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Doc Talk: Oscar short-list shortcomings; doomsday scenarios By Peter Keough Globe Correspondent,Updated February 11, 2021, 12:00 p.m. Email to a Friend Mayor Martin J. Walsh at the Greater Boston Food Bank, as seen in Fred Wisemans documentary "City Hall."Courtesy of Zipporah Films Inc. The competition may be tough, but leaving Fred Wiseman’s “City Hall” out of the best documentary Oscar short list is unforgivable. Sorry, his 2017 honorary award doesn’t cut it. That aside, t...

A City Without a Country IN THE FIRST SCENE of the new documentary Mayor, Ramallah Mayor Musa Hadid walks to a modern city hall for a meeting on city branding. Seated around a conference table with an Excel spreadsheet projected behind him, Hadid and his advisors argue over a clunky bit of marketing lingo they are trying to roll out: “WeRamallah,” with the “R” pronounced as in Toys‘R’Us. Hadid seems underwhelmed, almost embarrassed. “I still don’t understand what city branding ...

‘I Blame Society’ and ‘Atlantis’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque John Benson, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Known for award-winning film shorts, Gillian Wallace Horvat makes her feature debut with “I Blame Society.” Cleveland Cinemas will be showing the unique comedy/horror movie online beginning Friday, Jan. 29. The film blurs the lines between art and real life after an ambitious filmmaker discovers she’s good at getti...

‘Cowboys’ and ‘Identifying Features’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque John Benson, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Veteran film actor Steve Zahn showcases his leading man talents as a well-intentioned father in director-writer Anna Kerrigan’s new movie “Cowboys.” The Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee, the Capitol and Chagrin Cinemas) will be streaming the movie online Jan. 22. The modern western is about a father who runs off wi...

The 2020 Jim Ridley Film Poll Dedicated to late Scene editor and critic Jim Ridley, our poll asks critics, cinephiles and industry insiders about 2020 in film Tweet First Cow Given the chaos and enervating travails of 2020, it was going to be a challenge to find the right assortment of folks to get at the heart of this unpredictable year in cinema. An international assemblage of critics, filmmakers, podcasters, teachers, actors, exhibitors, publicists, festival programm...

‘Rock Camp: The Movie’ and ‘My Little Sister’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque Updated Jan 13, 2021; Facebook Share CLEVELAND, Ohio -- For all of those weekend warrior musicians, the new film “Rock Camp: The Movie” provides a summer camp-meets-”Spinal Tap” experience. The documentary feature wannabe rock stars from around the world meeting and learning from their heroes -- and camp counselors -- such as Roger Daltrey, Alice Cooper, Gene S...

Being the Mayor of Ramallah is no ordinary job and a new documentary, Mayor, is no ordinary film about Palestine. David Osit, the director, explains why

the Reel Palestine Film Festival is set to return for a seventh time from January 22. The community-driven event , which is run by volunteers, is a collaboration between Reel Palestine and art house movie theatre Cinema Akil . It aims to bring the best of cinema from Palestine and its diaspora to audiences in the UAE. Reel Palestine Film Festival will run for nine days in 2021. Courtesy Reel Palestine Stories of love, family, joy, heartbreak, dancing and the creative spirit of humanity are ...

‘Nightshift’ and ‘Songs My Brothers Taught Me’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque Updated Jan 06, 2021; Facebook Share CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee, the Capitol and Chagrin Cinemas) -- beginning Jan. 8 -- will be screening a new film, “Nightshift.” Not to be confused with 2018 horror film “Nightshift” (or Ron Howard’s ’80s comedy “Night Shift”), director Anne Fontaine’s new suspenseful drama finds three Pari...

Perhaps one is doomed to be eclipsed when playing Princess Margaret, but Vanessa Kirby more than held her own in the first two seasons of The Crown. The perfect foil for Claire Foys prissy and dutiful young queen, Kirbys Margaret fulminated on the sidelines, craving the spotlight she managed to attract all too often with her rock n roll lifestyle and her appalling taste in men.