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This Weekend: Celebrate Independence Day with John Lewis
“We’ve come so far and we’ve made so much progress, but as a nation and a people, we are not quite there yet. We have miles to go.” Words spoken by Rep. John Lewis of Georgia in the sober opening of...
This Week: Get Lost in the Melodies of Ella Fitzgerald
She was the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, or simply Lady Ella, and she had one of the most extraordinary voices in all of music history. Now, in a feature documentary from Director Leslie...
This Weekend: In PICTURE OF HIS LIFE, view the Arctic in its most dangerous, dwindling beauty
Nature may be unpredictable, chaotic, and dangerous, but unfortunately, its purity is disappearing, and its life is feeling the brunt of our wrongdoing. Thankfully, though, there are photographers...
This Weekend: We urge you to view three familiar documentaries that speak to racial inequity
With social unrest rising in the media and in our public spaces, it’s been a tough few weeks for America, but for our Black community it’s more of the same. It’s why this week, we feel that it’s...
This weekend, we invite you to practice mindfulness with two great new films!
In these emails over the past two weeks we’ve highlighted films that have taken us to fresh and exotic locations, whisking us off on virtual vacations while stuck indoors. This week, as Mental...
New Diana Kennedy doc is a delightful and heart-warming film, perfect to watch this weekend.
Last week we took a trip to New Orleans in Up From The Streets, this week, strap in for an expedition to Mexico in DIANA KENNEDY: NOTHING FANCY now playing in our Virtual Movie Palace. From Director...
Up From the Streets documentary and its music will make you feel GREAT
When director Michael Murphy was filming his latest documentary, UP FROM THE STREETS – NEW ORLEANS: THE CITY OF MUSIC, there was no way of knowing how a statement from Harry Connick Jr. would...
Driveways – a soothing indicator that summer has arrived
As we’ve been stuck in quarantine, we’ve done our absolute best to not only book the best programming available for our Virtual Movie Palace, but also find the most appropriate films in these...
What She Said…indeed! A review of the new Pauline Kael documentary.
Whether you’re familiar with Pauline Kael and her work in film criticism or not, you’ve more than likely benefited in some way from her impact on cinema. In his obituary for Kael, fellow critic...
The Booksellers celebrates tradition, history and the longevity of literature
In the past month or so, one thing you may have done to cope is peruse your bookshelf and dust off those books you bought months ago that you either set aside or never finished. As The Booksellers...
5 Anime Movies to Watch from Home
Written by Jonathan Griffith Greetings all my quarantined fans of anime at the Michigan Theater & State Theaters. Jonathan here! Sponsorship Assistant for the Michigan Theater Foundation, local...
Reflections of Reality – Abbas Kiarostami: A Retrospective
“Film begins with DW Griffith and ends with Abbas Kiarostami." ~ Jean Luc Godard “Kiarostami represents the highest level of artistry in the cinema." ~ Martin Scorsese In distressing times, cinema...
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