by Jack Brown | Mar 7, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Film, Newsletter
Now in its 13th year, the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival has proven itself to be one of the area’s most popular cinematic traditions. And with good reason: the festival is a wide-reaching affair that brings its offerings not just to one theater, but to screens...
by Jack Brown | Feb 23, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Film, Newsletter
It’s always been a point of pride at Amherst Cinema that they are no mere movie house. Plunked down right in the heart of the town’s downtown, flanked by coffee spots and park greens, the theater has always been something of a community hub. Perhaps it would have been...
by Jack Brown | Feb 19, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Newsletter
The dust may finally be settling on the latest Super Bowl — at least outside of Philly — but for film fans, it’s the coming weeks that are the lead-up to the biggest contest of all: the Oscars. The 90th Academy Awards ceremony is set to go off on the first Sunday of...
by Jack Brown | Feb 6, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Film, Newsletter
Review movies long enough, and you’ll hear the tale of Taste of Cherry. The 1997 film from Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami won the Palme d’Or at that year’s Cannes Film Festival, and was hailed by many as a masterpiece. But when it hit theaters in the U.S., there...
by Jack Brown | Feb 5, 2018 | Cinemadope, Columns, Featured, Newsletter
We parents of the Pioneer Valley have a pretty sweet deal. You might not realize it if you don’t have kids in your life, but once you’re clued into it you begin to discover that there is a near-endless list of things to do with your little ones. Hayrides, science...
