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Geek Chic
Glamorous nerds fight for our livelihood in “Crime 101” and “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die.”
Chuck Bowen
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Movies + Television
Crime Time
Genre January brings three interesting and highly variable new crime films: “No Other Choice,” “The Rip” and “Dead Man’s Wire.”
Chuck Bowen
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January 16, 2026
Movies + Television
Ties That Bind
“The Secret Agent” and “Father Mother Sister Brother” are family trees by two major filmmakers.
Chuck Bowen
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January 9, 2026
Movies + Television
Absolute Power
Institutional fallacy and brutal power plays in “The Plague” and “Cover-Up.”
Chuck Bowen
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January 2, 2026
Movies + Television
Kitsch Unbound
Table tennis and Neil Diamond karaoke as respective vision quests in “Marty Supreme” and “Song Sung Blue.”
Chuck Bowen
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December 25, 2025
Movies + Television
Best Movies of 2025
Our regular film critic looks back at his top 25 picks for '25.
Chuck Bowen
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December 19, 2025
Movies + Television
Master of None
Inept men, and the women who suffer them, in “The Mastermind” and “Keeper.”
Chuck Bowen
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December 12, 2025
Movies + Television
Mad Men
Lost souls abound in the surprisingly soulful “Predators” and “Baltimorons.”
Chuck Bowen
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December 5, 2025
Arts + Culture
Christmas with Sparky
Comedy legend Chevy Chase is coming to Altria Theater, and he still loves the laughter.
Brent Baldwin
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December 4, 2025
Movies + Television
Only the Lonely
“Sentimental Value” and “Train Dreams” are bleak and worthy family dramas, just in time for the holidays.
Chuck Bowen
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November 21, 2025
Movies + Television
Strong Connections
Pocahontas Reframed Film Festival goes international with films from Indigenous and Aboriginal peoples around the world.
Karen Newton
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November 19, 2025
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