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Asher Gelzer-Govatos
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La Cava, Cage and Overground
Around Town Summer is, perhaps, boom time for film festivals (the chills of Sundance in January notwithstanding), and it’s easy to see why. Festivals involve...
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From Dreck to Pooh Bear
Around Town Highlighting film festivals in this column is a joy. These events help to defy the current state of film culture as passive, isolated...
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Circling for 90 Years
Around Town It’s hard to believe, but Tulsa’s Circle Cinema – for many years the standard bearer for art films in Okahoma – celebrates its...
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Guilty-Pleasure Camp
Around Town There’s something uniquely pleasurable about seeing a bad movie in a crowd; fans of camp classics like The Rocky Horror Picture Show...
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In May the Force Be With Solo
Around Town This column is a success if it can convince one person to see a film in 35mm (projected from actual film stock, not...
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Another Look at Griffith
Around Town D.W. Griffith might be the most influential director in film history. He helped to move cinema from novelty entertainment, built on films under...
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From Docs to Bots
Around Town It’s March, which means it’s time to leave Oklahoma’s borders for the best film festival in the region: the True/False Film Festival in...
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Films to Catch Your Fancy
Around Town It’s almost Academy Awards season, which means plenty of chances to catch up on films you may have missed in the past year....
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A Panoply of Offerings
Around Town Catch ’em young – that’s the best way to develop a love of film in people. Oklahoma City University is doing its part...
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Nostalgia to Oddities
Around Town Apparently it’s my new holiday tradition – two years running now – to recommend that you make your own holiday tradition out of...