Let me take you on a quick tour of the first three scenes of The Broken Circle Breakdown, the Belgian melodrama nominated for the best foreign…
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Marc Summers interview: Former double dare host remembers the golden age of Nickelodeon
Have you ever wondered what Nickelodeon slime consists of or how it got the nickname Gak? Well, in Mathew Klickstein’s new book, Slimed! An Oral History…
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Talking Movies: Abu-Assad’s ‘Omar’ is a heartrending tale of loyalty under occupation
http://youtu.be/OPcvn4Mtglc Omar opens Friday, Feb. 21 at FilmScene’s Scene 1 theater. Parkour may not be as popular as it once was, but don’t tell that to anybody fleeing the Israeli undercover police in the occupied territories. Adam Bakri does a lot of this in the title role of Hany Abu-Assad’s 2013 film, Omar, though the […]
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FilmScene to screen Oscar-nominated shorts, appease A.D.D. generation
Sure, movies are great and everything, but they do all gotta be so gosh dang long? Short films are awesome. If you hate a short, it’s no big deal, you only have to wait…
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FilmScene to host grand opening this weekend, begin full-time operation in early December
FilmScene will be hosting its first new release film, Robert Redford’s All is Lost, as part of its grand opening celebration this weekend. The debut…
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Palme d’Or-winning film heads to FilmScene this weekend
FilmScene’s Scene 1 theater will be screening Blue is the Warmest Color this Friday and Saturday as part of a sneak preview event. The film recently won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and has drawn significant critical praise. Blue is the Warmest Color is adapted from the award-winning French graphic novel […]
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FilmScene to host Q&A with John Carter Cash, screen Walk the Line
Once again our country is proving that the Civil War isn’t over. The representatives of our red states and blue states, which correspond neatly with the North and the…
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FilmScene to host triple feature scarefest this Halloween
FilmScene is hosting a fright-filled triple feature at its Scene 1 theater in Downtown Iowa City this Halloween. The local non-profit has spent the last few days revealing…
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Donate some food, gain some knowledge this Sunday
New Pioneer Food Co-op has partnered with the Englert Theatre and FilmScene to offer a screening of A Place at the Table Sunday at 3:00 p.m. The screening takes place at Englert Theatre and will be followed by refreshment and a post-film discussion.
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Iowa City Weekender: June 13-16
And it’s the weekend again! It’s humid. I’m really sweaty, all the time. Like, you won’t even want to hug me even though I know you can’t help yourself. Save the kisses though, my mouth/moustache is full of gnats. Some cool stuff happening this weekend, check it out!
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Emmy-winning filmmaker Peter Nicks in town for free screening, Q&A
Director, producer and cinematographer Peter Nicks will attend a free screening of his documentary Waiting Room this evening, a vivid look behind the scenes…
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Your guide to Mission Creek: Wednesday
Starting today (day two!), the number of cool things happening at any given moment in Iowa City doubles, and this pace continues through the weekend.
