Monthly Archives: November 2013

To everything, turn, turn, turn…

There is a season, turn, turn, turn.  I knew the words, sung by Roger (nee James Joseph) McGuinn and The Byrds, unaware (in my then general ignorance of the Bible) that they were from the Book of Ecclesiastes–or even knowing … Continue reading

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Seven Score and Ten Years Ago

150 years ago today Abraham Lincoln attended the dedication ceremony for the Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg, the final resting place for the more than 3,500 Union soldiers who had died during the ferocious three-day battle. He was not the … Continue reading

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Overwhelming–But in a Good Way

DOC NYC, feisty in its fourth year, and now the largest documentary festival in the United States, will screen 72 features (a dozen more than last year), 39 shorts and include 20 panel discussions and master classes–in eight days.  More … Continue reading

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Sweet Streets

Writer/director/actor Charles Lane’s magical “Sidewalk Stories” has been newly restored, having been unseen for more than two decades–it was never released on DVD or home video–despite having won the Prix du Public at Cannes in 1989, where it received a 15-minute … Continue reading

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Bye, Bye, Bloomberg

Tomorrow, as we count down the final days of the three-term, 12-year reign of a plutocrat (with four of those years run for illegally, in defiance of the will of the majority, who twice voted to term limit our mayor), … Continue reading

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