Archive for the 'Film News' Category

Opening Friday

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
The Blind Side

The Blind Side

The Blind Side – Sandra Bullock, Quinton Aaron

An Education – Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard

Planet 51 – Animated; voices of Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire – Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique

The Twilight Saga: New Moon – Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson

This Week’s DVD Releases

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

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Following is a list of some major DVD releases debuting today. For a complete list, go to www.amazon.com. (more…)

Asheville Film Festival: Day Four Recap

Monday, November 16th, 2009
That Evening Sun

That Evening Sun

SUNDAY, NOV. 15 – The Good Book may have designated the seventh day as a period of rest, but then again, it’s obvious that back in Biblical times, there wasn’t an Asheville Film Festival that needed constant attention. (more…)

Asheville Film Festival: Day Three Recap

Sunday, November 15th, 2009
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Photo credit: Don Fairbanks

SATURDAY, NOV. 14 – When it comes to this annual celluloid event, it’s clear that the times they are a-changin’ – and that was more evident on Saturday than on the fest’s previous two days. (more…)

Asheville Film Festival: Day Two Recap

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

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FRIDAY, NOV. 13 – Today may have been Friday the 13th, but ill omens were nowhere to be found on the streets of Asheville. Instead, filmmakers, film critics and film buffs were all in good spirits as downtown turned into a veritable treasure trove of independent cinema. (more…)

Asheville Film Festival: Day One Recap

Friday, November 13th, 2009
In the immortal words of Curly Howard of The Three Stooges: "I'm trying to blog but nothing happens!"

In the immortal words of Curly Howard of The Three Stooges: "I'm trying to blog but nothing happens!"

THURSDAY, NOV. 12 – Well, it wasn’t really Day One, since the Seventh Annual Asheville Film Festival didn’t even kick off until well after the sun had gone down. But you get the gist. (more…)

Opening Friday

Thursday, November 12th, 2009
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2012

Pirate Radio – Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kenneth Branagh

2012 – John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Asheville film fest starts this week

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
An Education

An Education

By Matt Brunson

The seventh annual Asheville Film Festival will be held November 12-15, meaning that it’s time once again for Charlotteans not averse to road trips to get excited about seeing a wide range of potentially interesting movies. Over 90 features, documentaries, shorts and student films will be screened over a four-day stretch at various downtown venues.

A trio of possible award-season contenders will be shown out of competition: An Education, starring Peter Sarsgaard and Carey Mulligan; Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, with Mo’Nique and newcomer Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe; and That Evening Sun, featuring Hal Holbrook. (more…)

This Week’s DVD Releases

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

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Following is a list of some major DVD releases debuting today. For a complete list, go to www.amazon.com. (more…)

Strangers worth meeting

Monday, November 9th, 2009

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The Main Library’s fall film series, “The Master of Suspense: Alfred Hitchcock Classics,” continues tonight (Monday, Nov. 9) with a screening of another popular offering from the portly genius. 1951’s Strangers on a Train is certainly one of the director’s most diabolical films, a startling piece in which a tennis player (Farley Granger) meets a peculiar man (Robert Walker) during a fateful train ride and dismisses the stranger’s suggestion that they “exchange” murders. It’s only after the athlete’s loathsome wife turns up dead that he realizes the plan was no joke — and that he’s expected to live up to his end of the bargain by murdering the other man’s domineering father. Walker’s creepy performance ranks among the best found in any Hitchcock film, and several of the set pieces — Walker’s immobile presence among an animated tennis crowd; a murder reflected in the victim’s eyeglasses; the shocking merry-go-round finale — represent the filmmaker in top form.

Strangers on a Train will be screened at 7 p.m. this evening at ImaginOn, 300 E. 7th St. Admission is free. For more info, call 704-416-0252.