Movie-goers may not associate Easter with Hollywood blockbusters, but there is an entire cache of films that align well with Easter. Consider these movies while gathering this year. 1. “It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown!”: This 1974 classic puts The […]
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Arts, Dining & Entertainment, Events & Activities
Celebrate Halloween all month long at the drive-in
RUTLAND — As part of the Same Sun movie series at the Norma Patterson Drive-In, the Paramount Theatre continues its movie series with Halloween-themed shows throughout the month of October at the Vermont State Fairgrounds in Rutland. Oct. 15 — […]
Column, Movie Diary
Tomorrow never knows
By Dom Cioffi I did something this past week that I’ve been thinking about doing for years: I climbed inside a sensory deprivation tank for a one-hour meditation session. For the uninformed, a sensory deprivation tank (also known as a […]
Column
‘Man Made’ is a difficult, worthy transition
By Bruce Bouchard For four years, I was a screener for the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival. A number of these films are now available on streaming platforms. It is my hope that film lovers will find the time, dig in and […]
Column, Generation Y
Ski movies: “Cold Prey” (2006)
By Brett Yates The title of this piece notwithstanding, “Cold Prey” is not technically a skiing movie; it’s a snowboarding movie, insofar as it concerns sports at all. More importantly, it’s a slasher movie: a group of frisky young adults, […]
Column, Generation Y
Ski movies: “Hot Dog… The Movie” (1984)
By Brett Yates To make things immediately clear, “Hot Dog… The Movie” is not good. Indeed, one could go so far as to call its post-ellipsis subtitle aspirational, or at least a reflection of a certain need for self-reassurance: “Hot […]
Generation Y
Last year’s top ten movies
By the time this column reaches you, reader, the 88th Academy Awards will have come and gone, and you’ll barely be able to remember what happened. But as I write this, the Oscars are still a couple of days away, […]
Generation Y
The Netflix discrepancy
Ponder with me one of the great mysteries of the universe: how can it be that the 2012 romantic drama “The Best of Me,” starring Michelle Monaghan and James Marsden, has an average rating of 4.3 stars out of five […]