UpDocs, Upstate Film’s weeklong series of great documentaries, May 18-24
It’s hard to beat Hollywood movie fare when you’re feeling burnt out and looking for a little light, escapist entertainment. But at other times, many of us want something to see that exercises…
Tobe Carey’s newest documentary, Sweet Violets
The white and purple flowers that will soon be proliferating in the woods, fields and yards of the mid-Hudson Valley were once an important part of the Dutchess County economy. Tobe Carey’s film…
WFF to screen Our Idiot Brother with star Paul Rudd, producer & director on hand in Woodstock
The Woodstock Film Festival (WFF) will host a special one-time screening of the comedy Our Idiot Brother on May 5 at 3 p.m. at Upstate Films in Woodstock. The event will feature a question-and-answer session…
East meets West in interfaith Movies with Spirit series
As I write this, the world is waiting on tenterhooks for the inevitable fallout from a massacre of Afghani civilians – mostly women and children – perpetrated singlehandedly by an as-yet-unidentified American Army…
Lauded filmmaker Les Blank at Upstate Films this Thursday & Friday
Quick! Who’s your favorite documentary filmmaker? If you’re drawing a blank that doesn’t commence with the name Les, you need to get on over to Upstate Films straightaway. This very Thursday in Rhinebeck…
Miss Representation at Rosendale Theatre with panel on women in media
Okay, there’s Gwen Ifill. There’s Katie Couric. There are Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer. And Oprah… Questions about sexism in the arts came to the fore decades ago with the rise of the…
Dr. Strangelove this Friday at Bardavon
The acid test of great satire is whether it stands the test of time and cultural distance. From Aristophanes to Rabelais to Gilbert & Sullivan, some of our most valuable cultural heirlooms have…
Buddha and the Beats
When the young Tibetan monk Chögyam Trungpa came to America to teach, he wore a suit and enjoyed himself in decidedly Western ways. Practicing Buddhists of the day did not know what to…
Boo who? UPAC to screen To Kill a Mockingbird
February is upon us, and the industry insiders at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will soon deign to inform us all which movie we ought to have liked best in…
National Theatre Live production of Collaborators this Sunday in Rosendale
With friends like Joseph Stalin, you don’t need enemies. Physician-turned-author Mikhail Bulgakov found that out quite early on in his writing career. But having been badly wounded during World War I and subsequently…
