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Who will win Oscars this year? Read our predictions

Scene from 'Hamnet'
"Two weeks ago, I would have said Timothee Chalamet had this one won, but he’s been a desperate weirdo in his press tour, so now I think Michael B. Jordan might take the the Best Actor statuette home..."

The good, the bad and the Oscars

Benicio del Toro
Now that the nominations have been announced, let’s talk about them and what people should try to see before the big show. And once we get closer (the Oscars are March 15 this year), I’ll write my annual piece on what will win versus what should win.

Zombie sequel raises hopes

Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes returns as Dr. Ian Kelson, a solitary man researching the virus that turned most of Scotland’s population into rage-fueled zombies, the subject of the original movie, 28 Days Later (2002).

Thanksgiving movies a genre in the making

Scene from 'Big Night'
Thanksgiving movies don’t get the credit they deserve. We get a ton of Christmas, Halloween and other holiday movies canonized as classics and added to the yearly viewing rotation, but Thanksgiving ...

New cinema opens this week

Happy filmgoers await the previews.
The first schedule for True West Film center will include Academy Award-winner Kathryn Bigelow’s "A House of Dynamite," Luca Guadagnino’s "After the Hunt" with Julia Roberts and Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut, "Eleanor the Great." The earliest screening time is 11am, and the latest is 8pm...
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A festival of love at local film center

While some 17 films and three “surprise screenings” are spread out over the four-day festival, that obscure majority is outweighed in impact by four classic love stories, including 'Roman Holiday,' 'The Birdcage,' 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg' and none other than Nick Cage and Cher in 'Moonstruck.'