by veermagmain | Nov 25, 2023 | Film, News, News & Views, Robotham
By Tom Robotham Last month, after Hamas fighters bulldozed their way into Israel and slaughtered some 1,400 people—including children and the elderly—I struggled to come to terms with the horrific news. Over the next few weeks, I watched CNN coverage for hours on end...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 1, 2022 | Film, Stage & Film
By M.T.C. Gammon I didn’t expect to find tales of class war in either slashers or superhero films, but an interest in Tim Burton’s work led me to try watching both Sweeney Todd (really more of a musical melodrama) and Batman Returns. I found that...
by Jeff Maisey | Jun 15, 2021 | Film, News, News & Views
(A scene from the must-see “In The Heights”) By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema After an unexpectedly long hibernation that began all the way back in March of 2020 with the mandatory closing of the theater, the Naro Cinema has finally reawakened and opened our doors for...
by Jeff Maisey | Feb 23, 2020 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema Towering over me was a massive elongated head whose six-foot-long neck stretched down to meet us. This giant creature was so strange and intimidating when experienced up close that it might as well have been an alien being. And...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 27, 2019 | Film, Stage & Film
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema When we first initiated the Naro series ‘New Non-Fiction Film’ in the early 2000s, documentaries were still considered to be the red headed stepchild of arthouse programming. The bulk of the screen content being foreign films,...
by Jeff Maisey | Dec 2, 2019 | Film, News, News & Views
By Tench Phillips, Naro Cinema After a cool August morning searching vainly for chanterelle mushrooms within an aspen forest on the high slopes of the San Juan Mountains surrounding Telluride – I had reluctantly given up. Turning back towards town empty...
