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Allison Calloway’s Persuasion Makes the Case for Bold Cinematic Experiments 

Pre-review Rant: I hate Jane Austen novels. I have tried to like Jane Austen, truly, but to no avail. In the 1990s and aughts society very much tried to sell me on this author whose revival was celebrated in celluloid, video, and handsome boxed set

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Søren Sørensen’s Documentary WITH DAD is a Moving Exercise in Less-is-More Filmmaking

Clocking in just shy of 30 minutes, Søren Sørensen’s short documentary film With Dad is a spare, tightly-focused chronicle of photographer Stephen DiRado’s quest to capture his father Gene’s final years as the elder DiRado succumbs to Alzheimer’s disease. Based on DiRado’s book of the

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Reinvention Pending

As of this posting, Reinvent the Lens is still under construction. Much like Virginia Woolf’s hero/heroine Orlando, however, this page will be experiencing a transformation soon. Stay tuned: regular posts are coming! Photo: Tilda Swinton in Orlando (Dir. Sally Potter, 1992)