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By CHRIS LARABEE

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. — As advocates of the Deerfield River seek a National Wild and Scenic River designation for the waterway, several regional groups are now sponsoring a film tour to benefit the effort.Regionally, the Connecticut River Conservancy,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Playwright Annie Baker’s feature film directorial debut, featuring location shoots in Amherst, Hadley and Leverett in summer 2022, will be shown at the 61st annual New York City Film Festival this fall.The festival, running from Sept. 29 to...

By BELLA LEVAVI

With “The Holdovers” trailer giving them a sneak peak, Franklin County residents are likely to recognize many familiar locations when the film is released in November.Many scenes were filmed at Deerfield Academy and Northfield Mount Hermon School,...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Garden Cinemas had planned to start showing “White Bird: A Wonder Story” on Aug. 25. The problem is, Lionsgate bumped the film’s release date because there are no actors promoting it due to their union’s much-publicized strike for...

GREENFIELD — In celebration of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” releasing on Friday, the Garden Cinemas is hosting a cosplay contest.The contest invites moviegoers to dress as Barbie, Ken or any other character from the Barbie universe prior to the film’s 6:30...

By AALIANNA MARIETTA

GREENFIELD — The LAVA Center is accepting submissions for its third annual film festival, an event dedicated to capturing the power of diverse filmmaking styles, according to LAVA Center manager and festival co-director Vanessa Query.Youth, college...

By STEVE PFARRER

In the United States, the early 20th century has often been portrayed as a time of hope and excitement, in which the nation’s growing industrial power, improvements in mass communications, and advances in technology and science heralded a new era of...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community Television’s fourth annual Lights! Camera! Greenfield! film contest is back this week with a familiar goal as in past years, and that is that everyone — regardless of skill level — has fun.“That’s the only thing,”...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Prepare to spend the (virtual) evening at the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA) as it partners with Piti Theatre Co. to screen “Night at the Deerfield Museum.”Piti Theatre and PVMA are expanding on their annual partnership,...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — An Oscar-shortlist documentary, co-produced by a Greenfield High School alumna, will be screened exclusively at the Garden Cinemas on Saturday.“Descendant,” co-produced by Essie Chambers, will be shown at 3 p.m. at the theater on Main...

By BELLA LEVAVI

ASHFIELD — The First Congregational Church of Ashfield will host a film series, “Black Voices: Listening to Our Brothers and Sisters,” starting this month and continuing through June. “We want people to see the church as a place that is trying to be a...

GREENFIELD — To celebrate its 94th birthday on Saturday, the Garden Cinemas is offering free screenings of “Singin’ in the Rain” (1952) and “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” (1985) at 10 a.m.“These two movies from different generations are both comedy...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Film is no longer our dominant national art form. That is now television, streaming television in particular. Perhaps because I am approaching middle age (I have been approaching it for years and plan never actually to enter it), I still adore the...

By STEVE PFARRER

The idea first came to Elijah Bynum about four years ago when he was exercising in a California gym and noticed an ultra-serious bodybuilder, a guy who was “radiating intensity” as he went through his paces.“There was this really intense energy about...

SUNDERLAND — As part of Black History Month, the Sunderland Public Library is inviting filmmaker Craig Dudnick to speak about his film “Evanston’s Living History,” which explores residents’ fight against racial discrimination and segregation.The...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

After falling in love with Franklin County while filming his 2021 thriller “The Secret of Sinchanee,” Team House Studios’ Steven Grayhm is back to film “Sheepdog,” a drama he feels is his “magnum opus.”Written, directed and starring Grayhm, who is...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — With a focus on greening urban areas and environmental justice, the Four Rivers Charter Public School senior class is presenting its annual documentary Thursday evening.To be held as a webinar, the students will present “Plants Through...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield District Court last week granted a local mother a temporary harassment prevention order on behalf of her 12-year-old child against Hollywood actor Ezra Miller, according to published news reports.Details are scarce because of...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — A huge grin spreads across Paul Mardas’ face as he recounts the story of when he and a Michigan couple took home stacks of money over the course of half a decade through the Massachusetts Lottery.By 2011, Mardas and his store, Billy’s...