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Arts + Culture
Hippie Havens
It was 40 years ago today...the "forever young" generation reflects on life in Vermont's first communes
A revival of Hair is giving audiences in New York's Central Park a vicarious contact high these days, but memories of the bygone Age… -
Arts + Culture
VIFF Drops Competition, Director Takes a Break
State of the Arts
Fatigue seems to be the primary reason Mira Niagolova decided to take a leave of absence as executive director of the Vermont International Film Festival,… -
On Screen
The Namesake
Movie Review
Born in America to emigrés from Calcutta, Gogol is a protagonist who endures years of teenage alienation in The Namesake, a film adapted from… -
News
An Unreasonable Man
Movie Review
Why are progressives still furious with Ralph Nader six years after the U.S. Supreme Court handed George W. Bush a victory? What's behind the… -
On Screen
The Lives of Others
Movie Review
When Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck accepted his Oscar for best foreign-language film last month, he appeared to be 7 feet tall. Then again, the… -
News
Bosnian Bread and Puppet Alum Launches Film Debut
State of the Arts
The devastating siege of Sarajevo was in full swing when Peter Schumann visited Bosnia in 1994. "We had to walk through sniper fire," recalls the… -
Arts + Culture
Director Martin Guigui Reels Out His Wish List
State of the Arts
As a P.T. Barnum of the movie industry, director Martin Guigui has spent a decade imbuing the circus that is cinema with his ebullient, entrepreneurial… -
On Screen
The Boys Are All Right
Flick Chick
When Frank Manchel refers to "my boys," he's not just talking about his biological sons with wife Sheila. For the University of Vermont professor emeritus,… -
On Screen
Chinese Take-off
Flick Chick
A Vermont wordsmith has penned the saga that will prompt Asia's top action-movie stars, Jackie Chan and Jet Li, to work together for the first… -
On Screen
Tanzanian Nightmare
Flick Chick
It's all about the delicate balance. Every living thing, plus many an inanimate object, has a place and a purpose. As witnessed in Darwin's Nightmare,… -
On Screen
News Nostalgia
Flick Chick
When Entertainment Weekly endorses your four-DVD set about militant activists, it's practically a seal of approval from Popular Culture itself. That's what just happened to… -
On Screen
Another Long Goodbye
Flick Chick
This Thanksgiving turned bittersweet for Allan Nicholls. The Burlington resident had often spent the holiday talking turkey with his friend and mentor Robert Altman, the… -
On Screen
Shooting History
Flick Chick
Prediction: There'll be nary a dry eye when audiences witness archival footage of Robert Kennedy's speeches in Bobby, writer-director Emilio Estevez's ambitious attempt to examine… -
On Screen
Won in Translation?
Flick Chick
When North Korean President Kim Jong-il tested a nuke last month, Nora Jacobson was a mere 250 miles from the underground blast. The Norwich writer-director… -
On Screen
Jay's Excellent Adventure?
Flick Chick
The new satirical movie Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan seems to have a nonfiction counterpart in Jay Craven's… -
On Screen
Hollywood Noir
Flick Chick
The Earth will soon be toast, according to 1974 Middlebury College graduate Michael Tolkin. The 56-year-old screenwriter delivers this disturbing observation with matter-of-fact simplicity, both… -
On Screen
What's Up, Docs?
Flick Chick
Vermont may be a rural state, but filmmakers here are anything but provincial. Rather, they continue to demonstrate an incredible geographic and topical reach. Alan… -
On Screen
War Footage
Flick Chick
Ask Ron Powers about his initial impression of Clint Eastwood when they met in California last week and the Castleton writer says, "It was a… -
On Screen
Moving Pictures
Flick Chick
Emails sent to teen congressional pages have rekindled the issue of pedophilia, a subject the Catholic Church knows only too well. Florida Republican Mark Foley,… -
On Screen
Star Treatment
Flick Chick
David Giancola has been creating action and horror movies since the late 1980s without much national fanfare, but the 37-year-old Rutland filmmaker is now in… -
On Screen
Close to Home
Flick Chick
In The Spiderwick Chronicles, Mary-Louise Parker appears as a rural New England mom whose kids encounter "faeries" and ogres. This Paramount film, shooting in Québec… -
On Screen
Reaction Films
Flick Chick
With Yoko Ono on hand, perhaps the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival had little choice but to give peace a chance. The iconic New Yorker… -
On Screen
High Crimes
Flick Chick
A grassroots endeavor about grass, Stash is an action-comedy Adam Abelson wrote, directed and produced for his Burlington College degree project. The May 2006 graduate… -
On Screen
Return of Native
Flick Chick
Once upon a very long time ago, Abenaki territory stretched from southern Québec into what is now Massachusetts, and from Lake Champlain to the Atlantic…
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