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Review: ‘The Runarounds,’ set to the soundtrack of a real band, is teen wish fulfillment

Review: ‘The Runarounds,’ set to the soundtrack of a real band, is teen wish fulfillment

Hey, hey, they’re the Runarounds, the latest Pinocchio band to straddle the line between fiction and fact. Meet Charlie (William Lipton), guitar! He’s a romantic! Neil (Axel Ellis), also guitar! Not just a pothead! (He reads Ferlinghetti.) Topher (Jeremy Yun), lead guitar! The quiet one! Wyatt (Jesse Golliher), bass! The even quieter one! And Bez…

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Director ChloΓ© Zhao on turning heartbreak into ‘Hamnet,’ her Telluride triumph

Director ChloΓ© Zhao on turning heartbreak into ‘Hamnet,’ her Telluride triumph

TELLURIDE, Colo.Β β€”Β It’s customary at Telluride for a director premiering a movie to step onstage, say a few words and slip away before the lights go down. On Friday night, before unveiling her new film β€œHamnet,” ChloΓ© Zhao admitted she couldn’t find the right words. For a film centered on William Shakespeare, the most famous wordsmith…

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