The annual festival returns March 25 to CHK|Central Boarhouse.
Natalie Portman
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Just dance
The spotlight clicks on and glares down onto your face, immediately creating sweat beads along your hairline. Your music cues up, and your heart beats in your ears. You take one last breath before that final intro eight-count, and then you’re off. Like you’ve practiced so many times before, your feet move solidly and confidently, […]
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The Other Woman
I found it odd the song fades right after the lyric, “everyone you know someday will die,” yet we soon learn it’s rather fitting; despite a title that screams “erotic thriller,” the film actually is about a mother grieving over the loss of her child. Making a miserable situation worse is that the woman, Emilia […]
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Blue Valentine
Williams didn’t have a chance, really, but in another year, amid a different set of nominees, things might be different. The same shift in luck applies to the couple that comprises this film’s core: one year, blissful; another, miserable. Cindy (Williams) is a nurse, while her husband, Dean (Ryan Gosling, “Lars and the Real Girl”), […]
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One Week
“How many stages are there?” he asks, not quite comprehending the severity of the situation. “Four,” replies the doc. Ben’s first instinct is to cancel his upcoming wedding to Samantha (Liane Balaban of “Last Chance Harvey,” looking like a taller, thicker-browed Natalie Portman). His second, taking advice from a disposable coffee cup, is to ride […]