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Film offers innovative plot device and little else
Alex Ross Perry says he was inspired to write and direct Listen Up Philip because he read a novel in which the central character disappears for much of the book. He thought it would be interesting to make a movie in which the same…
Ohio Secretary of State's office changes election night reporting requirements
On October 3, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted issued a directive that no longer requires county boards of elections to send precinct-by-precinct level data to his office in time-based increments on Election Day. The new requirement is to…
WE MUST RECLAIM OUR DEMOCRACY
We all know that Congress is corrupted by big money and no longer represents the interests of ordinary Americans. We know that the two major parties put their partisan political interests above the interests of the country. We know…
Inner superhero threatens Broadway premiere
In 1948, Alfred Hitchcock released Rope, a murder mystery with an intriguing gimmick: The film was shot in long takes that mimicked the continuous action of live theater.
In 2014, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has attempted the…