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Film Highlights

May 11

The Michigan Theater helps the Lenore Marwil Jewish Film Festival celebrate its 10th anniversary with the documentary Making Trouble, about American Jewish women comics (video courtesy of YouTube). The festival continues on May 12-15, with films at 2, 5, and 8 p.m. each day. The Family-Friendly Film Series presents the fantasy The Neverending Story (1984). Also playing is the delightful documentary Young@Heart.

May 16-17

For fans of the 1978 movie Grease, the Redford Theatre's got the one that you want on its big screen. The Redford launches its May-August 2008 film series with this modern classic, which stars John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, and old favorites like Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, and Joan Blondell. Enjoy this double dip of nostalgia for the 1950s and 1970s, along with the Oscar-nominated song "Hopelessly Devoted to You". (video courtesy of YouTube)

June 6-8

The Detroit Film Theatre kicks off its summer programming as part of the annual Detroit Festival of the Arts. The DFT will present two days of works by young Michigan filmmakers. Also scheduled for this summer at the DFT are science fiction movies, the DFT's traditional current world cinema, and classic Italian comedies like Divorce - Italian Style, from 1961 (video courtesy of YouTube):

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