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Category Archives: Film

"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...
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December 20th, 2007 @ 1pm
Remember: Nothing makes a Red Bank friend happier than to hear "I saw you on Red Bank Green!"
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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...
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December 13th, 2007 @ 9am
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...
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November 3rd, 2007 @ 12am
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,...
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October 11th, 2007 @ 7am
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...
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October 4th, 2007 @ 3pm
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...
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August 21st, 2007 @ 6am
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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July 3rd, 2007 @ 10am
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June 14th, 2007 @ 4pm
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,...
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May 10th, 2007 @ 12am
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...
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May 3rd, 2007 @ 6pm
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...
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March 22nd, 2007 @ 7am
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...
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December 2nd, 2006 @ 5pm
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...
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November 24th, 2006 @ 1am
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...
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November 24th, 2006 @ 1am
Final figures aren't yet in, but the sixth annual Red Bank International Film Festival, held last weekend, attracted a record number of moviegoers from all over the tri-state region, says Marc Leckstein, president of the Freedom Film Society, the festival...
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October 18th, 2006 @ 9am
The folks making the short film "Layla is Bad" in Sea Bright have put out a late call for extra, um, extras. Thing is, they especially need them this afternoon, starting around 3p. And they're looking particularly for families: Moms...
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September 8th, 2006 @ 11am
Ready for your closeup? An NYU Film School student is making a short comedy beginning Wednesday at a beach club in the Rumson vicinity—the exact location is being withheld for now—and seeking extras. The film, by director Arzhang Kamarei, a...
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September 2nd, 2006 @ 8am
Coming off a 13-hour marathon that had him signing geek memorabilia almost until dawn at his Broad Street comic book store, filmmaker Kevin Smith entertained 2,000 fans in Marine Park last night with a mixture of endless approachability and profanity....
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August 9th, 2006 @ 12am
Filmmaker Kevin Smith signed autographs this afternoon at Jay & Silent Bob's Secret Stash, the comic book store he owns on Broad Street. Tomorrow night, he's scheduled to answer questions from the audience at an open-air screening of his breakthrough...
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August 7th, 2006 @ 4pm
Filmmaker Kevin Smith will meet with fans at his Broad Street comic-book salon Monday afternoon, and singer Lisa Loeb will join him at an outdoor screening of his breakthrough film "Clerks" in Marine Park Tuesday night. Ava Gacser of Gannett...
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August 3rd, 2006 @ 11am
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SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW
Stunning rainbow over Red Bank as a big weekend storm approaches.
“FESTIVA” YACHT DOCKED AT MARINE PARK
Festiva, an 85-foot yacht, was docked at Marine Park on Friday night. Red Bank Green spoke to the owner, Everett Moore, who said that it was ...
OH NO! ELMO LOST!
A lost Elmo appears to be reaching out for help through the redbankgreen Partyline.
NAVESINK SPILLS OVER
Nor'easter stacks tides up in the Navesink, pushing the river over its (Red) banks.
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WATCHES LINE DANCERS
redbankgreen Partyline captures Buzz Lighyear watching the line dancers on Broadwalk Monday night. 
EGRET-FUL END TO SUMMER
A great egret patrols the shallows of the Swimming River in front of the Red Bank Primary School last week. Submitted by Brian Donohue
COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD NOW OPEN ON HUDSON AVENUE
Community message board open! The RBPD has placed a mobile display board on Hudson Avenue. Send captions and messages you’d like to se ...
A CHIEF’S FAREWELL
Funeral services at St. James church and a large American flag suspended over Broad Street from an RBFD hook and ladder for former Red Bank ...
COIFFING GUARD
redbankgreen Partyline captures super cool crossing guard just chilllin'.
SURF TACO RE-OPENS NEW LOOK DINING ROOM
Partyliner captures Surf Taco's new look dining room.
STEEPLETOP RAVEN
redbankgreen Partyline: a raven calls out from atop the steeple of St. James Church.
CARPENTER OR COMPETITOR? HOT DOG TRUCK RIVALS EMERGE IN RED BANK
On the redbankgreen Partyline: with two new hot dog vendors opening this summer, even a carpenter's box truck makes one wonder.
BOONDOCKS SWAN
redbankgreen Partyline: Swan on the Navesink River as seen from Boondocks restaurant.
9/11 TRIBUTE
Bailey Bryce Holiday and her father Bobby Holiday Jr. paint the lawn at Riverside Gardens Park Tuesday in preparation for the upcoming comme ...
PILGRIM BAPTIST TO JAMAICA
Recently, Pilgrim Baptist Church of Red Bank traveled to Trelawny Parish of Jamaica on a Relief & Recovery Mission Trip.  The Mission T ...
SNAIL WEATHER
Overnight rains and warm humid temperatures brought out a parade of snails along the access path to the Red Bank Primary School near Locust ...
ECHOES OF THE PAST IN TILE
Next to Playa Bowls. Always fascinated how this has stood here this long. (Submitted by Joseph Jakub)
VIVA LA ELSIE’S
redbankgreen Partyline captures French visitor enjoying a pickle sub from Elsie's.
Truck strike downs pole
A truck struck a utility pole at the intersection of Catherine Street and Shrewsbury Avenue at about 8 am Monday morning. The pole wss compl ...
THRONGS FLOCK TO RED BANK STREET FAIR
redbankgreen Partyline: Thousands fill the streets of Red Bank for street fair.