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“All Music is Created Equal”: A Conversation with Composer Gene Pritsker

“All Music is Created Equal”: A Conversation with Composer Gene Pritsker

It’s said that Carl Theodor Dreyer was not entirely content with the orchestral score performed at the 1928 Paris opening of his seminal…
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“You Never Know What’s in the Heart”: Charles Burnett’s TO SLEEP WITH ANGER

“You Never Know What’s in the Heart”: Charles Burnett’s TO SLEEP WI...

Upon its 1990 release, critic Dave Kehr praised Charles Burnett’s To Sleep with Anger as “the first great film to come our way in quite a…
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Welcome to the new BrynMawrFilm.org!

Welcome to the new BrynMawrFilm.org!

We’ve made some changes to our website and emails. The most important thing is that they are much, much better! We want to make your…
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THIS MAGNIFICENT CAKE! and the New Stop Motion

THIS MAGNIFICENT CAKE! and the New Stop Motion

“A puppet is not a miniature human. He has his own world.” - Jiří Trnka
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“You’re Not a Human Being, You’re an Athlete”: Marta Prus’s OVER THE LIMIT

“You’re Not a Human Being, You’re an Athlete”: Marta Prus’s OVER TH...

Before she steps onto the floor, gymnast Margarita Mamun slaps her elbows several times with an open palm, takes three sharp breathes, and…
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Did You Know We Live in the Future?: Andrew Bujalski’s COMPUTER CHESS

Did You Know We Live in the Future?: Andrew Bujalski’s COMPUTER CHESS

How many screens have you looked at in the last hour? How many times did you touch a touchpad? So far today, how frequently did you engage…
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Bloodthirsty and Lonely in the Heartland: Kathryn Bigelow’s NEAR DARK

Bloodthirsty and Lonely in the Heartland: Kathryn Bigelow’s NEAR DARK

The vampire endures. The first great vampire of the screen was Max Schreck’s horrifying Count Orlok in F.W. Murnau’s silent classic…
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