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Movie Corner February 2019

Written by editor on 04 February 2019

By HOWARD McQUITTER II

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10 Best Films of 2018

1.) “Roma” (R) ”“ In the early 1970s, a maid (Yalitza Aparicio) working for a well-to-do family in one year has unexpected challenges. Director: Alfonso Cuaron. Running time: 135 minutes. Language: Spanish in English subtitles. Drama.

2.) “Green Book” (PG-13) ”“ An Italian American from BrooklynÂ leaves his bounce job to be the driver to an African American classical pianist. drama/Comedy/Bio-graphy. Director: Peter Farrelly. Running time: 134 minutes.

3.) “BohemianÂ Rhapsody” ”“ (PG-13) Who ever thought someone would be playing Freddie Mercury(Rami Malek) of the rock band “Queen”? Biography/Drama/Music. Director: Bryan Singer. Running time: 134 minutes.

4.) “BlacKkKlansman”(R) ”“ Colorado Springs, Colo., in the early 1970s, hires its first Black police officer (John David Washington) while another police officer, white, infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan. Director: Spike Lee.Drama/Biography/Romance. RunningÂ time:135 minutes.

5.)”Won”'t You Be My Neighbor” (PG-13) ”“ I saw this wonderful documentary about Fred Rogers at the 37th Minneapolis- St. Paul Film Festival. Director: Morgan Neville. Running time: 94 minutes.

Â 6.) “If Beale Street Could Talk”(R) ”“ The movie is taken from a novel by James Baldwin where A young African American couple face unexpected challenges especially when the woman”'s beau is falsely (spoiler alert) accused of rape.… Read the rest “Movie Corner February 2019”

Alley Communications* and its ”˜Alley cat”™ landing on its feet!

Written by editor on 04 February 2019

Tesha M. Christensen Meet The Alley newspaper Interim Board members. These volunteers are working to shape the future of The Alley. Back, left to right: Sunshine Sevigny, Steve Dreyer, Thorbjorn Adam, and Gabriel Pass. Front: Lee Leichentritt, Cathy Strobel-Ayres (president), Lindsey Fenner, and Francis Mendenhall. Not pictured: Steve Sundberg and Harvey Winje. Want to join? Email copydesk@alleynews.org.

Optimism and enthusiasm of the Interim Board, Editorial Leadership Committee, and new Coordinator are striving to with good energy to assume productive roles.
Planning will begin for a public Gathering of Alley readers and stakeholders.
Editorial Leadership Committee is being formed to assure the many voices and cultural ways of knowing areÂ represented within The Alley Newspaper.

*Alley Communications is the 501C3 non-profit. There are plenty of ways the organization can grow and learn to be an effective communication tool of the community. Send us an email with your ideas: copydesk@alleynews.org org.