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‘Dispatches from Elsewhere’: Seeing Philadelphia while you’re stuck inside
Philly gets its TV due
The locally shot 'Dispatches from Elsewhere' has established itself as a first-rate mystery, making better use of Philadelphia locations than any movie or show in memory. Stephen Silver reviews.
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4 minute read
Streaming in quarantine: ‘BoJack Horseman’ vs. ‘The Good Place’
Your guide to two TV gems
Picking the right philosophical approach to your TV-in-isolation experience can be a daunting task. With zero spoilers, Mina Reinckens helps you choose the show that’s right for your quarantine.
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5 minute read
Lightbox Film Center gets a new home on Broad Street with UArts
Lightbox lives on
Lightbox Film Center, which closed at University City's International House in December, has reopened on Broad Street, in partnership with University of the Arts. Stephen Silver visited the new location before its February grand opening.
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4 minute read
Escalators, art films, and Tommy Wiseau: Farewell to Ritz at the Bourse
Philly’s big-screen problem continues
Philadelphia’s film culture will lose five movie screens, and a whole lot more, when the Ritz at the Bourse closes its doors. Stephen Silver considers the theater’s legacy.
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4 minute read
Not so marvelous: Why I’m done with ‘Mrs. Maisel’
Not like other (((girls)))
With the third season of Amazon’s ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ recently released, Wendy Rosenfield finds the trouble with the streaming sensation, from its casting to the script's erasure of Jewish identities.
Reviews
5 minute read
How I learned to stop worrying and love ‘Cats’
Feline felicity
If you’re going to watch ‘Cats’ onscreen or onstage, there are just certain things you have to accept. Josh Herren comes out as a ‘Cats’ person.
Articles
4 minute read
Alla Kovgan’s ‘Cunningham’
Dancing ahead of his time
Filmmaker Alla Kovgan’s new biography examines how choreographic genius Merce Cunningham transformed modern dance. Gary Day reviews.
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2 minute read
Michael Apted’s ‘63 Up’
55 years later
Director Michael Apted’s 55-year social experiment on film ends with a powerful lesson about the wisdom age can bring. Gary Day reviews.
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3 minute read
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Martin Scorsese brings Philly’s Frank Sheeran to Netflix with 'The Irishman'
For the love of Marty
Martin Scorsese’s most anticipated feature yet, The Irishman brings Philly mobster Frank Sheeran to the big screen and will be streaming in homes around the world by the end of the month. Raj Tawney considers.
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4 minute read
PAAFF presents Leon Le’s ‘Song Lang’
An unexpected debt
‘Song Lang,’ screened at PAAFF, follows the unlikely friendship that develops between a charismatic young opera singer and a brutal debt collector in 1980s Saigon. Christina Anthony reviews.
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2 minute read