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This undated publicity film image released by Paramount Pictures shows, Zoe Saldana, left, as Uhura and Zachary Quinto as Spock in a scene in the movie, "Star Trek Into Darkness," from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Zade Rosenthal)

‘Star Trek’ Takes on Terrorism

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Ratings by the Motion Picture Association of America are: (G) for general audiences; (PG) parental guidance urged because of material possibly unsuitable for children; (PG-13) parents are strongly cautioned to give guidance for attendance of children younger than 13; (R) restricted, younger than 17 admitted only with parent or adult guardian; (NC-17) no one younger than 17 admitted. The Big …

Jury member Nicole Kidman poses for photographers during a photo call for the jury at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Weinstein Showcases Films at Cannes

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Cannes, France (ap) — The Weinstein Co.’s fall slate of awards contenders will feature a glamorous Grace Kelly, a brawny Nelson Mandela and a mysterious J.D. Salinger. Harvey Weinstein previewed some of his company’s most anticipated upcoming releases at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday. He’s made a habit of such previews, doing the …

Dartmouth senior Cooper Stimson is in the middle of making a film called Paddling Like the Dickens, a romantic comedy about two pairs of potential lovers that he is shooting around Hanover. (Amanda Granizo photograph)

Dartmouth Senior Shooting Feature Film in Hanover

Friday, May 17, 2013

San Luis Obispo, midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, has at least three claims to fame. The first is that it is the home of the world’s first motel, built in 1925; the second is that in 2011, in one of those frequent polls about the best places to live, San Luis …

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FILE -In this April 17, 2006 photo, "V for Vendetta" director James McTeigue, left, producer Joel Silver, center, and actor Hugo Weaving pose for photographers as they are greeted by Japanese fans, all wearing masks from the movie, upon their arrival at the Japan premiere of their latest film in Tokyo. From demanding changes in plot lines that denigrate the Chinese leadership, to dampening lurid depictions of sex and violence, Beijing is having increasing success in pressuring Hollywood into deleting movie content Beijing finds objectionable. However, last year’s showing on Chinese television of the 2005 political adventure “V for Vendetta” was seen as a notable step forward - it remains beholding to sensitivities that makes its decisions sometimes hard to fathom. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Hollywood Is Yielding  To China’s Growing Clout

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Coming soon to a theater near you: China’s Communist Party. From demanding changes in plot lines that denigrate the Chinese leadership, to dampening lurid depictions of sex and violence, Beijing is having increasing success in pressuring Hollywood into …

Rushdie Book Becomes a Film

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

New York — Thanks to the printed word and the moving image, Salman Rushdie has recaptured the worst part of his life and relived one of the best. Last fall, the 65-year-old author published the best-selling memoir Joseph Anton about his years in hiding that followed the 1988 …

From left, Mike Grace, Scott Magnuson, and Stan Marro rehearse for one of the Ellery Queen Radio Shows to be performed by Claremont's Off Broad Street Players in May.

Claremont Plays Pay Tribute to Popular Mystery Writer

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Claremont — Off Broad Street Players will pay tribute to the classic mystery writer Ellery Queen with the production of two 1940s-era radio shows starring the popular amateur detective. The show dates are May 8 at 7 p.m. …

The Problem With Biopics Is They Have One Scene Too Many

Friday, April 19, 2013

When he won the Oscar this year for portraying Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, Daniel Day-Lewis was pretty much anointed the best movie actor of all time. After all, he is the only actor to win three Oscars in the leading actor category, putting him ahead of …

This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson in a scene from "42." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, D. Stevens)

Can Kids Handle the Racial Epithets?

Friday, April 19, 2013

The surprise box office success of the uplifting Jackie Robinson biographical film 42 suggests that audiences are ready for a PG-13-rated movie filled with coarse, racially charged language. It also raises questions about whether children should see it, …

‘Pines’ Takes a Ride on Tough Roads

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Violence is the trigger in The Place B eyond the Pines, Derek Cianfrance’s latest love letter to bad breaks. But it’s the ripple effect of responsibility, regret, limited resources and guilt that makes Pines particularly relevant in a time when so many struggle from paycheck to paycheck. Starring …

This publicity film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Chadwick Boseman, right, as Jackie Robinson in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ drama “42,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)

‘42’: Finally, a Film Worthy of a Legend

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Jackie Robinson has long been an elusive presence in contemporary American cinema, as filmmakers from Robert Redford to Spike Lee have tried and failed to bring his life story to the screen. Brian Helgeland has finally succeeded in …

‘The Croods’ Offers Prehistoric Fun

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Think of The Croods as the back story of The Flintstones, before that modern Stone Age family got, well, modern. Like Fred, Wilma and Pebbles, the heroes of this cute animated comedy are animal-pelt-wearing proto-humans. Unlike the protagonists of the old Hanna-Barbera cartoon, however, hunter-gatherers Grug Crood (voice …

Art Notes: ‘Word and Image in Contemporary Art’; Strong Messages In Hood Exhibit 

Thursday, April 11, 2013

One of the great treats of art and architecture in the Upper Valley is the climb up the stairs to the second-floor galleries of the Hood Museum. I tend to walk in there with a head full of …

Susan Nugent, of Meriden, right, attaches her knitted piece to the tree at Colburn Park as Vicki Smith, of Lyme, left, prepares to hop down from the crab apple during a yarn bombing on the green in Lebanon yesterday. Yarn bombing, also called guerrilla knitting and yarnstorming, is a worldwide trend. Yesterday’s event was part of AVA Gallery and Art Center’s anniversary celebration. (Valley News - Libby March)

Essay: Stitching a Community; A Newcomer Finds a Place, and Knitters Make a Statement 

Monday, April 8, 2013

Lebanon Spring has come to the Lebanon Green. That’s where a group of more than 20 people gathered yesterday morning to attach bright knitted rectangles onto a crab apple tree in recognition of the AVA Gallery and Art …