Midwest Hollywood: Kansas City’s growing film culture

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  A history of black film

  By Frank Burnside on February 12, 2020

  Black History Month focuses on the excellence of black culture and the adversity faced by our predecessors. The history of a black man behind the...

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  Birds of Prey is for the birds

  By Mason Dredge on February 9, 2020

  When Margot Robbie made her debut as the insane clown criminal Harley Quinn in 2016’s “Suicide Squad”, it seemed like a match made in movie...

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  How Harley Quinn got her groove back—twice

  By Luke Mckiddy on February 6, 2020

  Next week, DC’s latest attempt at getting their cinematic universe off the ground will hit theaters in the form of “Birds of Prey And the...

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  What you should be watching instead of the Oscar’s

  By Mason Dredge on January 30, 2020

  Movies are an American invention, but film is a universal language. From the artform’s most adolescent moments, people from around the world have been putting...

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  Little Women, Big Feels

  By Mason Dredge on January 26, 2020

  Movies like “Little Women” do not come around all that often. Based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, it’s a masterful fusion of...

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