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Get Sad! Bleak Week Comes to the Paramount and Hyperreal Film Club

Local cinemas join with American Cinematheque to celebrate the gloomier side of cinema

by Richard Whittaker April 22, 2026April 22, 2026

James Gandolfini Dies at 51

Award-winning actor suffered a heart attack in Italy

by Monica Riese June 19, 2013September 30, 2025

Arts

Wild Thing, We Surely Loved You

RIP Maurice Sendak

by Kimberley Jones May 8, 2012September 30, 2025

‘I Apologize, Austin. Shit. Sorry.’

Spike Jonze mistakes Austin for Portland; otherwise, he wows the crowd at his talk on the UT campus

by Kimberley Jones April 14, 2010September 30, 2025

Let the Wild Rumpus Begin

Looking back at the films of ’09

by Marjorie Baumgarten January 1, 2010September 30, 2025

Screens Top 10s

by Marjorie Baumgarten January 1, 2010September 30, 2025

Screens Top 10s

by Kimberley Jones January 1, 2010September 30, 2025

Screens Top 10s

by Marc Savlov January 1, 2010September 30, 2025

AFCA Announces 2009 Awards

‘The Hurt Locker’ takes top prize

by Kimberley Jones December 18, 2009September 30, 2025

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