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Unforgettable: 2015
Frank Beaver focuses on some favorite cinematic fragments that flickered across our screens last year.
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Greater than its parts
Frank Beaver screens “Spotlight” and “The Big Short” to celebrate the craft behind a well-made ensemble film.
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Time to get serious
’Tis the season for “elevated film fare” as Hollywood amps up the awards buzz. But what to watch?
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Summer jazz fest
Celebrate the remastered classic “Syncopation,” featuring Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, and more.
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Five came back
Frank Beaver looks at five war-time directors who used film to influence public opinion.
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Mr. Barilla goes to Hollywood
Forget the spaghetti western. Film historian Frank Beaver reveals how pasta magnate Pietro Barilla added flavor to Italian cinema.
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This kid is all right
Award-winning filmmaker Gary Gilbert, ’86, is a dreamer. But he’s also a hard-working realist. “Growing up, people would tell me a career in Hollywood was a pipe dream,” says the former mortgage broker. “But I can tell you it’s not.” Gilbert produced The Kids Are All Right, starring Annette Bening.
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Shaping beauty from the desert
The inspiring story of an unlikely friendship between an American anthropologist and a Mexican artist who rediscovered an ancient way to make pottery. University of Michigan graduate Scott Petersen’s remarkable documentary describes how the men and the art saved a whole town from extinction.
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Artist of the Chill and Canyon
Lawrence Kasdan, director of ‘The Big Chill,’ ‘Grand Canyon’ and other classics, recalls his U-M days.