Category Archives: Film

By TOM CHESEK Well, that was certainly the summer that was: the season of beach badges, clam shooters and Met meltdowns is barely a week old, but over at the Count Basie Theatre it's a time to shut off the...

Dishad Husain directs and stars in Viva Liberty, one of four shorts in the New Jersey Independent South Asian Cinefest at Middletown Township Public Library. By TOM CHESEK A couple of evenings a week at Neelam Exotic Indian Cuisine —...

The real 'Dude.' By TOM CHESEK Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that's the Dude. Sam Elliott as "The Stranger" in The Big Lebowski When the filmmakers...

Two River Film Festival founder and CEO Rosellen Otrakji with Mike Buess, center, and VJ Carbone of The Bodega Shoppe at Thursday night's reception for the TRFF. (Photo courtesy of Diana Moore) Film buffs who mark their calendars each November...

Ilsa crashes Sam's pity party at the Café Américain in 'Casablanca.' By TOM CHESEK We'll always have Red Bank. Beginning tomorrow (Tuesday) at 5:00p, the Count Basie Theatre kicks off a series of free classic film screenings with Bogart, Bergman...

HEY! That's our DOG! Roddy McDowall with the original Red Bank-bred 'Lassie' in 1943's 'Lassie Come Home.' By TOM CHESEK While redbankgreen applauds the slate of picture shows on display in the Count Basie Theatre's "Take 9 at the Basie:...

"Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel:" the phrase itself is loaded with the suggestion of graphite. So it's fitting that "Persepolis" the new film version of Satrapi's bestselling story, is also almost entirely in black & white, exploring as it does...

Francis Ford Coppola directing 'Youth Without Youth,' which premieres at the Clearview Thursday night in a benefit for the Monmouth County Arts Alliance. By TOM CHESEK WINE! It's managed to play a part in the late careers of many a...

In 1973, punk rock progenitor Lou Reed made an album called 'Berlin.' Arranged as a narrative suite of songs, it was dark and decadent, mixing imagery of drug and spousal abuse against a sonic background that ranged from Teutonic bombast...

This year's Red Bank International Film Festival, which unspooled at Clearview Cinemas last weekend, was another successful one, says president Marc Leckstein. "We did really well, with a couple of sold-out screenings," he said. Those included the emerging filmmakers' session,...

For lovers of offbeat films, it's one of the best things about living in or near Red Bank. For student filmmakers, it's a rare opportunity to get their work up on the big screen in front of an audience of...

By LINDA G. RASTELLI Disagreements over a monthly film series have led to the resignation of Richard Alter as chairman of the Freedom Film Society, the nonprofit group that puts on the widely acclaimed Red Bank International Film Festival each...

It's not as bad as it looks. Jared Pienkos of Fair Haven, playing an insurance pitchman, took an extremely slow-mo hood spill as part of spoof video he and some friends filmed Sunday in the parking lot of Red Bank...

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The Freedom Film Society screened 'Deliver Us From Evil' for a couple of dozen moviegoers last night as part of a once-a-month series at the Clearview Cinemas on White Street. The film, an Oscar-nominated documentary by CNN producer Amy Berg,...

The Freedom Film Society, the organization that serves up the Red Bank International Film Fesitval each fall, will screen "Deliver Us From Evil" next Wednesday night at the Clearview Cinemas on White Street. Directed by Amy Berg, "Deliver Us From...

Andrew Malecki is kind of a hard case for high school guidance counselors and anathema to parents struggling to convince their kids of the value of a college education. Smart enough to do well in most of the subjects thrown...

Eric Ginsberg is at it again. The tireless impressario who brought to life the Red Bank Music Community and its songwriters' workshops and open-mic nights and StreetLife concerts is now bringing the big screen to town. Through the RBMC, Ginsberg...

Here's an event we're really looking forward to, brought to life by the Freedom Film Society, the people behind the annual Red Bank International Film Festival. On Saturday, Dec. 2, photographer Danny Sanchez will open up his Bridge Avenue studio...

Terry Gross's National Public Radio interview show, called Fresh Air, could hardly have a more apt name. The variety of fascinating personalities that cycles through her studio at WHYY in Philadelphia is proof that there is an alternative to the...