arthur Newman. Interestingly, the film, about a sad sack who fakes his own death and attempts to reinvent himself, is... |
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05/08/13'Arthur Newman' to release in BuffaloA little boy approached Academy Award-winner Colin Firth and asked if he would do him a small favor and ask a little girl to a school dance for him. Genuine caring moments like these were Dr. Helen Cappuccino’s favorite part of working on Arthur Newman in Wilmington, North Carolina. Buffalo natives Cappuccino, breast surgeon at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, and Dr. Andrew Cappucino, the orthopedic surgeon known for saving Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett’s life, helped produce Arthur Newman alongside their son Mac Cappuccino, a 25-year-old NYU graduate. Helen, Andrew, and Mac all work for Vertebra Film Development LLC, a film production company started in 2010. Mac produced the film and also handled the technical filmmaking side of things, while Helen and... |
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04/25/13Spree Theater with Darwin: "Almost, Maine"Finding Magic and Reality in Buffalo Laboratory Theatre’s "Almost, Maine" |
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04/22/13TIFF Revisited: New from (Brandon) CronenbergAntiviral's horror film is an icky treat. |
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04/18/13Shouting Through Skin“When people see a heavily tattooed woman, they often say to her, ‘What are you going to do when you’re a grandmother?’” artist Stevie Berberick points out. This pervasive idea that tattoos are somehow anti-feminine, that they’re “unladylike,” was the inspiration for Berberick’s exhibit, Shouting Through Skin: Re/envisioning Re/markable Bodies, opening this Friday at Space @224 (224 Allen St.) with a reception from 7 to 10 p.m. Berberick has her BA in communications from Buffalo State, and is studying transnational studies at UB; this is her thesis exhibit. She asks why the stereotypes that were prevalent during the 19th century––that tattoos are masculine and connote violence and law-breaking––are... |
