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A second chance

A second chance

In 2008, two weeks before Speed Racer’s theatrical release, I was in an airport bookstore with limited selection, inflated prices [...]

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Vamos al cine!

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will host the fourth [...]

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IMC Film Fest

This Thursday marks the beginning of the 2011 Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center’s Film Festival, an annual celebration of local and [...]

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Guide to the Art’s first Documentary Film Fest

Imagine you are making a mix-tape, or iTunes playlist, for those born after 1998; your goal is to have at [...]

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New Art Film Festival provides alternative to Hollywood productions

I’ll have to admit, Hollywood has been slacking lately in the movie department. What, I didn’t think Sucker Punch was [...]

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The Insect Fear Film Festival tries to raise awareness that insects are not so bad

To most of us, insects are nothing more than nuisances or predators encouraging an often irrational level of fear. But [...]

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The Art Theater shows an unorthodox staging of Carmen

At least some elements of George Bizet’s opera Carmen seem to be universal. The name often calling up images of [...]

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