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By RICHIE DAVIS

It was 1968 when reporters and editors from Liberation News Service — who’d been on the front lines documenting the political battles to end the Vietnam War — pulled up stakes in New York City and put down roots on farms in Montague and nearby...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

In an effort to bring movie buffs from throughout the region into the city, the Garden Cinemas, and, subsequently, Greenfield City Council, have declared the month of September “Stephen King Month.”From Aug. 30 to Oct. 4, Garden Cinemas will show 25...

By SAM FERLAND

The Ashfield Film Fest Committee invites hilltown residents to break out their cameras, create locally inspired films and submit them to the 2024 Ashfield Film Fest short films competition.“Make those movies,” Harry Keramidas, the fest’s co-founder,...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — There’s still time to submit a film to be screened during The LAVA Center’s fourth annual film festival, celebrating the filmmaking talent of Massachusetts residents.Filmmakers can submit film and video projects of any length, genre and...

By CHRIS LARABEE

There’s still time to be spirited away to the world of Hayao Miyazaki’s animated worlds, as the Greenfield Garden Cinemas’ Studio Ghibli Fest continues through the end of the year.Building off the success of last year’s more-limited festival, folks...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — As the middle of summer vacation approaches, most Frontier Regional School students are likely working, taking trips with friends and enjoying all their free time.For Connor Mabius, however, this break serves as a chance to sit in the...

By STEVE PFARRER

In the early 1990s, I answered an ad for a reporting job at the Gazette. I had editorial experience — I’d worked as a copywriter, a copy editor, and a proofreader — and I liked writing, but I’d never worked for a newspaper, unless you counted a few...

By STEVE PFARRER

After generating some local news in 2022 when scenes were filmed in a number of locations around the Valley, “Janet Planet,” the debut film by celebrated playwright Annie Baker, is set to make its debut in Amherst and Greenfield on June 27.The movie,...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

SHELBURNE FALLS — “Powerlands,” a documentary film about Indigenous displacement and resistance, will be shown at Memorial Hall on Sunday, June 16, at 4 p.m. as a fundraiser for Indigenous nonprofits Native Land Conservancy and No Loose Braids.Doors...

By STEVE PFARRER

Among a number of very good lines in “Ezra,” a film about the challenge of raising an autistic child, there’s one that really encapsulates the problems parents and caretakers can face.Bobby Cannavale plays Max Bernal, a struggling comedian with his...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — After receiving wide acclaim at international film festivals across the country, the locally filmed movie “Money Game” will enjoy a grand homecoming this week with a premiere at the Garden Cinemas.“It’s a very, very nice chance to say,...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Were you looking forward to watching “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” but wish you could see it in another language? If so, you’re in luck.The Garden Cinemas has partnered with TheaterEars, a smartphone app, to make some films available in...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — To look at them and hear their origins, it doesn’t appear that ironworkers Ed Jordan and Jimmy Costello have much that would bond them.Jordan was raised by a loving family in the tough, Black neighborhood of Roxbury in Boston. Costello grew...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — After viewing a Frontline documentary focused on sexual exploitation in Phoenix, about 40 residents at the Garden Cinemas heard how authorities are combating sexual exploitation of minors in the area.As part of a community education...

GREENFIELD — A free screening of the Frontline documentary “Sex Trafficking in America” will be offered at Garden Cinemas on Wednesday, May 29, at 6 p.m.The screening is part of a community education initiative undertaken by the Northwestern District...

By MAX BOWEN

GREENFIELD — The Social Justice Committee of All Souls Church will present its 20th annual Anti-Racism Film Festival on Sunday, May 5.The festival will be held in the sanctuary of the church at 399 Main St. There will be three, two-hour films, each...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

It’s showtime again for Pothole Pictures, a community-based movie series that showcases classic movies, live local music, occasional interviews with relevant film-makers, and sells popcorn that’s still only $1.Named for Shelburne Falls’s Glacial...

By STEVE PFARRER

There’s been a lot written about the problems that have plagued many American workplaces in the wake of the pandemic, from employees insisting on continuing to work at home to offices that have mirrored the polarization and social conflicts plaguing...

By STEVE PFARRER

Hannah Arendt famously coined the term “the banality of evil” in her book on Adolph Eichmann’s trial in Israel in 1963, where the former Nazi official, a key organizer of the Holocaust, presented himself as a bureaucrat who was “just doing his job” in...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — Over the last several months, Four Rivers Charter Public School students have traveled around New England, documenting stories of formerly incarcerated people and their roles in green reentry programs.The result is “Roots of Change,” a...