Articles Tagged “Joan Ellis”
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Scene On Film: ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’
By Joan Ellis How often do you watch a movie that invites you to open your mind wide for new understanding? Not often in our polarized world. As a story of complex cultures in alternating…
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Scene On Film: ‘The Company You Keep’
By Joan Ellis Don’t dare to miscast a movie that’s rooted in a true story. For The Company You Keep, the filmmakers have assembled a cast of four Academy Award winners and five nominees with…
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Scene On Film: ’42′
By Joan Ellis Each of us is likely to watch 42 through the prism of our own age. If you are young or middle age, you have lived on the 21st century side of the…
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John Muir Documentary Comes to AH
By Joan Ellis April 25 event to benefit Monmouth Conservation Foundation John Muir – In the New World will be shown at the Atlantic Cinema as a benefit for the Monmouth Conservation Foundation. Producer/director…
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Scene On Film: ‘Starbuck’ and ‘Admission’
By Joan Ellis Starbuck It was a split decision among us last night at Starbuck but since I am the one with the pen, I’ll give you my side of it. And that will…
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Scene On Film: ‘Ginger and Rosa’
By Joan Ellis Ginger and Rosa is a serious movie that is almost, though not quite, undone by its flaws. It’s worth taking a chance. In the opening scene, the mushroom cloud rises over Hiroshima.…
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Scene On Film: ‘How to Survive a Plague’
By Joan Ellis How quickly we forget. Writer/director David France has done us all a favor by assembling the chronological history of the AIDS epidemic in the Academy Award nominated documentary How to Survive a…
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Scene On Film: ‘The Gatekeepers’
By Joan Ellis If you are confused about the issues in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, you are not likely to gain clarity from The Gatekeepers. What you will carry away is a chilling grasp of the…
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Scene On Film: ‘Emperor’
By Joan Ellis Is there a time or a place more compelling than Japan in 1945? The Japanese had surrendered four years after bombing Pearl Harbor. Hiroshima and Nagasaki lay not just in ruins but obliterated…
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Scene On Film: ‘Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013′
By Joan Ellis Have you rushed to your nearest theater to see Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013? Of course not. It’s a given for all of us that a flawed distribution system denies us the pleasure…
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