The Moments of ‘Conception’
SERIALIZED VIGNETTES EXPLORE COUPLES ON THE VERGE OF MAKING BABIES Grade: B The pitch for “Conception,” a slightly skewed romantic …
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Downtown Dayton LGBT Film Festival in Seventh Heaven
In these highly politicized times, with the campaigns using drone-like ads to attack our sensibilities, every aspect of our private …
Paul Thomas Anderson Offers Ode to Passing of an Old God
Our first few moments in the presence of Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) capture the extraordinary power and the isolation of …
Review: ‘Trouble With the Curve’
BASEBALL DRAMA AMBLES ALONG LIKE SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL By T.T. Stern-Enzi Rating: PG-13 Grade: D Gus (Clint Eastwood) is a …
Where the Frames Take Me
This year marks my fourth sojourn to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and for the first time I have …
Welcome to the Film Belt!
As CityBeat’s contributing film editor and the vice-president of the executive board of the Midland Film Institute, I am proud …
Where the Frames Take Me: TIFF Offscreen
A FESTIVAL DETOUR BETWEEN SCREENINGS By T.T. Stern-Enzi Welcome to this special dispatch from the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. …
Rashida Jones Co-Writes, Stars in Tale of Life After Love
The credit sequence offers snapshots of the meet-cute, the courtship and the marriage of best friends, Celeste (Rashida Jones) and …
Little Miss Ruby Sparks
FIRST-TIME SCREENWRITER ZOE KAZAN WRITES AND LEAPS OFF THE PAGE AND THE SCREEN By T.T. Stern-Enzi Rated: R Grade: A- Jonathan …
2012 FilmDayton Festival
Q&A with Executive Director Megan Cooper By T.T. Stern-Enzi Last year, like most regional film lovers who attended FilmDayton’s festival, …
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