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In Search of Charlie Chaplin: The Man and His Movies, Part 2

final close-up in Chaplin’s ‘City Lights’

To cineastes, Chaplin is more than the man who created the iconic Little Tramp, but one of the greatest filmmakers of all-time. Legendary film critic and father of American auteurism, Andrew Sarris, places Chaplin in his pantheon of the 14 most influential American film directors in his still ground breaking book, "The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929–1968."

Up Close & Personal With “Novitiate” Writer/Director Maggie Betts

Margaret Qualley as Sister Cathleen in a scene from 'Novitiate'

Documentary filmmaker Maggie Betts has written and directed her first narrative feature, “Novitiate,” a riveting, captivating, look at the life of a young girl who becomes intoxicated with Catholicism and decides to devote her life to God.  Under Betts’ sharp direction, Margaret Qualley gives an outstanding performance as the young postulant in training to become a nun at the Order …