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IN THEIR EARLY DAYS, films weren’t as concerned with the realistic elaboration of action as with the various devices writers, directors, cinematographers, and production artists used to convey ideas and emotion through moving images. Theatricality—what Roland Barthes called a “sensuous artifice”—was at the basis of these movies, tasked not with recreating verité on screen but with artfully construing the psyche. Shadows and bursts of light, recurring objects, long takes, static camerawork, expressive acting, and striking (though not necessarily beautiful) faces seared images into a ...

"Fruitvale Station" dramatizes the last day in the life of Oscar Grant, a real person who was infamously shot and killed by a transit police officer. Showing us Oscar as a complex person with whom we can sympathize, Ryan Coogler's movie is an ambitious do-gooder project aimed at penetrating hardened hearts.

The 22nd annual festival from PacArts offers a diverse lineup of premieres and screenings from Asian and Asian-American filmmakers

A parliamentary inquiry was told that some buyers of units off the plan in the 22-storey towers can no longer get loans from major banks.

Last year, as Anna Cairone admired her mother’s prom dress through snaps of the past, the soon-to-be graduate understood how timeless the event — and reflecting fondly on it — truly is. “A lot of people look back on their prom years and years afterward, and show their kids, and their kids go on to show their kids,” said Anna, 18, who who now a senior at  as Council Rock High School North and serves as class president. “I feel like having the ability to make those memories and take those pictures and have that in your memories is really important,” she said.