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A MOST VIOLENT YEAR—Crime-drama about a New York City businessman’s struggles to protect his families corrupt business during the winter of 1981. Starring Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, and Albert Brooks. Directed by J.C. Chandor. Reviewed in this issue. Dipson Amherst, Regal Elmwood

BLACK OR WHITE—Drama about race, family, and forgiveness focusing on a grieving widower’s custody battle over his granddaughter with her paternal grandmother and her brother. Starring Kevin Costner, Octavia Spencer, Anthony Mackie, and Jillian Estell. Directed by Mike Binder. North Park, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker Crossing, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

THE LOFT—Thriller focusing on five married guys who all share a penthouse loft where they each cheat on their respective wives. When the loft becomes host to a woman’s murder they realize someone in the group must be responsible. Starring Karl Urban, James Marsden, and Wentworth Miller. Directed by Erik Van Looy. Maple Ridge, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker Crossing, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

OSCAR SHORTS: ANIMATED—Presentation of the Oscar nominated animated shorts The Bigger Picture, The Dam Keeper, Feast, Me and My Moulton, and A Single Life. Eastern Hills

OSCAR SHORTS: LIVE ACTION—Presentation of the Oscar nominated live action shorts Aya, Boogalo and Graham, Butter Lamp, Parvenah, and The Phone Call. Eastern Hills

PROJECT ALMANAC—Sci-fi adventure told through found footage about a group of teens who discover secret plans to build a time machine and then invent one, but when they begin changing the past their actions have unseen consequences. Starring Jonny Weston, Sofia Black D’Elia, and Sam Lerner. Directed by Dean Isrealite. Flix, Maple Ridge, Regal Elmwood, Regal Niagara Falls, Regal Quaker Crossing, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

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BRINGING UP BABY (1938)- Classic screwball comedy about a mild-mannered paleontologist, his romance with an absent-minded woman, and their misadventures involving a leopard named baby. Starring Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. Directed by Howard Hawks. Presented as part of the Buffalo Film Seminars. Dipson Amherst. Tues. 7pm

THE PARENT TRAP (1961)- Family comedy about identical teenage twins, separated at birth, who meet at summer camp and scheme to reunite their divorced parents. Starring Hayley Mills, Maureen O’Hara, and Brian Keith. Directed by David Swift. North Park Sat. and Sun. 11:30am