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11:08 am
Thu May 3, 2012

'We Have a Pope' - But Not Just Yet

Nanni Moretti in session with Michel Piccoli's reluctant Pope
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Nanni Moretti's new film We Have a Pope opens inside the Vatican, where Catholic church officials from all corners of the globe are gathered to select a new pope. At first, the proceeding is solemn and serious, as one imagines such an event would be.

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Up to Date
11:00 am
Fri April 27, 2012

Up To Date's Film Critics' 'Three To See'

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By and and Cynthia Haines

Looking for a great independent, foreign, or documentary film to see the weekend of April 27-29, 2012? Up to Date's critics share their three favorite showing on area screens.

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Film
5:00 am
Fri April 27, 2012

Passions Emerge From 'The Deep Blue Sea'

Tom Hiddleston & Rachel Weisz in "The Deep Blue Sea"
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In the opening scene of  Terence Davies' new film The Deep Blue Sea, Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz is a mass of contradictions. 

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Up to Date
11:44 am
Fri April 20, 2012

Up To Date's Film Critics' "Three To See"

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By and and Cynthia Haines and Robert Butler

Looking for a great independent, foreign, or documentary film to see the weekend of April 20-22, 2012? Up to Date's critics share their three favorite showing on area screens.

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Up to Date
9:27 pm
Thu April 19, 2012

Independent, Foreign & Documentary Film Reviews

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By , and and Cynthia Haines and Robert Butler

Looking for a great film to see this weekend?  How about one that will make you laugh, cry, and yes, think?

Then look further than Friday's Up to Date, as independent, foreign and documentary film critics Cynthia Haines, Steve Walker and Bob Butler return to review the best films showing in area theaters.

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Animals
9:31 am
Thu April 19, 2012

Following The Lives Of Chimpanzees On Screen

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Over the course of filming, Oscar (pictured above) learned how to use rudimentary tools and how to get along with the other members of his clan.
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Alastair Fothergill was the executive producer of The Blue Planet and Planet Earth and the co-director of the films Deep Blue and Earth.
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Originally published on Thu April 19, 2012 10:49 am

The new Disneynature film Chimpanzee started off the way most movies do. Co-producers and directors Mark Linfield and Alastair Fothergill, who had previously worked together on the documentary film Earth, approached Disney with a 70-page script about a group of chimpanzees living in Western Africa. There was just one problem: Chimps don't take direction — or read scripts.

So Fothergill and Linfield teased out a narrative from more than three years' worth of footage they took in Western Africa while observing a large clan of chimpanzees.

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Up to Date
2:47 pm
Fri April 13, 2012

Up To Date's Film Critics' 'Three To See'

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Thomas Doret plays Cyril in “The Kid With a Bike.’’
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By and and Cynthia Haines

Looking for a great independent, foreign, or documentary film to see the weekend of April 13-15, 2012? Up to Date's critics share their three favorite showing on area screens.

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